Mobile Technology
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Hard disk versus Flash MP3 players
June 10, 2005 The global love affair with the portable digital music (aka MP3) player continues to flourish with more players, larger capacities and cheaper prices, all the while fueled by more of the population exploring digital music and podcasts, and encouraging and showing their friends to try them. If you’ve noticed a proliferation of smaller, cheaper flash memory-based MP3 player siblings of larger Hard Disk Drive (HDD) MP3 players (usually with a mini or junior added to the name), it’s because flash memory has in recent times got MUCH cheaper. But while HDD MP3 players are now approaching 100GB, it’s the flash players that are emerging as the stronger growth segment. (read more...)
USB ShareDrive: the thumbdrive with a brain
June 8, 2005 The FlashPoint ShareDrive is a new type of USB thumb drive that allows users to copy data stored in the FlashPoint flash memory to another flash drive or a USB device such as an MP3 player or digial camera WITHOUT a computer. The new FlashPoint ShareDrives have an integrated female USB connector so users can plug a cable or another device into the same USB port in which the FlashPoint ShareDrive is attached, chaining devices. Computerless copying to another sharedrive is compelling functionality and , arguably well worth the US$200 price for a 1GB drive – more than double that of a standard 1GB thumb drive. (read more...)
A watch with one hand!
June 6, 2005 Gerald Charles Genta creates beautiful watches. An artist turned watchmaker, he is responsible for such heurological masterpieces, such as Royal Oak by Audemars Piguet, the Da Vinci and the Ingenieur by IWC, the Nautilus by Patek Phillippe, the Pasha by Cartier, the Constellation by Omega and the Bulgari-Bulgari, by errr ... Bulgari. In 1969, M. Gerald Genta founded his own brand and his own watch works. This triggered a series of unique creations, from the "Repetition Minutes" with automatic movement in a case just 2.72 mm thick [1981] to the stunning million dollar model, the "Grande Sonnerie" [1994], renowned as the most complicated watch in the world, at that time. After 20 years, he sold the brand and the company and the factories and went back to painting but … well, once a watchmaker. Now the legendary "maitre horloger" has returned to his second art with a new brand, Gerald Charles, and once again, the results are exquisite. (read more...)
DualPhone combines VOIP and POTS in a cordless handset
June 4, 2005 This is big news! In the year since Skype officially launched its free P2P telephone service, the service has been growing like wildfire. Add to this a broadening of features such as SkypeOut and SkypeIn, their outbound and inbound bridges to traditional phone service, and Skype Voicemail and it's starting to look like Skype can take on the entire telecom industry all by itself. Fortunately for Skype, they don't have to conquer the world alone. They have a strong ally in RTX, specifically RTX's Olympia DualPhone. The DualPhone combines the best features of Skype with the best features of a standard cordless handset. For the first time Skype users can make calls in the same convenient fashion that we've had available with standard phone service for the last 50 years. Better, in fact, since the DualPhone allows incoming POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) calls to be placed on hold when a Skype call comes in, and vice versa. This is big! (read more...)
Universal Rechargeable Battery/Charger Powers and Charges Multiple Personal Electronic Devices
June 3, 2005 One of the biggest tragedies of daily life is running out of a ready supply of electrons - being connected requires electricity and without it, well, it's instant Stone Age, isn't it! Accordingly, a rechargeable battery that powers and charges all of your mobile devices is a good idea. Created by Tekkeon, a company that specialises in innovative products designed to simplify everyday life, myPower ALL powers and/or charges portable DVD players, digital cameras and camcorders, portable media centers, portable MP3 and CD players, PDAs, and mobile phones, and many notebook computers - virtually any portable device. (read more...)
MP3 watch from Mercedes Benz
June 1, 2005 Merchants of people mobility (also known as auto manufacturers) have been a little slow getting their brain cells wrapped around where the MP3 fits into the grand scheme of selling automobiles. The unanimous first step appears to be offering an iPod integration/interface kit, as VW, GM, Volvo, BMW, Mini and Mercedes have all done and we expect more to follow. Curiously, Mercedes Benz has just released a wristwatch incorporating an MP3 player, voice recorder and 512Mb of flash memory capacity, becoming the second auto manufacturer to have such a watch. (read more...)
These pictures were taken underwater with a mobile phone!
May 29, 2005 A new shockproof and waterproof casing that fits 95% of all cell phones has been released onto the German market for a price under 50 Euros. The WaveCase is so waterproof that it can be used underwater, turning the average cameraphone into an underwater camera capable of catching your holiday snaps above and below the water. As the casing is impervious to water to a depth of 20 metres, it is also ideal for protecting your converged device from sand, dust, rain and maybe even taking your phone surfing with you. (read more...)
Infusion WiFi Internet Radio, FM Radio and MP3 Player
May 26, 2005 As convergence rampages onward, the area of audio content and how we will consume it in the future has been one with no obvious outcomes. While podcasting has been a major trend of recent times, liberating content from the desktop en masse, live internet radio is only just beginning to become unwired and the jury is still out as to what devices we’ll use to listen to streamed audio content. One possibility is the Infusion, a compact portable Internet radio that connects to the Internet via WiFi without the need for a PC. It has a range of features including Internet radio, a timer recording, MP3 player, FM radio receiver, news / sport / weather ticker-tape banner, and more. Around the same size as a credit card (58mm x 71mm x 16mm), the Infusion will reach market in time for the 2005 Christmas season priced “between medium capacity flash-memory MP3 players and high capacity MP3 players with built-in hard drives." (read more...)
The Cruzer Titanium 2GB
May 26, 2005 From the world of beautiful, tactile, exquisite objects that are satisfying simply to hold and look at comes the new Cruzer Titanium from SanDisk. With a street price below US$200, the new 2 GB Cruzer Titanium is manufactured using an advanced titanium alloy from Liquidmetal Technologies that is approximately 2.5 times the strength of titanium, extremely hard, light, and both wear and heat resistant. The USB 2.0 hi-speed Cruzer Titanium flash drive is claimed by the manufacturers to be “virtually indestructible” (yeah, sure) but all reasonable efforts to physically protect the data it contains have been met and it really does look the part cos it is drop-dead gorgeous! (read more...)
Nokia launches new Linux based Internet Tablet product category
May 26, 2005 Nokia introduced the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York here yesterday. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a dedicated device optimized for convenient Internet browsing and email communications in a sleek pocketsize format. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an high-resolution (800x480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content over Wi-Fi. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilising Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone. (read more...)
World's Highest Capacity, Highest Performance Flash Drive
May 25, 2005 When you're a military or aerospace integrator and you've just gotta have a certain gadget, weight of dollars will win the day every time. Which is why flash-based data storage M-Systems has commenced mass production of its new FFD Ultra320 SCSI flash disk. The new FFD Ultra320 SCSI is specifically designed for mission critical systems required by the military, aerospace, telecommunication, video server, broadcasting and factory automation industries and is now available in capacities ranging from 1 to 176 gigabytes and SCSI interface speeds of 320 megabytes per second, all within in a standard 3.5" case. How much? As pricing is usually OEM, it's hard to get a retail price, but Engadget reported last year's 90GB model cost US$40,000. A sign of the times is that this year's 176GB version costs less than US$25,000. (read more...)
PalmOne’s LifeDrive: a “Mobile Manager” Product
May 18, 2005 Venturing beyond its well-known focus on the handheld and smartphone markets, palmOne today introduced the LifeDrive mobile manager, a product that fuses business productivity tools and entertainment applications. Designed for people with a significant volume of digital information, the LifeDrive mobile manager offers 4GB of hard-drive storage a large 320x480 high-resolution color screen, and wireless access through built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetoothwireless technologies. (read more...)
Motorola Labs Debuts First Ever Nano Emissive Flat Screen Display Prototype
May 11, 2005 Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola, has unveiled a working 5-inch colour video display prototype based on proprietary Carbon Nanotube (CNT) technology - a breakthrough technique that could create large, flat panel displays with superior quality, longer lifetimes and lower costs than current offerings. Optimised for a large screen High Definition Television (HDTV) that is less than 1-inch thick, this first-of-its kind NED 5-inch prototype harnesses the power of CNTs to fundamentally change the design and fabrication of flat panel displays. (read more...)
Solar Daypacks recharge personal electronics on the go
April 30, 2005 If there’s a massive winner in the low margin, high R&D personal electronics revolution it has been the battery companies that have supplied the electricity that powers the myriad devices we schlep around. Now, like everyone else in the convergence mix, there are new technologies that will potentially disintermediate the battery companies. Juice Bags is a line of urban daypacks that integrate high-efficiency solar panels in carrying cases to convert sunshine into electricity. The bags offer greater mobility and time between recharging – great for those who sometimes go for days before they see another powerpoint. (read more...)
IBM and Sanyo Demonstrate Fuel Cell Prototype for ThinkPad Notebooks with 8 hour refill time
April 29, 2005 IBM and SANYO Electric have demonstrated a prototype micro direct methanol fuel cell system for IBM ThinkPad notebooks. Leveraging SANYO's latest advancements in fuel cells that increase the longevity of notebook batteries, IBM and SANYO jointly developed a basic design of a fuel cell power source. Based on the design, the companies developed a prototype fuel cell system that could supply up to 8 hours of power per cartridge on current and future ThinkPad models. The SANYO system does not require altering the standard ThinkPad notebook design. (read more...)
Nokia launches Nseries branded multimedia device range
April 28, 2005 Nokia has announced a new range of next generation multimedia devices that will be sold as the Nokie N series. Packed with the latest technologies such as 3G, Carl Zeiss Optics, megapixel cameras, multi-gigabyte memory, VHS resolution video and WLAN, the Nokia Nseries offers new fusions of digital media and mobility to the hands of mobile users. Consumers can now use a single device to do everything from snapping print-quality images, reading email, listening to music, browsing their favorite websites, watching mobile TV and much more. The Nokia Nseries multimedia range is styled to meet the expectations of the most demanding customers with stainless steel finishes and black pearl and smooth silver color pallets. The first Nokia Nseries products are expected to become available during the second quarter of 2005 followed by several more by the end of 2005. (read more...)
PlayStation Portable To Launch in Europe on 1st September 2005
April 28, 2005 Sony Computer Entertainment demonstrated the woes of having a globally desirable product that’s simply too hot this week when it announced its PlayStation Portable handheld entertainment system will be launched in Europe, Australia and New Zealand on 1st September 2005. The PSP was launched in Japan last December, and the United States last month but the high demand in both markets has caused such a drain on manufacturing facilities that European consumers will be forced to wait an additional six months. Check our US launch party pictures to get an idea of the extraordinary hype created around the launch of this landmark portable game platform. (read more...)
The TAG Heuer Tiger Woods professional Golf Watch
April 27, 2005 TAG Heuer has announced a limited-edition launch of the world's first professional golf watch - a watch light and durable enough so that you can wear it to the tee without fear of compromising your shot. Fusing sports and glamour, the TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch is the result of a partnership between Tiger Woods and TAG Heuer and a limited run of just 8000 pieces will be released worldwide next week. (read more...)
Art Meets State-of-the-Art: the Nokia 8800
April 27, 2005 Nokia’s newly unveiled 8800 is designed as a showcase premium device and is designed using watchmaking and jewellery techniques. Encased in a slim stainless steel body, the Nokia 8800 glides open to reveal a number of distinctive details, each meticulously considered and researched to complement the prestige and quality of the device. To heighten the experience, the Nokia 8800 features exclusive audio accompaniment, including all ringtones and alerts, by award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. With a Zen-like goal to balance form and functionality, the guiding principle of Nokia's designers and engineers was to create a modern mobile phone which is the epitome of style and elegance, which is a pleasure to use and a delight to behold. (read more...)
Night club on wheels - the Red Bull Energy Station
After races in Australia, Malaysia and Bahrain, the Formula One circus returned to home ground this week as the motorhomes of the drivers and teams pulled into the historic Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari circuit near Imola in Italy. The San Marino Grand Prix means a return to the European Grand Prix lifestyle which is of necessity, very different to the fly-away rounds. It’s where magnficent, luxurious, purpose-built surrounding can be driven to the circuit to make life more bearable, more fun and more efficient for 11 of the 19 race meetings each year. It’s where the world first sees each new mine’s-bigger-than-yours motorhome. It’s where the world first saw McLaren’s portable and palatial F1 nerve centre and this weekend, it gave us the first glimpse of what will surely become one of the most notorious and elite high-tech nightclubs on the planet – the Red Bull Energy Station. (read more...)
The personal coffee machine
The inspiration for the aesthetically arresting Aroma Espresso Maker came from the sensual aspects of coffee itself. Coffee is a rich aromatic liquid, with similar qualities to a cologne, hence the design aimed to capture the essence of those qualities by being reminiscent of a cologne bottle and we can vouch that it has achived its goals – the Aroma is one of those objects you see that makes you scream “I want one of those.” Apart from being beautiful and highly desirable, the Aroma Espresso Maker is a personal, compact and portable 60 ml espresso maker designed to be carried for convenient usage anytime. With discretionary time becoming scarce in an increasingly busy world, the Aroma Espresso Maker can easily be carried to work in your bag, and simply plugged in and turned on at your desk. Its transparent casing allows the user to witness coffee being brewed enhancing the sensual experience and to finish it all off, there’s also a cylindrical leather carry bag with a zipper top to protect the coffee machine while traveling. (read more...)
A Mobile Service Now Reads Your Face and Predict the Future
April 21, 2005 Face-reading is an art as ancient as life itself, and without doubt is the broadest bandwidth input we all have in determining the character and intentions of those we meet face-to-face. In many Asian cultures, face-reading has been a respected profession and analytical tool for thousands of years, being used in the decision making process for everything from business to marriage. Now the ancient art of face-reading is being offered via the mobile phone as a paid service. (read more...)
Bluetooth Headset with vibrator alert, built-in ring tones and caller ID
April 22, 2005 Take your eye off the consumer electronics ball for a moment and it has moved a long way. We realised that this week when we saw one of the new Jabra BT800 Bluetooth headsets. Claimed by Jabra to be the most advanced Bluetooth headset in the world right now, it has caller ID display, built-in ring tones, vibrator alert and DSP technology. The Bluetooth headset market exceeded 15 million headsets worldwide in 2004, so it makes sense that headsets incorporate many of the standard features normally accessed through a mobile phone directly into the headset. (read more...)
New Mobile with Speech-to-Text could revolutionise text messaging
April 20, 2005 Samsung America has announced the availability of the p207, the world's first EDGE phone with VoiceMode a speech-to-text input technology offering the ability to dictate text messages. With a built-in dictionary, the user trains the p207 through a series of spoken prompts that captures voice tone and intonation. After the user adapts the system to accurately recognise their own voice, they are ready to begin dictating messages. The more frequently VoiceMode is used, the more it adapts to the user's voice. In addition, the user can eliminate time-consuming steps when addressing the message by dictating the recipient by name or number. (read more...)
World's first electronic paper watch demonstrated
April 17, 2005 Seiko Watch Corporation demonstrated the world's first watch to utilize an electronic paper display for the first time at the Baselworld Watch and Jewelry Show held in Basel, Switzerland. The design incorporates an easy-to-read, ultra-thin, low-power display integrated into a curved band. The unique electronic paper display module in this Seiko watch is the result of a joint development effort, bringing together E Ink's 'electronic ink' technology and Seiko Epson's advanced display manufacturing and electronic circuitry techniques. When combined, these technologies offer a wide range of display design possibilities - including flexibility! (read more...)
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