http://extrabuy.com Extra Tech Toys Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:24:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Filed under: StorageIntel's keeping the announcements coming at this year's IDF -- today we got word that the company will launch its first SSDs in a month or so. The 1.8-inch X-18M and 2.5-inch X-25M drives will be targeted at laptops and MIDs and come in 80GB and 160GB sizes ... http://extrabuy.com/intel-announces-its-first-ssds-plans-to-ship-in-a-month/ Filed under: Home Entertainment PlayOn wants to make sure you can get your daily dose of Barackrolls and Airwolf episodes beyond the desktop, while Hulu might not have a slick streaming set-top box of its own, this media server software turns flash video RSS streams into easily browsed folders for your ... http://extrabuy.com/playon-media-server-brings-hulu-youtube-to-consoles-netflix-coming-soon/ Filed under: Digital Cameras Okay, okay, we're kidding -- we definitely think it's quite an achievement that Canon's hit another camera milestone and shipped out 100 million compact digital cameras since the PowerShot 600 first rolled off the line in 1996, and it's no secret that the PowerShot line's terrific image ... http://extrabuy.com/canon-ships-100-million-compact-digital-cameras-90-million-of-them-broken-with-e18-lens-errors/ Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds It won't be the first launch in North America -- those honors go to Telus at this point -- but Sprint won't be far behind. A pretty believable new slide deck suggests that big ol' Number Three will take delivery of its Touch Diamonds in September and ... http://extrabuy.com/htc-touch-diamond-launching-on-sprint-in-september-for-29999/ Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video Archos has only just taken the wraps off its new Generation 6 "internet media tablets" but, right on cue, the folks at Generation MP3 have already turned out a pretty extensive hands-on with one of 'em, the Archos 5. One thing that was immediately apparent ... http://extrabuy.com/archos-5-gets-the-hands-on-treatment/ Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Medis has been making promises about its portable fuel cell for the masses since way back in 2005, but it looks like it's now finally actually available online, and will soon be available at a Best Buy possibly near you (if it isn't already). $30 will get ... http://extrabuy.com/medis-24-7-power-pack-fuel-cell-available-online-now-at-best-buy-soon/ Filed under: Portable Audio digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/Apple_admits_to_iPod_nano_smoking_and_sparks_will_replace'; It's only taken a number of years and some seriously ruined pants -- but Apple has finally come clean on the flammable nature of the first-generation iPod nano, and is now offering to replace the faulty devices. After reports today that two more ... http://extrabuy.com/apple-admits-to-ipod-nano-smoking-and-sparks-will-replace-faulty-devices/ Filed under: Robots As we've seen, snake-like robots have long since move beyond the realm of nightmares into a frightening reality, and they just seem to keep on getting more and more plentiful. This latest one comes to us from UK-based OC Robotics, and has the notable distinction of being just ... http://extrabuy.com/oc-robotics-debuts-half-inch-diameter-snake-arm-robot/ Filed under: Cellphones Well, it looks like that long, painful wait is finally over. According to all kinds of tipsters, the BlackBerry Bold touches down for the first time in North America (in its home country of Canada, obviously) come August 21st (that's this Thursday, in case you don't own a ... http://extrabuy.com/blackberry-bold-hits-rogers-on-august-21st-so-get-your-thumbs-worked-out/ Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment Yes, Toshiba seems resigned to some sort of HD disc-free existence, as it continues to mope about HD DVD's loss to Blu-ray and refrains from releasing a player for the once rival format, but let's set all aside for the moment. We got a look at ... http://extrabuy.com/eyes-on-toshibas-new-xd-e500-upconverting-dvd-player/