April 2006

Another One Bites the Dust: R.I.P. Gizmondo

Another gizmo company who underdelivered is apparently no more. The Geeks expect the domains for gizmondo.com and their parent company of tigertelematrics.com to be up for sale sooner than later as neither are responding today. In fact, Windows for Devices speculates that “Gizmondo Europe, maker of the eponymously named Windows CE-based Gizmondo gaming device, and [...]

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Gorillapod Flexible Digital Camera Tripod

The Gorillapod Flexible Digital Camera Tripod allows you to hold your camera anywhere. This alien looking tripod allows you to hold your camera anywhere for that perfect shot provided that the GorillaPod can hang from, grip to, wrap on or bend to an object. Weighing only 13 ounces, you can easily bring the GorillaPod on [...]

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Geek’s SmartLabs Inc. Visit

The Geeks were invited to visit SmartLabs’ 60,000 square foot facility in Irvine, California for research for an upcoming article on Gizmos for Geeks. We were able to tour the facility and walk through their enormous factory warehouse of gizmos as well as the INSTEON home automated idea house. In addition to the tours, we [...]

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Nuvo Essentia 6-Source 6-Zone Amplifier

Being a huge fan of HAI and needing a whole-house audio solution, I was excited to run across this 6-source, 6-zone Nuvo amplifier that allows you to control your music through any HAI touchscreen in your house. 6-source means you can connect up to 6 different audio inputs and 6-zone refers to the ability for [...]

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Butterfly Indoor Flyer

This little remote control plane weighs a whopping 3.6 grams and can be flown in a room of 12′x16′! How’s that for a micro remote control machine? The RC kit comes with the freeware FMS R/C Flight Simulator and a cable to connect the transmitter to a PC. This way you can learn to fly [...]

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GamePark GP2X

Since we’re halfway through this month’s contest, we figured we would feature the sponsored gizmo of the month: the GamePark GP2X! You better check your current geek credits and make sure to participate in the site to obtain a couple tickets to try to win this sweet gizmo. The GP2X is the hottest handheld system [...]

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Talkman for Sony PSP

The Talkman is a real-world killer app for the Sony PSP! This software (with a USB microphone) is a voice-activated translation application allowing you to interact in foreign languages using your PSP! The software translates between English, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese (the official language in China, although there are countless varieties and dialects) and Korean. Make [...]

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Review: Galactic Civilizations 2

Stardock Systems is back, with an all new incarnation of their space based turn-based strategy classic, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. The Geeks have spent the last month putting this new version through its paces to see how it stacks up against its forbearers and the competition. For those unfamiliar with Stardock and the Galactic [...]

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Wicked Lasers

The Geeks received one of the Nexus Wicked Lasers (green laser) from Wicked Lasers earlier this week. These are the same lasers that have been busting balloons and lighting matches just from the laser beam. These are serious gizmos for the 18 and over crowd as these lasers are illegal if you point them up [...]

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INTEL FIRST WITH 65nm NOR FLASH MEMORY CHIPS

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 4, 2006 – Intel Corporation is the first to sample NOR multi-level cell flash memory chips at 1-gigabit density using its advanced 65-nanometer (nm) process technology. Intel’s NOR Flash memory chips are used in devices such as cell phones to manage critical phone operations, handle Personal Information Management data and to [...]

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