Sony Ericsson MBW-100, A Bluetooth Watch That Doesn’t Suck Too Much October 30, 2006
By David Ponce
It seems the merging of Bluetooth technology and watches is an artform that takes time maturing. Just look at a couple of the past candidates. Aside from having been hit one too many times with the Ugly Stick, these past models were either hard to get, or well, again just plain ugly. That’s why we’re glad to see the slightly-less-of-an-eyesore, more-of-a-butch Sony Ericsson MBW-100. Once paired with your Sony Ericsson device (with coming support for Symbian Series 60 phones, allegedly), the watch will vibrate on incoming calls and display caller info on its face. You can also receive sms notification, though without caller ID. Finally, you also get relatively primitive audio control interfacing when using the Walkman feature on a Sony phone.
PC Mag has a full review, and they come to the conclusion that $400 is a whole lotta cheddar for a watch with somewhat limited functionality. We agree and suggest you spend that money on beer.
[PC Mag Review] VIA [TechEBlog]
Bluetooth, Cellphones, Watches
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PQI Releases World’s First Flash Drive With Retractable USB Connector
By David Ponce
We’re big fans of PQI, even though we’ve never even fondled one of their products. The U510, a 16GB credit card-sized flash drive comes to mind and reminds us of just how deprived we are of everything small and electronic, here in the west. Add the U350 to our LustList. It’s allegedly the world’s first flash drive with a ballpoint pen-like retractable USB connector. Simply press at one end, and the connector comes out. Press again, and it retracts inside, just like a pen. Forget about losing your cap, or damaging your connector. It’s a simple, elegant solution to a minor but fairly annoying problem, and frankly we’re surprised its taken this long for anyone to think of it.
The drive comes in sizes from 512MB to 4GB. Availability and price are unknown.
[PQI Website] VIA [Fareastgizmos] Update: We’re guessing their World’s First business refers to the clicking action, as opposed to SanDisk’s sliding mechanism. Yeah, they’re splitting hairs, but isn’t that what maerketing is all about?
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Pubic Hair Dye, By Betty Beauty
By David Ponce
Allright, children, turn away. Let’s talk about pubes for a minute. Yeah, you heard me, and we’re talking pubes of the female persuasion (I hope). Now, I know hardly any woman nowadays sports a muff, and that’s fine by us. But for the fashion conscious of you, ladies, that don’t dare give in to the wax woman… then perhaps you’d like to give your love shrub a little makeover? If you’ve just gotten your (head hair) dyed, then you should know that a company called Betty Beauty is selling “color specially formulated for the hair down there”, perhaps so you can match? Or, well, maybe you’re graying, and you’d like to give yourself a brand new look. Whatever your motivation, we think there’s no such thing as a lame excuse for paying attention to your nether regions.
Each bottle is $20 and you get 5 different color choices.
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Rimax Mystic, An MP3 Player With Skype Skills
By David Ponce
It’s not often we get our panties up in a bunch over an MP3 player these days. Let’s face it, aside from memory upgrades and different designs, we’ve just about seen every (useful) feature crammed into them already. Not that we’re hating on the music players, but here at OhGizmo we’re always after something special. And we think we might have found a little nugget in the Rimax Mystic. It’s got all the features a good MP3 player should have, including video on a 65k color, 1.5 inch screen. But it also happens to double as a Skype phone. Simply connect the device to any PC via USB, and the pre-installed Skype software will let you use the Mystic as a VoIP phone. There’s a microphone on the player, and the headphones will act as, well, as the headphones, so you can easily stay in touch on the go.
It comes in sizes of 512MB up to 2GB, and starts at £56, or about $106 after conversion.
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Geniol Fireplace Edition, For Your Indoor Moodsetting Needs
By David Ponce
What many of you don’t realize is that OhGizmo headquarters consist of a one bedroom apartment the size of half a shoe. While definately cozy, it leaves little room for the finer things in life, like a fireplace. And everyone knows that it’s impossible to impress a lady without a fireplace and a fur rug (preferably zebra or tiger). So we’re thinking that maybe, if we buy what looks like the next best thing, we could be on our way. It’s the Geniol Fireplace Edition, and can be used indoor or out. It doesn’t require a chimney and burns standard fuel paste, which is bought separately. The centerpiece is made from stainless steel and attached to the sides of the glass cylinder with screws but gives the impression of floating in the air.
Of course, if we can’t afford to live in a place that has a fireplace, chances are we won’t be able to afford the $1,800 or so that this thing costs. That’s a lot of change for a big glass tube and a bit of metal.
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VIDEO: Rebadge-O-Rama - The ‘75 Dodge Charger October 28, 2006
Filed under: Time Warp, Coupes, Videos, Dodge
After taking this weekend”s walk down memory lane with the Ricardo Montalban ad for the Chrysler Cordoba, we now bring you the flipside of that particular spot. When the Cordoba was released, Dodge got a rebadged version that took over the Charger nameplate from the sporty muscle machines that preceded it. In print campaigns, Dodge touted the car as the “first luxury Charger.” I”m guessing that Charger fans felt completely betrayed by this one. And who can really blame them. Why anyone would choose this warmed-over Cordoba over the real thing — with its tour de force marketing campaign (still memorable 30 years later), and Chrysler”s established luxury creds — is a complete mystery. Compare the Cordoba ad to the less-than-scintillating TV spot for the 1975 Charger starring actress Jennifer O”Neill. (Fun stuff: Note the rotating turntable the car”s sitting on, made to look like it”s grass.) This is a Dodge Charger? The slogan was “You”ll love the change we made.” Yeah, right. The Cordoba was the introduction of something new, whereas the “75 Charger represented the demise of a storied name. Watch it after the jump, and while you”re there, check out a copy of one of the car”s print ads. 1975 Charger Special Edition photo via NZ Mopar Registry. [Source: YouTube]> /> />> 1975 Dodge Charger Special Edition print campaign: Click to enlarge 
“75 Charger print ad via Lee Herman”s Mopar Page.
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VIDEO: Rebadge-O-Rama - The ‘75 Dodge Charger
Filed under: Time Warp, Coupes, Videos, Dodge
After taking this weekend”s walk down memory lane with the Ricardo Montalban ad for the Chrysler Cordoba, we now bring you the flipside of that particular spot. When the Cordoba was released, Dodge got a rebadged version that took over the Charger nameplate from the sporty muscle machines that preceded it. In print campaigns, Dodge touted the car as the “first luxury Charger.” I”m guessing that Charger fans felt completely betrayed by this one. And who can really blame them. Why anyone would choose this warmed-over Cordoba over the real thing — with its tour de force marketing campaign (still memorable 30 years later), and Chrysler”s established luxury creds — is a complete mystery. Compare the Cordoba ad to the less-than-scintillating TV spot for the 1975 Charger starring actress Jennifer O”Neill. (Fun stuff: Note the rotating turntable the car”s sitting on, made to look like it”s grass.) This is a Dodge Charger? The slogan was “You”ll love the change we made.” Yeah, right. The Cordoba was the introduction of something new, whereas the “75 Charger represented the demise of a storied name. Watch it after the jump, and while you”re there, check out a copy of one of the car”s print ads. 1975 Charger Special Edition photo via NZ Mopar Registry. [Source: YouTube]> /> />> 1975 Dodge Charger Special Edition print campaign: Click to enlarge “75 Charger print ad via Lee Herman”s Mopar Page.
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Pininfarina: now taking orders
Filed under: Concept Cars, Trends, Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, Ferrari
A couple months ago we brought you emerging details and images of James Glickenhaus” Ferrari P4/5, a one-off supercar designed just for the collector by Pininfarina, at a cost of about $4 million. If you”ve got a similar wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket and want a truly unique supercar of your own, Pininfarina will gladly separate you from the former and provide you with the latter.
Andrea Pininfarina says that since unveiling the one-off Maserati Birdcage concept, the Italian design house has received a number of requests from interested customers who want their own dreamcars made to spec.
Pininfarina recently added another high-tech wind-tunnel to their facilities in Turin, this one a $4 million+ wind-tunnel specially for testing ground effects which, even more than the visible wings and spoilers that dominated sportscar design in the last century, are the key to designing modern supercars with 200-mph capabilities.
We”ll start saving up now. In the meantime, we”ll look forward to the next one-off project Pininfarina is commissioned to build.
[Source: Auto Express]
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Pininfarina: now taking orders
Filed under: Concept Cars, Trends, Etc., Plants/Manufacturing, Supercars, Ferrari
A couple months ago we brought you emerging details and images of James Glickenhaus” Ferrari P4/5, a one-off supercar designed just for the collector by Pininfarina, at a cost of about $4 million. If you”ve got a similar wad of cash burning a hole in your pocket and want a truly unique supercar of your own, Pininfarina will gladly separate you from the former and provide you with the latter.
Andrea Pininfarina says that since unveiling the one-off Maserati Birdcage concept, the Italian design house has received a number of requests from interested customers who want their own dreamcars made to spec.
Pininfarina recently added another high-tech wind-tunnel to their facilities in Turin, this one a $4 million+ wind-tunnel specially for testing ground effects which, even more than the visible wings and spoilers that dominated sportscar design in the last century, are the key to designing modern supercars with 200-mph capabilities.
We”ll start saving up now. In the meantime, we”ll look forward to the next one-off project Pininfarina is commissioned to build.
[Source: Auto Express]
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Off-roading in a McLaren F1
Normally one doesn”t intend to take his $1.2 million McLaren F1 off the beaten path, but road trips often present obstacles that require extreme fortitude to overcome. Such a road block, or rather a construction zone, blocked the path of Miles Collier while he and his wife were traveling from their Montana ranch to Glacier National Park in their slightly used but brand-new-to-them McLaren F1. Collier had searched for a good U.S.-legal McLaren and found a fine example in the chassis No. 022 previously owned by Thomas Bscher, current head of Bugatti, who was known to have used the car for 200+ mph commutes to work. Knowing the previous owner”s exploits, Collier had the car shipped to McLaren”s headquarters in Woking, England for a $300,000 refreshening that included a factory fresh $70,000 paint job. So with the car back to brand new status, Collier and his wife Parker, whom he refers to as a built-in rev limiter, headed out on their journey from Montana. Somewhere in the vastness of Montana”s sprawled out geography the pair came across the mother of all construction zones that laid at their feet eight long miles of dirt and gravel. The only detour would add 150 miles to the trip, but with the possibility of bottoming out in a muddy rut left by an F-150, the two had just about accepted the increased travel time to spare their McLaren this off-road excursion. Turns out, however, that Montana”s highway construction workers are extremely friendly folk, and they offered to do whatever it took to get the McLaren to the other side unscathed. A road crusher and road roller were enlisted to create a smooth path for the McLaren to follow, though Collier found it difficult to keep the car in line since the McLaren”s idle speed kept trying to ram the roller. After eight miles traveling over Montana”s newest road at 5 mph, the Colliers were safe on the other side save for about five paint nicks that the owner guesstimates will cost around $1,000 each to repair. That”s probably chump change for someone who can afford to own and maintain a McLaren, but he might find the operating costs drop a bit if he keeps all four wheels on glassy pavement. [Source: Sports Car Market]
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