There’s a new adventure video capture company in town, and both Zeyez and GoPro would have good reason to be afraid. You may not have heard of Pivothead — the company has had a remarkably quiet push to market over the last few months — but the video…
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Pivothead video glasses offer impressive quality, we go hands-on (sample video)
February 22nd, 2012
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‘Select’ PS Vita apps hit the US PlayStation Store: Netflix, LiveTweet and Flickr (Update: video hands-on)
February 22nd, 2012
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Did you just brave the lines of a midnight launch party and snag yourself a PS Vita in the US? Good news ye early adopters, Sony’s PlayStation.Blog.US has just announced that select free apps will be available as part of today’s PlayStation Store upda…
Lytro video camera ‘a possibility’, would need more processing muscle
February 17th, 2012
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While we impatiently await a Lytro to call our own — or at least rigorously review — it looks like the light field technology could be used for video. Ren Ng, CEO of Lytro and the man behind the camera’s focus-dodging optical wizardry, mentioned tha…
Satellite web surfing at 40Mbps with ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro (video)
February 14th, 2012
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If you’ve been relying on a satellite modem for your daily dose of the Internet, you’re probably all too familiar with sub-1Mbps download speeds and an overall painful experience. That’s exactly why we’ve been so impressed with ViaSat and its new 12Mb…
Satellite web surfing at 40Mbps with ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro (video)
February 14th, 2012
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If you’ve been relying on a satellite modem for your daily dose of the Internet, you’re probably all too familiar with sub-1Mbps download speeds and an overall painful experience. That’s exactly why we’ve been so impressed with ViaSat and its new 12Mb…
Lensbaby Edge 80 Optic brings a slice of tilt-shift to your life (sample photos)
February 14th, 2012
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C’mon, admit it — if you won one of many lotteries, you’d be purchasing a legitimate tilt-shift lens right after picking up a new Ferrari and buying a chocolate factory. Given that said scenario is highly unlikely to pan out, Lensbaby is stepping in …
Scalado Remove clears up your photos, we go hands-on (video)
February 14th, 2012
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It’s a familiar scenario. You’re traveling with a friend and she poses in front of a famous monument. You’re ready to take her picture with your phone but there’s a constant stream of people and vehicles getting in and out of your shot. What are your…
Scalado Remove clears up your photos, we go hands-on (video)
February 14th, 2012
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It’s a familar scenario. You’re traveling with a friend, she poses in front of a famous monument, you’re ready to take her picture with your phone, but there’s a constant stream of people and vehicles getting in and out of your shot. What are your op…
Live from Camp Pendleton with ViaSat SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable (video)
February 14th, 2012
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There’s no power outlet, land-based internet connection or even a decent cell signal in sight, yet we’re posting this live, at fast broadband speeds. We’re miles deep into Camp Pendleton, connected to ViaSat’s SurfBeam 2 Pro Portable mobile satellite …
Battle Machines hands-on (video)
February 13th, 2012
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When Jada invited us up to its private show room at Toy Fair to do “battle” we were a little concerned — last we checked we’d done nothing to offend the company. Thankfully, it just wanted to challenge us to a duel with its Battle Machines line of RC…
iCade 8-Bitty hands-on (video)
February 13th, 2012
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It’s still about two months out, but when the 8-bitty hits shelves it might just become our favorite member of the iCade family. At the moment the Bluetooth gamepad is little more than a hand-made prototype with some AA batteries taped to the undersid…
iCade 8-Bitty hands-on (video)
February 13th, 2012
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It’s still about two months out, but when the 8-bitty hits shelves it might just become our favorite member of the iCade family. At the moment the Bluetooth gamepad is little more than a hand-made prototype with some AA batteries taped to the undersid…
White Galaxy Nexus hands-on: a taste of vanilla-flavored Ice Cream Sandwich (video)
February 13th, 2012
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When it rains it pours. Hot on the heels of last week’s fabulous white Nokia N9, we just received Samsung’s freshly minted “chic white” Galaxy Nexus thanks to our friends at Negri Electronics. This handsome phone — which is spec-wise identical to the…
Yo-Yo Factory brings Hyper Scanner yo-yo gaming to Toy Fair, we go hands-on
February 13th, 2012
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We’ll forgive you if you’ve never heard of Hyper Scanner. The carnival style arcade game is apparently all the rage in Japan, though. Kids line up to battle it for king of the yo-yo hill. Yo-Yo Factory came out to Toy Fair to show off its customizable…
Force Flyer accelerometer-controlled RC helicopter, we go gloves-on (video)
February 12th, 2012
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Being able to wave your hand through the air and control a physical object — as if by magic — is everyone’s dream. And if you say it’s not yours, then you sir or ma’am are a liar. That’s why we had to stop at the Regal Elite booth on the floor at To…
NERF Lazer Tag hands-on
February 12th, 2012
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We just came from Hasbro’s off-site Toy Fair show room and, needless to say, we made them take us straight to the NERF Lazer Tag installation. The guns are still clearly in the early prototype stages and hand made — with plenty of hot glue and header…
Mattel Apptivity hands-on (video)
February 10th, 2012
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Mattel thinks it has the secret to succeeding where so many others have failed in bridging that divide between the virtual and the physical — and it might be right. While plenty of other toy companies have tried pairing hunks of plastic with apps in …
