New Gadgets for 2010

Remember your Commodore 64?  (If you didn’t have one, your friends did.)  Well now you can relive those glory days when home computing was young and the internet (as it exists today)was just a pipe dream.  Commodore is launching a brand new PC that’s housed in a mock 64 body.  That’s right, you can get all of the modern conveniences you need in a PC in a completely Retro case.  How cool is that? Read the rest of this entry »

If you’re looking for a decent PC (and a tiny one at that) that will deliver the performance you need and not put a strain on your wallet, Zotac’s new Zboxes are probably worth your time to investigate.  First off, they’re tiny—not much bigger than a book.  Secondly, they come equipped with some decent hardware for such a small machine. Read the rest of this entry »

Fujitsu’s Lifebooks aren’t exactly household computers but if you’re looking for a PC that gives you the power you need to get things done then you might just want to consider the AH530.  It recently got a makeover (all of it under the hood) and now sports an external graphics card (1GB now available and 500MB soon to follow.)  But is it really all that? Read the rest of this entry »

If you can’t live without your slide-out full QWERTY keyboard on your cell phone or your TV remote just feels bulky, rest assured that Tivo has your best interest in mind.  They’ve released a fancy remote for you called “The Slide.”  It is just what it sounds like it is—a remote that slides open. Read the rest of this entry »

Libretto is one of the coolest looking devices to hit the market this year.  It’s a dual-screen laptop (from the former king of laptops, Toshiba) that’s getting ready to take America by storm.  But is the $1,100 price tag worth what Toshiba is offering? Read the rest of this entry »

The ASUS B series laptops will now ship with Boston-Powers Sonata batteries.  Available platforms include the B43 14.1 inch version and the B53 15.6 inch version.  These batteries are pretty revolutionary because though they won’t last longer between charges, they have a lifetime of three years or better. In fact, they’re guaranteed to work at 80% of their capacity for that long. Read the rest of this entry »

For all of you who don’t get the Johnny Cash reference in the title, Johnny sings a song called “A Boy Named Sure” about a young fellow whose father gives him a girl’s name to make him tough enough for the hard life ahead.  Jetway had a similar approach to naming their latest nettop (the JBC600C99-52W.)  It’s not a catchy name and probably won’t sell many of these boxes which is kind of bad.  For an ultra-light PC, this machine is just about perfect.

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This new EeeBox is an upgrade of the venerable EB1501 and looks to have had some major work done under the hood to boost performance.  It seems to be the healthier and more robust cousin of the ASUS EeeBox EB1501U and will probably retail for around the same price point (if the 1501U ever hits the market—it debuted at CeBIT but has yet to hit shelves! Read the rest of this entry »

The LPC-100 mini PC from Stealth Computer is the size of a hefty Twilight-sized paperback but not filled with fluff and nonsense.  It’s actually filled with everything you need to make a decent PC, and that’s surprising because:  A) it weighs just 1.2 pounds and B) it start under $1,000 9though just barely).  So if tiny is what you need, tiny you shall have. Read the rest of this entry »

The relatively new electronics company Augen has launched a $99 smartbook called the GenBook.  It’s a 7 inch tablet running on Android 1.6 and judging by the swift sales, people are grabbing them up left and right of the Kmart shelves!  But is this upstart really delivering a quality mobile device for under $100 or is it just a marketing ploy? Read the rest of this entry »