Oh well. So much for the big G trying to throw their weight around to convince the big C to give a little on their censorship stance, following the hacking attacks. Google will most likely close its search engine business in China, google.cn.
They’re going to make an orderly exit, and take steps to protect their employees there. Does China care? Not really. They can (and have) created their own search engines that are more compliant with their way of thinking.
We don’t feature a lot of cell phones on GfG because there are entirely too many models and there are other sites that are dedicated to just that. But of course we feature the ‘big name’ ones and the newsworthy and unique.
The LG eXpo GW820 definitely fits the newsworthy category, as it’s the first handset to feature (an optional) snap-on pico projector. Yes, a projector, like the expensive ones you have in the office to show off those mind-numbing PowerPoint presentations on how badly your company is doing.
The (did we mention optional) projector weighs only 1.8 ounces and is small enough to fit into the palm of your hand, and can project an image up to 40″ in size. Not bad. However, it does kill the phone’s battery pretty quickly, so you’ll probably end up using the conventional office projector for long presentations/demos.
The phone itself is a slider with a full QWERTY keyboard, a 3.2″ touchscreen, 3G connectivity on AT&T, a 5MP camera, 802.11b/g WiFi, microSD card slot and runs Windows Mobile.
Buy now!
More info from the manufacturer
Price: $99.99 with contract on AT&T. $179 for pico projector
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
So you just became a parent? Congratulations! Now you get to deal with more than a few sleepless nights. Or do you? Maybe not with the Cry Baby Analyzer.
It claims to analyze why your baby is crying. Could be annoyed, hungry, sleepy or even bored. The Cry Baby Analyzer has a big LCD screen with a bunch of smiley faces that correspond with those emotions/states, so you can quickly see what’s going on.
Now no telling if this works or not, but for a pretty low price, you could test it out.
Price: $99.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Recycling your old electronics is really becoming easier, as more services spring up to cash in on the growing industry. Yes, cashing in, because they make money from re-selling the parts and raw materials. But I don’t want to rain on their parade, because it’s a win-win for everyone. You can get some cash for your device and they get to run a profitable business.
Take YouRenew.com – they even pay for the shipping of your old gadget and then pay you depending on what it’s worth. For example, a 1st gen 4GB iPhone will get you $94. Nice. Naturally, the older it is, the faster the price goes down, but hey, you’re recycling and not tossing a bunch of hazardous materials into a landfill, and the price on that is much higher!
Another service that we covered previously is Gazelle.
Here’s an inexpensive way to get your guitar ‘hooked up’ to your computer (PC or Mac) – a Guitar to USB interface. Plug your guitar’s output into this, and then plug the USB cable into your computer.
It comes with a PC software driver and has this variable speed playback function, so you can slow down those tunes to learn. It also has a headphone jack so you can hear your jams.
Buy now!
Price: $9.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
In case you got tired of waiting for the iPhone to show up on Verizon, why not consider an Android phone, say perhaps the Google Nexus One, which you can currently get on T-Mobile.
HTC will be shipping these to Verizon by April. If you’re in Britain, expect Nexus Ones to show up on Vodafone too.
Meantime, enjoy the Nexus One Ninja video!
Looking for a high-tech gag gift, say for April Fool’s day? Take a look at the Cell-R-Derm which parades as a patch for obsessed cell phone users.
What’s amazing is how detailed their website is!
Buy now!
Price: $12.99
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
What happens when you string 24 drives together is you end up with a computer that is blazingly fast. Watch the video. It’s entertaining and you’ll be dying to have you very own RAID array that has a throughput somewhere north of 30x what you currently have.
Sure, there are a million different iPod docks out there, but we just had to feature this one as it’s so unique and cool looking. The Panasonic SC-SP100 (great model name, eh?) is a universal dock for iPod and iPhones (except for iPod shuffles).
Plug your iPod/iPhone in and get 20W of speaker goodness that even includes a subwoofer. Sweet. One nice feature is the ability to still update your Apple iGadget with the USB cable plugged in.
Buy now!
Price: $114.95
(Please note prices are subject to change and the listed price is correct to the best of our knowledge at the time of posting)
Amazon now has a ‘green’ category off of its electronics page. The products listed within have certifications from both EnergySar and EPEAT.
Note that this doesn’t mean that all of the products match up equally – there are different levels of ‘green’. For example, there are only 14 TVs that make the EPEAT silver level.
