Sherlock Holmes is famously quoted as having said:
“What the deuce is [ the solar system ] to me?” You say that we go round the sun. If we went round the moon it would not make a pennyworth of difference to me or to my work.”… some have viewed that as a curiously unprogressive attitude, [...]

PDA functionality finally comes to the world of TETRA radios. The as-yet-unnamed device from Motorola will offer Bluetooth, WLAN, GPS and camera functionality, as well as access to TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio) networks.
The PDA is 145×83×35-50mm and weighs about 500 grams. It has a 3.5 inch screen — no word on battery life.
Motorola Launches [...]

Gear Live has reviewed the HTC Wizard QWERTY phone - they gave it a rating of excellent, and a score of 8 out of 10.
They especially liked the keyboard, calling it the shining crown of the device. Software-wise, they thought highly of the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, but added that it could be improved [...]

At 100 mph, Fly by Wire bills itself as the world’s fastest ride. FbW is a tethered prop-driven mini-plane circling around in a canyon in New Zealand. Seems to have been around for a few years, but its the first we’ve heard of it.
Fly by Wire - website

So what do you get when you combine a PDA with a digital TV receiver? The answer is the new LG PM80.

The PM80 uses the Pocket PC 2003 operating system and requires access to a terrestrial Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) service. The battery lasts a typical 2.5 video-hours and drives a 3.5 in QVGA [...]

Popular Science has just released its list of the 100 most impressive technologies of 2005. The gadgets sub-section consists of the following 8 items, and is surprisingly iPod-free. Their #1 gadget is the Sony PlayStation Portable.

Sony PlayStation Portable
Charge 2 Go
Delphi XM MyFi
Dish Network PocketDish
Nokia N90
Nokia N91
Sandisk Ultra II [...]

Acer recently announced their n300 series of PDA’s. With a weight of 4.76 oz ( 135 gr ) and sized at 4.33×2.76×0.54 inches ( in metric, that’s 110×70×13.7 mm ), they are among the lightest & smallest full VGA hand-helds available. The following pic - the n300 is shown at the right - shows just [...]

The Microsoft Xbox 360 has finally arrived.
Walt Mossberg has a review of the Xbox in today’s Wall Street Journal - basically he calls it a “terrific gaming computer” and a “media powerhouse “.
The review starts out by acknowledging that the new Xbox is the most powerful gaming system ever sold and complaining about the [...]

In a refreshing approach, PC Magazine reminds us of the dark side of gadgets, those that disappoint. They’ve listed ten of the worst offenders — devices that have bad quality, poor ergonomics and usability or are just plain terrible.
Their number one gadget to avoid is the Samsung Digimax V700 digital camera. Specifically, the reviewer [...]

The new Ars Technica 2005 holiday shopping guide lists a total of 93 suggestions, broken down by games, gadgets, hardware and so on.
In a shocker –just kidding — the Guide identifies the best gadgets as being the iPod nano 4GB, followed by the iPod 60GB, aka the “video iPod”.
Ars Technica 2005 holiday [...]