Nintendo's new DSi handheld gaming platform is now on sale in the United States for $170...and many say its competition is not the PSP, but the iPod touch.

Nintendo took the wraps off its latest and greatest handheld gaming platform, the Nintendo DSi, back in October of 2008, but it wasn't until April 5th that the system officially went on sale in North America (following launches in Japan and Europe). And while the DS platform's main competition has long been viewed as the Sony PSP, some industry watchers are saying that Nintendo has moved on beyond the PSP…and now has its eyes on Apple's iPod touch. Read More... [via ]

Before you ride a Segway, you probably just dismiss the thing as an impractical toy for rich kids. Which, in all fairness, it is.

But once you actually ride a Segway, you immediately want one, if for no other reason than so you can tool around your driveway on it -- like a skateboard for grown-ups.

Now Segway is taking a turn for the practical, teaming with General Motors on something called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), which finally turns the Segway's self-balancing technology into something that might conceivably become useful outside the gates of your manor and the polo grounds. The project was formally announced this week at the New York Auto Show and it looks awfully cool so far. Read More.. [via Yahoo]

Apple was not at the wireless industry’s big annual conference last week, but its presence could be felt everywhere — in its competitors’ new applications stores, the improved iPhone copycats and the array of new gadgets meant to juice up the mobile media experience.

It is an amazing thing that nearly two years after Apple’s signature device hit the market, cellphone industry stalwarts are still playing catch-up, but the good news for consumers is that they are inching closer. Read More...[via nytimes]

An aerial bi-axial tourbillon mechanism. A vertical power reserve. Individualist seconds. A stripped-down dial and spectacular volumes: the latest specimen from the C Lab Series defies all theories. Even better, it creates its own rules: emptiness is its core material, engineering its constancy; chemistry a dare and transparency a must.

Designed and developed by the C Lab Series, the C1 QuantumGravity symbolizes unrestricted and unconstrained time, where only impulse and intuition prevail. A special unit dedicated to extreme watchmaking, the C Lab Series has a mission: to push the boundaries of mechanical watch making by introducing it to new modes of expression. Read More... [via watchluxus]

The tiny 8-inch screen 1.8lb Sony VAIO P has been officially announced and is available online at SonyStyle.com with pre-orders for the $900 device starting tomorrow.

The VAIO P is about the thickness of a cellphone and Sony is claiming a weight of 1.8lbs, meaning it can comfortably fit into your coat pocket or easily slide inside a purse or backpack pocket. The screen may be small at 8-inches, but the unbelievable 1600 x 768 resolution will mean a lot of viewing real estate can be crammed into that small area -- at the cost of very small text and icons of course. The screen is a glossy XBRITE-ECO variety. Read More... [via notebookreview]