dottocomujapan: technology, politics, frivolity.Turbolinux's wizpy media playerportable PC- November 22, 2006 Japanese firm Turbolinux is showing off an interesting device called the wizpy, which doubles as a portable media player and as a take-anywhere Linux box that you can hook up to a PC via USB to access your apps and settings. As a media player it handles OGGmp3WMAAAC audio and DivX video and includes an FM radio, voice recorder and still picturetext viewer; in PC mode, you get access to Firefox, Thunderbird, Skype, wordprocessing and other applications and about 2.5G of storage space on flash...http://www.dottocomu.com/b/archives/003222.html Sharp's OneSeg TV-enabled electronic dictionary- November 21, 2006 We always thought that electronic dictionaries were intended as a study tool rather than a distraction, but Sharp seems to disagree. Their Papyrus PW-TC900 not only includes an indecently large number of dictionaries (40 or so), it also sports a 4.3-inch, 480x272 dot ASV LCD and a one-segment digital TV tuner to make sure you can, er, keep up on current affairs while you study. There's an SD card slot for MP3s, new dictionaries and XMDF or text-format e-books. Size is a slightly chunky...http://www.dottocomu.com/b/archives/003219.html Solid Alliance's latest, the UFO-detecting keychain- November 20, 2006 Solid Alliance, they of the implausible USB devices and ghost-detecting novelty goods, fill another gap in their daft gadget range with the U-tan Radar, a conveniently-sized UFO and alien detector. Thoughtfully, the U-tan can be hung from your cellphone, where it promises to alert you should you enter an area "where it looks like a UFO could appear". A short push on the button also gives you the ability to manually confirm the possibility of a Close Encounter, and, should you be in the...http://www.dottocomu.com/b/archives/003218.html |