Archive for January 30th, 2008

Business software maker HyperOffice is offering a free 30-day trial of a new tool that’ll allow iPhones to connect to Outlook e-mail, calendars and more. HyperShare runs as a desktop app and automatically funnels messages, appointments and other Outlook…

Logo Business software maker HyperOffice is offering a free 30-day trial of a new tool that’ll allow iPhones to connect to Outlook e-mail, calendars and more. HyperShare runs as a desktop app and automatically funnels messages, appointments and other Outlook data to your Lovebrick. It’s avaiable for download now. Pricing, a rather well-hidden detail, looks to be around a $100 a year per user.

Until Apple gets Exchange compatibility online and your IT guy trusts their solution, this may be as good as it gets for doing business via iPhone.

HyperOffice Launches Free Trial of Tools that Connect iPhone to Corporate Email, Contacts, Calendars [HyperOffice]


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Vote for Gizmodo in the 2008 Bloggies [Awards]

errrrrrrg.jpegHey there. We’ve been nominated in the 2008 bloggies for categories such as Best Tech Blog, Lifetime Achievement and Best Design. Design aside, I do feel like we’re to the point where we’re pretty happy with the work we do. Just remember the X-Wing fighter rocket soaring into the sky, the Lego 50th anniversary story, our Bill Gates video interview, the first live shots of the 150-inch plasma, or the purdiest Apple liveblog pics around. For voting, I can’t promise you the same Jet ride and Pony we did last year. Only the feeling of warm fuzziness you’d get and give from clicking on us in the 2008 Bloggies…well, I’d state it would probably feel somewhat like being tucked in that sweater with a kitty and the puppies. Thanks, and good night. [Vote for Giz, photo via Adorable Overload]


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The excess amount of plastic makes this machine look cheap—surprising since it costs nearly three grand. Chintzy building materials aside, the Primea is infused with a ton of tech. The inbuilt touchscreen features programmable menus, which allow you to create…

Saeco_primeatouch The excess amount of plastic makes this machine look cheap—surprising since it costs nearly three grand. Chintzy building materials aside, the Primea is infused with a ton of tech. The inbuilt touchscreen features programmable menus, which allow you to create new exciting drinks, with your own ratios of coffee, milk, and water. The convenient one touch button adjusts the drip tray up and down for different cup sizes, but also has the potential of breaking easily. Coffee and simple espresso drinks are delicious slam-dunks of flavor but anything else more complicated needs a lot of attention. —Neil Gellar

WIRED Touch screen makes for ultimate geeky coffee making experience. UI is intuitive and not at all confusing.

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NEC Fuel Cell Phone Looks Like a Bic Lighter
In the middle of NEC’s Advanced Design page sits the Flask. The phone is powered by a fuel cell, and you can see the gas sloshing around inside. Of course, as a concept design, any specifications are made up, and…

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In the middle of NEC’s Advanced Design page sits the Flask. The phone is powered by a fuel cell, and you can see the gas sloshing around inside. Of course, as a concept design, any specifications are made up, and therefore useless to list, although the various parts of the web claim e-ink technology and the now compulsory touch-screen control.

The case design seems to have a stopper for refills, something that seems like a bad idea (liquid and electronics don’t mix). The whole disposable lighter design, though, is great. Envision shaking the thing to get out the last drop of fuel for that emergency phone call.

Project page [NEC via Mobile Mag]


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SR1500 Remote has Wi-Fi, Flash, Controls 24 Devices at Once, Prepares Chicken Casserole [TV Remote]

tvcompass_remote.jpgWith 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, Web browser, Flash, Java, and more buttons than KITT’s dashboard, this WindowsCE-based SR 1500 looks like a Digital Media Remote that wants to be a cellphone when it grows up. Just looking at all those controls and side keys makes us dizzy, but if you’re a Television addict, its personalized Television guide, wireless updating of software for set-top boxes, capability to control two dozen devices at once, remote backup of personal settings and additional TV content display on its 320 x 240 color display, will probably excite you. Or maybe not? Would you like a simpler design rather than all this technological terror?

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If you’d like to get your hands on one of these SR1500s you’ll have to wait until some set-top box or TV manufacturer adopts it: while it exists, the TVCompass SR1500 is a white label device available for companies to include in their products, not for consumers. [Windows for Devices]


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The product shots look awfully legit, so we’re going to bite: Sony has not one but two new SLR digicams on the way, and each includes a Live View swivel LCD (which can be more helpful than you might realize…

Dslra300k_1 The product shots look awfully legit, so we’re going to bite: Sony has not one but two new SLR digicams on the way, and each includes a Live View swivel LCD (which can be more helpful than you might realize for encouraging the user to try framing shots from creative angles).

Further deets on the alleged A300 and A350 are trim — resolution of 10.2 and 14.2 megapixels, respectively — but more significant is that they swiftly bring Sony’s SLR roster to five models, making it a significant player in a market it once shunned because it didn’t have a good mechanism for making money off lenses.

a300 (Swivel-Screen/Liveview), a350 confirmed
[Dyxum]


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swiss_army_purifier_jacket.jpgThose who have trouble with allergies (and deep pockets) might try just about anything to help alleviate their symptoms, and chances are Victorinox had these people in mind when they developed this Swiss Army Tech Vest with Air Purifier. The purifier itself is located in the left breast pocket, and it supposedly transfers purified air to the funnel collar of the jacket where it can be sucked into sensitive lungs . My guess is that this jacket is nothing more than a means of separating suffering suckers from their hard earned cash, but I’m not willing to spend the $500 to find out if it works. [Swiss Army via Wired]


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Everio GZ-HD6 is First Consumer HDD Camera to Output 1080p Using Chip Tricks, States JVC [Camcorder]

GZHD6.jpgJVC has fired out a bunch of new HDD-recording camcorders recently, but the Everio GZ-HD6 offers something special: it outputs video at a cracking 1080/60p pace. A smaller successor to last year’s HD7, the HD6 has the same 3-CCD full HD sensor system, this time married to a 10x optical zoom lens. With a bigger 120GB hard drive, the new Everio can store about 10 hours of max-resolution video, as well as shooting to SDHC cards. And there’s something even more magical about the HD6: its conversion engine.

Despite recording in MPEG 2 1080i, the camera uses a conversion engine to fire out a 1080/60p signal through HDMI to your HDTV. This is, according to JVC, a world first. To find out whether this improves your video viewing quality, you’ll have to wait until mid-February to purchase it in Japan and spend ¥170,000 ($1,600) on the HD6 or ¥150,000 ($1,400) on its 60GB sibling, the HD5. [Impress AV Watch]


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