Hasta La Gadget!

Kids these days, they’ve got it made — wouldn’t you agree? While our tot-hood was filled with low-end luxuries like Etch A Sketch and Lite-Brite, our offspring are expanding their minds with things like the LED Illuminated Message Board. Much like a traditional dry erase board, those with the appropriate pens can simply draw up whatever they please on the white display, but flip a switch and the whole thing goes psychoactive. Talk about getting the message across. Slap one on your own refrigerator right now for around 20 bones.

[Via ChipChick]

Filed under: Displays

LED Illuminated Message Board makes ordinary messages psychedelic originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Flexzone 7741 outdoor Wireless-N access point

(Credit: Ruckus Wireless)

Wireless-N has gone outdoor for a while now with Meraki and Tropos having taken turns to release their their products.

However, Ruckus Wireless on Monday announced new outdoor wireless products it claims to be “world’s first and only outdoor …

You know the saying “where there’s smoke, there’s fire”? Yeah, well, this is kind of like that, except its.. uh, “where there’s Cseries, there’s Xseries.” Stay with us: on Saturday we reported that Nokia had filed for a trademark on the “Cseries” name, ostensibly for a new line of smartphones, MIDs, or netbooks to complement its existing Nseries and Eseries lines. Now it seems the intriguing-sounding “Xseries” is in the mix, too, thanks to details coughed up by the EU’s Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market. This particular mark was filed in Switzerland, but something tells us they don’t just plan on selling some crazy new line of devices in the Alps, if you know what we’re saying; like the Cseries, though, the question of what the Xseries is exactly remains to be answered.

[Via digitoday, thanks Pasi]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Laptops

Nokia throws “Xseries” into the ring, too? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hey, real quick — are you a registered member of the Sierra Club? What about PETA? If you answered yes to either, we’re going to kindly ask that you continue scrolling down the page while whistling heartily and “looking the other way.” This week’s roundup of horribly crappy gadgets involves far too many innocent animals, from a USB-infused tortoise that doubles as an ashtray to a tank of jellyfish that only receive their nutrients when the USB cable is connected. And then there’s the Elmo that’s forced to do sit-ups while your data transfers onto his feeble brain. It’s sick, really. Once you’re over the shock and horror, feel free to cast your vote below for the lamest of the lame — and feel free to consult and / or hold a friend if necessary.

Read – USB tortoise hub / ashtray
Read – USB jellyfish tank
Read – Panda USB hub
Read – USB Crunching Elmo
Read – USB Chocolate Popsicle drive

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Peripherals

Crapgadget: “USB, meet animals; animals, meet USB” edition originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 19 Jul 2009 22:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on September 24, 2007 by CyberNet.

The OLPC price talks have subsided, and consumers that want to get their hands on an XO laptop will have to fork out $399 (£200/€225) on the November 12th release date. What was once considered to be the $100 laptop now actually runs $200 to manufacture, and therefore with every retail purchase an XO laptop will also be donated by a campaign known as “Give 1 Get 1.”

Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), had this to say about the big news:

Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program for a brief window of time. For $399, you will be purchasing two XO laptops—one that will be sent to empower a child to learn in a developing nation, and one that will be sent to your child at home.

While I know that the extra $200 will be going to a good cause, I still can’t help but think that you can get a “real” laptop for a similar price. Maybe it’s worth it if you’re looking for a laptop with a swivel screen, but you should know some of the specs before committing to one of these:

• 433MHz Processor
• 256MB RAM
• 1GB Flash storage (serves as your hard drive)
• 7.5” display (1200 x 900 resolution)
• Dual touchpad supports written-input mode
• Integrated 802.11b/g (2.4GHz) interface; 802.11s (Mesh) networking supported
• Integrated color vision camera (640×480 resolution at 30FPS)
• Three USB 2.0 ports
• About 3.5lbs

So who plans on buying an XO laptop at $399? If you do decide to get one you’ll need to be one of the first 25,000 buyers on November 12th if you want to receive it before Christmas.

Give 1 Get 1 [via Engadget]

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