gadgets | Kris Smith has read these articles about "gadgets" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "gadgets" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpExclusive Gallery: Dungeons and Dragons 4.0&39;s "D&D Insider" Screenshots- February 26, 2008 Wizards of the Coast passed on these screenshots of the upcoming "D&D Insider" software application that will enable gamers to emulate tabletop games from the comfort of their PCs. It will be launched alongside Dungeons & Dragons 4.0, which will be shown off more fully at this weekend&39;s "D&D Experience" event in Washington, D.C. These first shots show the character builderworries that transvestite characters would be unsupported in the system were obviously.http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/241086893/exclusive-gallery-du.html The Surprisingly Thoughtful Design of a Cheap Camcorder- February 20, 2008 EETimes's article on the creation of the Flip Ultra video camera by Pure Digital is a great example of how learning the thought and care that goes into a product can change your mind. Or my mind, at least, having ignored the Flip Ultra as a piece of knocked-together mass market exploitation but now finding myself questioning if perhaps I wouldn't be just as happy with a little pocket-sized, all-in-one solid state camcorder instead of my fairly expensive and unpocketable HD camcorder.To address..http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/238197710/the-surprisingly-tho.html Video: Polaroid SX-70 Commercial by Charles and Ray Eames x The Cramps- February 19, 2008 Here's a bizarre intersection of a certain subset of my friends and our interests: a retro commercial filmed by Charles and Ray Eames for the Polaroid SX-70, set by an unknown genius to The Cramps "Garbageman." (I'm in there for everything but The Cramps, but I'm coming around to them, too.) The SX-70 was a folding SLR and the first to use Polaroid's automatic format integral film, which didn't need to be separated from its back after being removed from the camera. A later model of the...http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/237129879/video-polaroid-sx70.html Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1 Cellphones- February 17, 2008 The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some very interesting Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren't allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. However, that is not all we have learnt from the new screen shots. Besides what we knew before, we can now tell the Xperia X1 will have a Qualcomm 7200A CPU running at 528 MHz, 128MB RAM and a nice 'n' juicy,.http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/236498112/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-runs-windows-... Star Wars Rejected Promotional Crap Could Have Changed the Universe Forever Star Wars- February 14, 2008 Here's another set of stunning, but rejected, Star Wars merchandise. These amazing examples of human genius go from a mini-fridge with a door made from Han Solo frozen in carbonite to a Death Star BBQ, actual Leia&39;s hair headphones and even an AT-AT chair caddy to hold your magazines, snacks and Pepsithe marketing masterminds proposed all these gadgetsnext to your favorite sofa. The best ones are frightening, yet irresistible. I don't know about you, but I would kill for a real fridge with..http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/234582893/star-wars-rejected-promotional-crap-c... Like Apple, Intel Wants to Put the 'Internet in Your Pocket'- February 8, 2008 Intel this week unveiled details on a new low-power processor, codenamed Silverthorne, for a class of pocketable, net-connected gadgets Intel is calling "mobile internet devices," or MIDs. Tags: intel internet connected net pocketablehttp://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/topheadlines/~3/231301877/click.phdo Canon&39;s 5200mm Mirror Lens- February 6, 2008 Canon made this 5200mm lens several years ago, capable of taking photographs of objects "18 to 32 miles away." That little knob on the right That's the camera. It even came with its own sighting scope! Brochure CanonFD.com via Kottke Tags: canon lens mm own evenhttp://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/230434722/canons-5200mm-mirror.html A La Mobile Takes $6.75 Million Series B- February 6, 2008 San Ramon, CA based a la mobile has taken $6.75 million Series B in a round led by original investor Venrock. Under the deal, Venrock managing partners Ray Rothrock and Tony Sun join the a la mobile board. a la mobile was the first company to offer a complete package of applications based on Google's Android mobile phone operating system. a la mobile is aiming to build a bold, new paradigm to streamline the way mobile handsets are developed and deployed and to be the independent, open Linux...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/230249442/ Google's Android Is Already Delayed- February 5, 2008 Google's Android mobile operating system is already hitting snags. It is not even out of the gate yet, and the software development kit that programmers need to create applications for Android is being pushed back a few weeks. Because of this delay, the deadline for the $10 million Android Developer's Challenge is also being pushed back a month from March 3 to April 14. Letting its first deadline slip after so much initial fanfare is not the best way to create momentum around Android,...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/229063097/ Apple c Unboxing- February 4, 2008 Dan Budiac indulged in a little nostalgia, purchasing an unopened Apple c computer on eBay for $2,553. Rather than letting it sit on a shelf accruing value, he unboxed it in a lovely series of photographs. Unlike so many nerds my age, I actually loathed this era of Apple computers, convinced they were all some sort of terrible attempt to undermine right and proper computing done by healthy young men on TRS-80s and Compaq lugables. It was only in the OS X era that I finally was wooed by...http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/gadgets/~3/228927906/apple-c-unboxing.html |