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- SplitFish Dual SFX Frag Pro controller to ship on November 10
- Garmin silently drops the nuvi 1450
- Michael Dell says (again) Dell phone is coming in 2010, and may use platforms other than Android
- Student builds creepy Guitar Hero playing robot type thing
- Ponoko offers weirdest clock ever called digits
- monome turned into DIY low-res Twitter display [Video]
- Geek turns Sega Saturn joystick into Transformer-style bug
- Origin unveils 1TB and 750GB Data Locker external HDDs
- T-Mobile Project Dark unlimited plan rumors get leaky boost
- Acer Aspire Revo R3610-U9012 nettop gets dual-core Atom update
| SplitFish Dual SFX Frag Pro controller to ship on November 10 Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:40 AM PDT
Ask a handful of PC gamers why they don't like to play shooters on console systems like the Xbox and the PS3, and several of them will tell you they want a mouse and keyboard for shooters. Controller maker SplitFish unveiled its slick Dual SFX Frag Pro that adds a mouse to the PS3, but we have not known when the device would ship until now.
SplitFish announced today that the SFX Frag Pro controller would ship on November 10. In case you aren’t familiar with the product, the controller has a mouse section with 2000dpi sensitivity and a second section called a Fragchuck that function together as s full function controller for PCs and the PS3. I can certainly see the usefulness of the mouse section, but I am dubious about the Fragchuck section where the directional control is placed. It has to be better than playing with a normal PS3 controller though. The controller will sell for about $90. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Garmin silently drops the nuvi 1450 Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:27 AM PDT
The gizmo has a massive 5-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels and a white backlight. The device measures 5.4″ x 3.4″ x 0.6″ and weighs 7.8 ounces. The battery is good for up to three hours. Garmin offers optional cityXplorer content to help you navigate the city on public transit showing where to catch a bus or subway. For drivers the GPS device also offers lane assistance technology to help you get in the right lane for upcoming turns. The 1450 can also save up to ten routes allowing you to plan trips before you hit the road. It also supports a breadcrumb trail with up to 10,000 points. Garmin also equips the device with an ecoRoute feature that will route you using the most fuel efficient path to your destination. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Michael Dell says (again) Dell phone is coming in 2010, and may use platforms other than Android Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:14 AM PDT
Dell CEO Michael Dell has been saying that his company will be trotting its Ophone-based mini 3i Android-powered smartphone out to consumers in the US. Dell says the device will hit in early 2010. Today we get word that Android may not be the only OS that Dell uses in its US-bound smartphones.
MocoNews reports that Dell talked about subjects other than smartphones too. According to Dell unless people are concerned with power or price notebooks are where most computer sales are made. Dell also says he doesn’t see the netbook getting very big. I wonder if he has read the latest sales reports. Perhaps that netbook bit is just wishful thinking on his part. Dell figures netbooks will level off at 12 to 15% of the computer market and doesn't see it getting any higher than that. Talking about smartphones, Dell said, “There are some other open platforms that are emerging that are similar to other businesses we participate in.” Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Student builds creepy Guitar Hero playing robot type thing Posted: 16 Oct 2009 08:01 AM PDT
I once watched this scary movie where one of those ventriloquist dummies stalked some people in a house with a big knife. The movie really creeped me out. This Guitar Hero playing robot created by a student at Minnesota West Technical College is really creepy and reminds me of that movie. Except this dummy would be following you around and hitting you with a guitar controller from Guitar Hero.
The device was built by engineering student Pete Nikrin and is called Roxanne. The thing responds to each note as it appears on screen and is able to read the notes via a camera in place of its left eye. The bot responds to the changes between light and dark pixels. I will say the robot is pretty good at Guitar Hero. The thing racked up 100% accuracy at times in trials with 98% in medium mode, 95% on hard more, and 80% on expert mode. I don’t think I could hit 80% on expert. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Ponoko offers weirdest clock ever called digits Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:49 AM PDT
I have seen more than a few weird clocks in my day and most of them had to do with waking people up who tend to oversleep. I had a clock when I was a kid that you had to throw to turn the alarm off. My mom took it away after I broke some pictures in my room and used my brother’s head as a target a few times. Ponoko has a line of clock like devices that you have to manually change the time on.
I guess these things could keep you busy, but really, they are weird. One of the devices is a will return clock that is like those that you see on the door at the some stores when they close for lunch. It is cooler than those round plastic clocks with the rotating arms are for sure. I guess I could also see it being useful to teach kids how to tell time or something, but really a clock with hands is better suited for that. The things are expensive too with prices starting at $80 and going up to $115. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| monome turned into DIY low-res Twitter display [Video] Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:37 AM PDT
In an ideal world someone would read this and send me a monome of my own to play with, but the button-encrusted control surfaces are in short supply (and not too cheap). Since controlling music isn’t the sole use of a monome, but still the task most people connect them with, some owners are pushing forward their DIY projects showing that a monome can be pretty much anything you have the imagination for: here, Robert Böhnke repurposes his as a low-res Twitter display.
Video demo after the cut For the uninitiated, a monome is a board of backlit rubber buttons laid out in a grid; they range from early, compact 8
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| Geek turns Sega Saturn joystick into Transformer-style bug Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:32 AM PDT
I am a big fan of people with way more time to play than I have who take things and turn them into things you might not expect. A guy named James Ian Killinger has taken a Sega Saturn flight controller and hacked the controller into a transforming bug-like device.
I don't even recall the Sega Saturn; much less have the ability to pull off this cool transformation. The finished “space bug” as Killinger calls it uses all of the joysticks original components and three extra screws. If I had tried to build this, I would have needed lots of duct tape and spent hours climbing around in the couch cushions looking for the three screws I dropped. The only way the thing could be cooler would be if it could transform back into a joystick that still worked. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Origin unveils 1TB and 750GB Data Locker external HDDs Posted: 16 Oct 2009 07:24 AM PDT
External storage solutions are great for backing up data, but if that data is sensitive, you have to protect it from theft and in the event that the drive is lost. The way to do this is with encryption of some sort. Origin (PDF) has announced a couple new high capacity DataLocker external storage solutions with powerful encryption.
The drive is available with 1TB or 750GB capacities. The drive encrypts the data with AES hardware encryption and a six to 18-digit PIN number that is entered directly into the drive itself. The device protects your data from all sorts of attacks and has one touch drive erase for rapid deployment. The keypad for the numbers is also randomized each time to prevent someone from watching you enter the PIN. To get the high-end AES hardware security the Pro version is the way to go with pricing starting at £299.00 for the 750GB version and £399.99 for the 1TB. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| T-Mobile Project Dark unlimited plan rumors get leaky boost Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:47 AM PDT
T-Mobile’s mysterious plan-in-process Project Dark has been churning the rumor bins for a while now, and this seemingly leaked promo image is doing nothing to challenge that. An unusually coy TmoNews received the shot from an unnamed source, and it seems to suggest that – Project Dark or otherwise – a new, unlimited plan is in the works.
Of course, the idea of Project Dark indeed being a new, cheaper monthly plan with all-inclusive voice, SMS, MMS and data is nothing new. We were talking about the vaunted $50/month price possibility earlier this week in fact, which prompted a little discussion in the comments about whether the tech community – always hungry for the Next Big Thing – were somewhat myopic in dismissing the possibility. Don’t get us wrong, cheaper service is never something we’ll argue with, and T-Mobile certainly need some help when it comes to climbing the ranks of US carriers. We just hope that the hype mill doesn’t mean the final result is too much of an anticlimax. Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Acer Aspire Revo R3610-U9012 nettop gets dual-core Atom update Posted: 16 Oct 2009 06:36 AM PDT
Acer’s Aspire Revo nettop has just received a welcome shot in the arm, courtesy of a dual-core Atom 330 processor and an extra gig of RAM. The Aspire Revo R3610-U9012 kicks out its predecessor’s Atom 230 chip in favor of the quicker alternative, and pairs it with 2GB of RAM, Windows 7 and NVIDIA Ion graphics. That should hopefully make the system a little better at coping with non-1080p video tasks, something the first model had issues with.
Acer have also updated the Aspire Revo’s wireless connectivity – it now gets WiFi b/g/n – but otherwise specifications are the same. That means a 160GB hard-drive, six USB 2.0 ports, HDMI, VGA and eSATA, together with gigabit ethernet and a multiformat memory card reader. You can still hang it off the back of your LCD display, thanks to a standard VESA mount, but now it’s actually a whole lot more usable; we haven’t gone hands-on with the R3610, but we’d imagine it will put in a showing similar to the ASUS Eee Top ET2002 we reviewed earlier this week. It’s available now, priced at around $330. [via Gizmodo] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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