Windows Live Local SUV spotted in Sacramento

Filed under: ,

Leave it to Redmond to ante up with a big, gas guzzling SUV for its “street-side view” purposes. Recently caught cruising in Northern California, this hulking Chevy makes Immersive Media‘s Google fleet (family mini-van and college grad’s first car) look pretty tame. Now if only they could snap more pics of Ballmer pulling this face. Take another look after the break.

[Thanks, Gabriel H]

Continue reading Windows Live Local SUV spotted in Sacramento

 

Permalink | Email this | Comments


Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Kawada HRP-3 Promet workerbot gets upgraded to Mk-II

Filed under:

It’s been a pretty long time since we’ve heard from this guy, but the HRP-3 is back with a fresh coat of paint and a redesign that bears a notable resemblance to Optimus Prime. The new waterproof bot, shown showering, walking on a floor scattered with sand, and using a screwdriver as a human would, is meant to take on typical jobs at construction sites, such as driving (?) vehicles. Kawada hopes to court contractor clients by 2010 with the attractive introductory price of $120,000 per robot.

Read – Translated Robot Watch story
Read – Physorg article

 

Permalink | Email this | Comments


Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

HTC preps a few more models (hint: CDMA Touch!)

Filed under: ,

HTC’s model naming convention has always been just a little tricky to commit to memory, and with this latest batch, it certainly ain’t getting any easier. A couple of these we’ve heard about before — namely the Nike, Kaiser, and Shangri-La — but the rest are brand new to us and very exciting. First up, the S640 “Iris” is a CDMA rendition of the Excalibur and Cavalier, tossing in EV-DO rev. A and WiFi atop Windows Mobile 6 Standard. The “Vogue” is essentially a Touch (TouchFLO UI and all) with the same EV-DO rev. A guts as the Iris — good news for Verizon and Sprint customers, we’d imagine. GSM users have reason to celebrate here too, though, in the form of the “Volans” and “Polaris.” These two are upgrades to the Vox and Artemis, respectively, adding in much-needed 3G radios and faster processors. Finally, the P6550 “Sedna” appears to be some sort of industrial device with support for a credit card reader — though with a 3 megapixel cam and 3G data, we wouldn’t mind having one ourselves. Release dates are up in the air on most of these, but our money is on late ’07.

[Via The Boy Genius Report]


Update:
Crikey, the Shangri-La’s slide reveals that the device — HTC’s entry into the UMPC fray — runs both Vista and Windows Mobile 6. Sound vaguely familiar? [Thanks, Kevin]

 

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments


Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Viewsonic launches three new LCDs, starting at $599

Filed under: ,

Viewsonic is updating its line of low-priced HDTVs with three new 35 Series LCDs, available now. The N2635w, N3235w and N3735w layer a piano black finish over their 1,366 x 768 resolution, 8ms refresh time and 500 nits of brightness. Sure these might not sport the awe inspiring specs of some resolution hogs, but since the 37-inch and 35-inch models hitch their 1,200:1 contrast ratio to $899 and $699 price tags, respectively, along with the 26-incher’s 800:1 contrast ratio and $599 SRP, you can still afford a house to show them off in…or to hide your 720p shame from 1080p-enamored friends.

 

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments


Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

iLuv shows off “Fashionology” iPod jacket

Filed under: ,

Those still not satisfied by the various iPod-ready jackets out there will soon have another option to try on for size, this one coming to us from the prolific folks at iLuv. As with most other similar jackets, iLuv’s “Fashionology” jacket boasts all the necessary controls on the outside of the sleeve, with buttons seemingly big enough to be manipulated while wearing gloves. Unfortunately, there’s no word on price (though we suspect it’ll be considerably less than some of the alternatives), but those in Korea should be able to get one sometime this October.

 

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments


Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

Tech Blog by Ezra Hill