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Ever wonder what it would be like typing without a 
keyboard. Check out the Celluon Laserkey CL800BT which offers a look into the future of desk space saving and convienient typing. How it works is the mini tower that is the size of a large PDA projects a laser keyboard onto the surface in front on it. Just tapping your fingers on a plain desk surface with a projected keyboard is all it takes to type something up.
The laser is a red laser diode that casts a keyboard image on a surface, works best with non-reflective, opaque flat surfaces. The keyboard is in a regular sized QWERTY style and is visible in 1000-5000 lux ambient light.
The Celluon Laserkey CL800BT picks up 400 characters per minute which is pretty good for the average keyboard user especially a user getting used to pressing their fingers on a regular flat surface, so unique and cool.
The Celluon Laserkey runs on an integral lithium ion battery and has a 830mAH capacity at 3.7V. Adaptor comes in 1A or 5V depending on your capatability. Bluetooth technology needs v1.1 class 2.
Right now the Celluon Laserkey is compatible with Windows Mobile Pocket PCs and the smart phone edition so you can spead out your fingers and type on any flat surface avaiable (the Celluon Laserkey mini tower is easy to carry with you when you are on the go). also compatible with Palm OS, Blackberry, Symbian products, not to mention Windows 2000/XP or higher.
The Celluon Laserkey Cl800BT is one the coolest gadgets coming out in tech I think. Pretty soon a computer will be a screen with USB pocket portable drive sized hardware, a little nob for a mouse and now a mini tower with a projected image of a keyboard right in front of you. Break out the table cleaners because you will be able to type and use you free desktop space for anythings else you need it for.
74 days ago, Apple released iPhone, a revolutionary little gadget-like device that was to keep the front page of tech blogs for days to follow. Today, the very same Apple sold the 1,000,000th phone. Therefore, the predictions turned out to be true, as they passed the milestone before the end of September as presumed.
In the end, I congratulate Apple for the accomplishment and for those interested, here’s a small quote from the press conference. Fear the fruit, Gates!
Apple(R) today announced it sold its one millionth iPhone(TM) yesterday, just 74 days after its introduction on June 29. iPhone combines three devices into one-a mobile phone, a widescreen iPod(R), and the best mobile Internet device ever-all based on Apple’s revolutionary multi-touch interface and pioneering software that allows users to control iPhone with just a tap, flick or pinch of their fingers.
“One million iPhones in 74 days-it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary product into the hands of even more customers this holiday season.”
Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market this year with its revolutionary iPhone.
WordTracker is a useful tool for webmasters. WordTracker tells you what searchers are looking for on the web.
Occasionally, WordTracker will surprise you with an insight into something interesting going on in the world. Here’s a WordTracker result I just found:
| Search Term |
Number of Searches |
| iphone |
9,423 |
| iPhone Complaints |
3,321 |
| Apple iPhone |
1,149 |
What this tells us is that “iPhone Complaints” is the second most popular search term which ordinary web searches use to find information about the Apple iPhone.
It looks as if there are plenty of unhappy iPhone customers on the Internet!
iPhone Complaints
Common iPhone complaints include:
- No support for custom ringtones
- Battery life shorter than promised
- Sound volume insufficient
- Lack of Flash support in the web browser
- Built-in GPS is not user accessible
- Built-in Bluetooth cannot be used for data transfer
- Built-in camera has no ability to be adjusted
- Lack of useful applications (SSH, SFTP, VNC, Remote Desktop)
- No games
- No voice dialing
- Keyboard is very difficult to use
A lot of Apple/AT&T customers have already returned their iPhones for more mature devices such as the RIM BlackBerry.
If you’re a comfortable person, or if you just love to have the latest entertainment gadgets, the researchers from the Osaka university have just the thing for you. The gadget is designed to make you control your iPod with a maximum of ease and absolutely no use of your hands.
The headgear uses “infrared sensors and a microcomputer” to detect when you clench your teeth for a second or more and uses that to send commands to your iPod. The system is said to avoid accidental mouth gestures and allows you to talk or chew gum in the same time as you use the iPod headgear.
And the developers don’t plan on stopping here, they say they want to make this available for larger arrays of devices, and of course better the system itself. It might be comfortable and some might like it, but I really don’t think it’ll be such a great (or useful) gadget, but then again, I’m not the person who likes to make weird faces when changing the song I listen to.
Monday, August 13th, 2007 | Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »
Here is GPS product that takes you everwhere. With the new pocket sized Magellan CrossoverGPS you can navigate the toughest trails, traffic and oceans. Coming in at 8.5 oz. or 9.4 oz if you get the Sport Guard™ attachment and just 3.4″ by 4.3″ by 1.1″ the Magellan CrossoverGPS is very light and fits in one hand.
With built-in street maps of North America and light topographic maps of the connected 48 U.S. states it will kind of hard not know where to go. You can upgrade with regional MapSend® Topo topographic maps, MapSend BlueNavTM marine charts or MapSend Lakes charts by using Secure Digital memory cards. The battery which the best in its class offers up to 8 hours of usage before needing a recharge.
Road navigation features contain multi-destination routing, SmartDetourTM which finds different ways to get around traffic and SayWhereTM technology where you CrossoverGPS tells you turn-by-turn directions as well as the street names that to turn onto. Not to mention an optional TrafficKit accessory that makes avoiding traffic easy with Real-time incident reports.
With its waterproof to IPX-4 design the sleek and rugged CrossoverGPS lets you go anywhere with it. You can enhance the durability of the already fortified CrossoverGP with the afore mentioned Sport GuardTM.
There are lots more cool features such as an Auto night view where you can adjusts color and contrast for easy night viewing. Also a Digital Music Player so you can listen to music through the integrated speaker or your own headphones, a Photo Viewer to check out your pictures, and a Bird’s-eye 3D view that shows your surroundings clearly. All of this and a SirfstarIII chip set for quick access to a satellite signal is ready for you to take anywhere. Outdoor Magazine’s 2007 Gear of the Year.
The new version of the PS3, that includes a few tweaks and a 80GB storage space was announced earlier in July and now we expect it to be retailed real soon. The new version of the console will be sold along with a bonus MotorStorm game and of course the 5 free Blu-ray movies bonus that’s active until September 30th.
This is good news both for PS3 fans that want to get their hands on the new version of the popular gaming console but also to those who want a PS3 but don’t have the $599.99 it used to cost. Along with the release of the 80GB PS3 the 60GB SP3 suffered a price cut of $100. So now you can buy a 60GB PS3 for $499.99.
This being said, retail dates are different from store to store but Amazon has a shipping date of August 12th, Toys’R'Us deliver on August 6th but there are places like GameStop that will start selling right away.
Will this be the gPhone? Maybe not. With a few months before iPhone being released, our-picks.com gathered a 51 pictures mock-up of how the iPhone *might* look. As you can see, none of them actually approached the real thing and this might be true regarding the gPhone as well.
Here’s an interesting portable HDD from Western Digital. These guys have prepared a long time for this fancy piece of equipment. It’s USB powered and it has not less than 250GB of available storage space. By the looks, it’s ultra compact and comes with a pretty black casing.
If you run Windows, the drive has some Google software pre-installed that you can use to search your data. It also uses WD Sync to help you synchronize if that fits your needs, and 128-bit encryption software that helps in protecting your important data.
If you want to buy this gadget, it’ll cost you $184.99 and you can find it on Amazon (code WDXMS2500TN).
GPS (Global Positioning System) technology enables us to determine our exact location anywhere on the globe.
GSM (Global System for Mobilecommunications) enables us to reliably transmit information in almost every populated portion of the planet.
Together, GPS and GSM give us a new possibility — the possibility of remote tracking to location of any target over enormous distances without maintaining line-of-sight contact.
We’ve all seen detectives on television “tailing” a suspect, but few of us appreciate how difficult that can be. A proper surveillance setup requires at least three separate surveillance teams. That’s not quite how it’s portrayed by Hollywood!
Several companies now manufacture small GPS receivers which also incorporate GSM modems. These devices are capable of recording their locations and transmitting them over the GSM network.
Attach one of these devices to an automobile and you can always know exactly where that automobile is. Some of these devices are so small that they can also be used to track your pets or your children.
San Jose Navigation and LAIPAC Tech are two of the leading vendors in the location field.
San Jose’s GC-101 is only 64.66mm long x 43.19mm wide x22.81mm high.
LAIPAC manufactures the S-911 MicroConvert, which is hardened specifically for use under vehicles and even comes equipped with a super-strong magnetic mount.
Depending upon your viewpoint, these technologies present either a cost-saving opportunity for law enforcement, a cool toy for geeks, or a major threat to personal privacy. The most important point though is that, no matter how you feel about them, these devices are here now.
Both of these devices can be found on google. The GC-101 can be found for as little as $429, while the S-911 is slightly more expensive at $510.
Until the nano iPhone or the 3G enabled iPhone are released you can improve features on your iPhone. For example if you’re a big Skype fan there is a way to connect to your VoIP buddies. Basically all you need to do is set up SoonR Talk on your PC at home and then access the SoonR website from your iPhone.
Although this will enable you to make calls in to the Skype network, don’t expect it to come free. You will have to use SkypeOut credits, but I’d guess it’s a small price to pay. And so you can get VoIP call on Apple’s iPhone, what’s even more hilarious is that Cisco is selling their version of iPhone ( they have the iPhone trademark since 1990 ) and it’s a VoIP dedicated phone.
So yes, for the hefty sum you pay for the iPhone you can get some neat stuf, VoIP calls included.
