Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Optimus Three Finally Shipping

Is it really true? Could the Optimus Mini Three really be shipping? Art Lebedev says it is, and if you’re not in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Lithuania, you should be getting your pre-order fulfillment by August 15th. Yes, that’s August 15th, 2006. For the listed countries, you’ll have to wait until September 1st.…

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Acer Aspire 5100 Dual Core AMD Turion 64 X2 Notebooks

The Acer 5100 has the dual-core AMD Turion 64, along with up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM (upgradeable to 4GB). This kind of power, combined with 120GB of hard disk space, a 15.4-inch widescreen LCD, Radeon Xpress 1100 graphics card, and an 8X DVD dual-layer burner makes this quite a steal starting at $899. Various…

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Palm Ultralight Branded Bluetooth Headset

If you want a bluetooth headset to go along with your Treo 700p, 700w or 650, and really dig having all your gadgets say “Palm”, you’re just the target audience for this Ultralight Wireless Headset. Palm repackaged the Plantronics 645 bluetooth headset, which like this, has a measly three hours of talk time. After a…

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Sennheiser PC155 USB PC Skype Headset Hands-On

PC users who were envious of the M145 Mac Skype headset can stop fretting, since the PC155 Skype-certified headset is even nicer than its brother. https://gizmodo.com/sennheiser-m145-usb-mac-skype-headset-hands-on-184125 The connectivity options are pretty much the same as on the M145. There’s a headphone jack and a speaker jack which connect directly to the USB adapter. The setup…

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HTC TyTN First Look

Chief mob-ologist Dave at Mobility Today got some hands time with the HTC TyTN, the in-house model name for the HTC Hermes. Besides the speedy 400MHz CPU, Dave’s impressed with the better keyboard, second camera, and small-ish dimensions—it’s the same size as the Treo 700p and other similar devices. Check out his video to see…

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Study Says 75% Of Women Don’t Know How To Use Gadgets

The UK electronics retailer Comet performed a study on 1000 customers to justify their new “Gadget Angels” team—think Geek Squad in the Best Buys here. Their study concluded that 75% of women don’t really know what they’re doing when it comes to mobile gadgets. The study says these women only know how to handle the…

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The Bodyflik

You too can save water by not having to wash your towels as often with this Bodyflik gadget from the UK. You see, the chaps in the land where elevators are called lifts, and hot ladies are called Keeley Hazell, have invented a device that takes water off your body “quickly and simply”. After you…

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Westinghouse DPF-0701 Multi-Picture LCD Frame

Westinghouse’s new DPF-0701 photo frame can not only display your community college graduation picture, it can simultaneously show your kid’s first step and your wedding pictures as well. The “MosaicView” enabled frame has 16MB of memory, which holds around 200 photos. Not only does this show pics, it can support Motion JPEG, MPEG1 and MPEG4…

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330 MPG Concept Vehicle

This Aptera concept vehicle looks like an amalgam of all kinds of vehicles. In the design, you can see a tricycle, a Plymouth Prowler, the glossy white of an iPod, and an EV-1. The hybrid car can get up to 330 MPG, and if actually made, will be targeted at less than $20,000 and get…

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Another Free Year’s Subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly

For those that didn’t get in last time we ran a free EGM sub, here’s your chance to cash in on free magazines. https://gizmodo.com/free-electronic-gaming-monthly-subscription-176145 I personally signed up and got all three magazines—April, May and June—at the same time. How generous of you guys to save me two trips down to the mailbox! The free…

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My PC Is On Fire – Dell Laptop Inspired Video

Reader Robert made a parody of the “Numa Numa” song called “My PC Is On Fire”, inspired by the Dell laptop catching on fire. To complete the self referential loop, we need a fat kid lip-syncing to this song, filming himself on a Dell laptop, which then catches on fire. https://gizmodo.com/dell-laptop-explodes-in-flames-182257 Thanks Robert!

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Xeno 360 Connectivity Kit – Transfer Files From Your Xbox 360

Another kit’s coming down the pipe to allow you to back up your files from your Xbox 360 hard drive, say, before sending the unit in for repair. The kit comes with a Optical Disc Drive Adapter, Xeno SATA HD Connection, and SATA-SATA cable. This allows you to “Effortlessly transfer files from your 360 hard…

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Microsoft Zune Update

More Zune news courtesy of various people in various places of product development. This time our tipster says the Zune is only the flagship product of a new line of portable devices. Think the iPod Video in relation to the iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle. Important, but not the only kid on the block.…

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Samsung YA-DS100 YP-Z5 Speaker Dock

When does a player finally become a contender to the iPod? Is it when speaker docks start showing up for it? If so, the Samsung YP-Z5 player has hit the big leagues. This dock/speaker can be powered on the go with 3 AA batteries, or an AC adapter if you’re the stay-at-home type. The design…

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Two Second Self-Pitching Tent

This two second self-pitching tent takes the theory of those car window shades that are so hard to close and expands, dramatically. Quechua’s tent comes folded up, but when you toss it into the air—preferably not straight up—it deploys into full tent form before it hits the ground. All you need to do is stake…

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Kensington iPod FM Transmitter and Charger with RDS

What justifies Kensington’s $89.99 price tag on this FM transmitter? The RDS transmission, that’s what. RDS allows your transmitter to send digital info through the FM band along with the music. In this case, it sends Artist and song information to your car so you can see who’s sings “Friday I’m in Love” (as if…

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Free Skype Calls To the UK, Mexico and Japan Weekends

At the risk of being Skype whores, we bring to you news that Skype is offering free Skypeout to three countries on selected weekends in July. The UK’s weekend is the 15th-16th, Mexico’s is 22nd-23rd, and Japan is 29th-30th. Not that you couldn’t make your mates in the UK use Skype so you could talk…

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Japanese Cellphone Makers To Unify Charger Sockets

Even though this news doesn’t affect the US, our Japanese cellphone brothers’ decision to unify their charger plugs makes us feel all warm and intestiney inside—not all that dissimilar to our tapeworm infection of ’93-’94. NTT DoCoMo, KDDI and Vodafone KK’s sockets are all currently different and have incompatible chargers. This is pretty much the…

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Pebble MP3 Player Upgraded, Renamed Datasafe oomi

This little pebble-shaped MP3 player gets an upgrade to 2GB and a rename to the “Datasafe oomi”. Maybe they had some issues with Motorola’s PEBL? In any event, this player still looks like a pebble, and is still tiny tiny compared to most 2GB players. There’s an FM tuner and MP3/WMA support, and costs £89…

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Samsung Sneaking 3 New Phones On Us

Mobilescraper did a little poking around and found that Samsung has three new phone models on the burner, ready to boil over. The SCH-V920, SGH-Z230, and SCH-U520 phones don’t have any info on Samsung’s site related to their model numbers, but yet, there they are, staring us in the face. Mobilescraper says the Z230 will…

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Optimus Three Finally Shipping

Acer Aspire 5100 Dual Core AMD Turion 64 X2 Notebooks

Palm Ultralight Branded Bluetooth Headset

Sennheiser PC155 USB PC Skype Headset Hands-On

HTC TyTN First Look

Study Says 75% Of Women Don’t Know How To Use Gadgets

The Bodyflik

Westinghouse DPF-0701 Multi-Picture LCD Frame

330 MPG Concept Vehicle

Another Free Year’s Subscription to Electronic Gaming Monthly

My PC Is On Fire – Dell Laptop Inspired Video

Xeno 360 Connectivity Kit – Transfer Files From Your Xbox 360

Microsoft Zune Update

Samsung YA-DS100 YP-Z5 Speaker Dock

Two Second Self-Pitching Tent

Kensington iPod FM Transmitter and Charger with RDS

Free Skype Calls To the UK, Mexico and Japan Weekends

Japanese Cellphone Makers To Unify Charger Sockets

Pebble MP3 Player Upgraded, Renamed Datasafe oomi

Samsung Sneaking 3 New Phones On Us

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

This Ridiculously Simple Trick Might Stop Gulls From Nabbing Your Lunch

‘Starfleet Academy’ Season 3 Could Have Done the ‘Voyager’ Sequel Episode of Robert Picardo’s Dreams

Judge Kills Lawsuit Against Infamous Study That Might Have Increased Teen Suicides

Artemis 2 Day 3: Follow the Mission With Our Live Updates 🔴

Researchers Discover How to Add Psilocybin, DMT, and Other Psychedelics to Tobacco

Fake Videos Are Already Spreading After Two US Air Force Planes Go Down Near Iran

We’re Obsessed With the Meta Fits on These New Star Wars Toys

Behold These Breathtaking Views of Earth Captured by the Artemis 2 Astronauts

‘Chainsaw Man’ Briefly Returns in ‘Dandadan’

AirPods Max 2 vs. Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones (2nd Gen): Which ANC Headphones Win?

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DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

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MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life