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Several months back, we introduced you to the Philips Tapster headphones.  But there’s some bad news here for everyone who was looking forward to them–there’s now pretty much no way they’ll hit store shelves.

The folks out at Crave on Cnet’s Asian subsidiary believe they know why, too–they don’t work.

It’s a strange theme these days, gadgets that don’t work, but the beat goes on (or rather doesn’t) from these headphones.  They were supposed to be a major innovation in playback and volume controls, which are supposedly controlled by tapping and swiping the ear modules.  Under normal circumstances, this would dislodge them from the ear, but with these, they didn’t dislodge.  Something of an accomplishment there, but the problem was, the purported tap-and-swipe system of volume and playback control never materialized.

So a little bit of vaporware for you, folks…and that’s always at least a little sad.

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TigerDirect has the Philips WACS7500/37 Streamium Wireless Music Center and Station for a great price.  This player has a 80GB hard drive, USB input, Internet radio and wireless streaming from local PCs.  It’s …Continue reading: Philips WACS7500/37 Streamium Wireless Music Center and Station – $180 Shipped

TigerDirect has a free shipping and instant discount for the Philips HSB2351 Soundbar with 1080p DVD Player.  This sound bar does Dolby Virtual Surround Sound, upscales your DVDs to 1080i, has an FM tuner, 100 watts of power.  It’s …Continue reading: Philips HSB2351 Soundbar with 1080p DVD Player – $200 Shipped

Buy.com has the Philips PRESTIgO SRU8015 Universal Remote Control for $179.99 – $140 instant savings + free shipping = $39.99 shipped!

• The 15 in 1 controller provides the convenience of controlling up to 15 home entertainment devices with one remote control
• The remote control incorporates a library of channel icons for most countries’ main TV stations; via the color LCD screen you can program the right channel icons for the right channel
• The universal IR code database refers to a library of infrared codes built-in to a particular remote. This feature allows the remote to control your equipment without needing to learn individual signals
• Unlike other universal remote controls, where a 3-digit code needs to be input to identify a brand and device, this remote incorporates on-device step-by-step instructions to setup your equipment, regardless of brand
• High resolution quality ( 2.0 inch high resolution, 220×175 pixel TFT display) ensures great readability of the content on the screen
• The rotary wheel cursor enables you to navigate through the setup menu and the device pages, in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions
• Backlighting illuminates the LCD screen and keypad for use in the dark (Backlight color: White)

Amazon offers the Philips 52PFL3704D/F7 52-Inch LCD HDTV for a Web low.  It’s $1,699.99 – $200 instant savings + free shipping = $1,499.99 shipped! It features a 1920×1080 resolution, 33,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5ms response time, 4x HDMI inputs and built-in HD tuner.

Amazon has the Phlips 47PFL6704D/F7 47-Inch LCD HDTV for $1,449.99 – $350 instant savings + free shippin g= $1,099.99 shipped! That’s the best price on the Net.  It has a 1920×1080 resolution, 120hz refresh rate, 2ms response time, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 4x HDMI inputs.

Amazon has the lowest deal around for the Philips 47PFL3704D/F7 47-Inch LCD HDTV.  It’s $1,299.99 – $350 instant savings + free shipping = $949.99 shipped! Specs: 1920×1080 resolution, 29,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 5ms response time, built-in HD tuner, 3x HDMI inputs and more.

Amazon has the best price online for the Philips 42PFL6704D/F7 42-Inch LCD HDTV.  It’s $1149.99 – $310 instant savings + $0 S&H = $839.99 shipped! Specs include a 120hz refresh rate, 1920×1080 resolution, 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 2ms response time, built-in HD tuner and more.

Amazon has the Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch LCD HDTV for the Web’s lowest price, though we’ve seen it lower.  It’s $1,049.99 – $160 instant savings + free shipping = $889.99 shipped! It has a 1920×1080 resolution, 29,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 2ms response time, built-in HD tuner and more. …Continue reading: Philips 42PFL5704D/F7 42-Inch LCD HDTV – $890 Shipped

Normally you think of a mouse as precious little more than a device used to point at things, but now, Philips is looking to expand the humble mouse’s role with the Bluetooth Notebook Mouse.

Granted, the name isn’t exactly inspiriting but there’s loads of time to fix that.  Anyway, the big question is how does it work.  In this case, by the sounds of it, pretty well.  It can alternate between being a normal corded mouse and a cordless mouse, with the cord also serving as a USB recharge cable for the cordlessness. Even better, it can become a presentation controller with its built-in 360-degree touch control.  Thus, it’s extremely versatile and almost two mouses in one.

Or is it mice?  Anyway–it’s good to see an invention work, for a change.

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