Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

3M Laptop Privacy Filter

Like the iPod Video Privacy Filter, this laptop filter’s sole purpose is to keep lookey-loos away from your confidential data. Tailored for 12 to 19 inch screens, your coworkers sitting to the left or right of you will only see a black as dark as the soul of your mother-in-law—all while keeping your view as…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 26

Neofree Rechargeable Battery Pack

This 4400mAh battery pack should have enough juice to keep your cellphone, iPod, PDA and PSP all charged enough for the Memorial Day weekend. A battery status indicator on the side shows you how much power is left, and the pack can be recharged by any home outlet. There’s nothing like being on vacation and…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 26

Meizu Miniplayer: Slick iPod Clone

You gotta hand it to Meizu for taking the iPod look and grafting it onto an otherwise plain PMP. Some of the things they stole: The white/black finish, the grey control area, the metallic backing, the hold switch, and the iPod-like navigation system. Nonetheless, this PMP comes with up to 4GB of memory, a 2.4″…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26

Samsung Q1 UMPC Unwrapping

Kevin over at jkOnTheRun unwraps the Samsung Q1 UMPC and records himself doing it. Unlike Rob Lowe at the ’88 DNC, this won’t come back to bite him in the ass. One thing he discovered while installing the device was that the USB cable has integrated syncing software. When you plug it in to the…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 26

Major Xbox 360 Live Update Coming Next Friday

Kissin’ cousin Kotaku has uncovered some juicy news about the Xbox Live update we all knew was coming. The new features? Background downloading, fast forwarding and rewinding Marketplace videos, DVD playback improvements, booting up to dashboard (yay!), auto-away when idle, and integration with the Xbox camera addon. Plenty more details over at Kotaku, so go…

Tech News Jason Chen May 26

Emerson iTone C200 iPod Alarm Clock

Acting as an iPod dock and an alarm clock, the iTone C200 is “the first real challenger to the iHome iH5 when it comes to the sub-$100 ‘iPod alarm clock’ category.” With slots for a standard iPod and an iPod shuffle that slides shut when not in use, users can easily dock and set alarms…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 26

FUNKit DJ iPod Speakers

These iPod speakers are so horrible they’ve wrapped all the way around and become good again. Kinda. The DJ is a cradle and speaker system that looks like a robotic DJ. Not an animatronic version of Candace Cameron from Full House—an actual DJ. This thing also shines lights and pretends to scratch the wheels of…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Sony Ericsson W710i With Armband: Hulkalicious

We respect SE’s attempt to get into the jogger’s market with the armband for their W710i. The only problem is the phone is huge, relatively, and putting it on your arm doesn’t make it any thinner. Compare this shot with a shot of a Nano armband. Much smaller, much sexier (thanks to the model), and…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

Magnetic USB Power Strip

What’s better to go with your magnetic USB hub than a magnetic power strip that can be controlled via PC? The power strip plugs into your PC using USB and has an extra USB connector so it doesn’t eat up a port. Now, you can shut off lights, monitors, heaters and iPod speakers from your…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Sanyo Release Four DLP Projectors

Watch your Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire HD-DVD in full 1080i at your next company retreat with the Sanyo LP-HD2000 DLP projector. It has a ratio of 1000:1 and 7000 lumens, which you’ll really be able to see all the acne they missed taking out in post production. Unfortunately, you’re going to have…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

Babble: The Office Conversation Masker

Chatting it up on the phone with Vanessa from accounts payable when you should be working on a new proposal? Use Babble and your coworkers will never know. Babble connects to your desk phone and reproduces your voice tone and quality through its speakers and broadcasts them to mask your own voice. The result: others…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Thomson Lyra PDP2662S Sporty Splashproof MP3 Player

The iPod Nano + iPod Sport Kit + a pair of Nikes may cost too much cash for some, but if readers still want to listen to tunes while they work out, this Thomson Lyra PDP2662S may be just the ticket to keeping your mind off of the excruciating jabbing at your side. The player…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

4gamers PSP Dock With Remote

Is a dock really necessary for the PSP? We suppose having a 12-watt speaker is nice for your non-existent UMD movies and MP3s. And the option of having line-out so you can hook it up to real speakers can be useful. But an IR remote? Are you really going to be sitting all the way…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

Rand McNally MONA Cellphone Navigation

Would you rather trust your mapping needs to someone who’s been around since the civil war, or some upstart like Garmin or Magellan? If you chose the former, then Rand McNally’s MONA navigation service is just for you. The service is a $9.99 application on your phone that has maps and directions. No big GPS…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Quad Headlamp: Think Miners

Whether you’re camping in the jungles of Brazil or just tooling around in your backyard, these Quad headlamps will come in handy to light your path. Available for $32, these have a burnout time from 50 to 120 hours and are bright enough to light your path even for jogging. You’ll look like a dork,…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Samsung Bans SCH-B570 From Internal Use

Even though Samsung made the 8GB phone, they’re not allowing them inside their premises. Reason: data theft. “Even though we made it, SCH -B570 with 8GB HDD is not allowed within the company,” said Ki-Tae Lee, Samsung Electronics’ Telecommunications Network CEO. During the Wireless Broadband Forum in Seoul, President Lee explained the strict prohibition by…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Wii Remote To Have Microphone, Do VoIP?

We love being able to chat online during Xbox 360 games, but that headset is a pain on our oversized noggins. Imagine our glee when we heard that Nintendo’s going to add a microphone to go along with the speaker in their Wii remote. What’s the logical extension of their sensuous tech-mating ritual? VoIP. And…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

Another Leaked Sidekick 3 Picture

The excitement we feel every time we’re sent another leaked Sidekick 3 photo is just as intense as seeing our mailboxes full of pictures from the girl from Canada we met at camp that summer after 8th grade. And just like with Clarissa, we can’t wait to get our grubby little hands all over this…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

Nokia CK-20W Multimedia Car Kit

What can this do? More like what can’t this do! The CK-20W puts “communication, music, navigation and push-to-talk” into your hands—the same hands that should be on the steering wheel instead of diddling with this. No matter. A compatible phone with bluetooth A2DP can stream music to the device instead of playing on the phone’s…

Gadgets Jason Chen May 25

Sanyo 6600 Katana

Why settle for a two-buck razor (RAZR) when you can have a Katana! Sanyo’s 6600 Katana is heading for sprint, and some new pictures have just surfaced of the thin flip phone. The Katana has a basic VGA camera, QVGA display and bluetooth and comes in black, blue and pink. It’s going to be released…

Tech News Jason Chen May 25

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3M Laptop Privacy Filter

Neofree Rechargeable Battery Pack

Meizu Miniplayer: Slick iPod Clone

Samsung Q1 UMPC Unwrapping

Major Xbox 360 Live Update Coming Next Friday

Emerson iTone C200 iPod Alarm Clock

FUNKit DJ iPod Speakers

Sony Ericsson W710i With Armband: Hulkalicious

Magnetic USB Power Strip

Sanyo Release Four DLP Projectors

Babble: The Office Conversation Masker

Thomson Lyra PDP2662S Sporty Splashproof MP3 Player

4gamers PSP Dock With Remote

Rand McNally MONA Cellphone Navigation

Quad Headlamp: Think Miners

Samsung Bans SCH-B570 From Internal Use

Wii Remote To Have Microphone, Do VoIP?

Another Leaked Sidekick 3 Picture

Nokia CK-20W Multimedia Car Kit

Sanyo 6600 Katana

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