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Hummer HT2 Phone Is Smaller, Brighter, Even More Pointless than the Original
Fifty-thousand people compensating for something bought the Hummer HT1 phone. The new HT2 pulls the same trick as the H2 truck—it shrinks the original and adds a brighter coat of paint, with a fresh splash of asinine. In this case, even more so, because it seems to pack the same ho-hum specs as the HT1. At least the camo paint let you pretend it was invisible—now the sunny brick will make sure everyone knows you're a jackass. [Idnes via Slashphone]
12:45 PM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By matt buchanan
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Latest by stryder100: I'm gonna wait 'til they come out with a hybrid hummer. more »
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If you really want to intimidate people and blow some stuff up real good, you can't go wrong with a Hummer that happens to have a gigantic laser cannon mounted on top of it. The Laser Avenger, which we first reported on back in October, is designed to take out roadside bombs from afar, and I can assure you that you can't have one. The laser is a solid-state direct-energy beam by Boeing and shoots an "invisible beam just a few centimeters in diameter and 20 times hotter than an electric stovetop." Yeah, you don't want to be on the business end of that. [Popular Mechanics]
Hummer with Roof-Mounted Laser Canon is Pure Intimidation
If you really want to intimidate people and blow some stuff up real good, you can't go wrong with a Hummer that happens to have a gigantic laser cannon mounted on top of it. The Laser Avenger, which we first reported on back in October, is designed to take out roadside bombs from afar, and I can assure you that you can't have one. The laser is a solid-state direct-energy beam by Boeing and shoots an "invisible beam just a few centimeters in diameter and 20 times hotter than an electric stovetop." Yeah, you don't want to be on the business end of that. [Popular Mechanics]
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Hummer HT1 Phone Gets 9 Miles Per Gallon
Oh, look, a regular phone that's very expensive because it's got some car company's logo on it. This time it's a Hummer, one of the more deplorable car brands out there, and it's got the great "feature" of having a camo finish on it. If you're in a jungle, it'll make you look like you have a hole in your head when you're talking on the phone! Good luck getting cell service in the jungle, though. That's a conundrum right there. More »
3:45 PM on Wed Jun 6 2007
By Adam Frucci
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Latest by Trance-Addict: Wanker phone. more »
laptops
Laptop Fails to Save Life in Hummer Crash, Nobody Is Surprised
Apparently, the news is that while laptops can save you from a bullet and still work, they can't save you from a
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In this corner, weighing four ounces, the Nokia N76 cellphone. And in this corner, the heavyweight champion of the world, a humongous Hummer limousine, weighing in at umpteen tons. The result? See for yourself. More »
Nokia N76 Run Over By a Hummer Limo: That's One Tough Phone
In this corner, weighing four ounces, the Nokia N76 cellphone. And in this corner, the heavyweight champion of the world, a humongous Hummer limousine, weighing in at umpteen tons. The result? See for yourself. More »
9:33 AM on Tue Feb 20 2007
By Charlie White
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Hummer's Making Cellphones. Yes, That Hummer
Fan of big things rejoice, as Hummer's indicated they're partnering with ModeLabs and jettisoning a Hummer-inspired cellphone onto the world. They say the phone will "integrate the latest technology in their HUMMER licensed products while helping to build the worldwide brand equity, imagery, anddistinct HUMMER lifestyle." More »
6:25 PM on Wed Feb 14 2007
By Jason Chen
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13 comments
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A Hummer with a Fireplace: Think It's Too Much?
Because Hummers aren't offensively over-the-top as-is, Germany's GeigerCars decided to trick one out in the spirit of the holiday season. We're not talking just rims and a big subwoofer, either: they put in a goddamned fireplace. In addition to the hearth and chimney, it has a big flat-panel TV, gullwing doors, a snowmobile in tow, and a storage rack designed to hold snowboards, hockey sticks, and… curling stones. Right. More »
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Hummer O2: Makes its Own Oxygen, BS
Hummer isn't exactly the first auto company to come to mind when one thinks of environmental friendly vehicles, but it looks like they're trying to change that. This concept vehicle that they showed off at the LA Auto Show is called the Hummer O2, and it actually makes its own oxygen. It's got algae growing in the side panels, using photosynthesis to give you stuff to breathe while you drive. It's like driving in the middle of a swamp! Isn't that cool?! More »
11:37 AM on Mon Dec 4 2006
By www.gizmodo.com
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Latest by Shaft: It looks like a concept for a lunar lander. It would certainly help the lander's range if it could renew the astronaut's air supply. more »
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No Hummer Jokes Here, Honest
The Hummer just isn t an obnoxiously big car driven by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Oh, no, it s a highly-capable combat machine when properly outfitted. Since the next generation of Hummers is still being worked on, the US Air Force has commissioned companies in California to outfit consumer-grade Hummers for military exercises. These limo-style Hummers will stand in for the real war machines during tests and exercises. Retrofitted with networking equipment, computers and radios (and air conditioners—it s hot in the desert!), the Hummers don the traditional camouflage paint. Odds are you probably won t be able to buy these babies at your friendly neighborhood Hummer dealership, though. More »
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The Week in Cars - The Best of Jalopnik
This week in Jalopnik: A Renault F1 car performs a Queen hit; Israeli scientists theorize an in-car system that produces its own fuel; Honda (and nearly every other car company) looks toward a spark-plugless future for gas engines; Hummer builds a buggy, and the F d ration Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) proposes a new aerodynamic wing for Formula One cars that would make passing easier. More »
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Itronix GoBook VR-1 and Hummer Edition
We mentioned the upcoming Hummer-branded laptops by Itronix last week which, like its namesake, is designed to be tough and macho—thus compensating any and all shortcomings its owner may have. Well, now the Hummers have been officially introduced along with the GoBook VR-1, which is more or less the same thing but without the special Hummer branding. More »
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Crush the Competition with the Hummer Laptop
Ahnold is going to go apeshit now that General Motors signed a 3-year deal with computer maker Itronix to make a Hummer-branded laptop. These are designed for not only Hummer enthusiasts, but for people who "work outdoors" such as police, firefighters, and construction workers. Durability doesn't come cheap though, at $2,988, the laptops come with enough padding to survive six separate drops from a height of 30 inches onto two 3/4-inch sheets of plywood placed on top of concrete. The specs include a 1.86GHz Intel Centrino Pentium processor, a 12.1-inch color display, 512MB of memory, a DVD/CD-R/W combination drive, 802.11a/g/b wireless connectivity and Microsoft's XP Professional operating system. But that's not all, you also get a bunch of stuff you will probably never use. Check it: More »
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