Monday, January 23, 2006
Pantech Shiny White Music Phone Looks Kinda Familiar...
It just never stops, does it? Though not as blatant as the Dbtel M50 cellphone we showed you yesterday, this Pantech IM-U110 music phone does look quite like a certain MP3 player we all know and love. I will, however, give credit where credit is due and say that this Pantech beauty has some cool-ass features—starting with a built-in 1GB flash memory for music storage. It also has a media player that supports AAC, AAC+, MP3, MPEG4 and H.264, a 2-megapixel camera, PictBridge for photo printing, a 2-inch screen and stereo speakers.
Pantech IM-U110 1GB Flash Memory Music Phone
Nope, Xbox 360 Won’t Do Blu-ray
There was earlier speculation that Microsoft was going to offer Blu-ray support to its Xbox 360 (most likely via an external drive). This seems to have been a bit inaccurate as Microsoft has stated that it is “fully committed” to the HD DVD platform. Apparently, Microsoft was just touting the system’s ease of expandability, implying that a Blu-ray drive could easily be added externally, but that the company actually has no such plans. Looks like you’ll have to wait for the PS3 to get your Blu-ray-on-a-console fix.
MS says no to Xbox 360 Blu-ray support
Bluetooth GPS Unit: Size Isn’t Everything
Here’s a tiny GPS receiver from i-Blue that communicates with your Bluetooth-equipped laptop or PDA and it's pretty smart, too. Even though it has a battery that will operate the unit for 30 hours per charge, it's polite enough to turn itself off when it's too far away for Bluetooth reception.
i-Blue GPS Receiver
Logitech Harmony Advanced Universal Remote for Xbox 360
Logitech has jumped into the universal remote control market lately with a line of Harmony controllers. So Logitech used the launch of the Xbox 360 as an excuse to produce another excellent remote that supports the media-savvy 360. The remote can control nearly all units of your home theater setup along with the 360, it has a built-in memory to keep track of all of your commonly-used components and power them on and off all together.
Logitech Harmony Advanced Universal Remote for Xbox 360 Reviewed
Hauppage Set-Top Box
So there is this big fancy media center revolution going on. Well what is the point of buying an entire new computer when all of your media is on a preexisting computer anyway? This is where Hauppauge is stepping in with their MediaMVP 802.11g Wi-Fi enabled set-top decoder box. It currently supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and DivX for video; MP3 for music; and JPEG and GIF for pictures. Fans of XviD or WMA? Do not fret.
Hauppauge Wireless Set-Top Decoder
Ben-Q Joins Siemens for New Cellphones
Ben-Q may is not best known for its cellphones. So in order to get more marketing love the company has partnered with German-based Siemens to become the second dual-name handset maker (think Sony-Ericsson). To launch the new brand, the company unveiled three phones, the EF81, the S68 and S88—all on the high-end side of the business.
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