Genibo- Korea’s Smart Dog
Korean company Dasatech has released their Smart Dog, named Genibo.
The Robotic dogs have been developed to be used as household pets, and these Smart Dogs can understand over a hundred human commands and phrases. The two dogs resemble bull terriers, and weigh 1.5 kg, are 30 cm tall, and 33.4 cm long. Among the 100 phrases they understand are- “sit”, “wag your tail”, and even “do a head stand”. These robotic dogs are also capable of navigating around obstacles in their paths, and have many sensors, 17 motors, a CPU and even bluetooth.
Seagate’s 750 GB Pushbutton External Hard Drive
Seagate has released a new 750 GB External Hard Drive.
Seagate’s new 750 GB Pushbutton External Hard Drive will back up most people’s entire music, dvd, and photo collections. It connects via a USB 2.0 and has Fire Wire, and is 750 GB in a single hard drive (not split up into two seperate drives that add up to 750 GB). You can grab one next month for $559.
Nokia’s N93 Launched
Nokia’s N93 has been launched with an official press release.
The Nokia N93 features a 2.4 inch 262k colour QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.0, FM Radio, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, 20x digital zoom and a Carl Zeiss optical lens, a mini SD slot, and a mp3 media player. The Nokia N93 can also record video, capturing at 30 frames per second. The phone comes with 50 mb of internal memory, but can also be expanded to up to 2 gb of memory. The N93 works on WLAN, 3G (WCDMA 2100 MHz), EDGE and GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) networks, providing broadband internet access, as well as enabling video-conferencing calls. You can also watch TV on the N93 over 3g networks. The Nokia N93 is expected to be commercially avaliable July 2006 with an estimated price of 550 Euros ($695 USD).
Since this announcement, several photos have been leaked.
PQI’s U510- The World’s Thinnest Flash Drive
PQI has suceeded in creating the world’s thinnest flash drive, the U510.
The U510 is only 3 mm thick, and is no bigger than the size of a credit card! And you might think that something so small can also only hold a little memroy- but no, this little guy can hold up to 16 gb of storage. This flash drive has a retractable cord that connects to your computer via a USB 2.0 port, and is compatible with both Windows and Macs.
Sidekick III goes through the FCC
It looks like the Sidekick III is finally going through the FCC.
The Sidekick III also had a ton of “confidentiality requested” paper work attached to it, which is always a good sign. Basically, this confirms what we already know: the Sidekick III is going to be released to the public [probably next year], with features such as a 1.3 megapixel camera, music playing software, expandable memory card (SD), and Bluetooth.