May 19

Logitech’s Harmony Adapter for PS3 reviewed

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Eager to know if Logitech’s prayer-answering Harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3 really is as magnificent as you hope it is? Fret not, as our main men over at Engadget HD have the answer. They paired this up with their Harmony blaster and PS3 in order to see just how fantastic / terrible the IR-to-Bluetooth converter is, so head on over to read their two pennies. Go on, get!

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Logitech’s Harmony Adapter for PS3 reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 May 2009 15:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 12

Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 — official, real, and in our hands

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Logitech harmony Adapter for PlayStation 3

Yeah, sure, we knew the Harmony IR-to-Bluetooth remote adapter was coming down the pike, but even with FCC filings and official confirmation of the device from Harmony, the PS3 owners among us are breathing a small sigh of relief now that we’ve got our hands on a unit that prove it will make it to market. We have a love/hate relationship with the PS3’s Bluetooth remote control — the range and total non-directionality of it are great, but having a separate remote control just for the PS3 is a real stick in the eye of our couch potato lifestyles. There are a few choices for solving the PS3 remote control conundrum, but on first blush this unit has three things going for it: support from a big name like Logitech (of course including codes in the Harmony database), it does not eat up one of your PS3’s USB ports, and it handles switching the PS3 on and off (not unique, but some other solutions don’t). We’ll give the IR-to-Bluetooth converter a full rundown in due course, but follow us past the break for our initial impressions, an official fact sheet and a link to a Q&A section on the Logitech blog.

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Logitech Harmony Adapter for Playstation 3 — official, real, and in our hands originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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May 05

EagleTec’s NanoSac MicroSD Card reader makes mouse balls look big

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We’ve got a thing for size, who doesn’t? So check this USB 2.0 NanoSac MicroSD Card Reader from EagleTec. You can casually carry it around in any empty USB slot and then slip in your MicroSD/MicroSDHC card when you need a quick read/write. It’s like EagleTec’s Nano flash drive except with removable flash. For $18, we say why not. Hot NanoSac in the jack action after the break.

[Via Brando]

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EagleTec’s NanoSac MicroSD Card reader makes mouse balls look big originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 05 May 2009 05:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 28

LaCie DataShare recycles your bits, will never say goodbye or hurt you

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As gadget nerds and Type-A early adopters, you no doubt have a few microSD and SD / SDHC cards laying around that Cheeto-farm you call an office. LaCie’s $10 DataShare USB card readers let you recycle those cards into make-shift USB drives. Not bad for a ginger. Watch the uncomfortably arousing video after the break — go ahead it’s safe, LaCie wants you to.

[Via Pocket-Lint]

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LaCie DataShare recycles your bits, will never say goodbye or hurt you originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 15

Atlona teams with Wisair for wireless USB to HDMI adapter

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Wait a second — isn’t wireless USB, um, deceased? Regardless of what pundits and the industry at large have said (via words, actions, or otherwise), Wisair is absolutely refusing to give up the dream. To that end, the firm has teamed with peripheral mainstay Atlona in order to develop and produce a wireless USB to HDMI adapter. Much like the wired AT-HDPiX, the May-bound AT-HDAiR enables users to connect any USB-enabled computer to any HDTV or projector via VGA or HDMI. The difference? This one works sans extra cabling. The range here is 30 feet, though you can only expect footage to stream through at up to 720p (or 1,440 x 1,200). At least the price tag is just $199, which sure beats some of the obviously more capable options with WHDI chips within.

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Atlona teams with Wisair for wireless USB to HDMI adapter originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 10

XCM’s $84.99 Cross Fire Adapter for Xbox 360 ships today

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We can’t say for sure why you’d want to use a PlayStation 3 controller with your Xbox 360, but if you somehow prefer the Batwing over something that’s actually comfortable to hold, there’s this. XCM — who just recently debuted its Rumble Joystick and KO Adapter for PlayStation 3 — is today shipping its Cross Fire Adapter for Xbox 360. As we insinuated earlier, this device enables users to connect a PS3 controller, original Xbox controller (Duke!) or wired Xbox 360 controller to one’s Xbox 360 console so you don’t have to mod your controller to enjoy the spoils of Turbo Fire. Get your order in right now over at Extreme-Mods for $84.99.

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XCM’s $84.99 Cross Fire Adapter for Xbox 360 ships today originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 07:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apr 09

XCM introduces Rumble Joystick and KO Adapter for PlayStation 3

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Hot on the heels of XCM‘s Dominator joystick comes an even more irresistible iteration, making those that took the plunge in January inevitably jealous. The newfangled Rumble Joystick for PlayStation 3 isn’t terribly different from the original… save for the fact that this one shakes, rattles and rolls, of course. Described as the world’s first PS3 joystick to rumble natively, this bugger also packs four memory buttons for programming all sorts of sick, twisted macros alongside independent Rapid Fire and Turbo buttons. Moving on, we’ve got the all new XO Adapter for PS3, which adds support for macros, Rapid Fire and Turbo to any vanilla Dual Shock or SIXAXIS controller. There’s no mention of pricing for either, but we suspect that’ll change in the near future (like, real soon, given that they’ll be shipping in under a month).

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XCM introduces Rumble Joystick and KO Adapter for PlayStation 3 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 30

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters now available for under $20

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Got a Mini DisplayPort equipped laptop or video card and need to connect it to something… um, not Mini DisplayPort? If you’ve got a crisp Andrew Jackson, then Monoprice has an adapter for you with HDMI, DVI and VGA outs, all of which are now shipping for $14.25 and up. Unless you don’t like saving money, nor enjoy your peripherals actually working with your new machine, it’ll be hard to find a problem with this.

[Thanks, Phil]

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Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapters now available for under $20 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 20

Wall charger takes one AC outlet, provides juice for five USB devices

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We’ve seen some nifty chargers in our day, but this bugger is probably one of the most practical to ever hit the market place. Rather than sending along 800 various tips to keep track of lose while traveling, this wall charger converts a single AC outlet into power for five USB devices (4 USB A female and 1 mini-USB). These days, it’s rare to find a device that can’t optionally be charged via USB, and if it can’t, let’s face it — it’s about time you threw that thing to the local thrift store. Grab one now for just $25.99.

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Wall charger takes one AC outlet, provides juice for five USB devices originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 29

Netgear’s Coax-Ethernet Adapter up for pre-order

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Netgear quietly introduced us to its MCAB1001 MoCA Coax-Ethernet adapter (among other things) at CES this year, but the curiously useful device has just now set itself up for pre-ordering. Put simply, this is the device to get for those who both loathe wireless (and all those inexplicable dropouts) and can’t pony up the courage / fundage / willpower to wire their home with Ethernet. By enabling users to extend Ethernet signals over existing in-wall coax cabling, you can easily pass along web content, Blu-ray / DVD material or practically any other digital signal over the coax network that’s (hopefully) already established within your domicile’s walls. Yeah, $229.99 is a bit pricey, but go price out a house full of Ethernet and then reevaluate.

[Thanks, Matt]

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Netgear’s Coax-Ethernet Adapter up for pre-order originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Jan 2009 08:53:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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