-    Tech News Tech NewsDisposable Cellphones Coming SoonThey’ve been talking about disposable cellphones forever now, and supposedly they’re about to hit the market. CNN has a piece about Hop-On, which has apparently just won regulatory approval to sell barebones mobile phones, $40 for 60 minutes of air time. They look like crap. By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsFrom the Clapper To a Universal RemoteI swear I never realized just how important the market for these universal remotes has become until today, when the New York Times ran its second piece about universal remotes in just three days. Maybe I should start Universal Remote Magazine to capitalize on what must be the massive interest in these gadgets. By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsNot an MP3 Player in Your Pocket. An MP3 Player is Your PocketThere’s been talk about wearable computing for years now, but with news of a recent deal by Infineon to create chips that integrate into ordinary fabric, maybe we really will see MP3 players built into t-shirts. CNet has the story here. From the story: The most sophisticated prototype Infineon has created is a 1.25-inch-square MP3 … Continued By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsNokia Phones Number One for European SmugglersReuters has an article about how counterfeit Nokia products are the number one choice for smugglers in Europe. This is my favorite part of the article though: Asked about the terrorism connection, Alexander Wiedow [The EU’s Director of Customs Policy] said a consignment of fake Vaseline intercepted on its way from Dubai to Denmark via … Continued By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsPC Programmable Universal Remote ControlSpeaking of remote controls, The New York Times has a piece on the Harmony remote, which you can program using your PC (it connects using a USB cable) to do all sorts of things with just the press of a single button. From the article: Using a side-mounted thumbwheel, you choose activities, not components, from … Continued By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsThe Last of the JornadaEver since the HP-Compaq merger it’s been clear that it wouldn’t make sense to maintain each company’s line of handhelds, and in recognition of this, HP decided to discontinue its Jornada line in favor of the better selling iPaq. News.com has a piece about the introduction of the Jornada 928, which will likely be the … Continued By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsA Remote Control for Your PCThere are probably few peripherals I need as badly as the Streamzap PC remote control. When I moved to New York last year I had to leave my vinyl and CD collection back in storage in California. I took it as an opportunity to free myself from a few hundred pounds of stuff and I … Continued By Gizmodo
-    Tech News Tech NewsSony Introduces a Bargain HandheldSony has decided to go after Palm‘s share of the low-end of the handheld market with its Sony CLIE PEG-SL10, which costs only $149 and has a high-resolution monochrome screen. You can read CNet‘s story on it here, and PalmInfocenter‘s story here. Let’s pray for a price war. By Gizmodo