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skyfire browser

Hands-on With Windows Mobile Skyfire Browser Beta 0.6

Skyfire just got its 0.6 update, bring with it a few more features (listed after the jump) and a bit of compatibility increase that makes it feel more like a real browser than it was even when we saw it at CTIA. The overall idea is the same: Skyfire servers render pages into image form, which then makes it onto your Windows Mobile phone over an internet connection. On our Sprint HTC Mogul, Gizmodo loaded pretty damn fast over EV-DO, and features like Flash actually seemed to work well. More »

3:30 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Jason Chen
9,543 views, 30 comments

Latest by Thrillcekr: Thank God it's not Safari. Haven't used Skyfire but I couldn't imagine anything being as bad as Safari. Microsoft and Apple should probably both get out of the browser market and leave that to somebody else that has more »

nokia

Nokia N-Gage Video Hands-On

We played a bit with the new Nokia N-Gage service, which will be one of the core services on all the new Nokia phones presented here at the Mobile World Congress 2008. As we already knew, it's a very similar philosophy to Xbox Live, a social-oriented game service with N-Gage points, pictures, reviews, scores and rankings, so you don't have to play against a friend live, but you can still compete. The experience was smooth, the games themselves fast and crispy, all of them playable before purchasing them. Could Nokia make it work this time? More »

Feature

8:26 AM on Tue Feb 12 2008
By Jesus Diaz
25,180 views, 17 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Told ya so :P more »

hands-on

MacBook Air Hands-on

MacBook Air, it's here, in our hands. It's super light, super fragile, and super small. If you just tap the screen lightly, the whole thing closes because it's so light. The keyboard looks a little weird because it's black on the aluminum, but the keyboard feels great. It feels just like a MacBook (normal) keyboard. The screen looks gorgeous—very bright and clear (and better than the Sony). It's even better looking than the MacBook's, most likely because of the LED backlit display.

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2:04 PM on Tue Jan 15 2008
By Jason Chen
198,981 views, 122 comments

Latest by tang0r: For all of those interested in the MacBook Air (or plan to purchase one in the future), there's an online community and message board forming here: MacBook Air Lounge & Forum [www.macbooklounge.com.] It looks like it will have a mods more »

nsfw

Hands-on With FyreTV, the Best Porn in the Living Room Solution Yet (NSFW)

FyreTV, the guys who are releasing a nondescript set-top-box that streams IPTV adult video straight into your living room just gave us a hands-on demo with their machine. Here's what we think: it's the best thing we've seen yet to bring you on-demand porn over the internet into your living room. More »

5:17 PM on Thu Jan 10 2008
By Jason Chen
98,384 views, 54 comments

gadgets

uPlusPen Draws on Paper and Screen Simultaneously

This Korean PaperTablet for uPlusPen looks like a regular pen, but has a USB connector so you can digitize your inputs like a tablet. It's not as fancy as Jesus's favorite Wacom Cintiq, but this only costs $99 and you can use it on any old piece of paper. We tried it out, starting on our thoughts with the Gizmodo publication and moving on to obscenities and dirty pictures. You have to hold it at a certain angle to get the writing to recognize correctly, but it works decently well after training for a few minutes.

2:15 PM on Wed Jan 9 2008
By Jason Chen
3,439 views, 11 comments

Latest by Maxwells_Nylon_Hammer: Are Gizmodo Rusks shiny too? My 5 month-old is teething and she might like them. more »

hands-on

Hands On With Optimus Maximus Keyboard

We've had video and pictures of the Optimus Maximus keyboard, but now we've got the first hands on with the mythical layout-changing input device. Is it as good as all the hype's built it up to be? No. It's better.

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7:24 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Jason Chen
54,367 views, 72 comments

Latest by pfromg: They should increase the price to $50000. Encase it in titanium & gold. Sell to Russians,until they have enough capital to correct the basic key construction/design and make a product that is ready for market. Either that , or sell to Apple and more »

cellphones

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Linux Smartphone Hands-on

The Gadget: OpenMoko's just-announced Neo Freerunner, which is the mass-market version of their previous Neo 1973 phone.

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3:18 PM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Jason Chen
13,168 views, 20 comments

Latest by GSureda: On The Next Computing Wave I have owned several PDAs / smartphones (I suppose like most people here); but although I want more features, ease of use, etc…, what I REALY need is a phone with an OS that can be more »

displays

We Paw the Dell Crystal Monitor


The shining: We told you all about that gorgeous Dell Crystal monitor when it was officially shipped last week, and now we laid our own eyes on its exquisite beauty. It's even prettier up close, with deep blacks, crispy sharpness and Technicolor hues that thrilled even the most jaded of our team. Just look at how thin and beauteous it is, from all sides. Insert wolf whistle sound effect here! Dull Ache: The dang thing costs $1200, for a 1680x1050 22-inch display. Maybe it'll be on sale someday.

12:14 AM on Mon Jan 7 2008
By Charlie White
5,293 views, 20 comments

Latest by wizzledizzle: I prefer non-glossy lcd monitors. Yes the colors look more vivid but at the expensive of good qualities such as true color representation and no glare. But it is probably that stupid glass piece on the front which is causing more »

1080p camcorder

Hands On the Panasonic HDC-SD9 Camcorder, Cramming 1080p Onto Its Tininess


The 1080p camcorders get even tinier, and this $1099.95 HDC-SD9 camcorder takes that to the extreme. Check it out next to an iPhone, and you'll see that Panasonic's claims of this being the smallest 1080p camcorder yet might just be true. Once Panasonic releases its 32GB SDHC card, this little shooter will be able to hold 58 hours of 1080p/24 on one tiny flash drive. Dang. Feels good in the hand, too. Its price is nice and low at $799.95, or if you want to record to either SDHC/SD cards or an internal 60GB hard drive, it'll cost you $1100 for its slightly bigger bro, the HDC-HS9. Look for both in March. Here's the press release:
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Feature

4:11 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
By Charlie White
25,158 views, 11 comments

Latest by Highsider: Huh? DRM has got nothing to do with it. In order to increase the amount of time that can be stored on a certain size media, without increasing the size proportionally, the content is compressed, whether AVCHD, HDV, or whatever. more »

top

Hands-On Video With Garmin's Voice-Recognizing 880 GPS Unit


We got a hands-on ride with Garmin's voice recognizing 880 GPS unit last night and were impressed with just how good the voice recognition really was. Not only could it hear us over the Vegas traffic and the radio, it even parsed out when we said "sixteen hundred" instead of "one six zero zero". Check out what we mean in the video above.

5:02 PM on Sat Jan 5 2008
By Jason Chen
5,188 views, 6 comments

review

Dell 3008WFP-HC, 30 Inches of Widescreen Swank

Dell has gone monitor-crazy lately, and adding to yesterday's rollout of its gorgeous Dell Crystal monitor, now the company's updated its 30-inch display line, and this one's called the Dell UltraSharp 3008WFP-HC. We've had one in-house here for the past month, beholding its huge expanse and basking in its 2560x1600 resolution. The main events with this display are its clean new design that looks rather plain from the front but shiny and especially luxurious from the back, and its ability to connect up to DisplayPort, the new standard for computer monitors that will make things a lot easier for such high-resolution displays.
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11:10 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Charlie White
14,213 views, 29 comments

Latest by greg_jm: 2 grand well spent and although I wasn't expecting absolute perfection from and LCD this baby rocks my socks or should I say my eyes, have never seen an LCD with such good color coverage, tuneability and scaling. Playing games more »

slingplayer

Hands-on With Slingplayer Mobile, BlackBerry Version

The last of the major smartphone operating systems, RIM's BlackBerry, has finally received support for SlingPlayer Mobile. Not only can stock brokers, businessmen, bankers, analysts and other jerks email their co-workers at their lunch meetings, they now can catch the game at the same time. We demoed this earlier in the week for ourselves, and saw that the quality was actually very good, even over EDGE. More »

12:00 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Jason Chen
8,899 views, 16 comments

Latest by flyboy: The last of the major 'smartphones' . Is it me or isn't the BBerry_THE_major smartphone? That's why it gets chased with lawsuits... more »

hands-on

Slingbox Pro HD Brings Full 1080i HD Streaming To Your Home (Hands-on Impressions)

The Slingbox Pro HD takes the previous year's Slingbox Pro and Pro HD Connect and takes it to the next level, allowing you to watch full HD video anywhere inside the house.

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12:00 AM on Fri Jan 4 2008
By Jason Chen
8,798 views, 30 comments

Latest by authorjeremyjames: "...If ANY streamer is more than 300, its a rip off because for 400 bucks you can simply make your own PC and hook it up to your HDTV..." I almost agree with this. However, for $400, it would be difficult, more »

xbox 360 divx/xvid test

Xbox 360 DivX/XviD Playback Tested (Verdict: It's Almost Perfect)

The Xbox 360 supports DivX and XviD as of today, which may make some of you with big file collections (like us) as giddy as a kid in store with puppies made of candy. We threw our entire collection of movies, TV shows and random clips at it and found that the 360 can play back pretty much anything. Here are some notes. More »

1:00 PM on Tue Dec 4 2007
By Jason Chen
159,927 views, 98 comments

Latest by optikool: Hi I am having the same issues as wyzik and absoluthams. I can play divx movies from dvd, cd or flash drive but i cannot stream the same movies from windows media player 11. Currently I have to use TVersity more »

zonbu notebook

Hands On: Zonbu's Data Syncing Linux Notebook

The $279 Zonbu Notebook is the latest offering from the Open Source computer company—following up on the $99 Zonbu Desktop released earlier this year. The software is the same OS seen on the desktop, updated with a few new features such as real time data syncing. But the question remains: Does Zonbu find the sweet spot between solid performance and an entry level price?
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9:00 AM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Adrian Covert
8,105 views, 10 comments

Latest by TwilightPrincess: Well, I for one will be glad to get rid of my p.o.s windows machine! Windows is nothing but a great way to f*#k up a good machine and suck up all your money! I ordered my Zonbu 2 days more »

hands-on

Honda FCX Clarity Hydrogen Car Tested (Verdict: Star Trek)

Our brothers from another mother(s) over at Jalonik got to test-drive the Honda FCX Clarity, a hydrogen fuel cell car from Honda that gets the equivalent of 68mpg in a conversion metric that (we'll be honest here) confounds us since the car uses no gas at all. So what was Jalopnik's verdict?
At one point we even found ourselves behind a Ford Escape Hybrid with a license plate that read, "NO HUMMR." I was reminded of Star Trek IV...
Oh...this is gonna be good. More »

1:56 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Mark Wilson
14,636 views, 46 comments

Latest by aznyellojersey: @ThatOneWeirdo: sorry, but you've got a basic economic concept wrong: when demand goes down, so do prices; this is to try to get demand back up and going. think about it: company x wants to get rid of their inventory of crappy more »

lightning round

Solio H1000 Solar Gadget Charger (Verdict: Needs More Sun)


The Skinny: The Solio has a solar panel or USB input for charging up its internal battery, and on the other end, charging tips for USB, mini USB and Nokia devices. One load has enough juice per load to bring a dead iPhone to 50%. The clear/orange plastic case looks really nice, and there's a latch for hooking this onto a bag. This is the best looking solar/battery charger I've ever seen.

The Unfortunate News: I verified on two devices that without sunlight of near equatorial directness, this thing doesn't really charge by solar—at all. (Instructions imply 6 hours via direct sunlight, 12-48 hours in cloudy conditions). It sucks up USB-supplied power fine, but what's the point then? [Solio]

7:41 PM on Wed Nov 7 2007
By Brian Lam
2,673 views, 12 comments

Latest by liquidsoapdispenser: @sisedi: Oh, you asked for more info. Rather than trying to type all the details of my particular system, just look around the net. The US Government has pages on solar systems, and there is good info on many installer's more »

windows home server review

Windows Home Server Review

Microsoft has a difficult challenge ahead of them in convincing people that they need Windows Home Server. After all, having another computer in the house—especially one that doesn't have a screen, a keyboard, or a mouse—isn't something people are shoving each other in the face for. But when families take a good long look at what WHS can do, like automated, centralized daily backups, simplified remote access, storage expansion and network file sharing, they may just change their minds. We got our hands on a Norco DS-520 Home Server, one of the first pre-made boxes available, and definitely loved what we saw. More »

1:00 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Jason Chen
62,539 views, 72 comments

Latest by dj-anakin: Ok, here's my question, I hope someone can answer it for me. My plan for the near future has been to build a computer running Windows Media Center, then use it as a NAS/backup machine. I plan to be able to more »