Archive for April, 2008

Video: AT&T launching Mobile TV May 4th, demonstrated on LG Vu

Filed under: Portable Video

MediaFLO is about to cut loose for AT&T customers and we’ve got video to prove it. After the break you’ll find Mobile TV running on LG’s new $300 (2-year, after $100 rebate) Vu, one of just two Mobile TV compatible handsets launching on AT&T May 4th — the other being the $200 […]

Demand for Intel’s Atom already outstripping supply?

Filed under: Handhelds, Laptops

There’s a ton of upcoming laptops and devices based around Intel’s Atom processor, and it looks like all the early interest is causing that best of all possible problems for the chipmaker: it’s gotten too many orders. Intel told the WSJ that it’s planning on producing “millions” of Atom chips this year, […]

Survival Gear That’s Just Crazy Enough to Work

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As technology advances in practically every other aspect of human life, the tools for surviving nature and its disasters remain relatively primitive. Is a Leatherman the best we can do? The problem is that good gear needs to be practical, safe and portable which doesn’t leave much room for robotic mountain-climbing exoskeletons.
We’ve compiled the most […]

First ever BlackBerry clamshell phone unmasked, dubbed the ‘Kickstart’

Filed under: Cellphones

Ready to have your brain blown out through the top of your head? Look above — you’re staring at the heretofore unseen BlackBerry clamshell, the Kickstart. The Boy Genius snagged a handful of photos of the device (which apparently he’s known about for “a while”), and has decided to share his good fortune […]

Hercules Mobile DJ MP3 finally available for $99

Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless

If you’ve done anything other than mash F5 (or similar) at Hercules’ website the past few seasons, you’ve likely forgotten all about that sub-$100 Mobile DJ MP3 that surfaced over a year ago. For whatever reason, the thing is just now shipping, but we suppose obnoxiously late is better than never, […]

Samsung T10 goes floral for spring

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

It rains every day and the birds won’t shut up — yeah, spring’s here, and Samsung’s celebrating by dressing up the T10 in this fetching black and purple floral number. Details are scarce, as the “La Fleur Special Edition” of the well-regarded PMP isn’t official yet, but we’d expect to […]

Goldmund’s $300,000 Epilogue Speaker System joins Media Room

Filed under: Home Entertainment

Personally, we can only imagine what a $300,000 speaker setup sounds like. But you — we know you’re eager to pick up the Epilogue Speaker System (previous edition shown) and rub it in the faces of everyone else, right? Regardless of whether you answered that truthfully or not, Goldmund (those same […]

Stay Juiced Anywhere in the World

Electrical systems around the world are varied and mysterious. Learn which adapters you’ll need to pack to keep your iPod rocking from Bangkok to Bucharest in Wired.com’s How-To Wiki.

iLuv kicks out i168 and i169 HD Radio alarm clocks

Filed under: Peripherals, Portable Audio

Something’s really wrong with the world if more than a few months pass by without a new iPod alarm clock from iLuv, so we suppose everyone’s a-okay for a few more months now. Announced today, the firm has introduced its first pair of HD Radio clocks, and sure enough, one […]

MacBook Air users still faced with overheating problems?

Filed under: Laptops

We’re still hearing reports of MacBook Air overheating woe, well after an EFI update in April that was meant to address some of those problems. While hot computers are nothing new, the MacBook Air starts shutting down cores and offloading processes when things get bad, which means users are faced with aggravating stop-start […]