Gadgetory

hi Brian Cooley in for new mom mollywood welcome to the buzz reports first the gadget of the week it's the sandisk sansa connect a media player with Wi-Fi not the first but perhaps the first that makes any sense you can wirelessly share songs between sansa connects but most importantly grab new music wirelessly from a yahoo store without a computer now the music gremlin and Microsoft Zune both made a run at this concept but tripped on their little LCD faces for the most part so why are the sharing and downloading for gig expandable capacity and doesn't come in brown the Holy Trinity and 250 bucks is not a bad price for the latest ipod killer that won't be now the news Northern California's utility PG&E theorized a new way to use a hybrid car they say plug it in during the night when juice is cheap and then sell that stored electricity back to PG&E at a higher price the next day hmm well these masochists were the same folks who gave Silicon Valley the rolling blackout so we just kind of tolerate them like a crazy uncle an idea I did like though was to use your hybrid car to power your house during electrical outages now tomorrow's plug-in hybrids could actually do that yeah they laugh when you bought that little ugly Prius but they'll be crawling up your driveway like a supplicant when the big one hits and you're the only folks on the block who aren't eating cold soup served up with stone tools an odd piece of pop psychology crossed my desk this week Nielsen Media Research claims they can determine your personality based on the brand of cell phone you own nokia for example means your family minded probably a middle-aged manager health-conscious huh that's the life of the party Motorola means fashion conscious under 24 fun seeker yeah they're the ones whose calls you always have to overhear my treo 700p wasn't on the list but I can tell them what it means enjoy dark blurry photos likes his tech bulky and devoted to dying brands then there's my producers phone also a motorola but with a different motorola message it says uses phone as a hammer doesn't know there are new models since the first gulf war really needs a raise remember how great 411 information was before the cellphone era when you would talk to a human not have to repeat your request seven times and not pay a buck and a quarter for the privilege but google may have just revived the good old days of 411 new service 800 goog 411 is a directory assistance that is typically google it works the voice recognition is quite natural it'll connect you or say the number or text it to you and it's free check it out calls recorded for quality experimental san francisco california california what business category cnet networks cnet networks on second street text message now my only concern is that disclaimer did you hear it not may be recorded but will be recorded period yep it's the world's biggest most irresistible voluntary wiretap but go ahead and use it what's the worst that can happen you get ruled out of running for office for life it's not so bad i'm brian cooley this has been the buzz report thanks for watching