http://www.only-electronics.com All new Electronics Buzz and gadgets Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:10:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Handhelds This won't come as a massive surprise to most, but author Nick Hornby isn't so into e-books. After walking into a British Borders book store to find the £399 ($790) Iliad for sale next to some £4 paperbacks, he poo-poo'd the platform in a guest column ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/05/author-nick-hornby-not-feeling-the-fever-pitch-over-e-books/ Filed under: Desktops, LaptopsThe folks at EFiX don't exactly have the best record of sticking to promised release dates, but the company's CEO and lead engineer, Wilhelm von Vnukov, now tells us that the V2 edition of the OSX-installing device for desktop PCs will be available on Monday (July 7th), ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/05/os-x-installing-efix-device-gets-a-price-release-date/ Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Buried under predictions that 2012 will bring dominance for Blu-ray over DVD and breaking news that the PS3 just may have had a hand in winning the format war the Entertainment Merchant's Association 2008 Annual Report on the Home Entertainment Industry holds survey results showing 87% ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/87-of-playstation-3-owners-watching-blu-ray-movies-survey-says-yes/ Filed under: Home Entertainment Now that you've had a little over a month to cram down popcorn while enjoying your shiny matte new Roku Netflix Player, we're interested to find just how pleased (or displeased) you are with the $99 purchase. Has it lived up to your expectations? Is the quality ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/how-would-you-change-rokus-netflix-player/ Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals An external graphics card that's actually nearing release? Be still our hearts! Fujitsu Siemens' recently leaked external unit, which will be based on ATI XGP technology, is actually really, really close to hitting retail -- according to a piece over at Fudzilla, anyway. Slated to be titled ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/fujitsu-siemens-lasso-external-graphics-card-get-spotted-should-hit-retail-soon/ Filed under: NetworkingSo here's a bit of brilliant statistics work for you: The Pew Internet & American Life research project has determined after endless polling and number crunching that 62 percent of American dial-up users have no interest in upgrading their connections to something a bit more peppy. In fact, ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/most-dial-up-users-dont-want-to-upgrade-their-connections/ Filed under: Misc. Gadgets var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_3G_line_camping_begins_now'; So we heard some really over-eager folks have decided to get a jump on the iPhone 3G line -- a really, really big jump. Obviously, we had to head down and see if it was true... and it is. ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/iphone-3g-lines-start-at-the-apple-cube-one-week-early/ Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Scientists have been up to some wacky (and amazing) stuff in the world of flexible computers and organic user interfaces. Putting standard our standard concept of computers aside, researches are the Human Media Laboratory at Queen's University in Canada are developing what are called "non-planar" devices: computers ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/non-planar-devices-promise-downloadable-hardware-interactive-soda-cans/ Filed under: Misc. GadgetsAttempts to launch a solar sail into space haven't exactly been met with success in the past, but NASA now looks set to try to notch one up in the win column, with the agency reportedly on track for a launch of its own as soon as ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/new-solar-sail-aims-to-not-repeat-recent-history/ Filed under: Cellphones Well, it looks like Group Sense's once mighty line-up of Palm OS-based handsets has finally been shown the door with the whole lot now replaced by a single, Linux-based device. From the looks of it though, it doesn't seem like the new handset is about to work any ... http://www.only-electronics.com/2008/07/04/group-senses-palm-os-line-up-give-way-to-lone-linux-based-phone/