Even though the Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot C905 was announced almost a year ago, the North American version (C905a) has finally graced our shores courtesy of AT&T. This 8.1-megapixel camera phone is one of a few high-megapixel camera phones to make it stateside, and since it’s subsidized with …
Every morning my inbox is almost full of pitches for various iPhone cases. Gel skins and anodized pictures of sock monkeys are today’s offerings. They are almost always humdrum, and usually virtual clones of one another, probably all starting life in the same Chinese factory.
But the Exovault is different, and not just because no PR company has (yet) pitched it to me. The chunky metal box is possibly the most impractical iPhone case ever seen, the rear fins looking like the hefty heat-sinks found on a 1980s-era CD player (back when we still said the words “compact disk”). Those fins are in fact slots which will let the precious radio waves reach the phone within, and there are similar industrial-looking cutouts for the home button, dock connector and other essentials.
The case comes in brass, aluminum or titanium and each is made from two chunks bolted together in the designer’s Brooklyn factory. The titanium model is $300, but the others are a more reasonable $95 apiece. We think they’re fantastic. Ridiculous, silly, impossibly squared-off and completely pocket-unfriendly, yes, but fantastic all the same. In fact, if I had designed a cellphone back in my school days (long before such things existed outside of Star Trek), it would have looked exactly like this.
Product page [Exovault via the Giz and BBG]
We may be gadget nerds but we’re not immune to the heart-tugs of romance. In fact, we’ve been known to dress a new smartphone or two in a tight-fitting sleeve of silicone and set it conspicuously on the bar for lesser men to admire, wishing it was theirs. And nothing rouses a man to a fit of sentimental flourish faster than the premature demise of his favorite company. So are we surprised to learn that r***r paid $4,500 to “win” a slightly soiled, but never released OQO Model 2+? Not in the least… you’d be surprised to learn what a man would pay for a Foleo.
[Thanks, Lambdajones]
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Unreleased OQO model 2+ sells for $4,500 on eBay, must be love originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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(Credit: Asus)We first got a glimpse of the Asus Eee PC T91 back in January at CES, and at the time, the idea of combining a Netbook with a convertible touch screen display seemed like a pretty good one. Seven months later, the final product has arrived, and it’…
It’s a time of dire news for auto manufacturers, with losses widening, dealerships closing, and whole brands disappearing. Not so for Tesla, which despite all that bickering up top has managed to scrounge together the funds to open up a shop in Chelsea in western Manhattan, a swanky area full of art galleries and the beret-clad people who frequent them. No surprise, then, that Tesla has outfitted the walls of this new dealership with large prints of its very own manufacturing process — probably not earning it much cred in the ‘hood. Annual operating cost is estimated to be a cool $1.5 million, pocket change by GM and Toyota standards, but surely a little more significant for a small company like this. Tesla used the space to show off the 2010 Roadster, which we still don’t have full details on, but have heard features slightly improved circuitry, a locking glove box, and WiFi to enable remote, wireless diagnostics. Surely a Tesla-branded application store of some sort can’t be far behind.
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Tesla goes Big Apple with Chelsea showroom originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:51:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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At last month’s Logitech preview in New York, we got our hands on some serious musical instrument accessories coming to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that are licensed by Activision to work with Guitar Hero games.
The Logitech Wireless Drum Controller has fully adjustable drum heads and cymbals.
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Have your World Tour drums lost their bounce, or the ability to register each hit of your sweet, smooth licks? You’re not alone our rhythmically majestic friend, and Logi’s here to bring your groove back, introducing the pretend drum kit with the no-nonsense name: Wireless Drum Controller. It’s a Sony-only affair at the moment, using a dongle to connect to the PS2 or PS3 sans-tether, and some high-quality components to deliver a good feel without the annoying “whack whack whack” cacophony when you’re unleashing your inner Animal. Each pad and cymbal is individually adjustable and the whole kit folds completely flat, just like that treadmill you bought last January, tucked under your bed, and promptly forgot about. It costs almost as much, too: $229, or about $60 more than you can get the entire Band Kit for. Nobody ever said rockin’ was cheap, baby, and if you have the funds these should be rolling into domestic stores in the next few weeks — Euro drummers will need to wait a month.
[Via Welt Online]
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Logitech ups its skins game with the Guitar Hero Wireless Drum Controller originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 07:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Fans of Wired magazine’s Found: Artifacts From the Future section (which is everyone with a pulse) will love these short video spots directed by Jake Maymudes, digital artist and movie FX guy, which are the same kind of thing only in movie form.
They’re framed as Public Service Announcements from the future. We won’t spoil the gags for you, but be sure not to watch the second one (below) if you don’t like clips of old ladies being hit punched by giant robots. Just sayin’, is all: No old ladies were harmed in the course of making this film.
Artist page [Jake Maymudes via Suicide Bots]
The pattern on the bottom of the bezel tells a long-forgotten tale. I'm possibly wrong on that, though.
(Credit: Asus)
The line between HDTVs and computer monitors continued to thin out Monday as Asus announced a new line of what are either small TVs or normal-size monitors.
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Is this the best kids’ toy ever? The Rocking Horse is a custom built bike made by Felix Götze. He noticed three year old Otto Komei staring wistfully out the window at the bike gang across the street as they spent their days souping up their choppers. After one of the gang wheelied off down the street, Felix decided to build the baby his own sweet ride.
The Rocking Horse is built from old German motorcycle parts — a two stroke engine, a sprung saddle and a rather wonderful headlamp. Even the color is spot-on: Most of the old scooters I saw in when living in Berlin were painted in hospital-wall shades. It’s probably a little dangerous for a tiny child to play on, but it is 100% awesome, nonetheless.
The Rocking Horse [Blog Paper via Noquedanblogs]
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