Gizmodo: Cruise

World's Largest Cruise Ship Probably Leaves Tsunamis in Its Wake

Mark Wilson — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:00:00 EDT

Only five Solstice-class cruise ships will be produced, and the first one (aptly named Solstice) has just left port for the sea. Weighing approximately 134,000 tons, the Solstice is over 1,000 feet long and can hold 4,350 people (or about 3,000 paying customers). It's also among the first boats of its kind to have a grass area on the roof. For those who like to cruise around the world at 28mph with no means of escaping crying children or death-by-buffet, the Solstice will host its first passengers next month. Here are more giant shots of the aquatic beast:

So I guess we're not going to need a bigger boat after all. [via DailyMail and Getty Images]

Mystery No-Name HTC Revealed In Pic

Wilson Rothman — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:30:00 EDT

The phone blogs are abuzz with this sighting of HTC's lineup, showing both existing models and a mystery or two on the bottom row. Boy Genius thinks the first, third and fourth are the same, but I'm wondering if the first is a slide-out key version of the second (a P3470), while the third and fourth are something else entirely. In any case, it's a peculiarity that will hopefully be clarified soon, as it's also a damn nice looking phone. WinMo, Android or whatever, we'll be ready to have a look. In the meantime, your guess is as good as ours. (Hint, hint.) [BGR]

HTC Touch Cruise Is So, So Official

Mark Wilson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:27:12 EST

We told you about the HTC Touch Cruise back when the specs leaked, but HTC has gone and made the GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA phone official, admitting its affiliation and paying child support. Their third phone in the Touch line, this newest version packs a TomTom Navigator 6 GPS that's highly viewable on the 2.8" screen. Plus you get Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 3MP camera and optional MicroSD expansion. Unfortunately, it looks like Europe only for now. Hit the jump for the full stat smattering and a giant picture that looks so much better than the leaked image.

- Qualcomm 7200 chipset - Built-in GPS receiver - TomTom mapping - 400MHz CPU - TouchFLO UI - 256MB/128 MB ROM/RAM - Wi-Fi connectivity - Bluetooth 2.0 - GSM/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA up to 3.6Mbps - 2.8" QVGA Touch Screen - FM Radio - Micro SD memory card - Windows Mobile 6.0 - HTC Home screen

[product via pocket-lint]