iriver WiFi Story turns to the ‘overpriced wireless connectivity’ chapter

Outside of a perhaps too strong resemblance to the Kindle, there was nothing much to fault the iriver Story when we played with it back in January.


I-O Data TransferJet USB dongle announced in Japan

Been dying to get in on some TransferJet high-speed low-range wireless data transfer action since Sony made such a big fuss of it at CES? Well you can go the all-Sony route and pick up a VAIO F or one of Sony’s Cyber-Shot bundles with a reader, or you can head to Japan and snag this I-O Data USB2-TJC reader, when it comes out later this month for ?10,000 ($115)


Loreo 3D Lens-In-A-Cap turns your SLR into a bug-eyed stereoscopy machine

You want 3D , huh? Well, do you want it bad enough to endure perpetual Johnny Five jokes?


Bluetooth 4.0 specification gets official, devices expected by Q4 2010

Outside of Samsung’s Wave , we’re having a hard time thinking of a meaningful device that has shipped with Bluetooth 3.0 onboard. Kind of crazy when you think about it, being that the protocol offered some pretty promising stuff when it went official in April of 2009. Fast forward to today, and it looks as if the Bluetooth SIG is storming forward regardless, as the Bluetooth 4.0 core specification has now been adopted with ” low energy technology ” as the standout feature


Pre Plus and Pixi Plus free on contract, with free accessories, too

What we really want from HP is a brand new webOS smartphone , but it’d be unfair to say we’d “settle” for a Palm Pre — especially at prices like these.


Graphite Kindle DX coming July 7th for $379, now available for pre-order

Amazon’s having a field day with its Kindle lineup as of late. Hot off the heels of its Kindle price drop , bigger brother Kindle DX has gotten a new shade, a touted 50 percent improved contrast, and a $379 price tag — much lower than the $489 it asked for when first hitting the scene