Monthly Archives: October 2003

general October 1, 2003 posted by

A new Palm landscape?

The new screen with landscape mode on the just launched Palm Tungsten T3 looks really groovy. Landscape mode is the only way to go if you really want to do some serious surfing, ebook reading et al. Looks like Palm is starting to fight back…

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Nokia Gameboy…

Well maybe not quite THE GameBoy, but still it’s a game module that clips onto the back of Nokia 33xx series phones and lets you play any of 321 games. It’s got its own speaker too. Priced at �12.95. A full colour version of this could be cool, and check out the snazzy (!) LED call alert ring too while you’re there. Arf!

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Crossblade…

Only in the car industry could you chop massive chunks out of your product and then charge more for it. The Smart Car Crossblade, a sort of mix between a go-cart and a shopping trolley. Yours for a mere �15,995.00 or less maybe?

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Mobile broadband…Aussie style.

What to do when you’re an Aussie who loves travelling, but needs broadband Internet in order to work too? Why you take it with you, of course, via a satellite dish and some very clever DIY electronics. Kind of a bushband connection, you might say.

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Smokie phones…

Aunty reports on an idea to incorporate a smoke and carbon monoxide detector inside a mobile phone. Just when you thought that there was nothing else you could add to mobile phone feature sets. What are we up to now? Walkie Talkie, TV, PDA, GPS, eBook, MP3 and radio player, camera, electronic wallet, site guides and of course…a telephone. Next up, your very own mobile phone micro printer. You laugh now…!

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DVD help

The DVDrHelp.com site is probably the number one resource around for getting help on all things to do with making, recording or backing up DVDs etc. ‘This site will help you to make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs or DVDs that can be played on your standalone DVD Player from video sources like DVD, Video, TV, Cam or downloaded movie clips like DivX, MOV, RM, WMV and ASF.’

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Concorde memorabilia…

You may never have flown on the fastest passenger bird in the sky, but why not impress your friends with a few bits of history? These British Airways Royal Doulton Butter Pat dish sets(as exclusively used on Concorde)are for sale on eBay for just �9.95. Only 167 available and they’re brand new, just….ahem….surplus to requirements. . It’s a small price to pay to be able to say – “Oh yes, picked these up on the 9:30 to New York a…

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Robot Store

The Robot Store sells everything you will ever need to build that robot of your dreams. Featuring kits for stuff like flying saucers, drawing bots and space flyers. Don’t forget to check out the animatronic moose in the gallery!

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Bad company.

Bad Dealings.com ‘Send a complaint or compliment to any company for free’. The Top 10 most complained about companies features Dell and Priceline!

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