Benny Goldman, Author at Gizmodo

Sony PMX-M80 Big Touchscreen PMP Packs Maps for Chinese Travellers

Sony’s PMX-M80 is a cute white touchscreen PMP that stuffs some impressive specs in a 4.3-inch frame, a decent size for watching video without killing your eyes. The player has 16GB onboard memory, expandable via Memory Stick, a microphone, Google Maps-like browser with points of interest and your basic (MP4/AVI/WMA/MP3/AAC) codec support. Sadly, you won’t…

Tech News Benny Goldman Aug 1

First Pics of LG Netflix Blu-ray BD300 Player

LG’s Netflix-streaming, Blu-ray 2.0 playing BD300 made its public debut tonight, and we’re impressed. The box is slim and it won’t take up more space on your shelf than any other player. An LG exec confirmed a September launch for the sub-$500 player, so check out the gallery and start lickin’ your chops. [LG]

Movies Benny Goldman Jul 31

Dish Network Will Broadcast in 1080p, Streaming Blu-ray Quality Video Now Possible (But Unlikely)

Dish Network is upgrading their boxes’ firmware to display 1080p resolution. Given the lack of 1080p network source material, the existing 720p/1080i compressed HD signals, and the fact that there’s no standard limiting the compression quality-1080p can be compressed to crap like any other picture-it’s tough to believe this is going to be really useful…

Television Benny Goldman Jul 31

Meridian 10MP Projector Displays on 25-Foot Screen With No Pixelation

Meridian’s 810 projector boldly claims to be the Reference Video System, and after seeing it for myself I think that’s a fair assessment. The $185,000 box (that’s right!) uses specially calibrated JVC D-ILA light engine panels to deliver a resolution of 4096 x 2400 pixels, or put simply, 10-freaking-megapixels. Compare that to 1080i’s one paltry…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 30

Sony BDP-S350 and Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray 2.0 Enabled/Ready Players Reviewed Head-to-Head

Our good friend Gary Merson the HD Guru reviewed Sony’s BDP-S350 and Panasonic’s DMP-BD50, the latest Blu-ray players from each company, Battlemodo style. Both BD players scored high marks on video performance, with a slight edge to Panasonic, but Panasonic’s $600 BD50 smoked Sony’s S350 on pretty much everything else. https://gizmodo.com/bdp-s350-and-s550-sonys-first-full-2-0-spec-blu-ray-pl-360642 Panny’s player can decode…

Reviews Benny Goldman Jul 29

Casio G’zOne Boulder Mil-Spec Cellphone Crammed with GPS, Compass, Lantern and More

Casio’s G’zOne rugged-ass cellphone has been updated yet again, and this time it’s called the Boulder. The Mil-Spec clamshell’s got GPS, a 1.3MP camera, an LED lantern, microSD support and a digital compass in its shock-, dust- and water-resistant frame. The Boulder is out now in black or orange for $130 after 2-year Verizon Wireless…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 28

iPhone Apps We Like: Pandora

Pandora for the iPhone is as easy to use as the website. Just type an artist you want to hear, it will build a radio station of similar songs and broadcast them in FMish-quality. The picks are usually accurate, but the science behind picking them is hilarious: The app explained that I have a soft…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 18

iPhone Apps We Like: Aurora Feint The Beginning

Aurora Feint is the first strategy/RPG game that I’ve played on any system for more than five minutes, and I’m addicted. The main focus is a Bejeweled-like game of matching tiles, and you earn points and power to increase your abilities. You rotate the phone to get all the tiles to line up, which makes…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 17

Meizu M8 iClone Finally Coming in August?

Meizu will finally release the iPhone-wannabe M8 in August, according to a cryptic message board post by CEO Jack Wong. The first version will have 128MB RAM and an unspecified amount of storage, and a second version should ship in October with 256MB RAM and 8GB on-board flash. The funniest part? The M8 will cost…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 16

Lightning Review: LG Chocolate 3 Cellphone

The Gadget: The Chocolate 3 from LG, it replaces the old slider with a new thin flip form and adds an extra screen, 1GB of memory, a better camera, FM transmitter and a 3.5mm headphone jack. https://gizmodo.com/lg-chocolate-3-gets-release-date-moved-up-5024171 The Price: $130 with 2-year Verizon Wireless contract, $300 retail. The Verdict: For a phone that will be…

Reviews Benny Goldman Jul 15

SanDisk WORM Write-Once SD Cards Can’t Be Altered, Last 100 Years

SanDisk has created the first write-once SD memory card after over a year of talking about it. The WORM (Write Once Read Many) cards cannot be altered or deleted and are designed for information that must be kept intact, such as electronic voting records and police work. They are only 128MB for now, but bigger…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 15

Tom’s Hardware Corrects Study, Says Solid State Drives Do Improve Battery Life

Tom’s Hardware tested battery life in laptops with SSDs yet again and found that they aren’t such a power suck, correcting a previous study. SSDs didn’t outperform their HDD counterparts in all tests, but combined with Laptop Mag’s study I think we can safely put the issue to rest for now. [Tom’s Hardware] https://gizmodo.com/swindled-solid-state-drives-dont-extend-battery-life-5021166

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 15

Sony Vaio BZ Business Notebooks: Handsome, Tough and Spill Resistant

The Vaio BZ series business notebook from Sony combines the look of a Vaio and the durability of a ThinkPad to make a glitzier business notebook than we usually see. The BZ isn’t Mil-Spec strong like Toughbooks or EliteBooks, but it carries HDD shock protection and a spill resistant keyboard in its magnesium alloy case,…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 14

Wait to Buy! HDTVs About To Get Even Cheaper

Wait on buying your TV. Fresh off a round of price-cuts barely two months old, Mitsubishi, Sharp, Panasonic and Samsung will drop prices on their sets by as much as $400 in the coming weeks. https://gizmodo.com/dealzmodo-ahoy-hdtvs-will-get-stupid-cheap-next-month-385729 With too much inventory and not enough demand, the HDTV makers are cutting prices yet again to clear out…

Gadgets Benny Goldman Jul 14

The Night Before the 3G iPhone Launch at the 5th Ave Apple Store

The line outside of the Apple store on 59th street in NYC is definitely an event. There are about 100 people wrapped around the block, patiently waiting for the iPhone 3G. We’ll be up all night checking out the scene and talking to the diehards who can’t wait to get their hands on the new…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 11

Belkin BreakFree: MacBook MagSafe Cable for Your Guitar

The BreakFree is Belkin’s fix for crazy rockers who can’t get through a set without ripping up their amp or guitar’s cord jack by flailing around too much. One part of the $20 two-piece kit fits in the axe’s cord jack, while the other goes to the cord itself, and you can rock safe knowing…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 10

Kodak Zi6 Might Be Best Pocket Camcorder Yet

Kodak’s first entry into the pocket camcorder pool, the Zi6, may be the new king of cams. My lab assistants and I have done more scientific research in the field of cheap-ass camcorders than anyone we can name off the top of our heads. In my expert opinion, this is a winner, ready to unseat…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 10

Kodak’s Cheap Z-Series Super Zooms Hit 15X for $300

Kodak has a pair of super zoom cameras that actually may be able to spot a needle in a haystack. The Z1012 IS and Z1015 IS are 10MP cams that zoom up to 12X and 15X, respectively. They both have a 28mm wide angle lens, image stabilization and full manual mode if you want to…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 10

Acer Aspire X1200 Series Mini-PCs Stuff HDMI Jack, 9 USB Ports and More in a Tiny Space

If you gotta go the desktop route, Acer’s got three mini-PCs packed heavy with ports that don’t take up a ton of space. Measuring 10.6″ x 4″ x 14.4″, about the same as a hardcover book, the X1200s have an HDMI port—like Dell’s leaked mini, aka the green PC, but unlike the smaller Asus Eee…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 8

Promo Box for Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition Is Cooler Than Phone Itself

Nokia just sent us the 6205 Dark Knight phone in a promotional box and man, is it cool. The box, that is. As you can see in the clip above, the purple box with pretty green bow on top surprised the hell out of me when I opened it—it cackled in the Joker’s voice. The…

Tech News Benny Goldman Jul 7

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Sony PMX-M80 Big Touchscreen PMP Packs Maps for Chinese Travellers

First Pics of LG Netflix Blu-ray BD300 Player

Dish Network Will Broadcast in 1080p, Streaming Blu-ray Quality Video Now Possible (But Unlikely)

Meridian 10MP Projector Displays on 25-Foot Screen With No Pixelation

Sony BDP-S350 and Panasonic DMP-BD50 Blu-ray 2.0 Enabled/Ready Players Reviewed Head-to-Head

Casio G’zOne Boulder Mil-Spec Cellphone Crammed with GPS, Compass, Lantern and More

iPhone Apps We Like: Pandora

iPhone Apps We Like: Aurora Feint The Beginning

Meizu M8 iClone Finally Coming in August?

Lightning Review: LG Chocolate 3 Cellphone

SanDisk WORM Write-Once SD Cards Can’t Be Altered, Last 100 Years

Tom’s Hardware Corrects Study, Says Solid State Drives Do Improve Battery Life

Sony Vaio BZ Business Notebooks: Handsome, Tough and Spill Resistant

Wait to Buy! HDTVs About To Get Even Cheaper

The Night Before the 3G iPhone Launch at the 5th Ave Apple Store

Belkin BreakFree: MacBook MagSafe Cable for Your Guitar

Kodak Zi6 Might Be Best Pocket Camcorder Yet

Kodak’s Cheap Z-Series Super Zooms Hit 15X for $300

Acer Aspire X1200 Series Mini-PCs Stuff HDMI Jack, 9 USB Ports and More in a Tiny Space

Promo Box for Nokia 6205 Dark Knight Edition Is Cooler Than Phone Itself

‘Marvel Rivals’ Wants to Start Being More Than Just a Hero Shooter

‘How Do We Make Sure That Claude Behaves Itself?’: Anthropic Invited 15 Christians for a Summit

See the Next ‘Hunger Games’ in This Trip Down Memory Lane

Indie Animation Is Having a Moment on YouTube

Trump’s World Liberty Financial Makes FTX-esque Move, Borrows Against Its Own Crypto Token

Steven Soderbergh Wanted to Take ‘Bond’ Back to the ’60s

If You Make Fart Music, ChatGPT Will Be the Most Supportive Girlfriend You Could Ask For

This Loud-Ass Party Speaker Almost Got Me High AF

VHS-Inspired ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Mod Takes Night City Back to the Future

Our Checkout Code Gives You 5 Years of ChatOn’s All-in-One AI Tools Experience for Less Than Half Price

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

Aqara Thermostat Hub W200 Review: Almost Better than My Ecobee

HP Omen Max 45L Review: 4K60 Gaming Has Never Been So Easy

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