Everyone knows the iPod is not just for listening to music - listening to podcasts has become very popular among fans of Apple’s music player. But there are other applications as well: iPod Arcade offers some classic video games for a variety of iPod models.
Pocketfactory has a review of the PDA everyone is talking about right now: The Tungsten E2. Technical specs are as follows:
The design is quite similar to the Tungsten E, although the display is said to be a lot brighter thant that of previous PalmOne products. The other main improvements are the addition of BlueTooth and the Non-volatile memory. The $249 price tag seems quite reasonable for the device in my eyes.
First there were social networking communities, which made for a lot of hype and buzz. Then social bookmark sites appeared, and those are doing very well. Next we had social photo sharing and social webcasts. And now we even got social wishlists. Of course they are taggable. If they prove worthy these will make for some huge traffic come christmas time!
At the BASELWORLD 2005 watch and jewelry show Seiko Watch Corp and Seiko Epson Corp presented their new wristwatch which uses electronic paper inside the display. The 3 x 9 cm electronic paper that is bent inside the bracelet displays a changing mosaic pattern along with the current time. It provides a monochrome display with a contrast ratio of 10:1.
IBM and Sanyo are working on a micro direct methanol fuel cell system for IBM ThinkPad notebooks. A first prototype fuel cell system is capable of providing 8 hours of power to the notebook. While previous fuel cell prototypes needed modified hardware, the new Sanyo system is said to be compatible with most current ThinkPad notebooks without altering the hardware.
More at PhysOrg
There is a nice comparison of music download services like eMusic, iTunes, MSN, Napster and others at ExtremeTech. A table shows important facts like pricing, number of songs DRM, burn options and Linux compatibility.
The Auto-Illustrator by Philipp Lenssen is a nice demonstration of what can be done with a powerful API. It adds images to any website by querying Yahoo’s search API. Beware that the images that come up are not allways safe for work though.
Google Sightseeing is a new blog that is about interesting places found with Google Maps new Satellite images. Current postings include Alcatraz, Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant.
The blog search engine Technorati now knows about relations between tags. Using the Related Tags feature, one can now jump from tag to tag. For example, Gadgets has the related tags Web/Tech, Cell Phones/PDAs, Business & Technology and Portable Audio.
Nokia just announced their new 8800 mobile, setting a new standard in cellphone design. The device feateres a beautiful stainless steel cover, sliding open to reveal the keypad and a camera. The ringtones have been composed by the award-winning composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto.
The phone is to be released in the second quarter of 2005 for 750 Euro. For the American market there will be the 8801 with similar features, to be released in Q3.