Gadgets
Our Editors Pick Gadgets Of the Month: October 2008
Editors at ixibo.com have chosen gadgets of Month for October 2008. we truly love these gadgets. especially the IQ Cube. most of us are still struggling to solve it. we are not as smart as you :). We hope that you will like these gadgets. The Waterproof laptop bag is also everyone’s favorite and we think it’s a must have gadget for keeping MacBook Air and BlackBerry Storm safe from showers. enjoy the list and let us know what you think of these. looking forward to your comments
MacBook Air
Style is what this laptop is all about, the brand new Apple Mac Air boasts many features that will swoop you off your feet such as a 13 inch 1.6Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 80GB 4200-rpm PATA hard drive, Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi2 and Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and 2GB of memory.
Top 5 Gadgets of the Week 43 of 2008
We are back with another edition of Top 5 Gadgets of the Week for our readers. we hope that you will enjoy reading about these gadgets and my like to buy some of them. May be all of them..! Our team’s favorite is the iWear AV310 wearable display. Which one is your favorite? Do share with us through comments. Enjoy the Gadgets…
iWear AV310 Widescreen
Top 5 Gadgets of the Week: 42 of 2008
We set the maximum price of top gadgets of week at $100 this time. we were looking for great gadgets at lower end of price spectrum. Our favorite ones are chimp mirrors. We loved the USB Hamster that rolls as fast as you type. the keylogger shocked us all. I would be careful to see at the back next time I use a public computer. We selected Toilet Roll for Paul Acoins (our tech guy) as he likes to spend a lot of time in loo. The bubble maker is also a great gift as it sets the mood for relaxing bath. Enjoy the list and let us know what you wish us to review next week.
‘CHIMP’ Mirrors
Top 5 Gadgets of the Week : 41 of 2008
This time of month is quite slow, everyone is either on vacation or just came back from one. people are usually at ease. We at ixibo are not different but hopefully we will be more regular now and even more interactive with our readers. thank you for bearing with us.We will try to makeup for the delay in our posts with some of the coolest gadgets we found around the Internet.
World’s Most Powerful Torchlight
We all are fascinated when it comes to lasers. They have a kind of awe! feel about them. everyone likes to play… This Laser Flash Light that is under review can burn paper very easily as it produces some 4100 lumens.
Beyond iPhone: Top 10 Concept Phones
Yes! there is life beyond iPhone. Companies in wireless phone business are hiring, some of the brightest minds on the planet, to create an ideal phone for ever growing wireless market. Internet is full of concept phone designs, some of which may never see the daylight and will die in labs. But there will be few, who will prevail and shape the future of wireless industry.
Wireless phones have become more than mere devices to communicate. Today, humans wear them and they are as much as part of our personality as our cloths, car and house. Wireless phones are sometimes indicative of our social and economic status. Especially to strangers, they give away a lot about us…
As promised, I am listing here top 10 concept wireless phones which I would like to see in the market as soon as possible..
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Nokia 888
Categories : Gadgets, Technology
DynaTAC to iPhone: A History of Wireless Phones
If you have been around for a while, you are a witness to the fastest evolution of technology in history. Wireless Phones (also called mobile phones and cell phones) are no exception to this statement. Since 1983 ,they changing shape so fast that it is breathtaking to watch to advancements. If someone slept all the time from 1980’s to this day, It would be very difficult for him to recognize most of the stuff around him. He sure will be unable to tell the use of an iPhone. It is indeed very hard to find a similarity between a Motorola DynaTAC 8000X( from 1983) and Apple’s iPhone(2007).
Wireless technology behind the wireless phone also evolved from 1G to 3G over time. According to techbiz.blog.com
First generation of cellphones (1G) used analog signal transmission technique for communication between mobile and base stations. FDMA (Frequency Division Multiple Access) was the de facto protocol for distributing available frequency band among concurrent users. 1G cellphones were predated by mobile radio telephone technology (usually considered as 0G). Both 0G and 1G supported basic voice communication only.
2G introduced digital signal transmission technique along with TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) protocols. 2G needs much more careful consideration in order to understand the cellphone convergence as the two most prominent standards groups in worldwide cellular arena today – GSMA and CDG – have their roots here.
We have collected below some of very important milestones in history of wireless phone evolution.
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X (1983)
The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X started the wireless communication revolution. It was also know as “brick” phone. suffered mostly from low battery life and signal loss issues.
LG DP889 Digital Picture Frame / Portable DVD Player
Most of Digital Picture frames have some sort of Memory Card for quick picture uploads or you have to link it to your computer via USB to upload images, audio as well as videos.
LG DP889 has all that, but it also has a feature that most Digital Picture Frames don’t have: It is also a portable DVD player. LG really took the idea of a digital picture frame and improved on it and this great beauty is born. DP889 has a 3-in-1 memory card slot. It allows you to rip photos off of a DVD or CD so you can browse them.
As far as playing DVDs is concerned it’s really superb. Two people can enjoy watching their favorite movie without disturbing anyone else as it has dual headphone jacks. Built in speakers are loud enough to give a theatrical experience in less noisy environments.
The battery lasts for a good three and a half hours of video playback, so you can view a good length movie easily.
approximate price for LG DP889 is about $279.95, But I heard that it is available from Circuit City for less than that.
Top 5 Gadgets of this Week
A new week and we are here with another cool list of top 5 gadgets that we found interesting. but first thank you very much for your great response and interest in the previous list we published last week. I would not like to stand between you and the list anymore.. here you go..
Stealth Sound Amplifier
This looks like just another person with a Blue tooth headphone attached to his ears. Beware, this is not an expensive looking cell phone headset. It is a Stealth Sound Amplifier that will let him hear whispers even up to 50 ft. away. Read the rest of this entry
Apple or Sony: It boils down to earphones
I am a proud owner of a Sony Walkman series phone. I love it because of two reasons. First, it is a gift from my girlfriend. Secondly, It has headphones that are not only very beautiful and comfortable but they sound great too. Even if my girlfriend becomes and ex. I will never trade it with an i-pod.
Now, by looking at these latest headphones from Sony, I love my Walkman Phone(and my girlfriend) even more & I am pretty sure many more would like to convert (to Sony) from apple after looking at these.
Top 5 Gadgets of the Week
Starting from Week 33 of 2008, we will bring you exciting and unique gadgets from around the web. these will include some of the sexiest and wackiest gadgets.
Camera For Blind People
Next time whey you see a person trying to push a camera like object to his / her forehead, do not think he is gone mad or missed his/her medication. Most probably he is a visually impaired person trying to take a photographs.
The back of this device contains a Braille display sheet that embosses a 3D image of picture being taken so to shoot a picture you have to press this camera on your forehead and press the click button. Apart from being a great gadget for visually impaired people. It is also a really cool toy for people with good vision as some people would like to “feel” their private photo sessions with girlfriends.
