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10 Cool Gadgets You Can't Get Here

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the but-i-want-it-now dept.

molex333 writes "PC World has an article about 10 gadgets that are available in Asia but not here. It is a review of some quirky toys that the Japanese have and we don't!" Unfortunately it's one of those obnoxious stories that you have to click like 30x to read the whole thing, but there's some neat stuff.

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  1. In brief by wombatmobile · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a phone,
    a small pc,
    another phone,
    a vista pc,
    a voice controlled robot,
    a laptop,
    a water resistant phone,
    a hdtv usb dongle,
    a media server + handheld pc + notebook,
    and a piggy bank.
    OK?

    1. Re:In brief by IBBoard · · Score: 5, Informative

      Or, with product names:

      Panasonic Viera P905i (Think of it as the world's smallest "big-screen" TV)
      Raon Everun UMPC (Ultra-mobile PC - a micro laptop)
      Samsung 'Soul' SGH U900
      NEC ValueStar W (Vista Media Centre that's extra quiet)
      Toshiba ApriPoko Robot (This 11-inch-tall robot--which looks like the love child of a bird Pokemon and the Pillsbury Doughboy--is actually a voice-activated remote control)
      Sony VAIO G2 (super-light laptop with all the normal features)
      Fujitsu F705i
      Aigo USB Dongle (HD receiver)
      NEC LUI (LUI stands for "Life with Ubiquitous Integrated Solutions - basically a combination of media server and PDA or laptop)
      Face Bank (Wave a coin in front of the bank's eyes (actually light sensors), and it opens wide to swallow your loose change. Afterward, it looks so pleased that you half expect it to emit a contented belch)

      So, how many of those are actually things we're really missing, as opposed to just not having?

  2. TV on mobile phones in Japan by Rakshasa+Taisab · · Score: 4, Informative

    What they forgot to mention about TV on those japanese phones is that the programming _sucks_...

    Seriously, it's all game/talk-shows, news or sumo. Might as well do something else while sitting on the train in Tokyo, like watching the local girls or reading.

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  3. In all fairness... by THESuperShawn · · Score: 4, Informative

    The "coolest" gadget on the list (also basically the one thats not a phone) isn't "available" in Asia either- unless you work for the lab that is working on it. The IR learning robot "is nesting in Toshiba's research labs, awaiting its first solo flight". Heck, I bet we have some cool stuff nesting in our labs here that you can't buy in Asia yet either.

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  4. Videos... by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Informative

    A few videos courtesy of YouTube:

        http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=facebank

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  5. Printer Friendly Link by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Informative

    Printer friendly: http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,144127/printable.html

    Just because they don't show you a printer friendly link doesn't mean it isn't there.

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