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...have to pay hundreds of dollars to get digital video on the go. The Zvue from Handheld Entertainment is just a little larger than a deck of cards and lets you play both its own 20-minute videos and your own MP3s and videos, which you can copy onto blank memory cards that slide into the unit. Targeted at the video-game crowd, ages 8 to 25, the Zvue has a bright color screen and 20 different videos--mostly hip-hop performances, street car races and extreme sports like snowboarding. With videos priced at $15 for a 20minute clip, however...
...latest smart phones running Microsoft and Palm operating systems are getting some fresh competition from Nokia, the leading handsetmaker. Smaller than a handheld computer but bigger than an ordinary cell phone, the new 6620 will let you check your e-mail, send digital photos, and access the Web over a GSM data network from AT&T that is capable of speeds of up to 100 kbps, about twice as fast as some other Web-enabled phones. Bundled applications include the Real One video player and MightyPhone synching software for keeping your contacts and appointments up-to-date. The phone also...
Memo to man's best friend: In a few years, you may be relieved of your police drug-sniffing duties, thanks to a pair of Georgia Tech scientists. They have developed a handheld electronic nose that detects the presence of cocaine and other narcotics better than your cold, wet snout ever could...
...cancer-related protein or a plastic explosive. When that molecule sticks to it, the cantilever bends and the frequency of its vibration changes, which can be measured by bouncing a laser beam off its surface. Thundat and his team are only months from completing an exquisitely sensitive handheld detector that will suck in air and search for a variety of explosives. Since the cantilever sensors are carved out with the same technology used to build computer chips, the detector should ultimately cost only tens of dollars. In airports today the only machine as sensitive--the mass spectrometer--is too large...
...Archos AV320 Multimedia Jukebox Why limit yourself to mere audio? Billing itself as the world's first "handheld personal entertainment center," the AV320 is a camera, MP4 video player and MP3 player rolled into one. Watch up to 40 hours of movies, view up to 200,000 photos, or enjoy 1,000 hours of music. Connect it to your PC and it acts as an extra hard disk for storing any kind of data...