Archive for December, 2005

Trade in Your CD’s for an iPod

Friday, December 30th, 2005

Millenium Music is offering up free iPods if you’ll ship them all of those CD’s you collected back in the 90’s. Remeber that? How silly was that?

Motorola SLVR

Monday, December 19th, 2005

The new Motorola SLVR L7 should be on shelves this month. Measuring only 113 x 49 x 11.5 mm (I think that translates to 4.4 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches), it’s just a bit longer than a folded RAZR. It’s also narrower and thinner than the RAZR, making it one of the smallest […]

Vonage F-1000 Wi-Fi Phone

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The UT Starcom F-1000 is a new Wi-Fi wireless phone, designed to work with your Vonage telephone service. It will connect to your Vonage service anywhere you can find an open Wi-Fi hotspot, giving you free calls.

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Review: Canon Powershot A610

Thursday, December 15th, 2005

The Canon A610 is one of the best digital cameras you’ll find for under $300. It may not have the stylish good looks or small size of some of its competitors, but if you’re mostly interested in an affordable digital camera that takes great pictures, the A610 may be the way to go.

Review: Archos AV 700

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

The Archos AV 700 is the granddaddy of portable media players. It’s got a huge 7″ LCD screen, and can be had with a 40 or 100 GB hard drive. It plays more audio and video formats than almost anything out there, including MP3, WAV, protected WMA, DivX, MPEG-4, WMV, and XviD.

Review: Pentax *ist DL

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

The Pentax *ist DL is about the best digital SLR you’re going to find for under $800. Pentax is bringing the digital SLR into a realm where average humans can afford to own one without taking out a second mortgage.

Review: Canon Powershot A510

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

The Canon Powershot A510 is a 3.2 megapixel camera, replacing the successful PowerShot A75. It’s not tiny, at 3.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches, but it’s a bargain indeed, at under $200.

Review: Haier P7

Tuesday, December 13th, 2005

The Haier P7 is a fairly ordinary new phone with a very interesting form factor. If you’re into owning a phone that doesn’t look like everyone else’s, this is a cool one. Just bigger than you average pen, it will easily fit into your pocket protector.

Review: Palm Treo 650

Friday, December 9th, 2005

The Treo 650 is just about the perfect mix of a PDA and a cell phone. The biggest obvious external difference between it and the Treo 600 is the screen. It’s far better than the previous iteration, doubling the resolution at 320×320.

Olympus IR-500 Digital Camera

Friday, December 9th, 2005

The Olympus IR-500 is part of Olympus’s new “total imaging system” line of products. Go all out, and pick up the compatible printer, hard disk drive, and DVD burner. They all dock together in various ways to do spiffy things for you. Hook the camera up to the hard drive, which can hold 40,000 images, and you can fire up a slide show.