Gadgets Blog

This week in gadget blogs and news from around the Net:

• Toyota’s Winglet looks to overtake Segway - Engadget
• Nintendo to launch new handheld by year’s end - Gizmodo
• U.S. can now seize laptops at border without cause - Reuters
• Fresh bacon ready for you in the morning - OhGizmo!
• GPS Tracks domestic violence suspects - Ubergizmo
• Man purse deters criminals, captures cops attention - Technabob

And this week in the Smarter Gadgets Blog we talked about:

• Buy Laptop: Free Timbuk2 Bag with Select Laptop Purchase
• Beverly Hills 90210 iPod Now Offered for Limited Time
• HP Deal: 20% off Single Function Mono LaserJet Printers
• LG BD300 Blu-ray Player Can Stream Netflix Movies
  

This picture was originally from an Engadget post highlight how the “Fujitsu Siemen’s Amilo 3000 laptops will match your Stormtrooper suit,” but I’m posting it cause I just found the picture hilarious.

Can you imagine how difficult it must be for a Stormtrooper to use the can? It’s an adventure in itself.

So yeah, that’s all.

If you have a funny caption for this picture, send it on down in our comments!

Photo Source.

Next week consumers will be able to get their hands on something that appears to be no thicker than a stack of paper, and by the looks of it, just as easy to crush.

But regardless, I’m sure people will be flocking to computer stores and Best Buys everywhere to pick up the new Apple MacBook Air.

Steve Jobs has really outdone himself with this invention. We’ve all seen for years that laptops are getting thinner and lighter, but this thing is insane. This laptop measures in at three-quarters of an inch at its thickets point and has a 13.3″ screen and a full-size keyboard. Now if you’re curious about how much this thing weighs, it comes in at only THREE POUNDS. In addition to the aluminum exterior, it also has some new software features such as fingertip gestures for the touch pad like Apple included on their iPhone.

And the price?

Next week consumers will be forking out $1,800 for the 80 GB hard drive and 2 GB of memory and for the faster, 64-gigabyte and speedier version costs a staggering $3,100.

Source: ABC

It was a slow week because of the holidays, but here is what happened in news and sports blogs around the Net:

• Napster takes an annoying 30 minutes to cancel account - Boing Boing
• A guard for your car bumper? It exists and it’s called the Bumper Badger - Coolest Gadgets
• A Shark Gun for your Nintendo Wii - Kotaku
• Expect LCD TV prices to fall dramatically in 2008 - Ubergizmo
• Amazon.com’s Best of 2007 List - Business Wire
• T-Mobile to waive activation fee for new customers until 12/31/07 - Gizmodo
• Bluetooth headset stops a robbery in-process - United Press International
• Kid opens a Playstation 3 from EB Games on Christmas, gets a phone book - Engadget via Fox News

Watch the clip here

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save $200 on a Dell Inspiron Notebook
• Uniden MaxTrax GPS to include Radar Detector

Christmas may be over, but it doesn’t mean that you can’t still save on laptops!

If you missed out on some of the holiday shopping deals, Dell has this laptop coupon that is good until after the New Year. Save $200 today on a Dell Inspiron notebook priced at $899 and over. If you can pick up a notebook from Dell for around $800, you’re getting a pretty cheap laptop with all the great features that they have to offer.

Enter in the code X21$35FPTXHQTB during checkout and it’ll apply the discount for you instantly.

The offer expires January 3, 2008 so you still have some time to catch this offer.

Click here to go to Dell.com.

A quick recap of gadget news and blogs around the Net:

• Original Knight Rider car up for sale on eBay - MSN News
• Air France testing in-flight cell phones - Ubergizmo
• Ram Wing 100 Yacht by Levi Designs will have a submarine - Gizmodo via Born Rich
  
• Keep your mattress hot or cold - Gearlog
• Check out the Carina implantable hearing aid - Engadget
• Want to see what’s behind you? Cerevellum bike rearview monitor - Be Sportier
• Win cash by entering in Kotaku’s Kommenting King Kontest - Kotaku

And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

• Save 15% off all orders at SIRIUS Satellite Radio
• Pay GameStop on the 21st, get a Nintendo Wii in January
• Save $200 on a Dell XPS M1330 Laptop
• I am Batman! The Dark Knight movie trailer
• Disposable shoes stick to feet, keep them clean
  

I know what you’re thinking. Two guys smiling while filling up their glasses of beer. Big deal. It’s not like you haven’t seen that every Applebee’s during happy hour. But here’s the catch: those two guys could be you. That is if you have their laptop.

Recently these guys from Croucher Brewery Co. were jacked of their company laptop that was recently backed up with all their company contacts, account information and important emails. In exchange for their hardware, they are offering whoever returns it a lifetime supply of beer.

Either some geeks are already on eBay and chat rooms looking for this thing, or the idiots who stole it are actually thinking about returning it for the beer.

“Hmm, return the laptop for a lifetime supply of beer? Sounds like a great deal. Oh wait, I just remembered.

THEY DON’T SERVE BEER IN PRISON!”

Source: Shiny Shiny