Jay Garrett’s Gadget News

One Romek Figa claims to have patented a caller ID system that has been infringed by the iPhone.
Figa’s patent, which was granted in 1990, refers to a two-line LCD screen and external caller ID equipment and describes a way to associate incoming numbers with stored contact names.
He is ultimately looking to halt sales of the iPhone and [...]

Living in London I see a lot of ‘Green’ policies - the latest of which is the fine for high-polluting vehicles; so it’s of no surprise to see the steady increase of those funny little G-Whizz electric cars.
What’s next?  The police using golf-carts???!!!??
Eerrrrrrm……
An Electric Police Car is just what this seems to be. 
Obviously to patrol the [...]

Good morning fellow Nokia N users!
N-Gage is getting a relaunch - just don’t tell Nok that I said “relaunch”.  Appararently they are trying their best to avoid using that word.
word on the street is that whilst all games will launch on the N81, with the N82 and the N95 to follow, there will also be backwards [...]

I have just read via AppleInsider that Time Capsule customers’ orders are in the crucial “preparing to ship” phase about now.
This means that credit cards are being charged and units will be prepared for distribution as early as tomorrow for the chosen ones.
Apple have confirmed (whilst I was writing this) that it’s shipping this week!

Now this would be ideal for a certain lady I know, who, when attending things like the Whitby Gothic Weekend loves to add some sparkle.  (Yours truly also ends up covered with it - as does our luggage, bedding, etc).
The Glitter Gun allows the application of sparkle in excelsis in record time.
According to Gizmodo tho “The [...]

Can’t quite run to the cost of a full arcade machine - or have the room for that matter?
Dream Authentics Tabletop Arcade Game may be the answer.
Just imagine enjoying classic games such as Pac-Man, Tempest, Centipede, Gauntlet, as well as 150 other classic titles from the big video game corporations like Atari, Midway and Namco.
It will [...]

Invites have been sent out to the media for this exclusive event to be held on Thursday, March 6 at 10 a.m. on the Apple campus in Cupertino.
Announced in October of last year, the SDK was expected to be unveiled Tuesday just gone, but then - what’s a week after all?
The SDK would mean native applications [...]

When looking for a gadegty solution to Mothers Day (that’s this Sunday people!) I stumbled across Moon Estates. 
If you’re looking for an unusual gift these people offer you things like sponsoring a random act of kindness (i.e. they’ll leave up to £20 in cash in random public spots for random people to find, along with a [...]

Get ready for yet another Facebook Group - the “Give Us Back The Old Layout” group!
Possibly something to do with the reported fall in visitors to the social networking site, Facebook is soon to roll out some major changes to its layout.
The revamp to member’s profile pages will mean that you won’t be able to see [...]

Suck UK are selling this classic for under eight quid!
It comes in 2 flavours and in large and small sizes; the pixel tape and digit tape and all come complete with a black marker so that you can black out the unwated parts to leave your message.
The holiday seasons are creeping up on us so [...]

Lenovo has now officially unveiled the much talked about MacBook Air baiting ThinkPad X300 notebook PC. 
Lenovo claim it to be the thinnest and lightest full-function notebook in its class. 
“Compared to major vendors offering 13-inch widescreen notebook PCs: Sony, Dell, Apple, Asus and Fujitsu Siemens.  Full featured defined as including technologies such as built-in DVD burner, selection of USB ports, [...]

The BDP-S350 and BDP-S550 are Sony’s first fully specced-up Blu-ray spinners - if you ignore the PS3 - how could we?
Both models have Ethernet ports for accessing BD-Live online bonus content in the future - and the possibility of firmware updates, USB sockets for hooking up external storage devices and both conform to BD Profile 1.1, [...]

Engadget have spotted these things looming in the distance!
They are a couple of Toshiba 815T PB on Softbank, developed to coincide with a new show featuring (you guessed it) robo-phones called Ketai Sousakan 7.
Kinda makes the QVGA, 3G and 3.2 megapixel camera redundant when they can turn into robots!!

Well in true form of a post-Apple store closure - Apple has released details of how they have refreshed their MacBook and MacBook Pro line.
Boosting the processor speeds and giving the Pros that tasty multi-touch the MacBook Air has been tarting about.
Updates to the GPU, an optional LED backlight for 17-inchers, as well as LEDs on all the rest of the [...]

SurveillanceSaver is a chunk of freeware that accesses over 600 security CCTV cameras around the world and cycles through them via an auto-playing screensaver.
How cool is that!!!!???!!!!
We all get the chance of acting out 1984 in a Big Brother stylee and watch folk around the world getting on with their business.
The original version was just for Apple flavoured machines, [...]

Techdirt have an interesting article regarding that most attacked gaming genre; the FPS (First Person Shooter).
We are well aware of the claims that these games incite violent behaviour in real-life even though there is very little proof of this.
Well, studies show that there is a sense of enjoyment/relief felt by the gamer when they are actually [...]

Now, I know that Blu-Ray came out victorious - but there is still a limit to how much I’d pay for this conquoring tech. 
The Goldmund Eidos 20 BD, aimed at “audio-video purists”, will set you back roughly £8,500!!  :0. 
They claim to be the first “high-end audio/video manufacturer” to offer a Blu-ray player saying that the new [...]

This clever little thing is the new Sungjut TangoX Nano UMPC.
When it hits the streets it will be packed with a VIA CPU C7-M ULV ticking over at 1.2GHz, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 40 or 80GB HDD, HD Audio, 7″ WVGA (800×480) touch screen, a 4 in 1 Card reader, Ethernet Port , WiFi a/b/g, USB 2.0 (2 [...]

Timbuk2 have a great way of ensuring that you don’t have the same lappy bag (or tote, messenger or rucksak for that matter) as anyone else.
In a matter of seconds I had designed a bag for my soon to be delivered laptop (I’ll review it when I get it) and the total cost was $150 and [...]

Nokia has opened a huge store here in London on Regent Street on February 8th 
Simon Ainslie, Managing Director Nokia UK said, “In championing our brand, Nokia Regent Street will be dynamic, original and beautifully designed. The store will provide world-class customer service and deliver a unique experience enhancing our customer’s lifestyles.”
Nokia has also created Meet London, [...]