Well, here’s a novel concept. Rather than bothering with turning up the volume on your ancient television, just crank up the volume on this here remote. Asahi Electric’s block-shaped remote is about as unergonomic as it gets, and it sure won’t bring along any advanced functionality, but we suppose that’s sort of the point. The 30mm speaker connects to a wireless transceiver in order to blast out the audio, and while most everything else is lost in translation, do you really need to understand any more?
[Via OhGizmo]
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Curious ELPA remote sports built-in speaker originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Asus’ out-of-nowhere P835 smartphone is packing some pretty decent specs, from an 800×480 touchscreen to HSPA support for lightning-fast downloads, but it’s still packing Windows Mobile 6.1. Still, it’s worth a look.
Here’s the rundown:
• HSPA (DL: 7.2Mbps, UL: 2Mbps), UMTS 900/1900/2100
EDGE/GPRS/GSM 850/900/1800/1900, Class 12
• Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1
• 3.5″ WVGA (800×480), no word on resistive or capacitive
• 4 GB internal storage plus MicroSDHC slot
• WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0
• Push email is supported
• 5 MP camera
• Looks like it’s packing Flash support
• 1100mAh battery, which sounds a little underpowered
It’s a pretty nice-looking piece of kit, and there’s no word on a US carrier or price yet, but we’ll keep an eye on it. [Wireless and Mobile News]
Yeah, your PC sucks. That video card you “borrowed” from your brother two years ago makes an exasperated sigh every time you fire up The Sims 2, and you’re pretty sure your power supply is one Cheeto crumb away from giving up the ghost. Not this thing, however. Cooler Master has built an utterly ridiculous setup, with five separate quad-core computers running simultaneously under one roof, off of one power supply. The whole thing, which Cooler Master dubbs the 53GHz, is basically a showcase for various Cooler Master components, and will be displayed at CeBIT in Germany next week. Personal grid computing here we come? Video is after the break.
[Via Make]
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Cooler Master’s 5-CPU monstrosity has your craptop cowering in a corner originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:08:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious.
Sales of the often sub-$10 dial-up subscriptions have increased after the stock market crash and many report that they’ve switched from broadband, though NetZero CEO Mark Goldston was quick to note that “this is not the iPod crowd we’re talking about.” Chances are if you’re reading this, you’re more likely to try to pawn your oven than give up broadband, but where exactly does it fall on your list of priorities? Would you give up a cable TV or Xbox Live subscription first? Let us know exactly how poor you’d have to be to go back to dial-up in the comments. [Orlando Sentinel via Crunchgear]
We powered up ye olde NAM 5800 XpressMusic today, and the weirdest thing happened: it worked on 3G. This comes after a day of frustration trying to get it hooked up to UMTS yesterday — a sentiment echoed by several others who took the plunge. The only theory we can come up with is that we were in Chicago yesterday at the Nokia flagship store — a place where many of the “defective” units were sold — and today we’re elsewhere, so it’s conceivable that there’s an issue with AT&T’s 3G network in Chicago. We’ve noticed an uptick in 3G loss on other devices in Chicago the past few days, so it’s possible that the 5800 is just particularly sensitive to crappy networks; then again, there seem to be others in New York that have the same issue, so it’s anybody’s guess. All we know for sure is that we’re showing a big, fat “3.5G” logo in the upper left corner of our unit at the moment — and we’re going to cross our fingers that it stays that way. We have a request out to Nokia for official comment on the issue, and we’ll let you know as soon as we have more.
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Well if your dreams of a new set have been dashed by the
Nokia XpressMusic 5800’s issues but you still want to shop Nokia, here’s a deal for you. Amazon’s Gold Box sale today features the lovely — and arguably Nokia’s sassiest QWERTY smartphone — Nokia
E71 in gray for $289 shipped. We peeked at Nokia’s shop and they have it priced at $349, and Expansys is at $389, so we’re fairly impressed at the price here, though it will only be about at this price today. Heck, we may stock up and make it an early Nokia Christmas this year, for ourselves. The read link will send you off to Amazon’s Gold Box page, so if you’re reading this article late, the set will be gone.
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Amazon’s Gold Box sale features Nokia E71 for $289, shipped originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 16:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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This water droplet-shaped concept from Ilshat Garipov makes a good run at it, but no matter how small or slick or arty they are, Bluetooth headsets are just never going to look good.
Is it the association they have with bankers, lawyers, and other douche-types? Is it the inherent awkwardness of watching somebody talk into a machine you can’t see? I think we can all agree that it’s not the specific design of an individual Bluetooth headset that makes it irritating. Sorry, Ilshat, your design is pretty sharp and all that but I just can’t get excited over a device with a function I can’t help but find annoying. [Yanko Design]
Sad business if true, but the UnwiredView is reporting that ASUS’ P565 Windows Mobile 6.1-toting, VGA, HSDPA, Blazing 800MHz (Marvell PXA930) monster has been quietly dumped. The reason? Nobody’s talking and we’ve not heard reports from either Garmin or ASUS to verify it either way — it has apparently launched in Germany and Poland, at least — but according to GPSAndCo, its debut in France isn’t happening and they point to the new partnership as the reason. In the end, it does seem as if the Garmin / ASUS team is going to
deliver some
pretty serious goods, so we’ll not shed a tear unless something happens to them, too. Of course, this could all be fluff, so do tell us if you catch sight of one of these at your local shop.
[Via UnwiredView]
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ASUS’ P565 superphone canned due to Garmin partnership? originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Welcome to another edition of Gadget Deals of the Day. Today we’ve got the cheapest 1.5 TB external drive ever seen, TVs, PMPs, and for you slobs, a bargain-priced Snuggie.
HDTVs:
• Sharp AQUOS 720p 32″ TV for $480 (normally $580)
• Sharp 720p 32″ TV for $460 (normally $550)
Portable Media:
• 1st Gen Apple iPod Touch 32GB for $310 (normally $400)
• Archos 605 WiFi 30GB for $135 (normally $150-200)
Peripherals:
• Logitech Harmony 676 Remote for $45 (normally $150+)
• 25% off Dell LCD Displays
• Seagate 1.5 TB External Hard Drive for $112 (normally $130)
• 3-Pack of 6′ HDMI cables for $8 (normally anywhere from $30 to $80)
Gaming:
• 20% off on all consoles, games, and accessories at Dell
Cell Phones:
• Nokia E71 Unlocked for $290 (today only, normally $370)
Apparel:
• 2 Snuggies plus 2 book lights for $15 (normally $60)
• Up to 80% off men’s apparel at Amazon
• Up to 45% off Adidas men’s running shoes
First off, it’s rather amazing that someone in a developed nation is still using the Nokia 1600 as their primary handset. Secondly, it’s even more astounding that said handset lasted a week in the belly of a cod and could still make calls after it was rescued. In a just-barely-believable story hosted up at The Sun, a businessman was both shocked and confused when his presumably sunk cellphone began ringing his lady friend around five days after he dropped it at sea. As the tale goes, a 25 pound cod managed to swallow the thing, and a pair of fishermen discovered it upon gutting their catch. The best part? The bloke who it was returned to is still using it, despite the fact that it literally reeks of rotten fish. Who knows — maybe he suffers from ichthyomania.
[Via Nokia Conversations]
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Nokia 1600 survives week in fish’s belly, still makes smelly calls originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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