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New App Sends Smells via iPhone
There is a new smartphone app in Japan that stinks. Literally.
RocketNews24, a Japanese news website, reports that a company called Chaku Perfume claims its new product Chat Perf is designed to send smells via iPhone. An …
Logitech’s New Pointing Devices: Built for Windows 8
In less than three weeks, consumers will start getting their hands on Windows 8, with its radically new “Modern” (formerly Metro) interface, and forming opinions about it. Some of them will be buying it pre-installed on a new …
Webtop, We Hardly Knew Ye
The most intriguing product announced at CES 2011 was Motorola’s Atrix, a 4G Android smartphone with an optional laptop dock. The dock looked and worked like a thin laptop with an 11.6″ screen, but didn’t have its own processor …
Finally, You Can Buy Your Very Own Zoltar Machine for $9,000
I won’t pretend that this is the first Zoltar machine to ever be made available for purchase and subsequent private enjoyment inside a single-family home. These things were probably flying off the shelves back in 1988.
But …
ReadyCase iPhone Case Features USB Drive/Kickstand, Multi-tool and More
I’m not really an iPhone case guy, but this ReadyCase makes a compelling argument.
It’s only about a tenth of an inch thick, yet the backside houses an interchangeable photo lens ring, 8- or 16-gigabyte USB thumb drive that …
New Microsoft Keyboard Splits Space Bar, Left Side Used as Backspace Key
Try as I may, I can’t seem to not strike my spacebar with anything but my right thumb. I’ve never noticed it before, but now it’s driving me nuts. Microsoft has gotten in my head!
The company’s new Sculpt Comfort Keyboard ($60 …
The Polaroid Revival Continues: An Instant Camera for Your iPhone
Back in 2008, a team of instant-photography fans — despondent over Polaroid’s decision to stop making film for its cameras — set out to acquire a Polaroid factory in the Netherlands and restart production of the film packs …
Apple’s Secrets Aren’t So Secret Anymore, and That’s O.K.
Surprises about different products are nice, but they aren’t the ultimate goal if the idea is to sell lots and lots of gadgets
Apple’s Most Curious Move: Killing the Wearable iPod Nano
If you look at the iPod Nano through the years, it’s hard to tell what Apple wants the product to be.
Apple has reinvented the diminutive music (and sometimes video) player on a nearly annual basis, swinging it from tall and …
TiVo Stream: Put Your TiVo on Your iOS Devices
I watch TV on more devices than ever, from more sources than ever. But when I’m in my living room in front of my 42″ Vizio HDTV, almost all the TV I watch is TiVo. The DVR that’s synonymous with the DVR remains a great way to …
Smartype Keyboard Has a Screen — Go Ahead and Look at Your Hands
Do you ever look down at your keyboard while you’re typing? You kie! I mean, you lie! I had to look down at my hands to correct that. I’d say that Mavis Beacon must be rolling over in her grave, but I just found out that she’s a …