Archive for October 14th, 2009

Tech News for the Day, Wednesday, October 14, 2009

coosh1We’ll start with the Coosh headphones. I gave them a detailed review here.

HP is pretty proud of their “entertainment laptop”, the HP Pavilion dv8.

Flip Mino HD gets an upgrade that includes more memory and a larger screen.

Samsung Blue Earth finally announced its release date, but it will only be in Sweeden.

Here’s a new iPhone app for those brides-to-be called the Bride’s Dressing Room.

Wal-Mart is offering some low cost phone plans that are as low as $45 and $30.

ZippityLeap Frog is good at putting out products for kids, and the Zippity is no exception. Read the more detailed review here.

The Spy Gear Evidence Kit by Wild Planet is good for those kids who want to be future CSIs. Check it out.

Philips has some new device known as the “Rationalizer“. It’s used to display the emotions of the user in lighted form.

The Wii Cyberbike is a stationary bike for the Wii. It’s should be here soon.

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New Star Trek movie to be in odd format

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I wouldn’t say that I am a big Star Trek fan, but I honestly can’t say that I don’t care about it at all. Since Star Trek is only second to Star Wars with its merchandise, it stands to reason that they would come out with this special edition of the latest Star Trek movie (the J.J. Abrams one).

Yes, the entire movie is a thumb drive that is in the shape of the StarFleet Insignia. Users are allowed to run it on 5 registered devices and can even burn it onto a DVD.

If you like it, you’ll have to pay $29 for this collectible.

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I’m not certain what to think: Barnes and Noble’s E-book reader

BN_frontYesterday, I posted something about how I was crushing a rumor about Barnes and Noble teaming up with Plastic Logic to create an e-book reader. Unfortunately, I don’t know how true that is, because these photos that you see here have leaked onto the net.

This is Barnes & Noble’s e-book reader, and it does have a color screen. However, it also has a 800 x 600 6 inch monochrome e-ink display as well as this color display. The color display is a 480 x 144 color LCD that appears to be for browsing book covers and other content, and it also can transform into a virtual keyboard.

I have decided to shut up about this whole e-book reader from Barnes and Noble until I can obtain reliable information. I’m not suggesting that what I reported on before was from unreliable sources, it’s just that one can only get so far when hearing so many contradicting voices!

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