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Great gadgets at CeBIT

Posted by timothy on from the bank-accounts-prepare-to-die dept.

janeko writes: "CeBIT is propably the largest techno/gadget exhibition in Europe. Every year there is great news of new gadgets and this year is no different. A company from Israel called VKB has created a vitual keyboard that can be displayed, using a laser, on almost any surface. Connect it to your PDA and use your kitchen table as a keyboard. Talking of surfaces, Olympia has created sound device called Soundbug that uses any hard surface as a speaker. Again, attach this to your PDA and kitchen table and enjoy your mp3's. News.com has more." Soundbug was also mentioned in this earlier story; what other gadgets from CeBIT are worth talking about this year?

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  1. Tiny Linux PDA with Thumb input by Cy+Guy · · Score: 5, Informative
    Yhaoo is running a story on the Filewalker PDA from Invair.

    It sounds like neat gadget, using IR to connect with your mobile phone for email/msg access, but the price makes no sense unless it actually comes with the phone itself.

    Here are the specs from the Invair website:

    * Metal Housing
    * Tiny credit card form factor
    * CPU: 133MHz Intel StrongARM system-on-chip processor
    * Memory: 32MB SDRAM; 16MB Flash ROM
    * LCD display: 160 x 240 pixel resolution, 16 grayscale, EL backlight
    * Dimensions: 1.6 x 2.5 in. (42 x 63 mm)
    * I/O expansion: IrDA, USB
    * Card slot for MMC and SD Card
    * Dimensions: 3.4 x 2.2 x .74 in. (85.9 x 54.4 x 18.8); Weight: 3.2 oz (92 gm)
    * Batteries: 2 AAA or 2 AAA Accu
    * Multilingual Embedded Linux operating system (German, English, French, Italian, Spain)
    * Multilingual Application Software:
    Email, Notes, Contacts, Todo, Calendar, Clock, Alarm, Games, Linux-console
    * PC-synchronization with MS Outlook, plus backup/restore
    * Email Support: SMTP und POP3
    * Fileviewer: TXT, HTML, PDF, JPEG, GIF
    * It will be sale for the price of 649 Euros with a 32 Mb MM-Card included in April 2002
    * FILEWALKER was developed and is manufactured in Germany
    * The desired language is chosen during initial configuration and can be changed anytime with a hard system reset.
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    Work for Change & GET PAID!
  2. CeBit is the largest trade show WORLDWIDE by Moritz+Moeller+-+Her · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes. It is not only the biggest in Europe, but the biggest in the world, even including the North American Continent.

    Some facts:
    2.041.550 m show area
    ~ 8.100 exhibitors (3.000 intternational ones)
    800.000 visitors

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    Moritz