Gadget Access

Posted Apr 2nd 2008 11:18AM by Paul Miller
Filed under: cellphones
Carriers have been making some strong strides in the direction of open access, and the recent 700MHz auction was a particular win for consumers, but the FCC isn’t quite ready to go whole hog here. The commission has turned down Skype’s request that the FCC expand 1968’s Carterphone landline ruling to apply to the mobile industry, which would mean that operators would be required to let any device run on their network as long as it doesn’t do damage. If you’ll hear Verizon or AT&T tell it, that’s what they’re doing already, but Skype obviously wants some protection for its bandwidth-hogging, carrier revenue-threatening P2P VoIP app, and the FCC isn’t quite ready to fork it over.

Buffalo has announced a new digital media player that links users digital content into their home entertainment center – the LinkTheater HD DMP (LT-H90LAN). The LinkTheater allows users to view videos, pictures and music stored in users computer, network-attached-storage (NAS), USB hard drive or DNLA media servers. Compatible with both Mac and Windows computers, the Buffalo LinkTheater HD has an auto-backup feature which automatically performs back ups of any content stored in either a flash memory based video camera or USB drive.

The LinkTheater HD comes with a remote control, supports 720p and 1080i HD video output and a 480i and 480p video modes. The LinkTheater HD supports various image formats (JPG, BMP, PNG and GIF) as well as various audio formats (MP3, WAV, WMA, Dolby Digital, AAC-LC, and AAC-HE). Other features of the LinkTheater HD are built-in USB 2.0 port, 10/100 ethernet port, analog audio/video connectors, D4/component video and optical audio connectors.

The LinkTheater HD Digital Media Player will be available in April and retail for $199.

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Posted Apr 2nd 2008 7:32AM by Thomas Ricker
Filed under: Displays
A digital photo frame should do one thing well: display photos. If it can’t do that for a reasonable pixel-per-penny then we’ve lost all interest. Along swaggers Pandigital touting touch sensitive displays as the prime selling point of its new PanTouch WiFi and Bluetooth frames. Why touch? Because pushing buttons has suddenly become too cumbersome. Smudging? No problem, Pandigital claims that its displays are resistant to prints. The concern they don’t address is the fact that touch-sensitive displays at low price points are typically not as bright and crisp as standard LCDs of the same dimensions — especially with a smudge-free coating. But we’ll reserve final judgment for the next review smackdown. Available next month in 7- (482 x 234), 8- (800 x 600), and 10-inch (1024 x 768) models priced at $120, $170, and $250, respectively.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

This Net Shooter reminds me of something Spiderman would use to apprehend suspects. The Net Shooter gun is powered by air and can be fired at a distance of 15 meters with coverage space up to 16 meters in size.

With the gun being powered by air it requires no government approval for usage (although I have not confirmed that myself). Various uses of such a device are for security in your home, catching animals safely, apprehending suspects with out harming them to name a few.

The Shooting Net does look quite fun to use though and I am not sure I could resist the temptation to capture a random friend walking around.

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Guest post by Matthew of Gadget Venue.