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outdoor fireplace

Outdoor Electric Fireplace With Speakers and MP3 Support Boggles the Mind

We enjoy electric fireplaces as much as the next guy due to their convenience and ability to not spurt fiery ashes onto your carpet, but having an outdoor one is very strange. It might just function decently on a patio or a deck as a centerpiece for your friends to gather around, which is probably why this one has concealed speakers and MP3 support. Plus, the included shrubbage goes pretty far in convincing guests that it's a real fireplace sitting out in the middle of your backyard. [AVING via Uber Gizmo]

6:30 PM on Tue May 13 2008
By Jason Chen
961 views, 16 comments

Latest by VENAT0R: Ah, but will it blend? more »

mp3

Wave Goodbye To Pocket Billiards with Magnetic Knob MP3 Player

MagneticMP31.jpgWe all know the hassle of digging into a pocket to twiddle the controls on our MP3 players, but until smart clothing becomes mainstream we're stuck with it. Unless someone takes this magnetic control concept and manufactures it for real, that is. The Pocket Pal is simple: the control stays outside, but is magnetically fixed to the body, which sits inside your pants pocket. Twiddling the control is easy, and would let you adjust volume or skip songs. I'm not sure what'll happen if you lose the knob—would any magnet/iron object do?—but I like the lateral thinking here. [Inventables via Gizmowatch]

8:43 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,368 views, 16 comments

Latest by Brian B: "Dammit Jr., stop playing with your Pocket Pal. You'll go blind!" more »

home entertainment

Wet X-Light Surround Basin: The World's First "Musical" Washbasin

At this point we have seen iPod docks fitted to just about everything under the sun, so it should come as no surprise that a company decided to develop a sink capable of playing tunes from your MP3 player. Fortunately for designer Jan Puylaert and the guys at WET, their X-Light Surround Basin should be considered as more than just a gimmick—it actually looks really cool with the transparent, light-diffusing acrylic polymer (PMMA) basin revealing the speaker system underneath. Throw some LEDs on this thing and it would be like a party in your bathroom. More »

2:10 PM on Wed May 7 2008
By Sean Fallon
2,661 views, 17 comments

Latest by carmen89: @nutbastard: lmao...man that made me laugh until tears... somehow imagining it all made it So much better,hahah more »

clothing

Hood.e Brings Speakers To Your Hoodie Hood

Tim Dubitsky's Hood.e concept was originally intended as a safer way for his nephew to walk to school and listen to music at the same time. Apparently, his route takes him across busy streets which could be dangerous for someone wearing earbuds or headphones. With the speakers embedded in the hood, users can ditch the earbuds and cords while still being able to hear the music and ambient noise. At this point, the Hood.e has not made it past the concept stage, but the idea is definitely a hell of a lot better than some of the other crap out there. UPDATE: Hood.e is not a concept, it is an actual product you can purchase now for $160. [Hood.e via Core77]

8:00 PM on Tue May 6 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,336 views, 37 comments

Latest by tmyprod: Doesn't seem that hard to make on your own. Just dig up a pair of headphones you're willing to cannabilize and spend a few min finding the right spot for the speaker to go and sow them in. easy. more »

alarm clock

JWD Media-Playing Alarm With Radio, Chumby for Cheapos?

This little box from JWD does pack in a fair number of functions: 2-inch 220 x 176 TFT screen, built-in lithium battery, speakers, 1GB of memory, MP3, WMA and MP4 playback, FM radio and alarm clock. It can even record the radio or a line-in audio source, and has an SD slot for expansion. It doesn't have a touchscreen or Wi-Fi, but this Chumbyesque device is at least fairly reasonably priced: $88 for one, with discounts if you buy in bulk. [Shopkami via Chipchick]

9:04 AM on Wed Apr 30 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,460 views, 8 comments

Latest by skeksis: I can't even work my regular alarm clock in the morning. How the hell am I supposed to deal with that thing? more »

batman

BatMP3 Kills Villains as You Listen to Music on Your BatEars

Not having enough with his multi-billion dollar industrial conglomerate, Bruce Wayne keeps whoring his Batman brand for everything that can be manufactured using plastic in China. This the Batman MP3 player, shaped like a 2.75-inch black batshuriken, with 1GB of RAM inside, compatible with Windows and Mac OS X, and stereo headphones shaped as bat ears. More »

7:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Jesus Diaz
4,617 views, 15 comments

question of the day

Question of the Day: How Many iPods Have You Owned?

Yesterday's question involved how much digital music you currently own—if you took part you may have noticed that the distribution was fairly even, but there are plenty of people out there with seriously large collections. That got me thinking about where all this music is being stored—iPods in particular. As my own feeble collection has grown, and my desire for better hardware has increased, I have upgraded my iPod a grand total of 3 times. My guess is that figure is probably pretty average (or even low) when compared to a serious music fanatic. So, my question to you is: how many iPods have you owned? More »

5:10 PM on Thu Apr 24 2008
By Sean Fallon
27,708 views, 254 comments

Latest by rimplestultskin: including warranty replacements...probably 15 or so. if you're just talking about how many iPods have been paid for, three. four when i buy another iTouch, i returned it hoping for the price to drop so i could get a 32, more »

cloud computing

EMI Says You Can't Backup Your Music Online

Cloud computing is supposed to be the next big tech revolution. One of the basic ideas, for the uninitiated, is that all of your apps and files (docs, pictures, music) are stored online in a digital locker, and you can access them from anywhere, no matter what computer you're using, thus heralding the end of the localized desktop, Windows, etc. MP3Tunes provides a digital locker for backing up music files—it's not a covert file-sharing thing, you can't share a locker with someone, so it's really only for personal backup/place-shifting. The record label EMI says it's illegal and is suing them to turn over all the music stored by the site's users. More »

7:00 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By matt buchanan
4,034 views, 37 comments

Latest by Hello_Newman: This shouldn't be a big deal. If the locker hosts allowed only one IP to access it at a time, then nobody would share their info anyway or someone else would always be hogging it. If more »

mp3 players

Samsung's YP-S3 Gets the LED Out

Although the S2 pebble may be cuter, Samsung's S3 is a beefed-up PMP for people who need more multimedia support. The 4GB S3 plays audio (MP3, WMA and OGG), video (MPEG4, SVI), JPEGs and even text. Like most other Samsung players, it has an FM radio and games. The coolest thing about the player, which comes in five colors, is the LED-lit controls that seem to disappear when you don't need them. Available for under $130 when it's released in June.[Samsung]

10:21 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Benny Goldman
2,021 views, 4 comments

Latest by xAppleFan: Um, this is basically the Samsung K3 re-packaged with games. I like the K3 better, since it's slimmer. more »

gadgets

Targus Speaker Book Brings Compact Tuneage: No Reading Involved

Finding a way to make portable speakers truly portable has proven difficult for manufacturers over the years. This new Speaker Book represents Targus' stab at a solution. The unique design features flat, foldable NXT speakers that can connect to just about anything using via a standard 3.5-millimeter cable. It can also be powered up via USB, or four AAA batteries. Unfortunately those of us in the States won't be able to test it out anytime soon—the Speaker Book is slated for a UK only release early this summer. [i4u via Crave]

7:30 PM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Sean Fallon
895 views, 4 comments

Latest by Discosis: So how do you put one speaker on the other side of the screen to the other...? more »

gadgets

Spy Camera Sunglasses With 1.3-Megapixels Means Nothing's a Secret

Sunglass spy cameras were previously relegated to actual spies and weirdos that subscribed to those spy equipment magazines, but ThinkGeek has brought such covert voyeurism to the average man with $99 and change. The camera's triggered wirelessly via remote, which is very discreet, but has a fat camera on either side of the lenses, which isn't. Luckily for you the 1GB storage and MP3 earbud playback gives you a reasonable excuse as to why you're wearing such thick sunglasses in the Gold's Gym women's locker room. [Think Geek via Red Ferret via Boing Boing] More »

3:30 PM on Tue Apr 8 2008
By Jason Chen
4,698 views, 12 comments

Latest by maven2k: I think we could just drill a hole in our skulls and implant the cam. Its not like we use our brains anyway, we could spare some room in there. I would like a rear view one that more »

pmps

Egoman PMP Has 4.3-Inch Touchscreen, 16M Color Displaying

Egoman's latest PMP, the MP810RSTD-43 bears an impressive, 4.3-inch touchscreen, which supports 16.7 million colors, and that just about sets it apart from the other iPod touch clones sitting it out in PMP purgatory. The device will playback WVI and RMVB at 30 fps, is just 7.2mm thick and will happily playback MP3, WMA, ADPCM, WAV, APC and FLAC files. With a USB 2.0 port, integrated FM tuner and an onboard TV out port, Egoman haven't done too bad a job here at all. Still, with the product page stating "[all] specifications are subject to change without notice," perhaps we should take the player's planned existence with a touch of salt. [PMP Today]

11:00 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Haroon Malik
4,435 views, 17 comments

Latest by SomeoneUKno: @Marty_MacFly: haha PWN! ... oh, and yeah. There were a lot of PMPs that came out that were touchscreen before the Touch. Thank god that Apple hasn't made a GPS unit yet, otherwise you'd say all the GPS units more »

manson music

Charles Manson Cuts Killer Creative Commons Digital Album From Prison

Convicted murderer and future American Idol contestant Charles Manson has used the liberal Creative Commons license to release a new 16-track album from prison. The album, called, ironically, One Mind, is free to download at LimeWire. As an added bonus, the CC license allows listeners to copy the tracks as much as they want and distribute them, so long as they don't use them for commercial purposes-like starting a cult or something. Hear the man himself croon a killer tune after the jump at about the 1:15 mark. More »

8:59 PM on Sat Apr 5 2008
By Jack Loftus
10,885 views, 32 comments

Latest by Chiper: If he wasn't a batshit crazy serial killer, he'd be a pretty fun dude to hang out with. You never know WHAT he's gonna do. more »

gadgets

Recording Compressed to 1,000 Times MP3 Rate Could Be the Future of Music Playback

The University of Rochester has just devised a way of reproducing music in a file that's compressed 1,000 times smaller than an MP3 file. The way they do it—physically modeling an instrument in a computer and then feeding it input variables (breath, tongue, fingers) in order to generate the output tone—seems super obvious. People were making music with MOD files by recording one tone and generating different notes with it back in the '90s. But actually reproducing the instrument wholesale? That's amazing. More »

3:20 PM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Jason Chen
9,958 views, 55 comments

Latest by NotPop: @ideaman2020: but you don't need Robert Johnson, just his guitar. and, um, 6 million bucks. [www.independent.co.uk] more »

dealzmodo

Free Flight of the Conchords MP3 Today

Scary factoid: on my recent vacation, I combed my hair funny as a joke. My wife freaked out a bit, saying that I looked like Murray Hewitt. She was right, so I called her "Brit" for the remainder of the trip. (Unfortunately, she looks nothing like Bret McClegnie.) On the plus side, today you can download Flight of the Conchords' "Ladies of the World" MP3 for 100% free on CNET. You don't remember that song from the series? Then you're fired, reader. Hit the jump for a reminder and reapply to Gizmodo through the tips line.

UPDATE: Business Time is available free as well.

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8:55 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Mark Wilson
10,418 views, 32 comments

Latest by EyeTestYoGames: i got the 1st season for free at the best buy achievers show ...woot woot lol more »

rolly

Sony Rolly Soon Rolling Out in Black Shell, Colored Arms

Seems like Sony's Rolly really is due out soon, and it'll be available in a black body version with a matching black cradle, as hinted at by the FCC filing. If black's too boring for you, then you'll also be able to trick your Rolly out with blue, red or silver replacement "arms". Maybe they're "wings"? Whichever: the little rolling, MP3-playing guy will be out in black from April 19th in Japan for around $400, while a colored arm set will cost around $15. Presumably Rolly will be rolling up on US shores sometimes soon after. [AV Watch]

3:33 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,623 views, 22 comments

Latest by AlphaUltima: this is probably flash mem because no way in hell a hard drive can last with all that rolling. which means you only get about 1 gig considering you're paying a hundred for the sony label, another hundred for the more »

mp3 player

Thanko's New MP3 Player Is Cranky for Power

Thanko has gifted its new MP3 player with an additional power source: you. Much like Trevor Bayliss' crank-powered player, but nicer-looking, this new device will give you ten minutes of tunes for one minute of cranking— it's also got an LED flashlight which'll run for 50 minutes for the same effort. And if you're wrists aren't up to the job, it'll also charge via USB or AC power brick. The Cranking MP3 Player is screen-less, plays MP3 and WMA, has 1GB of storage, and will cost you just $60. [Akihabaranews]

5:22 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
912 views, 1 comment

Latest by Monty: The MP3 player of choice for the Unibomber. more »

e-books

ECTACO's jetBook E-Book Reader "Will Change the Way We Read Forever!"

According to ECTACO it won't be the Amazon Kindle or the Sony Reader that changes the way we read—it will be their new jetBook. Why? Well, first of all it is red and everyone knows that red is the color of learning. Second, it features a 5-inch, high-res TFT display, an MP3 player, bookmarking capability, multi-language support and an SD expansion slot. There is no word on how much memory is built-in, but we do know that the device will set you back $349.95 and there is no e-book store. So, you are on your own when it comes to finding content. [ECTACO via Gearlog]

6:10 PM on Mon Mar 24 2008
By Sean Fallon
3,962 views, 24 comments

Latest by kris7: jetBook has a comparison between it, the Sony Reader and the Kindle. See the info below[www.jetbook.net] This actually seems like a pretty good device. Another thing that looks nice on this device, after reading the manual is the file maintenance. From more »