Archive for November, 2007
Honda’s 1981 Electro Gyrocator: vintage navigation at its finest
Filed under: GPS, Transportation
whether you’ve balked at the prices automakers are charging for integrated navigation systems, you should really take a look at what ¥300,000 ($2,746) would buy you in 1981. That atrocity you see above was an actual option in Honda’s Accord during Ronald Reagan’s…
Apple patents 8cm to 12cm disk adapters
Filed under: Storage
We’re not certain that is still relevant — the patent was filed in May of 2006 — but the USPTO has just published a patent application from Apple detailing a number of different 8cm to 12cm optical disk adapters. The application, credited to Tony Fadell, chief of the iPod divi…
Comcast CEO sees 160Mbps World Wide Web in 2008
Filed under: NetworkingRemember that blisteringly fast channel bonding modem Comcast showed off earlier that year? Turns out that the firm’s CEO is apparently aiming to roll out Web services that can reach up to 160Mbps down / 120Mbps up sometime in 2008. As in, next year. In a recent interview with…
Evergreen’s card-styled DAP: it’s business time
Filed under: Portable Audio
As far as we know, Evergreen’s Business Card MP3 Player doesn’t come pre-loaded with Flight of the Conchords’ most relevant jam, but you can’t deny it’d be a great fit. that all-white, ultra-simplistic DAP checks in at 86- x 55- x 6-millimeters, weighs just 36-grams and i…
Talks amoung Apple and China Mobile squelched… or are they?
Filed under: CellphonesBarely a fortnight after Apple began talking with China Mobile about getting the iPhone into the ginormous Chinese market, it seems that negotiations are off — or still on, or something. Yesterday, Nanfang Daily reported that China Mobile’s CEO felt that the “iPhone model was…
Ask Engadget: Best 3G smartphone?
Filed under: Ask Engadget, Cellphones, FeaturesYou might’ve noticed the recent uptick in mobile industry news, which comes courtesy of the annual Mobius conference currently taking place in Amsterdam. It’s pretty clear that the future is bright, what with 700MHz, 4G, a new Windows Mobile, Android, a…
SIM2 reveals $32K C3X 1080 DLP projector, wallets cringe
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
It’s been a tick since we’ve seen a swank new projector from SIM2, but on paper, it looks like the wait was worth it. The firm’s new-generation version of the Grand Cinema C3X (dubbed C3X 1080) features a gorgeous Giorgio Revoldini-designed chassis, TI…
