Happy New Year From Gadgettastic
Gadgettastic was launched on the 17th of May 2007, and since then we have had over 540,000 unique vistors to the site with a total of 1,127,473 page views.
So here is a list of our five most popular posts in 2007.
Tiny Linux PC uses Just 8 watts of power 80,161 pageviews
Concept - The Lobster Multimedia Device 48,237 pageviews
iPhone UK - Everything you need to know about the UK iPhone 40,326 pageviews
Concept - The Instant Messaging Toaster 38, 974 pageviews
Microsoft’s Sidewinder Gaming Mouse For Serious Gamers 34,249 pageviews
Happy New Year Everyone, I hope you all have a great new year, and thanks to everyone that read Gadgettastic in 2007, see you in 2008.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
iPhone 1.1.3 Firmware Update - Full Video Demo
Further to the video we posted yesterday, the guys over at Gear Live have posted a full video outlining the iPhone’s new features in the 1.1.3 Firmware update.
New features include being able to send SMS to multiple contacts, and you can now add a bookmark to your home screen from Safari.
Google Maps now has a drop pin features where you can drag a pin around the map and drop it wherever you want.
It can also pinpoint your location using cell phone tower triangulation to show exactly where you are, and there is also a hybrid map view which shows the satellite map with a map overlay.
These features look very exciting, head on over to Gear Live for full details, they are also giving away a custom painted iPhone to one lucky reader.
via SlashGear
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Fun Gadgets - The Giant R/C Mario Kart Racer
Check out this fun R/C Mario Kart Racer.
Steer Mario around your home or office with the included Nintendo GameCube style controller. Set-up some banana peels and turtle shells in your living room (not included) for true video game realism. Just watch out when you hit the turbo button right into a banana peel and Mario careens into your cat.
Here is a video of it in action.
The Giant R/c Mario Kart Racer is available to buy online for $49.99 (about £25) from ThinkGeek.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Fusion-io annouces the pricing on its super fast io-drive
You may remember the io-drive by Fusion-io that we featured on the site back in October, Fusion-io Launches the io-Drive.
It is based on a “revolutionary” silicon-based storage architecture known as ioMemory, improves storage performance by a “thousand fold” while simultaneously providing sustained, random access rates “hundreds of times faster” than the industry’s fastest storage devices.
It slots into a PCIe slot on your PC and has some impressive specs including 800MB/sec read speed, 600MB/sec write speed, and 100,000 IOPS (input/output per second) per PCIe x4 card.
The iodrives will be available later in the year in 80GB, 160GB, 320GB and 640GB capacities, and will retail for around $30 (about £15) per GB.
The io-drive was reported to be costing about $19,000 for the 640GB version, Fusion-io have just announced their pricing for this super fast drive and the 80GB version will cost $2,400 (about £1200), OK so it is still very expensive but it is a hell of a lot cheaper than was previously reported.
Lets hope the price comes down on these, when it gets to about $500 I would consider buying one as the performance gains would be absolutely amazing.
via PC Launches
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
iPhone 1.1.3 Update Confirmed - Video
Check out this video of Apple’s latest update for the iPhone 1.1.3.
Apparently the new update will be coming in the next few weeks, and it will include a list of new features, like GPS-like triangulation positioning in Google Maps.
The video shows the new moving icons which looks pretty cool, and the new update as expected breaks all third party apps.
via CrunchGear
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Cool Concepts - The Optimus Tactus Keyboard
Art. Lebedev Studio, the guys behind the Optimus Maximus OLED Keyboard have come up with an amazing looking keyboard concept, the Optimus Tactus Keyboard.
This new keyboard has no physical keys, which means there are no restrictions on their shape or size.
They keyboard can be programmed to display any images and perform any function.
This is an amazing looking concept, lets hope this goes into production.
via Geek Alerts
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Cool Mods - The Clerks Wii Mod
Check out this amazing Clerks Wii Mod.
It was created for Kevin Smith, by the guys over at morpheon mods.
The Wii was painted using flat gray scale colors to match the black and white clerks characters. The stand features the main characters each back-lit with two “stage lights” that beam up to highlight the custom 3D Clerks logo. The opposite side has a specially back-lit logo of his production company. Finally, the controllers were painstakingly hand painted letter by letter to feature his name one controller and his most famous alter ego on the second.
This is an amazing mod, and the work these guys do over at moprheon mods is simply stunning, head on over there to check out some of their other mods.
morpheon mods via Gizmodo and Techeblog
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Intel’s Latest Gaming Platform - Skulltrail
The guys over at HotHardware have managed to get a sneak peak at Intel’s new gaming platform, Skulltrail.
Skulltrail is built around server class hardware, that has been reconfigured for the gaming market.
The new motherboard featured in the pictures will support dual quad core Penryn Xeon processors, SLI, and has four PCIe slots.
It also features six USB ports, six SATA ports, dual eSata ports, Firewire and Gigabit Ethernet.
From the looks of the specs this is going to be an amazing platform to build some serious gaming PC’s on and I suspect this isn’t going to be cheap either.
via Hot Hardware
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
New Mini Desktop PC - The LLUON Crystal
Korean company Trigem Computer, has released a new mini desktop PC the LLUON Crystal.
Two versions of this mini PC are available.
The first model is the LBFC27-RIBO, which features an Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 processor (1.66GHz), 1GB of RAM, a 320GB HDD and a GeForce 8400 GS graphics card.
The second model is the LCFVC35-RIBO, which features an Intel Core 2 Duo T5200 processor (2.00GHz), 2GB of RAM, a 500GB HDD and a GeForce 8400 GS graphics card, it also features built in WiFi.
The LBFC27-RIBO will retail for about $1300 (about £650) and the LCFVC35-RIBO will retail for about $1500 (about £750).
via Akihabara News
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Green Gadgets - The Water Powered Calculator
Check out this water powered calculator.
Electrolytes in the water generate the power, and all you need to do to keep it running is top up the battery pack with water every now and then.
The water Powered Calculator is available to buy online from bitsandpieces for $8.99 (About £4.50).
via SlashGear
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Fun Gadgets - The Annoy-A-Tron
Check out this fun gadget, which is bound to annoy everyone.
The Annoy-a-tron generates a short (but very annoying, hence the name) beep every few minutes. Your unsuspecting target will have a hard time ‘timing’ the location of the sound because the beeps will vary in intervals ranging from 2 to 8 minutes. The 2kHz sound is generically annoying enough, but if you really really want to aggravate somebody, select the 12 kHz sound.
The Annoy-A-Tron is available to buy online for $9.99 (about £5) from ThinkGeek.
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Asus Eee Modded to use Internal 3G Mobile Module
The moder who brought us the Asus Eee Touchscreen mod, has a new mod for the Asus Eee.
This time its a 3G mobile module, allowing Internet connectivity from anywhere in the World.
Check out this video of it in action.
Apparently it will work on any model of the Asus Eee, and costs around $290 (about £145).
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Sony launches the Cyber-shot S730
Sony has launched a new Cyber-Shot camera the S730.
This new Sony Cyber-Shot features a 2.4 inch screen, and has a 3x optical zoom.
It has a 7.2MPx sensor and features a ‘High Sensitivity’ mode that can shoot up to ISO 1250.
It will go on sale in Europe around the middle of January, no pricing details have been released as yet.
via Akihabara News
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Fun Gadgets - The USB Moo Moo
Check out this fun gadget, the USB Moo Moo.
Moomoo is a USB-enabled cow that lives on your desk, and is somehow attached to software that lets it communicate with a second Moomoo cow. If you push a button on Moomoo, its companion (ideally located in close proximity to your special someone) will moo at them and start glowing.
Here is a video of it in action:-
via Oh Gizmo
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!
Fun Stuff - Replica Mac made from wool
Check out this life sized replica of a Macintosh 128k.
It was made by Ben Fino Radin using needlepoint canvas and yarn.
via Boing Boing
If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to our RSS feed!