Gizmodo: november

AT&T Quickfire Release Date Leaked

Andi Wang — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:57:13 EST

The AT&T Quickfire will be heating up the competition with the T-Mobile Sidekick when it is released on November 10 this year. This tri-band cell phone will only cost $99 with a 2-year contract—$299 without—and doesn't seem like a Windows Mobile phone, or any other OS we've ever seen. The Quickfire includes a touch screen, full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3G, a music player, and GPS, and will come in orange, lime and silver. [Engadget Mobile via cnet]

Microsoft Surface Predicts the Election with McCain and Obama Bobbleheads

Dan Nosowitz — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:40:00 EDT

MSNBC had an impromptu demonstration of its new Microsoft Surface table this morning, and gave political analyst Chuck Todd a chance to play with his dollies. At first, the goateed Todd moved states around, zooming, coloring and highlighting with his finger. Though he didn't really have a full handle on all the features himself, the demo was pretty much Surface as usual, until he brought out his bobbleheads.

When Todd placed McCain and Obama bobblehead dolls on the Surface, the national map would change colors to show each candidate's specific chances. Put on the Obama bobblehead, and the map turns varying shades of blue. Use McCain, and it turns red. Then he turned Dark Helmet and made the bobbleheads fight each other, revealing the true reason he ordered them up in the first place. The off-screen newswoman didn't seem too impressed, quipping, "Now the five-year-olds are glued to the television," but I'm 22, so the joke's on her! [MSNBC]

Samsung SGH-T809 Sneak Peek

gizmogo — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 10:46:01 EDT

The handset-heads over at Mobileburn managed to get a sneak peek at this super tiny Samsung SGH-T809. Not too much available about the exact dimensions or specs, but it seems like this slider has a megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a 262k color display, and a Transflash/microSD slot. Judging by the pics alone, this thing looks so small you might lose it in your pocket. Word is we'll hear more about it from T-Mobile by November this year. More pics of the phone after the jump.

Sneak Peek at Samsung's Razor Thin T809 Slider [MobileBurn]

MD of the Living Dead

Noah R — Thu, 13 Oct 2005 11:20:37 EDT

Despite the rumors you heard, MD is not dead yet. Sony Japan just announced two new MD Walkman (and continues its proud tradition of announcing a new digital audio product the day after Apple does). The MZ-EH70 and MZ-HE50 actually support the Hi-MD format, and feature an HD digital amplifier to reduce noise. Otherwise, these seem to be standard issue Sony MDs (no recording, and they don't appear to support MP3 playback either). These come out in November in a rainbow of pastels. Price TBD.

MD not Dead yet, Sony Announces New MZ-EH70 and MZ-EH50 [I4U]
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