Remember PDAs? HP does. Indeed HP remembers PDAs so ferociously that it’s released a new one called the iPAQ 210. For $449, you’ll get a 4-inch 640×480 VGA touchscreen plus a bunch of other stuff like a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor — Marvell purchased Intel’s XScale unit back in June of 2006 so you’re […]

Remember PDAs? HP does. Indeed HP remembers PDAs so ferociously that it’s released a new one called the iPAQ 210.

For $449, you’ll get a 4-inch 640×480 VGA touchscreen plus a bunch of other stuff like a 624MHz Marvell PXA310 processor — Marvell purchased Intel’s XScale unit back in June of 2006 so you’re basically getting an XScale processor if you’d like to look at it that way.

There’s also 128MB of SDRAM, 256MB of flash ROM, microphone, full-size (3.5-inch) headphone jack, 802.11b/g wireless, Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR, Windows Mobile 6 Classic, Windows Mobile Office, and Compact Flash and SDIO slots.

HP iPAQ 210 [HP.com] via CNET Blogs

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If only there were a game like Guitar Hero where you could also play drums and sing instead of just playing the guitar parts. They could call it something like oh, I don’t know, Band of Rockers or Rock Guys Rocking Together or Making the Band or Hey, Come Over After School And We’ll Jam […]

If only there were a game like Guitar Hero where you could also play drums and sing instead of just playing the guitar parts. They could call it something like oh, I don’t know, Band of Rockers or Rock Guys Rocking Together or Making the Band or Hey, Come Over After School And We’ll Jam In My Basement With The New Gibson Epiphone My Father Bought Me After I Found Out He’s Been Sleeping With His Secretary. Or maybe just something easy like Rock Band would do.

Anyway, Best Buy’s website states the upcoming Rock Band: Aerosmith will grant you to “drum like Joey Kramer, wield an axe like Joe Perry and Brad Whitford, bring up the bottom like bassman Tom Hamilton and belt out vocals like the legendary Steven Tyler. Unlike the real band, you won’t have to last years of touring and endless hours on stage. Just pick up your instrument and play, or put the mic in your hand and sing.”

It’s set to release on June 29th and will cost $50 to $60 depending on your system, so we’ll see how you’re going to get the drumset and microphone that’ll grant you to do all of the aforementioned rocking.

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith [Best Buy] via Joystiq

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Apple is a personal company before all else, this much is fact. The iPhone is far more personal than phone, and besides its design, that is why it’s so popular. It reinvented the cellphone industry in no small way, and it happened because Apple isn’t a phone company. Neither is Google, but the Android OS is […]

Apple is a personal company before all else, this much is fact. The iPhone is far more computer than phone, and besides its design, that is why it’s so popular. It reinvented the cellphone industry in no small way, and it happened because Apple isn’t a phone company.

Neither is Google, but the Android OS is on some levels more exciting than the iPhone. And now rumors are swirling that Alienware, the gaming computer company, is working on its own superphone, based on Android.

Alienware makes impressive hardware, and if it can fold that experience into a handheld device, we could well see a whole new market of handsets evolve, leaving phone makers in the past.

Alienware Planning Android iPhone Killer? [Slashdot]

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Here’s a video from Toy Fair 2008 sent to us from Fisher Price. It includes footage of the new “Elmo Live” doll that’ll undoubtedly be making kids go absolutely ape until their parents buy one for them. It’s surprisingly lifelike, although in real life we’ve never seen whatever the hell it is that Elmo’s supposed […]

Here’s a video from Toy Fair 2008 sent to us from Fisher Price. It includes footage of the new “Elmo Live” doll that’ll undoubtedly be making kids go completely ape until their parents buy one for them. It’s surprisingly lifelike, even though in real life we’ve never seen whatever the hell it is that Elmo’s supposed to be, so it’s a bit hard to compare if you really stop to consider it.

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The next two Xbox 360 motherboard revisions will be called Opus and Valhalla. Swift, somebody call CNN! Wanton speculation points to Valhalla being the final motherboard revision for the Xbox 360, though that depends on the further success of the console and what Microsoft has in store for the next generation Xbox. (Keep in mind the […]

The next two Xbox 360 motherboard revisions will be called Opus and Valhalla. Quick, somebody call CNN!

Wanton speculation points to Valhalla being the final motherboard revision for the Xbox 360, though that depends on the further success of the console and what Microsoft has in store for the next generation Xbox. (Keep in mind the Xbox 360 will be three years old this fall—time to begin anticipating news on the next-gen system to trickle out.) Valhalla will make use of a 65nm GPU and CPU, which should help cut down on the overheating, which is partly what causes the red ring of death.

As for the Opus, that’s the board Microsoft will use for rrod’d Xbox 360s that it repairs. Only the CPU is 65nm there, while the GPU remains at 90nm.

Next Xbox 360 Designs are “Opus” and “Valhalla” [Digital Joystick]

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LG pimped out (get it?) its new line of HDTVs at London Fashion Week because when you think of fashion, you obviously think of television. The LG6000 leads the line as a 1080p LCD and comes in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes. The two largest have that 100Hz thing that makes images more film-like […]

LG pimped out (get it?) its new line of HDTVs at London Fashion Week because when you think of fashion, you obviously think of TV. The LG6000 leads the line as a 1080p LCD and comes in 32-, 37-, 42- and 47-inch sizes. The two largest have that 100Hz thing that makes images more film-like (you’d have to see it in person to know what I mean). There’s also the PG6000 series. It’s also a TV.

Back to the Fashion Week thing. LG selected the event to show off the TVs because the company is as proud of their aesthetics as it is their hard specs. See that artsy shot up there—who wouldn’t want to place that in their living room (or wherever)? It’s like buying a grand piano although you don’t know how to play—looks play a large role.

Nothing Earth-shattering about the Televisions themselves, but it’s nice to see Television design’s continued improvements. Remember when they looked awful?

LG showcases fashion-led televisions [Pocket-lint]

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Donnie really has a crappy life and I feel bad for him. When you can’t take a dump it’s really uncomfortable. Poor bastard. ShareThis

Donnie really has a crappy life and I feel bad for him. When you can’t take a dump it’s really uncomfortable. Poor bastard.

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YouTube is borrowing a page from parent Google with today’s Valentine’s Day inspired logo. Just thought you’d all want to know. Also: There are close to 2,200 clips that are returned when you search “Shatner” on YouTube. Some are superior than others. ShareThis

YouTube is borrowing a page from parent Google with today’s Valentine’s Day inspired logo. Just thought you’d all want to know.

Also: There are close to 2,200 clips that are returned when you search “Shatner” on YouTube.

Some are better than others.

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Subscriber Identity Modules, or SIMs, might be on the verge of extinction. SIMs themselves are getting smarter, now capable of doing far more than hold your cell number and a phonebook of your friends. The problem is that most carriers — especially those in the USA — don’t give a rat’s pooper for the abilities. […]

Subscriber Identity Modules, or SIMs, might be on the verge of extinction. SIMs themselves are getting smarter, now capable of doing far more than hold your cell number and a phonebook of your friends. The problem is that most carriers — especially those in the USA — don’t give a rat’s pooper for the capabilities. That means they’re treated as tiny more than a commodity.

The SIM industry is hoping to change that, though, by including New Field Communications, or NFC, with new SIMs. This is the promised tech that would let you pay for things by touching a pay pad with your cellphone.

Will anyone here care? Probably not. Right now, touch-to-pay with key fobs are all across the country, but we still diligently swipe our debit cards to get our coffees. That being stated, the debit card replaced cash slowly, so perhaps this might catch on?

The future of the SIM hangs by a single wire [The Reg]

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I’ve never seen PopCast before, but this is great for two reasons. First, we see how a Wiimote can be modified by a yo-yo into a sort of sample trigger. Second, this guy’s got amazing chops. I’m pretty good with a yo-yo, but I have nothing on this guy. ShareThis

I’ve never seen PopCast before, but this is great for two reasons. First, we see how a Wiimote can be altered by a yo-yo into a sort of sample trigger. Second, this guy’s got incredible chops. I’m pretty good with a yo-yo, but I’ve nothing on this guy.

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