Kensington Vo200 Bluetooth internet phone

The Kensington Vo200 is a credit card sized Bluetooth internet phone, that can be recharged in any standard PCcard slot. Cost is less than 80 Euros. Officially only compatible with Windows, but I managed to recharge it in a PowerBook G4 PCcard slot and pair it under MacOSX 10.4.10 without any troubles. Shows up as a standard audio input and output device.

Apple iPhone starts selling on 6/29

On 6/29 at 6pm Apple and AT&T start selling the Apple iPhone. If you want to see, how web browsing on a 320*480 pixel display looks like (same as the Newton 2100 about 10 years ago!) then take a look at iPhoney, an iPhone websimulator for designers for MacOSX. IMHO anything less than VGA resolution is just not enough for web browsing, even on mobile phones. 640*480 VGA and the upcoming 800*480 WVGA resolutions on Nokia770 and N800 web tablets and the Toshiba Protege900 are just so much better for viewing web pages without having to scroll constantly in all directions, that I just don´t want to downgrade again. P.S.: eBooks (offline Wikipedia!) and email looks so much better with more pixels to show the information!

Finding by time on MacOSX via Terminal

Another Terminal tip from TUAW: Finding by time on MacOSX via Terminal.

GSmart T600 mobile phone with DVB-T

The GSmart T600 is a Windows Mobile 6 phone with VGA screen and integrated DVB-T. Includes microSD, USB2, 520 MHz CPU, QuadBand EDGE, Bluetooth, WLAN, but no 3G connectivity. >Unfortunately it is not available in western Europe.

Tyson, the skateboarding bulldog

Just saw this the first time in an iPhone commercial: Tyson, the skateboarding bulldog. Biggest wow factor!

IZD tower race in Vienna, Austria

On 6/25 the 3rd IZD tower race took place in Vienna, Austria. 630 steps for 34 floors in less than 5 minutes without taking the elevator.

US war on terror is mostly a war on tourists

Directly from Gizmodo, although everybody I talked to, who travels to the US told me the same: the US war on terror is mostly a war on tourists.

BTW: the image is from knowledgedrivenrevolution.com.

Donauinsel Festival Vienna, Austria

From 6/22 to 6/24 the annual Donauinsel Festival took place at the Donauinsel in Vienna, Austria. 3 million visitors! This year the festival was overshadowed by the death of Austrian song writer and singer Geoerg Danzer, just before the opening of the festival.

AWD sports car festival in Velden, Austria

From 6/22 to 6/24 the 9. AWD sports car festival took place in Velden, Carinthia, Austria.

MAKE volume 10 available

The newest issue of MAKE (volume 10) is available right now.

Toshiba dynabook SS RX1/Portégé R500

Toshiba announced the dynabook SS RX1/Portégé R500, a Core 2 Duo subnotebook PC with 12 inch reflective LCD (1280*800), built in DVD burner (7mm thin!) and 1.8 inch hard drive that weighs less than one kg.

6 easy ways to capture your screen on MacOSX via Terminal

Great tip from TUAW: 6 easy ways to capture your screen on MacOSX via Terminal.

kwikSynCh dual charger

The kwikSynCh dual charger lets you charge two devices from one powered USB port for less than 15$.

TwitterVision

TwitterVision shows the newest postings on Twitter in real time on a map of the earth.

FlickrVision

FlickrVision shows the newest postings on Flickr in real time on a map of the earth.

Froggetmee Spoonsticks

Just found this on Gizmodo: the Froggetmee Spoonsticks are a blend of chop sticks and spoon. Practical and stylish for only 8$.

Samsung 1 TeraByte hard drive

Samsung announced the SpinPoint F1, a 1000 GB (1 TB) SATA2 hard drive with only 3 platters. So if Samsung would use 5 platters as Hitachi does for their 1TB drive, they could ship a 1,66 TB drive today.

Top 25 censored stories of 2007

The website, that shows you the Top 25 censored stories of 2007.

no SDK for Apple iPhone :-(

At the annual WWDC Apple announced no SDK (software developers kit) for Apple iPhone. So I guess I will have to stick to Symbian60, Windows Mobile and Linux for some more time :-(
BTW: the sorry Apple graphics is from Apple Matters.com.

WWDC in San Francisco

From 6/11 to 6/15 the annual Apple World Wide Developers Confernce WWDC takes place at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA, USA. If you can´t attend Gizmodo is planning to live blog with just a few seconds delay.

Nokia media transfer software for MacOSX

Nokia has a beta of their new Nokia media transfer software for MacOSX 10.4.9 available for download. Right now it supports only N series Nokia phones.

Parallels Desktop 3.0 for MacOSX

The brand new Parallels Desktop 3.0 for MacOSX gets better and better. Among numerous great new features it now even supports 3D games!

Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere with UVC support

The new Logitech QuickCam Orbit/Sphere, the one with official Vista support, supports UVC, so you can use it directly with MacOSX 10.4.9 as a standard camera, e.g. in iChat. Unfortunately I didn´t find software for MacOSX yet to use the pan and tilt functions.

Xbox Live Vision with UVC support

I just received a Xbox Live Vision USB camera for testing purposes. It supports UVC, so you don´t need any drivers with Windows Vista and MacOSX 10.4.9. Works great with iChat! Cost is less than 40$.

Apple announces high definition MacBook Pro

Yesterday Apple finally announced their first notebook PC with an optional WUXGA display, the new MacBook Pro with high res screen built-to-order (BTO) for an additional 100$, which shows 1920*1200 pixels on its 17" display. Unfortunately 15" Mac notebook users still have to rely on DIY methods to see 1920*1200 pixels on their displays. BTW: the new MacBook Pros support 4GB RAM (too expensive at Apple!) and Apple is ready to ship the new optional 250GB hard drives, for a reasonable price, too.

MEM in Monte Carlo

From 6/5 to 6/6 the MEM 2007, the Mobile Entertainment Market, the official event of the Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) takes place at the Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo.

Nokia device specifications

Finally a website, where you can find all the various Nokia phones and which lets you look for all Series60 or all Series 40 phones from Nokia with really detailed specs.

another online media converter

This online media converter supports hunderds of input and output formats.

coffee mug that makes you look like a dog

Thorsten van Elten sells coffee mugs that make you look like a dog ( or pig or rabbit) for 10 British pounds.

online FLV converter

Great idea: an online FLV converter, that converts Flash based videos to MPEG4.