October 12, 2005
Sony Ericsson Naming Problem
Well yesterday we took a loot at that new-fangled Sony Ericsson P990, well good job Sony, you have caused the biggest naming cluster-fuck ever. After further researching this little dandy phone we have come to realize that pretty much every company out there has some kind of product named “P990.” Here is a quick list of other products name P990: Dell P990 19″ CRT monitor, the GE P990/991 multi-band receiver, Saitek P990 game pad, Fisher FVC-P990 camcorder battery, Technics SL-P990 CD player, and finally (our favorite) the Walther P990 HANDGUN. Come on Sony, you’re busting our chops.
[Thanks, Daen]
Originally from Gizmodo on October 11, 2005, 9:48am



Intel figured it was about time to show AMD who’s really boss in this whole processor tug-of-war, so it decided to make its own dual-core 64-bit processor (AMD brought out its version, the Opteron, in April). Code-named Paxville (I don’t even want to ask where that came from), this new XEON processor runs at 2.80 gigahertz and costs about $1,043 in bulk. They’re hoping to take back all the business AMD has “stolen” since then, with Dell the lone computermaker not using the Opteron at this time. Let the games begin.
I have no idea why they say this digital camera is for kids. It’s pink, comes with a pink beaded necklace and has the name “princess” in it. Tell me, what’s better than that? But alas, it looks like the new Disney Princess Locket-Style digital camera is indeed for kids, the only real indicator being that it is a VGA camera so images won’t be any better than you get on your cellphone. Bummer. Comes with 8MB SDRAM, a rechargeable lithium battery and is compatible with Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP. Holds about 50 images and costs $29.99. Frankly, I’m not sure I’m ready to look at any photos a 5 year old has taken, but I’m sure it keeps them plenty busy. Which, let’s face it, is worth $29.99.
Looks like it’s time for the Koreans to show their tailfeathers at the Korea Electronics Show, from today through Oct. 15. Obviously, we can expect lots of new, cool stuff from LG and Samsung, who are both headquartered there. And believe it or not, this will be the KEA’s 37th year. (Ah, those were the days—when all you’d see were tube TVs and kimchee makers.)




