Posted on 20 August 2006 by admin

Steelcube’s Tilevision is a “totally waterproof” LCD TV based on LG-Philips’ TFT technology. Since it’s waterproof, you can enjoy the Tilevision in places where it there’s always the danger of water spilling and splashing, namely the bathroom. Once installed, the Tilevision should provide you with hours of entertainment as you lather up, blow dry your hair or partake in other bathroom activities. (Of course, you can just as well install the Tilevision in your living room, but where’s the fun in that?)
The Tilevision is available in a 17-inch ($2,424) and 23-inch ($3,741)—both widescreen, mind you—model and comes with a black, silver or mirror finish. There’s something about the UK and wacky gadgets. – Nicholas Deleon
Product Page [Steelcube via Chip Chick]
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Posted on 20 August 2006 by admin
Geek.com got a good look at the HTC Excalibur and found that it should be out here by the end of the year. What do they think? Well, the Excalibur is smaller than the Q, WiFi, a jog strip for scrolling, and a non-touchscreen. Would it be a Q killer? We’re not sure. It has the functionality, but the keys and the face look a bit, well, ugly.
Click for more coverage of the Excalibur. – Jason Chen
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Looking for a PC built around the speedy new Core 2 Duo processors from Intel, but don’t have much space? Shuttle may have the answer with the SD37P2 PC barebone system, which includes the motherboard and the case. The new system announced today in Europe supports all of the Core 2 Duo processors (including the super-fast Core 2 Extreme) in a case no bigger than a toaster. The system also has two PCI Express X16 slots and supports ATI’s Crossfire dual graphics card technology, so you can build a kick-ass gaming system in a case less than nine inches high. The case costs €419 (about $537). – Richard Baguley
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Shuttle XPC Barebone SD37P2 [Shuttle]
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Posted on 20 August 2006 by admin
Not only can this transfer all your pictures off your digital camera onto your computer, you can use it to read your SIM card and back up your phone contacts as well. The card reader also comes with a free copy SIM Editor 3.0, software that lets you manage your contacts on your PC.As for regular card support, there’s:
- mini SD Card, Micro SD (T-Flash), Secure Digital Card
- MMC Card 4.0, MultiMedia Card, MultiMedia Card Plus
- RS-MMC (MMC Mobile), RS-MMC4.0 (MMC Mobile 4.0)
- MMC micro
- MS / MS Duo / MS PRO Duo
- Mobile SIM Card
Available now for $19. – Jason Chen
Product Page [USB Geek]
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The Elgato Eyetv Hybrid looks like a promising spent-all-my-money-on-my-mac-can’t-afford-a-tv solution. It’s the latest update to the EyeTV line – a USB-powered tv tuner that supports analog antenna, digital (or HD) antenna, coax and s-video sources. There’s full front-row support and the EyeTV software allows lossless recording even in HD mode (assuming you have a G5 or core-duo processor).
Sure, HDMI support would be nice, but probably impossible right now at the $149 asking price. . -Mark Wilson
Product Page [via krunker]
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Mobility Today must have some nude pictures of Mr. HTC, because they’ve got their hands on the HTC MTeoR. The candybar-shaped phone has 2100MHz UMTS, triband GSM/EDGE/GPRS, Bluetooth 2.0, 64MB of storage space and microSD card support.Check out the link for more pics. – Jason Chen
HTC MTeoR in our hands [Mobility Today]
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There are those of us who want a portable music / media player that does it all, and lasts an unnecessarily long time on a single charge, but since that probably ain’t happening anytime soon (without costing a small fortune), Aigo figured it might as well go all-out in one particular department for those who don’t mind reaping the longevous benefits associated with simplicity. While the A215 can’t play video clips, only sports a three-line LCD display, lacks an FM tuner, and can’t be recharged through a USB port, this minuscule audio player does manage to outlast those feature-ridden competitors by pumping out the jams for 50 solid hours. The design here seems decent enough, and we’re genuinely relieved that it doesn’t borrow from the styling cues found on their MP3-playing (and opposite-gender-deterring) wristwatch. A notable limitation is the inability to play back any formats other than your basic MP3 and WMA files, though it apparently will play nice with WMA-DRM. Curiously enough, the spec sheet claims that legendary “50 hour” figure only applies when tapping your foot to MP3 files; if your collection happens to be in WMA, you can “only” count on 35 hours, for whatever reason. Nevertheless, if you’re looking for a pocketable way to carry a few tunes around, and don’t mind its sheer inability to do anything over and above play them back for an erroneously long time, the 2GB A215 can maximize the utility of that spare AA battery for £69.99 ($132).
Product page
[Via MobileMag]
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