Hardware

More remote-control sumo-bots

Remember the inflatable remote control Sumo Wrestlers? Ready to take your living room wrestling to the next level? Introducing DNA Robot Wars. Two sumo-bots (distant cousins of R2-D2?) face off in a circular ring. Even better, they are capable of learning new special moves. After your robot has earned a few victories, you can download new codes that will improve […]

More details on HP iPAQ rx4000

More details about the HP iPAQ rx4000 Mobile Media Companion family that we first heard about back in September have emerged. The new line is launching with 2 consumer models: The rx4240 and rx4540. Powered by Windows Mobile 5.0 and a 400MHz Samsung processor, both models come with a 2.8-inch landscape-oriented layout QVGA screen, 64MB RAM and 128MB ROM, 802.11 […]

HP IQ770 Crossfire 19-inch touchscreen Media PC revealed

Engadget has landed both pictures and details of a new HP desktop PC unlike most beige boxes out there. The HP IQ770 “Crossfire”s is a touchscreen desktop PC that will run Vista Premium (including the integrated tablet functionality). Running a AMD Turion 64 X2 dual core TL-52 processor, it will feature 2GB SDRAM, a 320GB hard drive, a a GeForce […]

Cingular Palm Treo 680 available in four colours

Cingular and Palm have announced that the Treo 680, announced at the DigitalLife conference in October, will be available starting on Friday, November 24. You will be able to get it at Cingular Wireless retail stores, other national retailers and Cingular’s web site. Powered by Palm OS 5.4.9 (Garnet) and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor, the latest Treo is […]

Zune: Welcome to the Social

Today is the day that the Microsoft Zune hits store shelves (if you live in the United States). The 20th century bore witness to a music revolution – from jazz to punk rock to hip hop. In a similar period of time, strides were made in the way that music was produced and shared, beginning in 1877 with Thomas Edison’s […]

Palm Treo 680 announced

We knew that Palm would announce a new Treo today. Now, we know which one. At the DigitalLife conference taking place in New York, Palm announced the Treo 680. Powered by Palm OS 5.4.9 (Garnet) and an Intel PXA270 312 MHz processor, the latest Treo is much like its Windows 750v sibling in that it lacks the external antenna of […]

HP iPAQ rw6800 series comes to Europe

When HP unveiled the rw6800 series, the initial models were offered in the Asia Pacific region, including Australia and New Zealand, Malaysia, China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Now, HP is offering the iPAQ rw6815 in a number of European countries including the United Kingdom, Belgium and France. The rw6815 combines mobile entertainment capabilities with a number of connectivity modes that […]