OCRegister's Gadgetress gets first-hand look at Irvine company's digital pen. Write all you want with this SONAR-based digital pen and then transfer all notes, doodles and chicken scratch to a computer using a USB-storage key. A cool gadget expected in May 2007 for under $100.
Microsoft gives the Orange County Register the six-minute scoop on the coolest features of Windows Vista: Instant search, Aero, parental controls, security, step-by-step help and shadow copy. For more on OC tech, see http://blogs.ocregis ter.com/gadgetress
Toshiba's super-skinny Portege R500 has a transreflective screen that uses sunlight to brighten up the view outdoors. Also, a first look at how Toshiba got the PC so thin and light (2.4 pounds and 0.77-inch thick). Always more at http://ocregister.co m/gadgetress
Dane Elec Memory has a portable video/music player that happens to have the same look and feel as Apple's iconic gadget. But Meizu is smaller, cheaper and offers more features. You be the judge.
Shimano, best known for bike parts, developed a new concept to attract non bikers. It added coaster brakes and a computer that shifts gears automatically. Matt Robertson, with Shimano, explains how the new Coaster gear shift works. More details at http://ocregister.co m/gadgetress
Orange County Register reporter Sonya Smith spent 26 hours in line for the iPhone. She's had 3 days to play and now she's ready for initial conclusions. Catch coverage of her long wait at http://ocregister.co m/gadgetress
Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrates the Wii body mass index test with the help of Nintendo North America President Reggie Fils-Amie at E3.
Rob Pardo, Blizzard's vice president of game design, talks about Star Craft 2 while at E3 2007. Read more about the Orange County game company at http://ocregister.co m/gadgetress
OCRegister.com reporter Tamara Chuang's interview with Line Rider creator Bostjan Cadez at at inXile Entertainment's office in Newport Beach, where a version of the game is being developed for the Nintendo Wii and DS. More at http://blogs.ocregis ter.com/gadgetress
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Orange County Register reporter Sonya Smith camped out for 26 hours in Irvine to get an iPhone. She blogged about it at .http://ocregister.c om/gadgetress and opens her new iPhone for the first time
I visited ViewSonic, and they showed us the PJ258D projector with built-in iPod dock. And you don't have to power down the lamp before shutting down the unit!
So, I'm a week late but I just got to Border's over the weekend and grabbed the October Esquire -- the first with an e-ink cover. I rip it open so you don't have to. Always more at http://gadgetress.co m
Watch this crazy video of me setting up the Epson Duet Ultra Portable Projector Screen. Read the review of the Epson MovieMate projector at http://ocregister.co m/gadgetress
Windows Vista offers a feature called SideShow. The Eleksen Group, a British developer of smart fabric has built the 2.5-inch Eleksen Wearable Display Module right on the outer flap of a messenger bag. Controls for the screen are built into the bag's fabric. Eleksen doesn't make the bags but will sell the technology to bag manufacturers. More at http://gadgetress.co m
PC maker Averatec plans to introduce an all-in-one computer that uses netbook technology. The 18-inch monitor connects to the netbook with a swivel arm that compacts the device so it can be mounted to the wall. Darren Lee, with Averatec, demonstrates. Read the full post at http://tinyurl.com/4 lsl8v -- Always more at http://gadgetress.co m
Seen at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the Backup Pal is a handy gadget that saves cell-phone contacts with one click. Use it to back up a phone or easily move contacts to a new phone. Read more at http://blogs.ocregis ter.com/gadgetress
From CES 2007, this "dual-hinged" Samsung SCH-u740 opens two different ways. When it opens like a laptop, the keyboard turns into a QWERTY pad. When opened as a phone, the keyboard is for dialing. It has the usual cell phone features: Bluetooth, speaker phone, 1.3-megapixel camera and memory card slot. More at http://blogs.ocregis ter.com/gadgetress
Sharp Electronics showed off an LCD screen that plays 3 videos at the same time. One that only people who on the left can see, another for people on the right, and one more for people in the middle. In development for automobiles to let the driver view GPS navigation while passengers watch different videos. More at http://blogs.ocregis ter.com/gadgetress
The G'zOne is huge and limiting in entertainment options. But how many phones work in the shower? I took it to the beach, dropped it on the ground, covered it with sand and dunked it in the ocean. Conclusion: It still works! Always more at http://www.ocregiste r.com/gadgetress
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