http://electronics.iblog365.com The Latest And Completest Electronics Review And Update Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:29:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: Robots Building a big robot is nothing to congratulate yourself on, but doing it in this manner is certainly worthy of a little self-indulgence. The creature you see standing before you is a 22-foot tall Styrobot constructed entirely from spare polystyrene packing materials, and no, each piece didn't just ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/22-foot-tall-robot-crafted-entirely-from-excess-styrofoam/ Filed under: Transportation Ah, ha! So, that Chinese S.W.A.T. team we caught ridin' dirty on Segways earlier this week actually had a reason to be carrying on like they were -- they were performing anti-terrorist drills in preparation for security during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Comically enough, the ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/anti-terrorist-drill-reveals-segway-attack-plan-legions-of-embarrassed-patrolmen/ Filed under: Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable VideoThese days, the cool kids are looking to do more than just play back the freshest jams on their portable media player. We're talking video, PVR, WiFi, the works. Have a listen at Marco's question, and if you think you could do one better, ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/ask-engadget-whats-the-best-hdd-based-portable-media-player-out-there/ Filed under: CellphonesSo we heard from a very reliable source that mobile user interface guru Matias Duarte -- who you may know as the man behind the Sidekick and Helio UI / user experiences -- actually left Helio late last year to join up with Palm. Although no announcement was ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/matias-duarte-designer-behind-sidekick-and-helio-now-developing-palms-next-gen-ui/ Filed under: Household While the rest of the world goes off to win the hearts of environmentalists (and laypeople, too) with LED light bulbs, Hitachi Lighting and Seiyu are taking the road (way) less traveled. Reportedly, the duo has collaborated in order to pop out a "bulb-shaped fluorescent lamp that can ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/hitachi-and-seiyu-develop-light-bulb-with-replaceable-arc-tube/ Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds It looks like Motorola and Verizon are getting ready to take a third crack at the Q9 form factor, following up the Q9m and Q9c -- and this time around, there's a little something extra in store. On top of the EV-DO Rev. A radio, the so-called ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/motorolas-worldly-q9-napoleon-breaks-cover-for-verizon/ Filed under: Cellphones We could tell by looking that RIM wouldn't think of charging too many hundies for its still unannounced BlackBerry KickStart, but $49.99? CrackBerry has it that said flip phone will be selling at T-Mobile for a penny under $50 on a two-year contract, which certainly seems smart given ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/is-the-blackberry-kickstart-getting-a-50-price-tag-on-t-mobile/ Filed under: Desktops, Gaming It only launched a few weeks ago, but it looks like NVIDA could already be set to cut the price of its top-end GeForce GTX 280 graphics card -- a move that would be prompted, as you might have guessed, by AMD's cheaper but powerful Radeon HD ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/nvidia-said-to-be-dropping-geforce-gtx-280-price-in-response-to-amd/ Filed under: Laptops Given that Gateway just pushed out a round of updates including the relatively ginormous P Series, we reckon it was only logical to expect a review shortly. To be frank, the P-6831FX critiqued over at HotHardware is far from being the most potent machine with a 17-inch panel, ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/gateways-17-inch-p-6831fx-gaming-laptop-gets-reviewed-2/ Filed under: Laptops Given that Gateway just pushed out a round of updates including the relatively ginormous P Series, we reckon it was only logical to expect a review shortly. To be frank, the P-6831FX critiqued over at HotHardware is far from being the most potent machine with a 17-inch panel, ... http://electronics.iblog365.com/2008/07/03/gateways-17-inch-p-6831fx-gaming-laptop-gets-reviewed/