Brian Lam

iPhone Line Has Started…100-Hours Early

Two dudes are already waiting in line at the NYC 5th Avenue Apple flagship store. Even for the PS3, PS2, and Wii, I’ve never seen a 100-hour lead time on a gadget queue. I’m disgusted, but also kind of jealous. Close up shot where you can see the geekiness seeping off their faces and onto…

2-year-old has IQ of Stephen Hawking, youngest Mensa member ever. [The Register]

Is The Cult of the Jesus Phone REALLY a Cult?

I had an exchange with David Kuo of Beliefnet today on whether or not The Cult is a religious thing. I argued that the respect we have for Apple is grounded in secular reasoning. Then I got an Amen in the comments, which I NEVER get here, unfortunately. Part of David’s post: Characteristically religious feelings…

iPhone Shipments Ahoy!

As of today, they’re here, by ark, I mean cargo ship. And with armed guards, normally reserved for shipments of gold and silver. And minotaurs, typically found in labyrinths. All the stops: they have been pulled. [Apple Insider]

Hong Kong Gym Uses Jocks to Generate Electricity [VOA News]

Splitfish PS3 Mouse Controller is shipping [splitfish]

Daily iPhone Update Pill (Chewable!)

iPhone obsessed? Me too. Here’s a quick and easy guide to all of the fanboy deets that were discovered in the last day or so. •Definitely will be sold online via Apple Store. Some sites didn’t know which, but Apple just updated. (duh, but this is a roundup.) [Apple] •Contract cancellation fee will be $175.…

Gizmodo Transformed into Gizmodo Prime

Somehow, when I put on that Transformer Helmet this morning, it turned Gizmodo into Gizmodo Prime. Biew Biew Biew! Bugs? Email [email protected] with Bug, Browser, OS, and screenshot if you know how, and bug description in the subject line, with details in the body. GizmodoBots, Roll Out. UPDATE: Thanks for sending in tips, please keep…

iPhone Campout Maps: SF, NY, Pasadena

Gripskipper, our sister blog dedicated to wandering the world has mapped out guides for those camping out for iPhones. They’ll show you where the nearest food, coffee, WiFi, bathrooms, lodging are in relation to Apple Stores across the country. Here we’ve got a 5th Avenue NYC Store (“The Cube”) and SF’s Stonestown (“Half Way to…

Stop Asking Me, I Don’t Have an iPhone!

Friends, Readers, Journalists, Strangers on the Street: I don’t have an iPhone. So I’m sorry, but you can’t try out its screen, or take a photo of it, mug me, buy it from me, or use it to get a jump on your iPhone coverage. Last time I held one was January, at Macworld 2007,…

Alienware-Killer: Ultra Gaming EXO Prototype PC

Here’s a differentiating factor among PCs: The EXO Ultra Gaming PC, built by ex-Alienware system designer Garrett Bain, will be running GPUs chosen from the top ~1% of all NVidia’s GPUs from a particular manufacturer. (That’s unique.) Looks like now that the big corporations have bought up all the bigger boutique PC makers, there’s room…

The Origins of the Jesus Phone Terminology

Sheesh. As when my dad starting singing My Humps, I’d never have made the “Jesus Phone” joke if I knew that pasty anchor folk on CNBC would start using it. “Can the iPhone live up to the hype?” Yes, but I’m afraid the Jesus Phone reference MUST DIE….after another week or two. Here’s the post…

Optimus Prime Voice-Changing Helmet and Battle Blaster Review

Click to viewNew Transformers toys that’ll help you turn into Optimus Prime. When I say You, I really mean Me. Optimus Prime Voice-Changing Helmet and Battle Blaster

Gundam Skull Speakers

Harvested from the rusted out corpses of Gundam suits that died with valor in suborbital space combat. Powered by two AA batteries and the drool of thousands of Otaku nerdypants Robot lovers. Gundam Speakers [via Technabob]

Seagate CEO Talking More Smack

The MOUTH on Bill Watkins, CEO of Seagate, never stops yapping and I love the guy for it. Last year, it was HDDs and porno, this year he’s talking about the 10% drop in HDD prices industry wide over Q1 2007: Some of my competitors went nuts on pricing… but, you know, we all peed…

John Pac Stole Mossy’s iPhone!?

This is getting crazy. I just got a tip that someone spotted Walt Mossberg picking up Ruths Chris takeout while talking on an iPhone. Walt Mossberg Tips! This video from John Junior of All Things D makes it look like he snuck into pappa bear’s cabin to shoot some footage. Maybe while WM was eating…

Is This the LG…Google Phone?

Right. Europe got this Google infused LG KU580 yesterday, loaded with utilities like GMail, Google Maps, and search. Outlets like The Register are calling this The Google Phone, perhaps in jesting reference to the previous rumors. We doubt a phone preloaded with apps you can download free is The One. But the subtext, if there…

Zune Tattoo Guy to Get Third Mystery Tattoo

Idolator, our sister site that likes music (on iPods or not), had a visit in the comments from none other than Zune Tattoo Fan #1, who explained: https://gizmodo.com/fanboy-1-gets-zune-tattoo-2-270436 I am the Zune tattoo guy, Steven Smith, I would like to be able to put my 2 cents in an explain my 1st and 2nd zune…

Wise Oracle Quittner’s iPhone Apocalypse

Tough editor Josh Quittner, Captain of Business 2.0, tells us a fable of the iPhone launch. It’s a little grim…and very biblical. But I agree with how most of it goes down. And on the 29th day of the sixth month, when the sun was at its lowest point in the sky, the Phones appeared,…

Sony Ericsson W960 Hands On Video

That gorgeous , top line, 8GB, Walkman phone, the W960 is one of the most incredible handsets out there, and Sam from Mobileburn got his hands on one. He paid a lot of attention to the background’s animated bubble effect, and the video shows off the backlit buttons, as well as a scroll wheel on…