Korean based GPS manufacturer, Thinkware, recently unveiled their high-end 7-inch GPS called the iNAVI ES100+. Interesting model name, to say the least.
The iNAVI ES100+ is a GPS based from the iNAVI ES100, and this one comes with a few extra features to make it better than the last. Basically, it comes with an aforementioned 7-inch touch screen, runs on a 700MHz CPU, 900mAH batteries and built-in rear view camera. It is encased in a metallic silver color, and a brown color and the LED lights are displayed in royal blue.
Additionally, it comes with a DMB receiver with Dynamic Picture-In-Picture, and something called TPEG which basically gives real time traffic updates. Lastly, it doubles up as a PMP as it plays MP3’s and videos, displays photos, and has gaming support.
All in all, it looks to be a very complete GPS by Thinkware, and it is set to be available on July 21 in the Korean market. It will be available in three models, a 2GB for 399,000 KRW (about $393 US) , a 4GB for 449,000 KRW (about $443 US), and a 8GB model for 499,000 KRW (about $492 US).
Via [Aving]
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We’re into our fifth coolest gadget of the week, some cool entries this week (along with what I reckon might be the worst entry yet), what’s coolest, you decide (as usual one voter/commenter will win a $50 Amazon voucher).
Panic Mouse Motorized Cat Toy
Cats like to sleep all day, but they need some exercise to stay in good health. The Panic Mouse has a bendy “fishing pole” with a toy attached to a string that moves around in random motions. The cat will have a blast trying to grab (and will also forget to scratch the couch). Check out the website for a video of the toy in action!
The full post can be found at S2999.com.
Wind up remote control
You TV remote always runs out of battery at the worst time but now you can just wind it up and not have to worry about it running out again. It’ll save you money on batteries and it’s much better for the environment.
The full post can be found at Decide What To Buy.
Tennis Racquet From Control Freek Integrates Dryer!
Yes, its air circulating effect addresses a new meaning to the tennis-playing experience. Designed and developed by Control Freek, the functional wiffle technology acts as a dryer to your otherwise sweated palm. The high tech fissures in its grip enable the entrapping and transmission of air to your palms. The Dominator, one of their models sports two large air scoops over the racquet’s knob that maintains the movement of air.
The full post can be found at Elite Choice.
The Lego Wall-E Trash Collecting Robot
Check out this amazing Lego Wall-E trash collecting robot from NXT Mindstorms hacker, BlueToothWiki.
This cool Lego Wall-E robot uses an ultrasonic sensor, it spots the trash and then verifies that it is trash, it then opens up and scoops the rubbish away.
The full post can be found at Geeky gadgets.
Flee digital camera: When an Airplane isn’t on Hand
A cool gadget brings innovation to a conventional idea and that’s exactly what the Flee Digital Camera has done. This camera is designed to be thrown into the air where it will then take amazing aerial photos, something that until now you would have needed a small plane for. The aerial shots are then sent back to your mobile phone via Bluetooth, before the Flee returns to the ground ready for use again. Photography has never been more fun!
The full post can be found at Gaj-It.
Car Bras
OK, don’t be overly excited, this is a car ok? Did you know that cars also use bras? Funny isn’t it. Check them out!
The full post can be found at Car Tuning Central.
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If you’re tired of wandering the house looking for whatever it is that goes bump in the night and having your candle just blow out on you at a very inconvenient moment, you might pick up one of these instead. Since all of us immediately go for the highly fickle candelabra to inspect a spooky noise in the night, one designer decided to create an update. I know, some of you might think it’s more reasonable to just pick up a flashlight instead, but that’s just crazy talk. Candelabras are just cooler.
These LED recreations come in either a color-changing form, where you can flip between all the bright shiny colors or a hand-embellished version. The hand-embellished one actually features a lace pattern, to make wandering the house at night just a bit more spooky. The color-changing type is being sold for €200 or $317 and the lace patterned one for €300 or $475. Which is a bit much to pay for something to just appear as if you’re into modern technology while loving things that came along before such hi-tech things like the light bulb.
Visionman really knows the name of the game when it comes to gaming notebooks. It just released a powerful and wickedly fast gaming machine with an ultra-cool name, the Widow Double Nine. This portable gaming machine boasts of a NVIDIA GeForce 9800M video chipset supported by a whooping 4GB-8GB of RAM and Intel’s quad-core 9000-series processor rated at 2.66GHz. These specs are further complemented by a 17-inch, 1680×1050 WSGA+ resolution LCD display with a option to hook up a secondary display.
A quick rundown of the Widow Double Nine’s features and specifications yield the following aside from the previously mentioned key features; a 320GB SATA-II hard drive with additional support for two more hard drives, a 7-in-1 card reader, SLI enabled, 8x DVD-RW, 5.1 sound system, built-in microphone, integrated speakers, Express card 34/54 slot, integrated touchpad with scroll up/down slider, full-sized keyboard, user definable gaming hot keys, DVI/D-Sub VGA/USB/RJ-45 ports, S-Video TV-Out, 2.0MP digital web camera, 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless and Bluetooth.
The Widow Double Nine is now available for online purchase or at various retail stores starting at $4,600, which is expectantly what you have to pay for such a powerful gaming machine.
Product [Visionman] Via [Electronista]
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The long awaited iPhone 3G was released on Friday, July 11th. But what should have been a happy and joyous day for iPhone fans, ended up being an exercise in frustration for many.
AT&T’s insistence on trying to activate the phones in store taxed Apple’s authentication server (more info) and caused lines to move at a snail’s pace or sent buyers home with a phone only good for making emergency calls. During last year’s iPhone 1.0 launch Apple had everyone activate their own phone at home through iTunes.
Worse yet, AT&T outlets were allowed to sell far fewer phones that Apple Stores, forcing them to turn away customers who waited hours to get their hands on one. The iPhone 3G line outside the Manhattan Apple Store on 14th Street at 12:52PM. Estimated wait time was ~4 hours. (Photo credit: MethodShop.com)
Earlier this week, Apple also had problems with the relaunch of their data service now called MobileMe (it was previously called iTools and .Mac). The MobileMe service is designed to synchronize a user’s personal data across devices, including the iphone, but many users were denied access to their accounts this week, including Frank Accarrino.
“I’ve been trying to upload pictures from iPhoto to my .Mac website for the past few days but it’s offline. I can’t even get to my Mac mail. I bet Steve Jobs is pissed right now,” Frank told MethodShop.com.
Apple is usually known for flawless product launch events. Let’s hope Apple solves these network issues for next time. It’s estimated that 1 million iPhone 3G models were sold in the U.S. this weekend.
by Darren Murph, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 6:16AM Oh sure, Rock Port, Missouri managed to snag the title of being “100% wind powered,” but Texas’ new plan will make the Show Me state’s gusty initiatives look awfully weak. Officials at the Public Utility Commission recently okayed a plan to “build billions of dollars worth of new transmission lines to bring pollution-free energy from West Texas to urban areas.” The ginormous Lone Star state is already the nation’s leader in wind power, but when said plan is fully implemented (pending final approval), it’ll produce more wind energy than the next closest 14 states combined. Granted, customers will be paying a touch more ($4 per month is the current estimate) for all this clean energy, but pundits assert that the cost is minor when looking at just how much this will help out Mother Earth. Look for everything to go live in four to five years, barring any unforeseen setbacks.
FROM GAMERTELL - Title: The Dark Knight (aka Batman: The Dark Knight, Batman Begins 2, The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience) Release Date: July 18, 2008 Company: Warner Bros. Rating: PG-13 Length: 142 min (2 hours, 22 minutes) Pros: A lot of great acting, a well-woven story and plenty of psychological creepiness. The… MORE »
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by Darren Murph, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 4:15AM With a name like instant-on, it just has to be quick, right? Well, sort of. The cool cats over at Laptop paradoxically got to play with ASUS latest ExpressGate-equipped desktop, the Eee Box. Upon mashing the power button and clicking the stopwatch, it took 11 seconds to get to the main ExpressGate page, where users could select the browser, photo viewer, Pidgin chat or Skype button. Upon clicking browser, they found that it took 25 more seconds to push through and get Firefox up and running, putting the grand total for quick clickers at 35 seconds from startup to being on the web. Hit the read link for more coverage of the ExpressGate Olympics, complete with a video that takes 1 to 10 seconds to load depending on connection speed.
by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 4:34AM So much for early 2008 or even July for that matter. Sony’s David Reeves now confirms that PlayTV — the €99 PS3 TV tuner / DVR add-on — will hit the UK on September 10th. The service will then march onto the continent before completing the European rollout in December — Australia and New Zealand get theirs in January or February. Notably, the service will in fact record television in the background without interrupting your regularly scheduled gaming regimen thanks to the recent 2.41 firmware PS3 update. Phew, for a moment we felt threatened by a lack of manufactured distractions.
by Thomas Ricker, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 4:34AM So much for early 2008 or even July for that matter. Sony’s David Reeves now confirms that PlayTV — the €99 PS3 TV tuner / DVR add-on — will hit the UK on September 10th. The service will then march onto the continent before completing the European rollout in December — Australia and New Zealand get theirs in January or February. Notably, the service will in fact record television in the background without interrupting your regularly scheduled gaming regimen thanks to the recent 2.41 firmware PS3 update. Phew, for a moment we felt threatened by a lack of manufactured distractions.
Earlier this week, Apple also had problems with the relaunch of their data service now called MobileMe (it was previously called iTools and .Mac). The MobileMe service is designed to synchronize a user’s personal data across devices, including the 
