Adam Frucci, Author at Gizmodo

Audiovox’s Aftermarket Backup Camera Mounts Behind Your License Plate

The Pitch: Get a backup camera in your car without buying a new car with the feature built-in. Avoid backing over children and dogs by seeing a whole lot more than your mirrors show. It’s waterproof and won’t block your license plate. The Catch:While they say it stays hidden behind the license plate, sticking a…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 7 '08

Audiovox’s Digital Message Centers Let You Leave Videos for Your Family

Audiovox’s Digital Picture Frame/Message Board that we showed you recently has just been made official. In fact, it announced two different versions of it. One allows you to record video messages, the other just audio messages. The video version, the DPF711K, will sell for $200 which the DPF710k audio-only version will run $160. Hit the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7 '08

RCA Brings HD Shooting to its Small Wonder Line

The Pitch: RCA is releasing four new models its super-simple Small Wonder video cameras, including one that shoots in 720p HD. Other models include smaller and more rugged versions designed for YouTube uploaders on the go, all for pretty reasonably prices. The Catch: Just because a camera can shoot HD resolution doesn’t mean it’ll look…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 7 '08

Jook Provides Wireless Streaming Between PMPs, Providing You Both Have Jook

Jook is a small device that plus into the bottom of your iPod, iPhone or Zune, allowing you to stream songs to your friends. Of course, you friends also have to have a Jook, and you can’t actually send files. Sure, you could just unplug your headphones from your player and plug them into your…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Intel Comments on Rumored Mobile Apple Devices, Adds Fuel to the Fire

We just talked to Uday Keshavdas at the Intel booth here at the Pepcom event at CES, and when we pressed him on Apple’s rumored use of their new Silverthorne mobile chipset, he said: https://gizmodo.com/rumor-apple-hopping-on-board-with-intels-ultra-mobile-336737 “To be honest, we really don’t know yet. We’re waiting to hear.” What’s that mean? Beats me, but OMG Apple…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Sony’s Low-End TV Product Line: Bravia N4000 and M4000

The models: Bravia N4000 – 720p, Digital Media Port, Integrated 5.1 audio with built-in subwoofer. 37″, 32″ and 26″ Bravia M4000 – Take the model above, subtract everything but it being 720p. 37″, 32″, 26″ and 19″ Hit the jump for the full specs and try to stay calm!!!! BRAVIA® KDL-37N4000 Series Flat-panel LCD HDTV…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Casio’s EXILIM Pro EX-F1 Takes Still Pics at 60 FPS, Video at 1,200 FPS

Click to viewTaking action shots is hard. You need to have perfect timing, and if your one shot doesn’t come out well, you’ve missed your chance. You want to capture your brother shooting grape soda out his nose perfectly, after all. Casio’s new EXILIM Pro EX-F1 is a new shooter than can take up to…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Casio Announces More Skinny, Probably Mediocre EXILIM Point-and-Shoots

Casio just announced some new point-and-shoots in its EXILIM line, including the “world’s smallest and thinnest 10-megapixel camera,” the EX-S10. Look, I’m as excited as the next guy that you’ve managed to make a 15-mm-wide camera, but if it takes crappy photos I could really care less how small it is. And with the EXILIM…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Samsung Announces Z510 Series of Wireless Home-Theatre-in-a-Box Systems

Samsung just dropped three new 5.8GHz wireless Home-Theatre-in-a-Box systems in the new Z510 series. First there’s the HT-Z510, which comes with a receiver, a sub and four small satellite speakers. The Z512 (pictured) swaps out two of those small satellites for tallboy speakers, and the Z515 has four tallboys and no small satellites. No word…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Samsung Gives its P2, T10 MP3 Players Bluetooth-Sharing Capabilities

Samsung’s providing firmware updates for its P2 and T10 portable music players through a new service called Bluewave. The first update will allow owners of said players to share songs via Bluetooth. Future updates will be “based on further customer research.” Get excited!!! Check the full press release after the jump https://gizmodo.com/samsung-announce-pricing-release-details-for-yp-p2-yp-307563 SAMSUNG UPGRADES BLUETOOH-ENABLED…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Samsung’s 4th-Gen BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player is Announced

Samsung just announced it’s new fourth-gen Blu-ray player, the BD-P1500. It’ll feature HDMI 1.3, built-in Ethernet for BD profile 1.1 discs and firmware downloads, and 7.1 PCM, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD High Resolution and Master Audio. It’s got a slick, shiny exterior with a minimum of buttons, and it’s sure to be expensive, although Samsung didn’t…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Giz Salutes the Non-Booth-Babe Babes of CES

Everybody always talks about the booth babes at CES: models hired to draw nerds in with skimpy outfits and heads full of air. But who cares about them? If you want to see girls in skimpy outfits, there are plenty of places other than CES to find them. We’re more into the non-booth-babe babes of…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

F-Cup Breast-Enlarging Pudding is Cheaper, Less Effective Than Surgery

Remember the F-Cup Breast-Enhancing cookies and tea we found a while back? Well, the company that makes them keeps on bringing the incredible innovations, this time with “F-Cup Pudding.” Yes, it’s pudding that promises to add a bit more jello jiggle to your boobs . It tastes like Mango, for what it’s worth. Click the…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Fujitsu’s Fabric PC and Three Other Forward-Looking Concepts

Fujitsu just unveiled a few futuristic concept gadgets, the most interesting of which is probably a fabric laptop. Sure, there’s no word on just how they’ll make a computer that’s “soft, pliable, and can comfortably be carried like portfolio of paper,” but it sure is a neat idea. The other concepts are an electronic card…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 6 '08

Weather Station Tracks Past Weather on Your PC For Some Unknown Reason

This Oregon Scientific weather station records the weather as it happens. It then plugs into your computer and uploads recent weather data. So if you happen to forget that it was hot in July, you can spend a lot of money and go through an elaborate process to remember. I… don’t get it.

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 5 '08

Bloggers Get Special Privileges, Their Own Exclusive Lounge at CES

We’ve done a bit more investigation into this Press vs. Blogger war that CES has started, and it turns out that the Bloggers actually have more privileges than the Press! What the hell is that about?! There’s a press room for people to come and write up their stories, as shown above. Both Press and…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 5 '08

WowWee Replaces the Robosapien with the Tribot Friend-Replacement Robot

This WowWee Tribot is the replacement for last year’s Robosapien, a fun-loving, (probably cheesy) joke-telling robofriend to fill the voids of your lonely nights. It plays games that require you to move it around in certain patterns, and its three wheels give it a pretty decent range of movement. It also has a motion-sensing controller,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 5 '08

CES Separates the Wheat From the Chaff with Blogger and Press Badges

High drama at CES! Instead of all of us being united under the umbrella of “press,” some of us were arbitrarily deemed “bloggers” and others “press.” I’m press, but Chen is a blogger. We aren’t sure exactly what the difference is, but I assume that the CES admins will force Chen to wait for me…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 5 '08

WowWee Bladestar Autonomous Helicopter and Waiter-Decapitation Device

This is the new WowWee FlyTech Bladestar, an R/C helicopter-type toy that can also fly around “autonomously,” avoiding walls and faces using an IR beam. You still need to pay attention to it, however, as it’ll keep flying higher and higher unless you tell it to stay low, otherwise it’ll fly too close to the…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 5 '08

Ass/Boobs-Shaped Airbag Turns Car Accidents Into Even More Shameful Experiences

This Takata airbag design is… interesting. Essentially, if you get in a car accident your face will be thrust quickly between two giant, inflatable ass cheeks. Or are they giant breasts? Depending on what you’re in to, you could see it either way. In any case, I can certainly see how it would be more…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Jan 4 '08

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Audiovox’s Aftermarket Backup Camera Mounts Behind Your License Plate

Audiovox’s Digital Message Centers Let You Leave Videos for Your Family

RCA Brings HD Shooting to its Small Wonder Line

Jook Provides Wireless Streaming Between PMPs, Providing You Both Have Jook

Intel Comments on Rumored Mobile Apple Devices, Adds Fuel to the Fire

Sony’s Low-End TV Product Line: Bravia N4000 and M4000

Casio’s EXILIM Pro EX-F1 Takes Still Pics at 60 FPS, Video at 1,200 FPS

Casio Announces More Skinny, Probably Mediocre EXILIM Point-and-Shoots

Samsung Announces Z510 Series of Wireless Home-Theatre-in-a-Box Systems

Samsung Gives its P2, T10 MP3 Players Bluetooth-Sharing Capabilities

Samsung’s 4th-Gen BD-P1500 Blu-ray Player is Announced

Giz Salutes the Non-Booth-Babe Babes of CES

F-Cup Breast-Enlarging Pudding is Cheaper, Less Effective Than Surgery

Fujitsu’s Fabric PC and Three Other Forward-Looking Concepts

Weather Station Tracks Past Weather on Your PC For Some Unknown Reason

Bloggers Get Special Privileges, Their Own Exclusive Lounge at CES

WowWee Replaces the Robosapien with the Tribot Friend-Replacement Robot

CES Separates the Wheat From the Chaff with Blogger and Press Badges

WowWee Bladestar Autonomous Helicopter and Waiter-Decapitation Device

Ass/Boobs-Shaped Airbag Turns Car Accidents Into Even More Shameful Experiences

Xbox’s Big Turnaround Hedges Everything on Gamers’ Nostalgia

The First Trailer for ‘Strange New Worlds’ Season 4 Teases a Weird and Scary Galaxy

The ‘Invincible’ Game’s Story Brings Action and New Voices

‘Daemons of the Shadow Realm’ May Be Your New Shonen Fave

South Korean Man Might Get Prison Time for Posting AI Wolf Picture

Return to ‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ With an Astarion Prequel Book

Palantir Debuts Chic Chore Coat So the World Knows You’re One of the Baddies

Hopeful Thought of the Day: Robots Can’t Do Human Conflict

‘Marvel’s Spider-Man 2’ Almost Led to an Insomniac Venom Game

‘Gen V’ Won’t Return for a Third Semester

Anker’s UV Printer Can Handle Almost Anything… If You Know What You’re Doing

HP’s EliteBoard Keyboard-Computer Proves We Can Stick a PC in Anything

Sleep-Tracking Earbuds Didn’t Fix Me, but They Did Open My Eyes

I’ve Tested a Lot of Bad Smart Glasses and These Are the Worst Yet

Roborock’s Qrevo Curv 2 Flow Is the Ultimate Robot Mop—If You Don’t Have Corners or Walls

Alienware’s $350 QD-OLED Gaming Monitor Nixes Everything for a Pretty Screen

Sony Inzone H6 Air Review: A Perfect Case for Open-Back Gaming Headsets

Anker’s EufyMake E1 Finally Brings Printers Out of the Dark Ages

The Soundboks Mix Is Going to Make You the Most Popular Guy at the Park

Asus Zenbook A16 Review: Start Considering Snapdragon on PC, for Real