Ferrari branding expands again, now includes headphones

Filed under: Aftermarket, Etc., Technology, Toys/Games

Ferrari isn’t shy about slapping its logo on just about anything it thinks it can sell to fans that will never be able to afford one of its cars. We’ve seen phones (plenty of them), computers, a home gym… and now, headphones and iPod speaker docks.
This new deal with Logic3 [...]

Cobra introduces iRadar Community to crowdsource speed traps

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In the ongoing technology war between cops and speeders, the guys who can’t drive 55 have a new trick up their sleeves: Crowdsourcing.
Radar detector gurus Cobra have announced a big upgrade to their year-old iRadar smartphone fuzz-buster, dubbed “iRadar Community.” Cobra says users can now participate in real-time reporting of speed traps, [...]

Cobra iRadar gets jiggy with the iPhone

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Cobra iRadar – Click above for image gallery

A Cobra radar detector has mated with the iPhone, and the Cobra iRadar is the result. When you pair your iPhone with the Cobra unit via Bluetooth you can control a host of displays and features, along with alerts for all radar and laser guns, speed [...]

Cobra introduces world’s first touchscreen radar detector

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Up to now, radar detectors have epitomized the ultimate in minimalist design: a couple of buttons or knobs, a couple of LEDs and a few hieroglyphs were all you got. No more. Now you get something that will probably prove just as distracting: a 1.5-inch touchscreen on two of Cobra’s newest radar [...]

When F1 2009 won’t do, try the $191K Cruden Hexatech simulator

Filed under: Motorsports, Technology, Toys/Games

We give thumbs up to Cruden’s reason for building a $191,500 F1 simulator: “Snooker rooms, swimming pools, gyms and cinemas have been done.” So there. If you’re over waiting for Codemasters to release F1 2009 on a real platform, or waiting for GT5 to ever show up and you have enough [...]