Its tiny, it befriends you and appears to me as slightly creepy. But if you like your social-networking, you’re going to like Pingo. Its a tiny robotic penguin that sits next to your computer and interacts with you, delivers you news, reads emails, RSS feeds, headlines, weather and responds to voice commands – hey it does sound pretty useful! Pingo is also different from other similar products in that it links with the user’s facebook account. It launched two days ago, if you get one of these, you’ll be able to use its dedicated Facebook app to give it a personality, profile as well as manage its daily life.
We’ve been sent one of Sony’s newest clock radios, the ICF-CL75iP. You will be aware we just only recently reviewed one of Sony’s clock radios, the ICF-C8WM. You can consider the ICF-CL75iP as a step up from the former as it boasts support for USB drives, iPods and iPhones and memory cards. Its also got a massive seven inch WVGA colour LCD. We’ll be reviewing it shortly, but for now check out some pictures we took of its unboxing.
Got something important in your wallet? Of course you do, everyone does, but do you have something so important that it needs to be locked up in a fingerprint scanner secured bluetooth wallet? This is exactly what the iWallet is. It may not be Apple related but the iWallet is a personal hard case cash and credit card wallet that is tamper resistant, made of carbon fiber. You can only open it if it recognises your fingerprint with its incorporated biometric reader.
The news of an actual dedicated hardware based Boxee device was annouced just last month, however at the time Boxee did not spill any news on who will be its hardware partner. The Boxee Box now its officially called is shaped more like a half-submerged cube, boasts HDMI, SD card slot, two USB 2.0 ports, WiFi, and ethernet for internet connectivity.
The Box will allow streaming of online content and storage of digital media to an HDTV. The device allows users to share playlists with friends on various social networking sites, including Twitter and Facebook. The Boxee Box also facilitates educational purposes such as university courses, panel discussions, academic lectures, presentations and web-only videos. Continue reading »
Thanks to everyone who took part in our last free gadget giveaway where we gave away the very impressive Xmi X-mini MAX II portable speakers, the lucky winner was randomly chosen today and contacted! Now, what have we got here? We’re now hosting our Christmas special giveaway. This has to be the coolest and funnest giveaway we’ve ever hosted. And because we’re all so excited that its Christmas, we want to spoil you all just abit. We’re going to be giving away for the next two weeks a full package game console and its the one that begins with P – PlayStation 3! And when we say full package, expect nothing less, the winner will not be disappointed.
Heading one step forward towards a gadget that does absolutely everything… well at least hopes to – is this 4 in 1 red laser pointer with WiFi. Tagged at a rather hefty $49.95, this latest gadget helps you by detecting WiFi networks near by. 802.11b/g wireless networks are supported and when they are detected, you’ll know that its approximately up to 150-feet away.
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Exactly like its name suggests, the Gboard is complementary to your existing keyboard and acts as your personal assistant by allowing you to quickly access your Gmail. If you’re a Gmail user and you’re so busy (or lazy) that you don’t even have the time to click on your browser shortcut then this 19-key Gboard keyboard is what you might want to check out. Continue reading »
