Gadgets Blog

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

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And in Smarter Gadgets we talked about:

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

I haven’t heard much about this except from what I happened to catch on Gizmodo this morning, but it looks like Uniden is going to have a GPS/Radar detector built into one device. Apparently there will be a version of the Uniden MaxTrax GPS system that is going to have a built-in radar detector.

So for those of you who have a heavy foot and want to be able to know where you’re going and where that cop is hiding on your GPS, you don’t have to wait any longer. Apparently Uniden is going to combine their long history of making radar detectors with their new introduction into the GPS market.

Not much is revealed about how the GPS will spot cops or traffic lights or whatever, but when I find out, I’ll be sure to update you.

Until then, keep it under 100 if you can.

Source: Gizmodo via Uniden