Gadget Guild

Unlike the awkward body designs we’ve seen with some recent SD-based camcorders, the SDR-H18 is very comfortable to hold. Part of the reason is that designers had to find a place to put the camcorder’s hard drive, which finds its home in the right side of the body–creating an iPod-sized block that is just the […]

The Palm TX is well appointed in the features department. Under the hood, the TX is powered by a 312MHz Bulverde Intel processor and comes with 128MB of nonvolatile flash memory, 100MB of which is user-accessible. Not only is the amount of memory sufficient for copious numbers of contacts, appointments, and other PIM data, but […]

The Onkyo HT-S790 package includes the A/V receiver and an 8-piece speaker set, along with the necessary cabling to connect it all together. Onkyo doesn’t include a DVD player, but–since you already have one anyway–you’re not paying extra for something you don’t need. The receiver delivers 110 watts per channel and uses 192KHz/24-bit digital-to-analog converters […]

It’s odd how the cell phone market has evolved, or refused to evolve. (Or maybe it’s just odd that onsumers allow it to happen.) Imagine if the iPod only held slightly more songs that it did when first introduced, only played songs purchased from Apple (at twice the price), and didn’t come with headphones an […]

Micron announced today that they will be releasing the RealSSD line of solid state drives, including a 64 GB drive. While the entire line ranges from 1 GB-64 GB, the 32 and 64 GB models are geared towards notebook and desktop use. The drives feature a SATA II interface and draw a mere 2 watts […]

CNET Labs have just published the results of their Zune 80 audio-only battery drains and the numbers are somewhat disappointing. Microsoft rated the Zune 80 for 30 hours of audio playback with the Wi-Fi feature turned off. Lab testing revealed that the Zune 80 is realistically capable of 22 hours of audio
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NVIDIA’s recently rolled out GeForce 8800M GTX has already made its way into a laptop, specifically Rock’s Xtreme 770, specially updated to integrate the new chip. The 770 features a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo, a 7200RPM 200GB HDD, 2GB of RAM, a 17-inch 1920×1200 display, and that all important GeForce 8800M GTX graphics card.
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If you’re a skateboarder, or do any other sport whose main object is to lift your body off the ground at decent speeds, then there’s a chance you’ve discovered the benefit of wearing a helmet. Sure, you get by for a while without it, but after you bust your head open grinding on a handrail, […]