The Entourage eDGe
From Cnet:'The goal of the Edge, the company says, is to offer a device that can replace the textbooks and notebooks carried around by typical high school students.
"We just thought here was a way to take technology and apply it to what they carry around," said Entourage Systems Vice President Doug Atkinson. "The initial goal was to put a 30-pound backpack in a device. I think we've achieved that."'
The Google Phone Cometh?
The Google Phone, the mystical Google-branded device to challenge the iPhone, Droid and Palm Pre, might actually be real – and coming in January
The best evidence thus far comes from CNet podcaster Jason Howell, who Tweeted the following:
-”Capacitive touch screen and on screen keyboard only, yes. Re: AT&T, it was unlocked. Dude just put an AT&T sim in it 2 test it.”
–”It was thin. Dare I say as if not a bit thinner than iPhone. Scrolly ball like on the hero. This one was running on AT&T. #googlephone”
–”Wasn’t able to gander @ h/w specs unfortunately. Supposedly, Google employees were given tons of these phones today. unlocked. #googlephone”
–”Supposedly we should start hearing a lot about the new Google phone over the next few days. Its slick in an HTC hero sorta way.”
–”The new Google Phone runs on HTC hardware. I saw it w/ Android 2.1. Homescreen has new visual enhancements like animated desktop wallpaper.”
–”…I just had my hands on the Google Phone. I feel so priveleged!”
A tweet from Leslie Hawthorn, a Product Manager at Google’s Open Source Team seems to back up Howell’s observations:
–”Stuck in mass of traffic leaving work post last all hands of 2009. ZOMG we had fireworks and we all got the new Google phone. It’s beautiful”
GreatWhiteSnark, meanwhile, pegs the launch date in January:
–”A friend from Google showed me the new Android 2.1 phone from HTC coming out in Jan. A sexy beast. Like an iPhone on beautifying steroids.”
Full story from Mashable.com
Google Wave
Google Wave isn't new, but it doesn't have it's own article here yet.
I have not gotten to personally use Google Wave, but it just sounds like a Google MSN.
Google Says:
"What is a wave?"
A wave is equal parts conversation and document. People can communicate and work together with richly formatted text, photos, videos, maps, and more.
A wave is shared. Any participant can reply anywhere in the message, edit the content and add participants at any point in the process. Then playback lets anyone rewind the wave to see who said what and when.
A wave is live. With live transmission as you type, participants on a wave can have faster conversations, see edits and interact with extensions in real-time."
So... A fancy MSN with documents?Google:
"There are tons of ways to use Google Wave--Here are just a few examples to get you thinking.
- Group Projects
- Photo Sharing
- Meeting Notes
- Brainstorming
- Interactive Games"
Yeah, a fancy MSN with documents.
Full Story...go to googlesystem.blogspot.com
LG Watch Phone
Engadget: So we dropped by LG's booth here in the South Hall at CES and weren't really surprised to see a whole bunch of watch phones in a case that looked like it was just moved out of Jacob & Co. There was a surplus of models dolled up behind glass, but only two out on the floor. LG was being super secretive about the transitions between the various screens, but we did our best to sneak peeks through the fingers on our not-so-generous demonstrator's hand. What we did see looked pretty polished though (which you should know by now) and the transitions looked like browsing music on the iPhone. We were able to find out that the screen is not an OLED. LG went with a TFT with capacitive touch but we were told that it would work through a golf glove -- though we're not exactly sure about this.
Full Story right here for you at cnet.com
Camera Survives 3000 Foot Fall
A skydiver strapped his Canon Rebel XT to his skydiving helmet. It didn't stick, and fell 3,000 feet onto the ground.
Somehow, it survived. From the owner:
"Amazingly, the Rebel survived the fall and my friend is still using it to this very day. It has a crack in the plastic body and the kit lens is a little jerky when zooming, but functional. I'd like to know if there is a similar story or something close to this but I doubt. It might be a world record indeed (for the height of a camera drop which survived)."
get the full story here at gizmodo.com
Keystick Keyboard
A fancy keyboard that folds up. Not really much to say here, the picture sums it up nicely.
Article from Dvice.com
Xbox already has it, and now PS3 is getting Netflix streaming. You stream via a blu-ray disc shipped from Netflix, free with the $8.99 subscription. You can add things to your queue via the PS3 rather than the computer.
Full Story at nexus404.com