Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Gizmodo Skypecast Postmortem

Sorry listeners! There was a little bit of audio difficulty, as those of you who tuned in may have heard. We won’t be using that service again. We’ll try and reschedule the T-Mobile guys for another chat, perhaps sometime next week, since you all had lots of questions about the Sidekick 3. We’ll post an…

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JVC Introduces 120Hz LCDs

Two new LCD TVs from JVC announced this week may not be 1080p, but they use JVC’s new Clear Motion Drive to make images smoother with less ghosting than regular LCDs. The Clear Motion Drive sets the refresh rate at 120Hz, which means it’s twice the refresh rate of the signal, at 60Hz. To make…

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Gizmodo SkypeCast Update

We’re trying something a little different for the SkypeCast today. Instead of going to the SkypeCast room, check back at 4:30PM EDT for the Conference room number, then go here for directions on how to connect. You can dial in using your regular Skype phone or a regular cellphone/landline if you want.

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Friendtech iDea Travel Kit Hands-On

For the most part, if you’ve seen one FM Transmitter, you’ve seen them all. That would be true for the iDea Travel Kit if it weren’t for the extra connectors they include with the package. The box comes with an FM transmitter with 3.5mm jack for plugging into your iPod/PSP, a cigarette adapter with USB…

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CHT 9000: The First Chinese 3G PDA Phone

Pretty much a repackaged HTC TyTN (HTC Hermes), the CHT 9000 from Dopod is the first 3G Chinese PDA phone. If it keeps the HTC TyTN’s design, there’s Tri-Band UMTS, WiFi, and a slide-out keyboard with Chinese phonetic characters to enter in data. Running Windows Mobile 5, the phone has USB and microSD for connectivity…

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Sneak Peek At The Back Of Sirius’ New Player

Sirius CEO Mel Karmazin used the Convergence 2.0 conference as a chance to act like a maniac with a knife, by whipping out their new beta player prototype and waving it around tauntingly. One photog was quick enough to snap a pic of the side and back, which is enough to give us a sneak…

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Luxury Multi-Function Steam Shower – $22,587

This is out of range for most of us, so we’ll just have to gawk and drool like the plebes we are. The shower is made of silicon-free safety glass in either clear or tinted blue. With great wealth comes great lack of shame. You can lift up the two seats to form a bench…

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MTV Puts New Shows on iTunes

If you’re a fan of MTV’s cable offerings—Spike TV, Nick at Nite, TV Land, Logo, MTV and the N, rejoice as some choice shows from those channels are going up on iTunes. Yes, all fifty-eight of you will get to download such quality entertainment as “Blade: The Series”, “Sit Down Comedy with David Steinberg”, “Fatherhood”,…

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Memorex World Cup USB Drives

Memorex isn’t one for rushing things, since they’re just now getting around to releasing World Cup themed USB drives when the World Cup is halfway over! We’re guessing it was a manufacturing problem, since releasing these things when two of the countries are already eliminated is kind of putting salt on fresh wounds. The available…

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Plextor PX-B900A Blu-ray Burner

Now that big names like Samsung and Sony have their Blu-ray burners out, it’s time for the smaller guys like Plextor to jump in the party. Plextor’s planning to ship their new Blu-ray burner in September, supporting 2x write and both 25GB and 50GB discs. It writes also standard and dual-layer DVDs along with CDs.…

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Microsoft Ultimate Keyboard: Wireless, Rechargeable, Backlit

If Microsoft calls this the Ultimate Keyboard, does it mean they’re getting out of the keyboard business after this? Or are future keyboards going to be named the Good But Not Quite The Best Keyboard or The Penultimate Keyboard? Goofy names aside, this keyboard really does look pretty swanky. There’s the matted black finish, wireless-ness,…

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Cleverest Laser Etched Powerbook Yet

Etching the Son of Man on the back of an Apple Powerbook? That’s pure genius. If we were this smart we would have gotten more from the insurance pay-out from burning down the old Gawker HQ. Also, we wouldn’t have just revealed that we committed insurance fraud. C’est la vie. Dan’s laser etched powerbook [Flickr…

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LG HSDPA Dual Slider Phones: LG-SGH100 and LG-KH100

LG adds two more HSDPA phones to their Cyon line this week. The LG-SGH100 and LG-KH1000 are almost identical save for a few key features. They’re a double slider phones—slides down like a standard one, and slides sideways to give you widescreen video for HSDPA video calls. https://gizmodo.com/lg-lv2300-slim-flip-phone-183458 The phones have a 240×320/320×240 screen, 1.3…

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Sansa e280 Has 8GB Flash Memory

Don’t get too excited just yet, since the upgrade to the e260 only exists internal at SanDisk HQ. The leak comes from one of their developers or a sneaky visitor, and shows that the new Sansa e280 has an 8GB internal flash along with their 1GB microSD slot. https://gizmodo.com/sansa-e260-mp3-player-reviewed-verdict-the-alterna-na-176773 Don’t expect this within the next…

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Toshiba Shows Off New microSD Cards

These new Toshiba cards are 256MB, 512MB and 1GB and are primarily used for cellphones and portable audio players. The two lower capacity cards will be available in July, and the 1GB card in August. You know, we’d prefer larger phones and music players if it meant that manufacturers could standardize on one format and…

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Sprint Announces Sanyo SCP-2400 With Parental Controls

You’ve got to keep an eye on their kids. One day they’re playing with their Transformers action figures and the next they’ve knocked up 3 broads, knocked over 2 banks, and knocked down a poor old 84 year old lady, breaking her hip. Only you (and your wife) can prevent this with the Sanyo SCP-2400.…

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Sennheiser M145 USB Mac Skype Headset Hands-On

The microphone on my Powerbook G4 is decent, but it’s not quite good enough when we’re trying to hold a Skypecast. Solution? The Sennheiser M 145 USB Skype Approved headset. The headset consists of what you see above connected to two 3.5mm plugs, one for the mic input and one for the headphone output. It…

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I-O Data USB Key With Free Software

Remember how TaxCut was shipped on a Kingston 256MB Flash drive? This is kind of like that, except the drives come with free software like OpenOffice, Migo, Pass2Go and ACDSee—though the last three are demos. The USB drives come in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB sizes. An interesting idea for people who don’t have broadband to…

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Windows Vista Beta Screenshot Tour

Taking advantage of their swanky new w i d e s c r e e n format, Lifehacker’s posted a screenshot tour of Windows Vista beta. If you haven’t tried it, or tried an older version but not Beta 2, go over and take a look. We’re just as excited about Windows Vista as we…

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Logitec USB FM Transmitter

This is kind of interesting. The Logitec USB FM transmitter plays back USB and WMA files from your USB device—think thumb drive—while being powered from your car’s lighter outlet. An interesting alternative to FM transmitters that just transmit the sound from a standard MP3 player. There’s six colors/textures, and is available for import from Japan.…

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Jason Chen

Gizmodo Skypecast Postmortem

JVC Introduces 120Hz LCDs

Gizmodo SkypeCast Update

Friendtech iDea Travel Kit Hands-On

CHT 9000: The First Chinese 3G PDA Phone

Sneak Peek At The Back Of Sirius’ New Player

Luxury Multi-Function Steam Shower – $22,587

MTV Puts New Shows on iTunes

Memorex World Cup USB Drives

Plextor PX-B900A Blu-ray Burner

Microsoft Ultimate Keyboard: Wireless, Rechargeable, Backlit

Cleverest Laser Etched Powerbook Yet

LG HSDPA Dual Slider Phones: LG-SGH100 and LG-KH100

Sansa e280 Has 8GB Flash Memory

Toshiba Shows Off New microSD Cards

Sprint Announces Sanyo SCP-2400 With Parental Controls

Sennheiser M145 USB Mac Skype Headset Hands-On

I-O Data USB Key With Free Software

Windows Vista Beta Screenshot Tour

Logitec USB FM Transmitter

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