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Gadget Lab Videoblog: Sony's Rolly Lays an Egg, Palm's Treo Pro is Half Baked

2008-09-06 03:00:27 by Jose Fermoso in Gadget Lab
 
...Gadget Labbers find enough patience to not destroy it to kingdom come, or even to Oakland In the ninth episode of the Gadget Lab Videoblog, Dylan Tweney and Jose Fermoso review the 2GB robot Sony Rolly player, which includes a bizarre control system, funny dance moves that interpret music intelligently, and oddly evokes the dancing wall fish...
 
Tags: palm, treo pro, gadget lab videoblog, palm treo pro, video, gadget lab video, jose fermoso review, ninth episode, episode
 
 
 
 
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Is Steve Jobs Really E-Mailing Apple Customers? Grammatical Analysis Raises Doubts

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2008-09-05 17:47:30 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
The validity of recent e-mails supposedly sent by Steve Jobs to Apple customers is questionable, according to an analysis by Wired.com. We carefully examined the writing style and grammar of three recent e-mails claimed to have been sent by Jobs with three samples of his confirmed writing. With help from Wired.com's copy editors and Patrick...
 
Tags: jobs, internal e-mail jobs, e-mail jobs, steve jobs, jobs concludes, apple, apple customers, recent e-mails, recent e-mails supposedly
 
 
 
 
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Gadget Lab Podcast #44: TiVo's HD XL, The Peek, and Another Apple Lawsuit

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2008-09-05 17:39:03 by Jose Fermoso in Gadget Lab
...Gadget Lab Podcast, Dylan Tweney, Daniel Dumas, and Brian Chen talk about the newest TiVo on the block, the 1-terabyte HD XL . With 150 hours of HD content and THX certified audio, the player packs heat, but it might be a bit too pricey for regular folks. Not only that, but the massive capacity might create a wacked-out zombie, or two In...
 
Tags: gadget, gadget lab podcast, tacky gadget, apple, iphone, final iphone, nokia, nokia n96, reviews
 
 
 
 
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CEDIA 2008: Panasonic Premieres 'Deeper Black' Plasma, Takes Fight to Kuro

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2008-09-05 16:03:36 by Jose Fermoso in Gadget Lab
Denver, CO - Last night, in a cavernous ballroom of the Denver Convention Center, Panasonic revealed the TH-65VX100U 65" Plasma display, but this time, (as opposed to the last time it made TV news ), size had nothing to do with it With a 60,000:1 contrast ratio that leads to a larger dynamic range, the company promises this display will have the...
 
Tags: display, plasma display business, panasonic, kuro, regular mass-market display, black, pioneer, plasma display, pioneer cry uncle
 
 
 
 
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Scam Alert: Paul Deery/Derry Is Conning Gadget Companies

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2008-09-05 14:44:04 by Brian X. Chen in Gadget Lab
...gadgets before anyone else, free of charge. Unfortunately, a scammer is aware of that -- and posing as one of us to con vendors of their schwag The scammer's name is Paul Deery, or in some cases, Derry. According to a story in CrunchGear, he's been pretending to be a CrunchGear and Philadelphia Enquirer writer to fool public relations folks...
 
Tags: paul deery, paul, philadelphia inquirer crunchgear, crunchgear, scam alert, con vendors, vendors, paul deeryderry, philadelphia enquirer writer
 
 
 
 
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Review: Budget Casio Camera Fat Like Shatner, Talented Like Shatner

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2008-09-05 12:00:00 by Danny Dumas in Gadget Lab
Casio EX Z150 Hey, Casio: Time to call Jenny Craig. Your formerly slim, sexy Exilim cameras have ballooned up like William Shatner. Witness the EX-Z150, a chunky, pocket-sagging model that looks like it has a glandular disorder. Fortunately, like the fat guy on the basketball court who hits every jumper, the Z150 quickly proves its worth To...
 
Tags: camera, casio, z150, ex-z150, z150 tops, wide-angle lens, wired wide-angle lens, z150 quickly proves, casio bundles
 
 
 
 
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Pod Caravan is Like Living in a Toilet

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2008-09-05 05:29:45 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
In England, caravanning is rightly seen as the activity of the old and tired. Retirees trundle around the country lanes, dragging their dangerously unstable trailers behind them. There are only a few days of the year when this is done, and these are the "Bank Holidays", or public holidays, where the roads are already full of Britishers heading...
 
Tags: pod, caravan, daily mail, caravan pod, cool daily mail, dangerously unstable trailers, designer david tonkinson, newspaper firmly dispels, onboard power sockets
 
 
 
 
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120GB Zune Already on Sale

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2008-09-05 05:10:27 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
CNET reader Joe popped into his local branch of Fry's to we presume fondle and drool over a mountain of hot hot consumer electronics. While there he spotted this, the as-yet unseen 120GB Zune. Seeing just six on the shelf, he snapped one up and, of course, took photos, including the unboxing you see below This, according to Microsoft, is "just...
 
Tags: 120gb zune, cnet reader joe, cnet, presume fondle, microsoft, local branch, store, photos, ipod
 
 
 
 
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T-Mobile Launches Giant Wi-Fi Hotspot at Heathrow, With Prices to Match

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2008-09-05 04:59:11 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
I hear that in many US airports, Wi-Fi is provided free for travelers. Not so on the other side of the pond. In my experience, most airports have Wi-Fi, but you have to pay. And sadly, T-Mobile is overcharging for it's new Wi-Fi setup at Heathrow's new Terminal 5. Normally, this wouldn't be grounds for a post, but the new network has something...
 
Tags: wi-fi, wi-fi techwatch, mobile launches, wi-fi setup, football, football pitches, photo credit, heathrow, t-mobile