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The iPhone is capable of many things; making phone calls, sending texts, simulating a monkey rolling around in a clear plastic ball. But projecting images is not among its listed features. PhoneSuit looks to change all that with the MiLi Pro iPhone / iPod Video Projector.
Increasing its versatility is that the MiLi Pro can project from various sources. While its primary selling point is for use with an iPhone/iPod, it will also ship with a VGA cable to work with your laptop/PC as well as a RCA cable which adds support for DVD player projection. They’ve also included integrated speakers into the unit, so everyone can enjoy the film you’re projecting onto the back of the seat in front of you on the airplane (let’s face it, airplane movies are hit and miss).
The oft-rumoured upgrade has finally been officially confirmed by Microsoft as the first touchscreen entry into the Zune music player line up. The 3.3” 16:9 widescreen OLED screen will provide that oh-so-marketable capacitive interface, bringing multi-touch to Zune aficionados at a 480x272 resolution. So, what makes it HD?
Looking like Data’s headset from StarTrek, these shades do more than shield your eyes form the sun. They are in fact are personal television screens, for your eyes only. Plug them into your iPod or media player like headphones and you’re free to watch your favorite movies, shows, or games anywhere you go. The original Myvu Solo Plus boasts a 320 x 240 resolution, which allows you to keep your peripheral vision intact, as well as 4 hours of battery viewing life and headphones that include noise reduction technology.
In the following chart comScore has ranked the top 25 applications (available through the App Store) in terms of ‘Penetration of Installs.’ Pene-what? Despite the odd moniker, the percentage simply represents the portion of iTunes’ users that have download that particular app.
I know what you’re thinking. From the pic
you see some sort of USB-device and from the name you’ve taken the word ‘pogo’
and you’re thinking ‘Here’s yet another lame USB gadget, ‘cept this one
apparently simulates hopping around on a pogo stick.’ Believe it or not though,
you’d be wrong. The Pogoplug in fact has next to nothing to do with that
finesse-sport known otherwise as ‘spring sticking.’ So, what does it do?
The Pogoplug is a streamlined method of connecting a USB drive to the web for quick and easy file sharing. The smallish white cube sports a USB port, an Ethernet port, and a power connection. Patch in an ethernet cable and then jack-in your USB drive of choice for online dissemination. Or interface it with a USB hub and connect multiple USB drives for even more file-sharing fun. The Pogoplug supports drives formatted in NTFS, FAT32, HFS+, and EXT-2/EXT-3.
Which is why we in the end are forced to rely on outside services for our gadget-recycling needs, but in case you’re really wondering “why should I recycle it, I’ve got a perfectly good garbage bin right here,” hold up and think. While gadgets are relatively self-contained little devices, they can, and oft times do, use potentially harmful chemical and non-chemical components that, when discarded in say a landfill, can leak into the surrounding environment and do quite a bit of damage.
With the fluctuating shape and size of cell phones, finding a good case can be tough. Many times a clip-on holder is a great idea, but for walk on the wild-side you can try the Nanaco Banana cell phone holder (as seen above). While it does have a good grip on it, this accessory is really a matter of personal style. But when looking into serious cell phone cases, it’s best to go with what your individual cell phone manufacturer advises for your model.
But the uproar has come when discovering that the controls for the player and embedded in the headphone cord. In essence, it’s a good idea, allowing for the designing of a smaller player and an ease of control, with the ability to change song or playlist without having to dig out the actual player from a pocket or bag. But the questions come when consumers switch-out Apple’s specialty-made headphones for third-party models. Those signature little white earbobs aren’t always the most comfortable to my ears either, but should I choose to use a third-party set the shuffle will still play, but I will have no control over volume, song, or playlist.
The return to form for the Shuffle means the ‘pack of gum’ aesthetics have resurged, in contrast to the flat, rectangular format of last generation. According to Apple this redesign is half the size of previous models; “significantly smaller than a AA battery” says the press release. Translation: it’s by far the easiest model to lose yet! Like all Shuffles, the latest edition lacks any visual feedback but this go around Apple has devised an interesting method to make up for the lack of a display; the VoiceOver feature. If you ever wondered how text-to-speech software would pronounce Bjork you have to look no further than the 3rd generation iPod Shuffle. The VoiceOver feature (and yes, apparently we’ve forgone the space between those distinct words) will read aloud song titles, artists, and playlist names.
LEDs are very well known for their recent use in Christmas lighting, but OLEDs are a little different. OLED stands for organic light-emitting diode and is praised mainly for its properties concerning energy usage. Because the diodes can emit light without a backlight they can be used in much thinner devices and can run for longer on the same charge as a traditional LCD screen. OLED screens also be produced at a fraction of the cost of LCD screens because the diode printing process can be performed on a variety of surfaces even with household inkjet printers. In addition if the diodes are printed onto a flexible surface this creates the possibility of flexible screens of light, a method that is key to the future of roll-up and fabric displays.
