Entries from March 2007 ↓

Buy.com has the Acer AL2216W 22-inch widescreen LCD monitor for $250 after $50 of instant savings. The display has a 1680×1050 resolution, 700:1 contrast ratio, 5ms refresh time, DVI and VGA inputs. Don’t forget, free shipping on this pretty good, big monitor. –Travis Hudson

Product Page [Via Dealhack]

The wait felt like an eternity, but it appears the first CableCard-friendly PCs are ready to roll. Velocity Micro’s top-of-the-line Grand Theater systems are “100 percent” and shipping this week while the Pro Cinema systems will ship a few days behind. While other companies have announced Vista MCE boxes with CableCard certification, these will be the first to actually to hit the streets. Let’s hope they’re worth the wait. – Louis Ramirez

Velocity Micro MCE [AVS Forum]

Here’s the perfect tool for those all-night conversations, the perCushion ( yeah, we thought it was pincushion, too), a cotton velvet pillow with a Bluetooth transceiver inside. Just place your cellphone within 30 feet and you can engage in a little pillow talk with your significant other. Or, think of it this way: You could be jangled awake from your satisfying slumber by some annoying telemarketer, or even your boss.

The next morning, recharge its lithium ion battery for another night of never being detached from your cellphone for one second, 24/7. What, are you nuts? Is there really that much to talk about? It’s your choice. Fantasize about an all-nighter with the comely young lass below; check her out in the gallery. – Charlie White

The Handsfree Bluetooth Pillow Phone [Coolest Gadgets]

If you’ve been waiting for your chance to buy a hot, hot Tesla electric car (such as their Roadster or Whitestar), good news. The electric car company is planning on opening 5 dealerships around the country this fall.

If you live in NYC, Chicago, Florida, Northern California or Southern California, you’re in luck. They hope to open more dealerships soon after, as they’re able to pump out more product. Is this the start of the age of the mainstream electric car? We sure hope so. –Adam Frucci

CNET [via Mobile Mag]

Max Matakino writes “CNet.co.uk has stumbled across a very interesting box indeed out at CeBIT: ‘The SkyQube Squared from Qool Labs is a VoIP gateway that enables you to forward calls and messages made to your mobile phone or landline via SkypeOut to another number anywhere in the world.’ This means that if you receive a call to your house phone while you’re in China, you can get it forwarded to a Chinese cell phone or telephone for the relatively very cheap price of a SkypeOut call. I’m guessing wireless carriers aren’t going to be happy about this one.”

Samsung’s Q1, like other UMPCs, floated sadly into general obscurity after release, too expensive for consumers and enthusiasts alike given the awkward form factor (too big for pockets, too small for general productity). The replacement, called the Q1 Ultra, has garnered more coverage that its inauspicious predecessor might have suggested, however, with the Register declaring that its the addition of QWERTY keyboards on the newer models that make them more usable than the original “Origami” design.

The Q1 Ultra also increses the screen resolution to 1024×600 (though that’s squished into a 7-inch display), Intel’s still-incognto ultra-low voltage CPU, a jiggabyte of RAM and 60GB hard drive. It also offers WiFi, wired Ethernet (not jiggabit), Bluetooth 2.0 and HSDPA cellular networking. It weighs 690g and still wont fit in your pocket when they start selling it in may, at an undisclosed price.

Samsung unveils usable UMPC [Register]

Netgear’s EVA8000 that we saw in January has finally become official. Not only does the Digital Entertainer HD have 802.11g and can stream MP3, WMV, WMA, MPEG1/2/4, AVI, WMV, and XviD, it can play back video at up to 1080p over HDMI or component.

Its other cool features are a PVR extender for PCs that have a tuner card on board, multi-room playback with multiple Netgear boxes, and the ability to play back YouTube on your TV. The only thing we see missing is Windows Media Center extender and DivX support, but otherwise this looks pretty solid. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Netgear]

Here’s the classic Go Away doormat with a twist: turn it upside down and it greets your guests with a cheery “Come In.” It’s not available yet, but will be soon. – Charlie White

Product Page [Suck UK, via Uncrate]

What most are assuming is that there is some sort of neurological interface, but I’m doubting that’s the case. We do know that it was developed for military amputees and that people were literally crying in the audience during its premier. If you have more info on the device, do us a favor and share it in the comments. Until then, I’m assuming that this video is of the new Terminator that must be destroyed at all costs.– Mark Wilson

First Cyborg Arm [digg]
TED: Dean Kamen’s Cyborg Arm [boing boing]

An anonymous reader writes "Mac advocate John C. Welch weighs in with his list of the top 20 Mac OS X products (except Welch manages to list 22). The collection of software tools ranges from the obvious, such as Boot Camp, to the obscure but perhaps more useful — little-known apps like Peter Borg's Lingon, for creating launchd configuration files. What's on your personal list of indispensable Mac productivity aids and programming tools? Also, do you think Welch gives too much air time to built-in OS X tools at the expense of third-party products such as NetworkLocation?"