Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Apparently HP’s gotten so desperate to connect with the youth market that they’ve actually hired on a “teen council” to help design a new line of products — likeliest PCs — from top to bottom. Will it be another bomb like the hip-e? Guess we’ll find out when the line launches this fall.
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Apparently HP’s gotten so desperate to connect with the youth market that they’ve actually hired on a “teen council” to help design a new line of products — likeliest PCs — from top to bottom. Will it be another bomb like the hip-e? Guess we’ll find out when the line launches this fall.
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If the 3G iPhone rumours were a fire, by now it’d be a towering inferno, with firemen hosing it down and people fleeing in fear. Thankfully they’re not a fire. But that hasn’t stopped them getting massive. Both the 8 and 16GB models disappeared from Apple’s UK and US websites, Stateside operator AT&T is prepping an iPhone Black, and iPhone sales have been limited to one per person. Will it ever come out? Maybe Jobs is playing a big joke on us all. Have a guess when it’ll first go on sale anywhere in the world, and you could win one courtesy of T3.com. You know it makes sense.
There’s a new Blackberry in town, and it looks pretty awesome. Named the Bold, it holds Wi-Fi, HSDPA, geotagging, and basically everything a businessman needs apart from a wrap of cocaine and a bad tie.
Will Guitar Hero 4 let you make your own songs? That’s the rumour surfacing on the web. And once you’ve recorded your power ballad, you’ll be able to share it with strangers online. Expect it in winter, just in time for your shot at the Christmas number one.
Microsoft is extending its reach from this planet to outer space, courtesy of its Final Frontier. Check the site, and you can zoom around intergalactic-stylee. Wicked.
The PS2 is still outselling the PS3. Still. This is like a toddler being constantly upstaged by his more popular older brother. Kind of. The PS3 sold 9 million in 2007, but was whooped by the PS2’s 13 million. Crikey. Expect that to change with the demise of HD-DVD and now GTA IV’s out, though.
Speaking of gaming, is there a new Xbox on the horizon? Online dwellers seem to think so. Named the 540, it’ll be more powerful and slimmer than the 360. Great. But why not call it the 1080 or some such? 540 isn’t a significant number in any way.
And you can buy Xbox trousers to go with your new console. Nice.
Also, if you haven’t already, be sure to check out the latest episode of the T3 Podcast where we’ll be looking back on the year in tech so far. Listen directly here or type T3 into your iTunes and subscribe to a weekly dose of aural pleasure from T3.com
Filed under: Wireless
Wondering what kind of radios are inside all those WiMAX-enabled laptops, ultraportables and MIDs (and, uh, sheets) we’ve been seeing lately? We’ve got a hunch they’ve all got something a lot like Intel’s 5350 WiMAX / WiFi card tucked away in there, and now that it’s hit the FCC, we’re being treated to some class-A photography of the lil’ bugger. Yep, still useless without a network — but if that $12B Clearwire deal pans out, you might get to get familiar with the user manual located just beyond the read link.
[Thanks, Stephen]
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Filed under: Wireless
Wondering what kind of radios are inside all those WiMAX-enabled laptops, ultraportables and MIDs (and, uh, sheets) we’ve been seeing lately? We’ve got a hunch they’ve all got something a lot like Intel’s 5350 WiMAX / WiFi card tucked away in there, and now that it’s hit the FCC, we’re being treated to some class-A photography of the lil’ bugger. Yep, still useless without a network — but if that $12B Clearwire deal pans out, you might get to get familiar with the user manual located just beyond the read link.
[Thanks, Stephen]
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Filed under: Peripherals
iKey’s done this whole rugged keyboard thing a time or two before, so when it builds one meant to operate like a champ around environments laden with grease, you know it means business. The new line of Membrane keyboards — which arrives in a trio of flavors — boasts a stainless steel enclosure, or customers looking to integrate can snag the OEM edition and do as they please. The board possesses a “hard-coated, textured, polyester film that is more rugged than industrial silicone rubber keypads,” and it’s designed to withstand “directed hose water, disinfectants and environmental contaminants.” Seems as though you’ll have to phone up iKey to find out what this Apocalypse-approved device will run you, but it should get along quite well with that impenetrable Iron Drive of yours.
[Via Coolest-Gadgets]
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Filed under: Laptops
With its minute keyboard, the Eee PC can be tough to use in the dark. Imagine, then, if yours had a backlit keyboard. The folks at Popsci have come up with — and explained — a way to add one of your own. And get this: you can do it in 3 hours for just $13.50. But before you go ripping apart your new Eee PC, mind this: this isn’t the easiest mod in the world. You have to be cool with removing the keyboard, slipping some wires, and doing some light soldering. In addition, the hack plops a Techno Flash luminescent wire inverter on the outside of the case, so if you’re big on minimalism, this might be a skip.
[Via Pimp My UMPC]
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Filed under: Laptops
With its minute keyboard, the Eee PC can be tough to use in the dark. Imagine, then, if yours had a backlit keyboard. The folks at Popsci have come up with — and explained — a way to add one of your own. And get this: you can do it in 3 hours for just $13.50. But before you go ripping apart your new Eee PC, mind this: this isn’t the easiest mod in the world. You have to be cool with removing the keyboard, slipping some wires, and doing some light soldering. In addition, the hack plops a Techno Flash luminescent wire inverter on the outside of the case, so if you’re big on minimalism, this might be a skip.
[Via Pimp My UMPC]
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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Dell’s plans for Alienware and the XPS line are getting a little clearer, even as rumors swirl — a post on the company’s Direct2Dell blog today says that the XPS and Alienware dev teams are going to be integrated, and that the XPS line will go in “new directions,” hinted at by the m1330 and XPS One. Furthermore, you can now buy the Area-51 m9750 gaming laptop direct from the Dell website in addition to the Area-51 m15x, which doesn’t seem all that wild to us — we’re more interested in why Dell picked the super-geeky XPS brand to be its “premium” line. Ever heard of friendly, guys?
[Via CNET]
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Filed under: Desktops, Laptops
Dell’s plans for Alienware and the XPS line are getting a little clearer, even as rumors swirl — a post on the company’s Direct2Dell blog today says that the XPS and Alienware dev teams are going to be integrated, and that the XPS line will go in “new directions,” hinted at by the m1330 and XPS One. Furthermore, you can now buy the Area-51 m9750 gaming laptop direct from the Dell website in addition to the Area-51 m15x, which doesn’t seem all that wild to us — we’re more interested in why Dell picked the super-geeky XPS brand to be its “premium” line. Ever heard of friendly, guys?
[Via CNET]
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