Daily Archives: September 8, 2008

Asus Eee PC 1000H: a perfectly wonderful netMacbook

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

One thing we’re all pretty sure Steve Jobs has no intention of announcing tomorrow: an OS X netbook. But why do we need one when the Asus Eee PC 1000H can be purchased for $550 and hacked to run OS … Continue reading →

Mio Leap K1 cell phone reveals GPS on the flipside

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Mio’s Leap K1: GPS on one side, quad-band cell phone with 2MP cam and Windows Mobile 6 on the other. I like it. I’m sure they could have managed to do it all with a touch screen, but there is … Continue reading →

Dell Studio 15 laptops come with mobile broadband too

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

While the Inspiron Mini’s 3G provider hasn’t been announced yet, it looks like it’s a lock that you’ll only be able to access the 3G card in the States with Verizon and Sprint. Why? Dell has just announced that all … Continue reading →

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 has secret 3G card

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

The Dell Inspiron Mini — while not the scrotum-smasher to the Asus Eee that we hoped — is still a capable, enticing, well-made little netbook that can go feature for feature with any of its peers. But it may actually … Continue reading →

Bellacor Atomic Alarm Clock bring 1984 to wake-up time

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Bellarcor’s alarm clock isn’t very special by itself — standard Sharper Image tech, including a wather forecast display and thermometer — but what really strikes about it is how it is the spitting image of the sort of alarm clock … Continue reading →

Leaked shot of iPod Nano 4G confirms new screen, new curves, tangerine blush

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Another iPhone Nano 4G spy shot, this time blurrily depicting not an Asian retailers form-fitting case or the gutted body lying on the spining belt of an assembly line, but the full product, in all its polished tangerine glory. I … Continue reading →

Rare Sharp Boombox with built-in mini-organ

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Retro-Thing, spotters of all sorts of gorgeous antediluvian electronica, found this wonderful Sharp MR-990 boom box up on eBay. No mere ghetto blaster, this: the usual accoutrements like dual cassette bays, detachable stereo speakers, AM & FM and a five-band … Continue reading →

Dean Takahashi exposes the inner story of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 woes

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Dean Takahashi, a tech journalism maestro if there ever was one, has turned in a truly epic expose of Microsoft and the Xbox 360s red ring of death problems. Over the course of six pages, Takahashi paints a portrait of … Continue reading →

Analysts say no new MacBooks at “Let’s Rock” Apple event

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

Tomorrow’s Apple’s big “Let’s Rock” event. All we know for sure is that the iPod Nano 4G will be announced… probables included iPod Touch and iPod Classic Changes. The big hopeful? New Macs: specifically, the rumored MacBook and MacBook Pro … Continue reading →

Darth 64: Nintendo 64 meets an old Laser Doodle

Posted on September 8, 2008 by John Brownlee

I love the pluck and moxie of the Internet’s constabulary of modders who deign to cram the bloated guts of a long-dead console into the home built chassis of a portable, but it’s always the lines that get me: ergonomic … Continue reading →