Cingular Wireless, Samsung Telecom America and Microsoft have collaborated to present a terrific holiday present: the new Samsung BlackJack. It’s ultra-thin. It runs on Windows Mobile 5.0. It has a fully integrated QWERTY keyboard. It features a large, high-res WVGA color screen. And it wants to be the next Blackberry/Treo-type device for multitasking road warriors…
Travel videos appear to be the hottest thing on Travel 2.0 websites! This really hit me when, in two days I received announcement of new travel videos from the discount travel agency, Travelzoo.com and from the social travel site Tripmates.com. Travel Zoo Unleashed Travel Videos currently has three 20-minute long videos up: Washington DC, Atlantic…
If you can’t buy them, beat them. That’s the philosophy Bill Gates is taking today as he launches the new Microsoft Zune Media Player to compete directly against Apple’s market-leading iPod. The Zune is different because it’s WiFi-based, so it lets you share songs and digital photos without wires between two or more Zunes. It’s…
For travel writers and bloggers, it’s truly an iPod world. This new site, ZoomandGo.com showcases thousands of travellers who get paid to share their digital pictures, videos and hotel reviews. They’re all about the truth. So they believe that as a traveler, you shouldn’t have to rely on hotels, brochures, paid agents or advertising pitches…
Boldly subtitled “The Video Insider’s Guide to Neighborhoods Across The World,”, a new film site that will officially launch in February just contacted us to help promote their Beta version. TurnHere.com (then click on “Cool Places”) aims to be the largest Internet video destination site. It will house 2-5-minute-long indie films on neighborhoods and places…
If you could watch your own movies and TV programs on a plane with the new Video iPod, would you? Or would you still rent headphones and watch the choice of their handful of movies — some of which you’ve already seen or some you don’t ever want to watch? Apple’s new 2.5-inch color display…
The design geniuses at Sanyo have done it again. They’ve created a cell phone that features on-demand digital video, stills and audio with Sprint PCS Multimedia service. Choose from Silver, Atlantic Blue or Red Hot, plus a whole bunch of interchangeable Accent Plate options to fit your daily fashion plate. It also lets you experience…