Adrian Covert, Author at Gizmodo

Nintendo DSi Not Coming To US Until ‘Well Into’ 2009

Here at the Ninendo Media Summit in San Francisco, NOA President Reginald Fils-Aime stated that the Nintendo DSi would not make an appearance in the US until “well into calendar year 2009.” He cited the popularity of the current DS Lite as the primary reason for the prolonged release of the new system. For those…

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Philips 3D Autostereoscopic TV Requires No Glasses, Is Gentle On The Eyes

Philips unveiled their 56-inch 3D display yesterday that packs a Quad Full HD resolution (3840×2160). Wired says the autostereoscopic display requires no glasses and is able to support such a high resolution because of its high data throughput rates. Those high rates also allow for a 3D effect that is high contrast, silky smooth and…

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KDDI Creates Phone Prototype That Can ‘See Through Walls’

KDDI announced a new prototype phone that uses six different types of sensors to see its surroundings, including other people and objects within proximity. According to Tech Radar, KDDI was hush hush about the specifics, but did reveal the sensors include GPS and multiple types of accelerometers and geomagnetic technology — which are then used…

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Ars Technica Plays with LiquidTV/TiVo PC, Thinks It’s Pretty Good

Ars got their hands on Nero’s freshly-announced LiquidTV/TiVo PC team-up, and thought the TiVo software and Hauppauge TV Tuner hardware was a good experience for $200 ($100 for software only). They looked not only at how the UI functioned in the PC environment, but also at export options, content exchange, and hardware performance. Here’s what…

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Netflix to Open API and Databases to the Public

Netflix will introduce their API to the public tomorrow at the Experience AJAX conference, and according to ReadWriteWeb, it will allow free access to movie data and stats stored on their servers. This doesn’t mean that anyone will be able to write a streaming video app for any random piece of open hardware. However, it…

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TDK Crams 260GB into 1.8-inch HDD, Sets A New Density Benchmark

TDK has announced a new hard drive at CEATEC that manages to fit 260GB of data into a 1.8-inch form factor. Using their prototype TMR head, TDK is able to attain a surface recording density of 803 gigabits per square inch, besting Toshiba’s previous 378 gigabits per square inch. The leap was made possible by…

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Synaptics Adds New Multitouch Gestures To Trackpads

Synaptics, best known for developing the Zune Pad and Android G1 screen, have unveiled two new multitouch gestures for their PC touchpads: two-finger flick and ChiralRotate. Two-finger flick is fairly self explanatory — you swipe your finger from side to side on the trackpad and it will move through a series of files, such as…

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Take Survey, Win eBay $$$

Like the other surveys we’ve had in the past, all you have to do is click here, fill out a survey (which will only take a few minutes) and then send an email to [email protected] telling them what the last question on the survey was. Once you do that, you’re entered in a drawing to…

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Samsung SSD Falls Three Stories, Still Boots Windows

Samsung released a video in which members of their staff threw an SSD off a three story building and then plugged it into a laptop, where it was operational. Though the computer screen at the end of the video gets washed out, you can barely make out the Windows XP desktop. Naysayers and skeptics should…

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HappyWakeUp S60 Alarm App Uses Your Phone’s Microphone to Decide When to Wake You

HappyWakeUp is a new cellphone alarm app developed for S60 (the other open platform) that only wakes you when it knows you’re in a light sleep cycle. How does it know? Well, Computerworld says HappyWakeUp actually uses the microphone from your phone to statistically analyze your sleep habits based on noises you make, and when…

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Download Android 1.0 SDK…NOW

Google made the Android 1.0 SDK available today, following the announcement of the G1 phone yesterday. The 1.0 signification means it’s technically out of beta, and you can develop without fear of major changes to Android’s core programming. According to Mobile Whack, the only changes from the 0.9 release are some bug fixes and API…

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Sony Vaio TT Is Real, Definitely Has Blu-ray and Huge SSD

Pretty much everything you read in yesterday’s rumor posts about the Sony Vaio TT is true – the Blu-ray drive, 256 GB SSD, 2.87-pound weight and thickness under an inch. It also has an 11.1-inch, LED-backlit 16:9 LCD panel, Sprint EV-DO mobile broadband, and an HDMI port that outputs at 1080p resolution. https://gizmodo.com/sub-3-lb-sony-vaio-tt-rumored-to-have-blu-ray-burner-5053210 The TT…

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SlingCatcher Hands-On Shows How Sling Streams Directly To Your TV

The final hardware for the upcoming SlingCatcher is all but finished, and Brian Jaquet from Sling gave us a brief demo with the new hardware, leaving me pretty excited about what this thing can do. For those unfamiliar, the SlingCatcher can take a video feed from another Slingbox and throw it up on your TV…

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Stanton DaScratch SCS.3D DJ Pad Is All Touch Sensitive, Combines Mixer and Turntable In One Device

Stanton’s new DaScratch USB-MIDI Tool is unique because it relies completely on touch technology to mix and manipulate music. With the possibility for 5 touch sensitive sliders, 19 touch sensitive buttons, and one giant, touch friendly rotary control (read: the big record-like circle in the middle), it appears you can run the show with little…

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Palm Treo Pro Finds A US Carrier, Is It AT&T?

Palm announced in their quarterly call that it had found an unnamed carrier to sell their new Treo Pro, but declined to mention who, specifically, would peddle the $550 phone (at a potentially subsidized cost). WM Experts seem to think the carrier will be AT&T, which makes enough sense, since AT&T tends to get the…

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GigaOm’s Mobilize Conference: The Future Of Mobile Devices Revolves Around You

Om Malik’s Mobilize Conference was an all day event today in San Francisco, and while there wasn’t a ton of gadget news, it managed to gather some powerful mobile electronics execs to talk about the future of mobile gadgets in a public forum. Though many areas of mobility and mobile devices were discussed, there were…

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News Flash: Moto R&D Working On Prototypes Other Than RAZR 3!

In a panel at GigaOm’s Mobilize conference today, Motorola VP of Applied Technology Fred Kitson revealed some prototype display technologies they have in the works, confirming the company has more on the mind than the damn RAZR. One phone prototype Kitson described involves an embedded projector that made use of 3 lasers that project on…

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Microsoft Zune 3.0 Software Review

Though Microsoft left their new Zune hardware relatively untouched, the firmware and corresponding software got a few nice upgrades that add a bit of functionality. In the firmware, Marketplace is now available over Wi-Fi, while FM Tagging lets you mark songs you hear on the FM Tuner, and have them added to your Marketplace cart…

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HTC Touch HD Quick Sizemodo: Pretty Close To The iPhone

French Gadget Site GeekInc, got an early HTC Touch HD unit to play with, and took a bunch of pics to show for it, including a couple of size comparisons against the iPhone. As you can see, they’re pretty much the same size, save for some backend tapering. Their own impressions more or less coincide…

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Sony Brings Their $114,000, 4K Projector Out From Hiding

Sony’s 4K Projector (or Super Mega Ultra HD Projector in my terms), provides 4 times the pixels at a 4096×2160 resolution. Akihabara News says the liquid crystal on silicon projector uses SXRD technology, has a 2500:1 contrast ration, a 2 kW lamp and it produces 11,000 lumens of light. At $114,000 and 268 pounds with…

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Nintendo DSi Not Coming To US Until ‘Well Into’ 2009

Philips 3D Autostereoscopic TV Requires No Glasses, Is Gentle On The Eyes

KDDI Creates Phone Prototype That Can ‘See Through Walls’

Ars Technica Plays with LiquidTV/TiVo PC, Thinks It’s Pretty Good

Netflix to Open API and Databases to the Public

TDK Crams 260GB into 1.8-inch HDD, Sets A New Density Benchmark

Synaptics Adds New Multitouch Gestures To Trackpads

Take Survey, Win eBay $$$

Samsung SSD Falls Three Stories, Still Boots Windows

HappyWakeUp S60 Alarm App Uses Your Phone’s Microphone to Decide When to Wake You

Download Android 1.0 SDK…NOW

Sony Vaio TT Is Real, Definitely Has Blu-ray and Huge SSD

SlingCatcher Hands-On Shows How Sling Streams Directly To Your TV

Stanton DaScratch SCS.3D DJ Pad Is All Touch Sensitive, Combines Mixer and Turntable In One Device

Palm Treo Pro Finds A US Carrier, Is It AT&T?

GigaOm’s Mobilize Conference: The Future Of Mobile Devices Revolves Around You

News Flash: Moto R&D Working On Prototypes Other Than RAZR 3!

Microsoft Zune 3.0 Software Review

HTC Touch HD Quick Sizemodo: Pretty Close To The iPhone

Sony Brings Their $114,000, 4K Projector Out From Hiding

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NASA’s Artemis 2 Mission Blasts Off

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Kia’s EV3 Is Headed to the US This Year With Up to 320 Miles of Range

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Amazon Facilities in Bahrain Hit Again as Iran Follows Through on Threat, Report Says

Why the PS6 Handheld Will Matter More Than the PS6

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Sam Witwer Is Ready for Maul’s Moment

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Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?