Trusted Reviews reviews the Canon IXUS 960 IS point-and-shoot compact digital camera, gives it a 9 out of 10 and says the thing “is easily the best 12MP compact on the market, and a sound investment for anyone who can afford it”.
They liked the camera’s look-and-feel with its titanium body, the image quality, performance, [...]

Samsung annouces their SCH-W420/SPH-W4200 haptic phones. The 16:9 3.2-inch WQVGA (432×240) screen vibrates to the touch to make up for the lack of buttons. Also has a 2 megapixel camera, T-DMB TV and Bluetooth 2.0. On-board memory of 250MB plus a 4GB microSD slot. Relatively compact at 55×115×12.4 mm. Starts at about $701.

Samsung [...]

The Mercury News reminds us against buying a Blu-ray player just now. Despite the end to the format wars (HD DVD lost), it’s better to wait for a while because:
More/better/cheaper Blu-ray players are on the way.
Profile 2.0 (aka BD-Live) will have Internet connectivity
Only about 500 Blu-ray movies are available now.
You just might be happy with [...]

Tech Crunch lists some podcasts hosted by geek chicks, and offers the opinion that Webb Alert with Morgan Webb is the best…
Next up at number 2 is GeekBrief.TV hosted by Cali Lewis…

And in third place, and our current fav, is Mahalo Daily with Veronica Belmont…

Others on the TechCruch posting include Loaded with Natali Del Conti, [...]

PC World ranks the top 10 flash based MP3 players:

1. Creative ZEN (score: 83)
2. Creative Zen V Plus (80)
3. Apple iPod Nano (79)
4. Apple iPod Touch (79)
5. iRiver Clix Gen 2 (78)
6. SanDisk Sansa Connect (77)
7. Samsung YP-P2 (75)
8. Microsoft Zune 8GB Red (75)
9. SanDisk Sansa View (75)
10. SanDisk Sansa e280 (74)
The PCW evaluation consisted [...]

The World Car of the Year (WCOTY) program just awarded their Overall Car of the Year for 2008 to the Mazda2 (aka Mazda Demio) at the 2008 New York International Auto Show.
Excuses, uh reasons, given include “Consumers will be drawn to the new Mazda compact because of its very appealing looks and high levels of [...]

Motorola is in the process of rolling out its next generation of ‘Ming’ phone with new model number A1600.
The phone remains as a transparent clamshell. The camera is updated from 2.0 to 3.2 megapixel now with autofocus. Same length and width, with thickness down from 21.5 mm to 17.5. Wi-Fi and assisted-GPS are new, as [...]

Lenovo seems to have a new GPS phone on offer, model ET860.
Supports Sirf Star III GPS function, 110×58×13.5mm, 2.8-inch 240×320 touch screen, GSM900/1800/1900, Windows Mobile 6 and has a 2 megapixel camera.

News site CNMO.com has posted some photos of what they say is an updated second-generation M8 User Interface showing better EQ, song lyrics, album art and audio player controls. Others such as posters at fansite MeizuMe claim CNMO Spreads False Rumors Again, and assert the pics are old fakes.
…who knows, but we’re leaning towards faux [...]

Sony is showing off their Alpha A900 24.6 megapixel full-frame DSLR at the Photo Imaging Expo 2008 (PIE2008) now on in Tokyo. The α900 now seems to come in a new transparent body…