Casio Wireless USB Solar Calculator - Neat!

Topic: Hot Gadgets

I know so many people who still have a normal calculator on the desk next to their PC keyboard. Looks like Casio wants to help those people to have the best of both worlds. Casio introduces calculators with a wireless and USB PC interface.

The Casio MZ-120WL and Casio JZ-120WL calculators are bundled with USB dongle to enable a wireless connection to use it as a 10 key number type pad. The Casio MZ-20 is connected directly via USB. All new Casio calculators have solar cells. The Casio JZ-120WL has some more calculator features. Read more

Microsoft Xbox 360 Launch on November 25th?

Topic: Hot Gadgets

IGN reports that retailers in the United States are set for a November 25th launch of the Microsoft Xbox 360.

The 25th is the day after Thanks Giving, also called Black Friday. It is the busiest shopping day of the season in the United States. Amazon in the UK lists a November 28th shipping date. Most analysts agree it will be November. As it looks it will be the last week of November.

In other news the Xbox Live service prices have appeared, although not entirely conclusive yet.

Official: Microsoft Xbox 360 Premium Edition and Core System Pricing

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Microsoft announces the pricing for their new Xbox 360 game console. Update: Xbox 360 pre-order started on Amazon.

There will be two editions of the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 Premium Edition will sell for $399.99 USD (€399.99, £279.99). The Xbox 360 Premium edition will have a signature metallic detailing and comes bundled with 20GB Xbox 360 Hard Drive, Xbox 360 Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 Faceplate, Xbox 360 Headset, Xbox 360 Component HD-AV Cable, Xbox Live Silver membership and a bonus Media Remote Control (limited time only). Read more

Hori Sony PSP Memory Stick Video Recorder Pre-Order

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Game accessory company Hori offers a little box that allows to record TV programming directly on a Sony Memory Stick Pro for the Sony PSP.

There are lots of software solutions to convert videos for the Sony PSP, the Hori Video Recorder just makes this a lot simpler. The device just connects to video ports on a TV or DVD player and records the video signal in a selected quality. The Hori recorder is not a PVR. It just records what is coming in at the video port. No timer function or stuff like that.
The Hori Sony PSP video recorder is coming in November to Japan. It will be available through Lik-Sang internationally for $129.90. Read more

iRobot Scooba Will Sell for $399.99

Topic: Hot Gadgets

iRobot announced the new generation Scooba floor cleaning robot in May.

iRobot sent out an email that the Scooba will sell for $399.99 from the iRobot store this November.

The iRobot Scooba floor cleaning robot brushes dirt up and then it washes the floor with fresh liquid cleaner. With the liquid it scrubs the floor and then picks up the dirty containing liquid to leave a dry floor. Sounds like the perfect way to clean a floor.
More details on the iRobot site. Read more

Coffee Company Tchibo Sells Low-Cost Floor Cleaning Robot

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Updated 08/16/06
German coffee chain Tchibo is selling beginning tomorrow a floor cleaning robot for a low 89,90 Euros (~$110USD).

Update:
Review of Tchibo Robot available now.

Tchibo is a very big chain in Germany that besides selling coffee has every week a new theme store selling anything from clothes to gadgets. This week it will be a low-cost floor cleaning robot similar to the iRobot Roomba. Only difference, which I did not realize when I wrote the story first, is that this robot is only brushing and is in fact no vacuum cleaner. The iRobot Roomba is brushing as well, but also has a vacuum feature.

Tchibo robot features push sensors to avoid obstacles. It features 3 modes to handle rooms int he size of 10 to 30 m2. The batteries hold for 90 mins. This robot has sensors to detect stairs. Interesting is also a rotating brush on the border to get close to walls.
The red colored robot measures 37x10x33cm.

The low price on this robot and the feature-set are worth enough for me to go and pick one up for testing it this week. So stay tuned to see if this cheapo floorvac is any good. Read more

iZ Zizzle iPod Mystery Toy Revealed!

Topic: Hot Gadgets

This is a fun story: Waking up scanning my RSS feeds I see Engadget (Links to story on Book of Joe) running a story about the iZ Zizzle mystery toy that is supposed to not be revealed yet.

As we reported iLounge runs a promotional give-away where they make a big deal out of releasing new photos of the iZ toy during the competition showing only glimpses of the weird looking iZ. Participants in the give-away should send an email and tell what the iZ Zizzle toy is. The competition is still going until August 19th. Well, just read USAToday or the Chicago Tribune and you know - One to many PR guys at work? Or Zizzle just figured a story in USAToday gets just tons more eyeballs than they get from iLounge. Oh, and a quick search on Amazon also reveals nice photos (see a larger one below) of the iZ. Apparently the Zizzle toy will be available in three colors: Blue, Red and Green. Amazon.com offers the iZ for pre-order at $39.99. It will ship September 29th.

Anyway, the Chicago Tribune has figured out the same I already wrote in the first story about the iZ iPod toy. It is the same concept as the Sega iDog. Just as you can see in the photo (from Amazon.com) the looks of iZ are hard to grasp. It is some kind of colored alien. The Sega iDog is just plain cute. The iDog will be on sale in the US this month from Tiger Electronics, beating the iZ from Zizzle by 1 month to the market. Read more

Sony PS3 Fans need to Buy a Microsoft Xbox 360?

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Based on an analyst report circulating this week that Sony might delay the Sony PS3 launch to 2007 if the Microsoft Xbox 360 is a flop. Continuing this thought one could think this would imply that Sony PS3 fans should buy a Xbox 360 to make sure they get a Sony PS3 in 2007.

My opinion is that it will not be that easy for Sony. The Microsoft Xbox 360 will most likely be a hit. Halo 3 and Xbox Live are just some of the hot arguments for the Xbox 360. More discussions on this topic on Slashdot. Read more

Sharp 65 inch LCD TV Coming To The US!

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Sharp announced their huge 65 inch LCD TV LC-65GE1 in Japan in June.

I got many emails from apparently wealthy IT2INFO Readers asking if this 65 inch beauty will be available outside of Japan. I actually contacting the Sharp PR unit in Japan. Back then they did not know if they will offer the LC-65GE1 outside of Japan.
Today the Nikkei.Net (Subscription) reports that Sharp has decided to sell their 65 inch LCD HDTV in the US (possibly in Europe too) starting in November.
With a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080 pixels the Sharp LC-65GE1 is able to view any HD sources. Ideal for the Sony PS3 and Xbox 360.
There is no pricing information available yet. In Japan this large LCD HDTV sells for about $14,800.

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Home Depot Sells Furgles

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Furgles are no Furby's but the look ultra funny.

Furgles also can just do one thing. They can hold 24 CDs. Furgels sell for $9.99 at Home Depot for all places. They come in 3 colors.
First seen on ShinyShiny. More details on Gearlive.

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Waterproof DVD Player by Japanese TwinBird

Topic: Hot Gadgets

In case you like to bath and watch DVDs, Japanese TwinBird has just the product for this. TwinBird's portable DVD player... Read more

Monster VOIP Phone by Fujitsu

Topic: Hot Gadgets

The Fujitsu FR-V is a huge VOIP phone, but it also offers a wide range of features including video conferencing. The Fuji... Read more

Sony PSP Browser Problems and Solutions and Gallery

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Ok now I got my Sony PSP online via our wireless network. The issue from this morning was that I had my router set to work wit... Read more

More Sony PSP Web Browser Photos

Topic: Hot Gadgets

I just came back and did not had time to fiddle with my Sony PSP to get it online. As reported earlier I could not get it onli... Read more

Lebedev OLED Keyboard Interview Round-Up

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Ever since the Optimus OLED Keyboard concept appeared on the web by Artemy Lebedev Studios appeared, interviews with the des... Read more

White Sony PSP (PSP-1000 KCW) Announced

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Sony announces in Japan a white Sony PSP. Nintendo already launched the Nintendo DS in several colors, now Sony gets in... Read more

YEAH! Sony PSP Firmware 2.0 Coming with Web Browser

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Sony announced a new Sony PSP Firmware update that will include a web browser. The PSP firmware 2.0 will also include WPA... Read more

POSTIN: Wireless Mailbox Notifier Gadget

Topic: Hot Gadgets

German company offers a very cool gadget called POSTIN. The device notifies owners when the mailman is dropping mail in the ma... Read more

Detailed Samsung Sports Camcorder SC-X105L Review

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Futurelooks published a detailed review about the Samsung Sports Camcorder SC-X105L. Quote: "Whatever annoyances ... Read more

Butane Gas Fuel Cell

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Samsung SDI has developed a fuel cell that can generate up to 100 watts of electricity for five hours with butane gas. A... Read more

Apple iTunes Music Videos Coming?

Topic: Hot Gadgets

Has Apple found finally a big enough reason to enter the portable video player market? It might have with portable MTV. ... Read more

Are You Sick of Using Video Tapes in Camcorders?

JVC offers a line of Video Cameras that use Hard-drives instead of Video Tapes. JVC is still the only company that has Video Cameras on the market that use hard-drives to store DVD quality video. It is in my mind a very obvious solution in a complete digital environment that we are in now.
Nobody is questioning that we stopped use film in digital cameras. So why do still most video cameras on the market use tape? Sure the data volume is much higher for video, memory sticks or SD cards offer to little space to record hours of high quality videos. Now that portable hard-drives are used to store your complete music library it is of course also possible to record hours of high quality video on them.
Right now JVC offers three models with a 4GB hard-drive: The GZ-MC100 ($899.99), The GZ-MC200 ($998.94) and the new high-end GZ-MC-500 ($1,599.95). If you need more storage, JVC will start ship end of August the JVC Everio G-Series camcorders that boast 20 and 30GB hard-drives. That means up to 37 hours of video recording on the 30GB models and up to 25 hours on the 20GB model - Tape just died, as film did. Amazon.com opened pre-order on the new JVC Everio G-Series camcorders. You can get the GZ-MG20 for $799.95, the GZ-MG40 for $899.99 and the GZ-MG50 for $999.99.

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