Gadgets Control

A woman from North Carolina has been arrested for taking what started as a virtual relationship a little bit too far.

Kimberly Jernigan, a 33-year old Second Life player met a 52-year old player from Claymont, Delaware in-game and a virtual relationship began. That relationship eventually led to a real world meeting at which point he broke it off.

A few months after that meeting and Jernigan clearly decided she didn’t want the relationship to be over. She made the journey from North Carolina to Delaware and attempted to kidnap he ex-boyfriend from his place of work with a gun, but failed.

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Last weeks coolest gadget again had a runaway winner (45% of the votes), the iRing (another podium finish for Gaj It)), the coolest way to control your ipod. The iRing’s functionality is every bit as cool as the iPod’s. To adjust the volume, you simply need to slide your finger across the touch sensitive surface of the ring. To play or pause songs, just tap the apple icon on the ring and to skip tracks you need only touch on either side of the icon depending on which direction you want to go As cool as the iRing is, it is only a concept which did give it a bit of an unfair advantage in last weeks contest so we might be changing the rulea a little bit for next week. …. (Read the full post about ‘The $50 Winner and last weeks Coolest Gadget…’…)

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The company M2E Power was formed last year and aims to bring renewable energy gadgets to the marketplace. The first of these being a device that generates energy as we move. M2E says they have now proved their technology works and aim to bring a product to market next year. The device is meant to sit in you pocket and as you move slowly generates energy. It does this by harvesting the energy from electromagnetic fields produced within the M2E device. As you move this energy is slowly produced, collected and stored in a lithium-ion battery. That energy can then be transferred into your mobile device’s battery. The key point to the M2E charger is the fact it allows energy to be produced without encumbering the wearer. (Read the full post about ‘M2E Power promises motion chargers next year’…)

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HTC has sent word that it’s now making a software ROM upgrade available on its website that will bring Windows Mobile 6.1 to the AT&T Tilt. Along with the upgrade Tilt users will now have access to the HTC Home Screen, Video Share Calling, Threaded SMS, MS Voice Command, OneNote Mobile, Remote Desktop Monitor, Enroll Domain, Managed Programs, and more.

It’s about time the update rolled out. One thing that has really become apparent is how long it takes to get upgrades out the door for phones nowadays.

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The declining economy continues to hurt traditional print mags with the latest casualty being smartphone and Pocket PC Magazine. According to Hal Goldstein, publisher and owner, after 11 years the final issue will be published in 2008 and the magazine will be suspended.

Hal also went on to say that it’s been difficult to get phone companies, OEMs and even Microsoft to advertise, despite that the magazine was covering their products.

Hal is not stepping away from traditional print all together, though.

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You’ve got to like the look of the Nurian Avatar F1.  Of course, looks are not everything from this piece of South Korean technology.  The Avatar F1 is kind of a PMP, MID, and UMPC all in one.  This Avatar comes packed with an Alchemy AU1250 600MHz processor, is powered by a Windows CE 5.0 Core, and has a 30GB hard drive.  The Avatar F1 can play back many file formats to include MPEG1/2/4, DivX, Xvid, WMV, OGG and of course MP3’s.  It also allows the user to tune into mobile TV broadcasts and has output video with a TV out component dongle.  The screen is a 4.3-inch WQVGA display that is a complete touchscreen of 480 x 272 resolution. (Read the full post about ‘Nurian Avatar F1 has a lot inside’…)

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The first design image of the HTC Dream AKA T-Mobile G1 better known as the first Google Android OS powered phone is out via the AndroidGuys. The phone seems inspired by HTC’s Sidekick in its QWERTY keyboard, buttons layout and slide out screen. It also seems to have a slim form factor, which should help it compete with Apple’s iphone or the new blackberry. The back of the device has a ‘With Google’ tag line on it. Clearly T-Mobile and HTC are doing all they can to help ring the brand recognition bell among ordinary users. T-Mobile, HTC and Google have said they plan to release the device in the third quarter. Photo: HTC Dream or the T-Mobile G1 from AndroidGuys. Tags: PDA, hdtv, plasma, wirel (Read the full post about ‘Official: First Google Android Phone Design Image’…)

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The United Kingdom will have two new phones from Nokia sometime in the next month, the N79 and N85.  Some sources indicate that these phones will launch as early has August 26.  The N79 is meant to replace the N78, and has features such as a 5-megapixel camera and dual-LED based flash.  Other features include 3G connectivity, a microSDHC memory card slot, Wi-Fi support, as well as GPS navigation.  As for the N85 (pictured above), it is meant to replace the N81, and it also has some terrific features as well.  The camera here ranges from two to five-megapixels, and it also features a 2.6-inch AMOLED display, 28 hours of audio playback, GPS navigation and geotagging support.  You would think that with these phones soon to be released, that we would have a price on them.  Unfortunately, we don’t.  I suppose we’ll have to wait to see how Nokia does their “London Calling”.  Via [electronista] Keep up with the latest gadget goodness! (Read the full post about ‘Nokia N79, N85 to appear in UK “soon”’…)

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by Thomas Ricker, posted Aug 26th 2008 at 8:15AM First off, the chance of this Japanese super-phone coming to the US or anywhere else outside of Nippon is slim. FCC approval or not, it’s likely only being tested for global roaming. However, as slim is its chances are, they’ve improved dramatically now that Japan’s government is behind a push to promote its twisty, folding phones abroad. This Exilim-branded Casio / Hitachi mashup sports an 8 megapixel camera and with any luck, it’s using that new Omnivision sensor meant to revolutionize cameraphones. As followup to the W53CA, this 3G W63CA flip will no doubt feature the same high-resolution, 800 x 480 pixel swiveling display of its cousin. (Read the full post about ‘Casio’s 8 megapixel Exilim W63CA cellphone gets FCC approved’…)

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After Wired.com published its global iPhone 3G survey results Monday, I received an e-mail from a reader that displayed some misunderstanding of our analysis. (Read the full post about ‘Response to a Reader: Wired.com’s iPhone 3G Survey’…)

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