Solar lights on occasion have a bit of a tendency to be dull.  The stakes you put in the ground to line your garden with are usually featured in every other yard around.  However, there are the ones that stand out from the rest, like these cute little lamps.  The silk-like waterproof nylon will stand up to storms a bit better than the pretty lanterns that are a similar style but made for indoors. (Read the full post about ‘The Square Solar Shoji Lantern great for pool parties’…)

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by Donald Melanson, posted Jun 30th 2008 at 1:28PM As you’re no doubt all too well aware, there’s certainly no shortage of netbook options out there these days, but the number of convertible netbooks is considerably more limited — a situation that little known Aware Electronics now looks set to somewhat rectify. It’s apparently now set to jump into the game with this 7-inch number, which packs an Aday5G 800MHz X86 processor (all bets are off on that one), 4GB of NAND Flash, built-in WiFi and Bluetooth (with optional 3G and GPS), an integrated webcam, dual USB ports, an SD card slot, and the LINOS Linux distribution for an OS. (Read the full post about ‘Aware Electronics shows off A-Pad convertible netbook’…)

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Talk about zany and fun! If you’re musically inclined and love all things seafood, then the Lobster Claw Harmonica ought to be your musical instrument of choice. Retailing for just $1.99, it looks so realistic that leaving it on the dinner table might just tempt a rather happy diner to take a crack at it only to discover that there isn’t any meat within. Perfect for those meal time tunes whenever you have guests around. Tags: Ogg Vorbis, gaming, Gadget, hdtv (Read the full post about ‘Lobster Claw Harmonica’…)

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This transparent toaster you see here is the DT08 slide toaster concept that could actually function as well as it looks. According to Daniel Thomas’s concept design, the toasting element is retained, allowing you to know by sight whether your toast is about to be badly burnt or not instead of relying on your sense of smell.

Tags: cable, MP3, gadgets, Ogg

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by Chris Ziegler, posted Jun 30th 2008 at 9:12AM
Yo, heads up — the E71’s only half of the story with Nokia’s new line of business sidekicks. For those of us who bust out T9 text with aplomb, the E66 might be the better option, especially when you factor in its narrower form factor, arguably (okay, very arguably) nicer look, and an utterly brilliant slide mechanism. Having trouble deciding? (Read the full post about ‘Nokia E66 mini-review on Engadget Mobile’…)

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One thing which has always been frustrating about signing up for wireless service in the U.S. is that if you ever switch carriers you usually can’t bring the mobile phone you already purchased with you. The latest announcement by MetroPCS Communications will change all that through a new service called MetroFlash.

MetroFlash will allow subscribers the ability to use their existing CDMA handsets on the MetroPCS network. This will eliminate the need for customers to purchase a new handset if they don’t want one.

(Read the full post about ‘New MetroPCS subscribers can bring their own phones’…)

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TG Daily is reporting that the latest iTunes 7.7 beta release hints at a new free application to be offered by Apple for the iphone and iPod Touch. The application called Remote will allow iPhone and iPod Touch owners the ability to access iTunes wirelessly from anywhere within the home. It seems the Remote application would interact with iTunes on a computer in order to control streaming media.

Data to be transferred wirelessly to the iPhone/ipod Touch is expected to include song name, artist and other metadata included in the file for playback.

(Read the full post about ‘Apple hints at offering new Remote app for iPhone/iPod Touch’…)

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Nokia has just put up a flash demo of the latest in its N-series phones, the N96 which is slated for release sometime this quarter. Like we already know, the N96 sports a dual-slide design, a 2.8-inch screen and supports high-quality videos in various formats. In addition the N96 also features a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, flash, video light, video recording at 30 fps, A-GPS for geotagging of photos and 16MB of internal memory. As this seemed to be not an official announcement, expect Nokia to delete the flash demo once this news spreads out. If you don’t get to watch it, don’t worry because like what happened with other Nokia mobile phone models, once a flash demo leaks out, and Nokia deletes it, for sure Nokia will issue an official announcement in no time at all. (Read the full post about ‘Flash demo of the Nokia N96 leaks out; view it while it’s hot’…)

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You know, when I got a MacBook with an 80GB hard drive it seemed huge. But after about five minutes of BitTorrent shenanigans, I realized my naiveté. I also realized that offloading files, especially music files, to an external drive is problematic. The point of a notebook is portability, and hooking up a USB drive just to listen to podcasts in the kitchen (what can I say, Danny, Jose and Dylan; your soothing voices stop the mayonnaise splitting every time) is a pain. What I need is something like Maxtor’s Central Axis, a one Terabyte NAS (Network Attached Storage). It has a gigabit ethernet connection to keep speeds up near those of a local drive, and two USB ports to add further storage when you need it. (Read the full post about ‘Maxtor’s Monolithic Media Server Packs One Terabyte’…)

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Jun 30th 2008 at 1:27AM Rhapsody, the digital love-child of Real Networks and MTV, is best known for its DRM’d subscription music service. As such, the globe’s population of sheep-white-earbudded, sidewalk zombies have been completely off limits to its charms. Until today. While its DRM’d subscription deals remain in place, Rhapsody is now offering unprotected MP3 downloads via its Rhapsody MP3 store and via partners including Verizon’s VCAST over-the-air service and Yahoo. We’re talking 5 million DRM-free tracks (generally priced at $0.99 per song, $9.99 per album) from Indies and the four majors. Uniquely, all tracks can be previewed in full before downloading. (Read the full post about ‘Rhapsody ditches (some) DRM, selling MP3s with Verizon and Yahoo’…)

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