Gearfuse

Pandora is a fantastic online radio service. While I prefer Last.fm at times because they know me better, Pandora is great whenever you want to listen to similar tunes for awhile. Unfortunately, it’s web-based so if you don’t have a laptop or PC in your living room, you’re kind of out of luck. That was, until the Livio Radio came out. This thing is designed with Pandora in mind, even featuring Thumbs-up and Thumbs-down buttons for voting on tracks. It can use Ethernet or WiFi, whichever floats your boat. And at $150, it’s priced to move. Just pray that Pandora doesn’t go belly up this time next year.

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Sheesh. What the fuck is this brick? I know I start my new construction job next week but I didn’t expect to be subjected to these kinds of materials. Apparently this thing can not only be used to lay down the foundation of a building, but also for open source and retro-gaming. It has an 800×480 pixel display, a bunch of retarded buttons and Linux. Sounds good enough for playing old SNES and Genesis emulators, but why not just pick up a Nintendo DS and be done with it all?

Just sayin’.
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CD players were the hot item back in the dark ages of the 90’s. These days its all about the iPhone and mobile media. The Pandora CD Player concept attempts to bring a modern ascetic to the compact disk, using a remote control with accelerometer tilt technology.

When the remote is held vertically you can control the volume of the music, with horizonal positioning changing the remotes interface to a track navigation screen. Plus, you get the perk of being able to tell people you have a CD player which is totally decked out in Alcantara, a super luxurious suede most commenly used in high-end cars and yachts. (more…)