Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

HTC’s Android Phones Still On Track For Q4 2008

HTC’s CFO reiterated that their Android phones—previously slated to be released Q4 of this year—will be released Q4 of this year. Android handsets are still planning to be shipped to “ODM clients” in the fourth quarter, meaning that you might not actually see them until late, late 2008 or early 2009. Why? Because those ODM…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

Green Umbrella Gives You One Extended Warranty For Almost All Your Gadgets

Green Umbrella has a very interesting service plan: a all-in-one extended warranty plan that covers all your gadgets for three years. You pay $9.99 a month, and it’ll cover most of your home electronics (TVs, Computers) and appliances (Washers, Dryers, Refrigerators, Microwaves) as long as they come with at least a 90 day warranty if…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

Rumor: Nokia Working on Zune Marketplace Integration

Zune Scene’s been tipped off by a “well placed source” inside Microsoft that Nokia is working on integrating Zune Marketplace into its phones. What’s the deal here? Would Microsoft take what they wanted to be a complete vertical solution—Zune player with Zune Marketplace with Zune software on the PC—and let other people get their hands…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA To Sue File Sharers

It’s not that the major porn studios were alright with you torrenting porn vids online, it’s that they didn’t yet organize themselves to form an entity to do something about it. No longer. Think of the new organization PAK as the MPAA of the porn world, planning to target websites that host or track torrents…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

Nintendo Wants To Make Wii MotionPlus As Cheap As Possible

Nintendo’s President Iwata, the man who wants US customers to believe that there will be a Wii shortage this Christmas not caused by Nintendo themselves, has just said that they want the Wii MotionPlus to be as cheap as possible because it doesn’t cost too much to manufacture. How cheap? They’re not sure yet. We…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

John Carmack Says iPhone As Powerful as Dreamcast, More Powerful Than DS and PSP Combined

We’re all for making hyperbolic statements about how powerful the iPhone is as a gaming system, but John Carmack’s taking things to the next level. As you remember, Sega has previously said that the iPhone is as powerful as their Dreamcast system, and EA has previously said that it’s more powerful than the DS, but…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 4

Rumor Says Xbox 360 Getting Another Price Cut in September

The Xbox 360 “price cut” in July wasn’t so much a price cut as it was a swapping of parts, but Ars says there’s an actual price cut coming in September. According to their source—who also told them about the impending 60GB switch-out prior to E3—the Arcade is dropping to $199, the 60GB Pro to…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

High Dexx USB Flash Drives Combine USB Flash Drives With Highlighters

If you asked us what two things on our desk that we’d want to combine into one thing, we’d probably pick these two things, the USB drive and the highlighter. When has it not occurred to you to put these obviously similar things in one package? We mean really, a USB drive fits in your…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Lightning Review: D-Link DSM-210 Wireless Internet Photo Frame

The Gadget: D-Link’s entrance into the 10-inch photo frame market, which contains Wi-Fi to download and display pics from your Flickr, MobileMe, MSN, PIcasa, webshots, Facebook, and various other photo sharing accounts, or your local network. There’s also RSS news display, 1GB on-board memory and a USB port for external photos. The Price: $240 The…

Reviews Jason Chen Aug 1

NetShare iPhone Connection Sharing App Back Up

The NetShare App is back up on the iTunes App Store, only about 13 hours after it was unceremoniously pulled and replaced with a “not available in the US Store” message. What’s the deal here? Was it approved, then unapproved, then approved again? Oddness. [App Store – Thanks Brenden!] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-apps-we-love-netshare-share-your-3g-edge-conn-5031802

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Steve Jobs Started the Popped Collar Trend

A man ahead of his time, Steve Jobs not only developed the first iPhone circuit board prototype more than 20 years ago (though Woz did all the work), he pioneered the popped collar trend that’s sweeping tanning salons, batting cages, and car modding shops everywhere. DBags everywhere salute you, sir. [Natuba] Note: We’ve seen that…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Congress Takes First Steps in Banning In-Flight Calling Permanently

Like a gaggle of schoolgirls, Congress traded stories about how they too were annoyed by people using their phones before and after takeoff on flights. Well, I never! One House member relayed the story of how his delicate sensibilities were stomped all over by some woman who talked about her sex life on the phone,…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Plica Concept Phone Answers Question Of ‘What Is Better Than One Touchscreen’

Although quite wide and thick, the Plica concept out-iPhones the iPhone by having two screens where there was only one. What’s better about two screens? You can use one of the screens as a keyboard, leaving the other free for viewing things. Or, you can just look at something at twice the resolution as before.…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Video: Toyota’s Winglet Advanced Scooter In Action

Toyota’s Segway-competing Winglet may look agile and nimble in photos, but how does it perform in motion? Quite well, actually. A lady with capri pants can ride the M version around with relative ease, using her weight to direct the Winglet around in a figure 8 so other Japanese men can take photos of her…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

Sponsors Thanks

We love you sponsors. Love you so much. If you were here right now, we’d do things to you that could only be described as trying to put a USB cable into a Firewire port. Thanks Autotrader, Chevy Fuel Solutions, Coors Light, Crackle.com, Dice, Sci Fi Channel, HP Touchsmart PC, Microsoft, Netgear, Novint, Puma, Samsung,…

Tech News Jason Chen Aug 1

iPhone Apps We Love: NetShare – Share Your 3G/EDGE Connection With Your Computer

NetShare is one app we never thought would make it onto the official iPhone App Store. All it does is set up a SOCKS5 proxy for you to get your laptop/computer online through use of the 3G/EDGE connection. Does it work? Yes. Yes it does, much to our surprise. EDGE works just fine, although Mahoney…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Some Nut Puts Working Desktop, 17-inch CRT and Printer in Convertible

Reader Henry found this “mobile office” in New York last night, which is probably one of the strangest things I’ve ever seen. It consists of a desk, a keyboard, a desktop, a CRT, a lamp, a printer and flowers, all mounted on the passenger side of a convertible. Wha? Apparently it’s some sort of New…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Best Buy Vending Machine Haunts Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Forgetting to bring your electronics with you on a flight sucks really, really hard. This is why the DFW airport has allowed Best Buy to put Best Buy Express vending machines inside several terminals, giving travelers a chance to pick up the lost gadgets, chargers or headphones that they would otherwise have to do without.…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Judge Rules Early Termination Fees Are Illegal and Violate California Law

A California County Superior Court judge has just ruled that early termination fees from cellphone companies violates California state law and are illegal. What’s this mean to you? Sprint Nextel has been ordered to pay $18.2 million in reimbursements to customers who already paid their ETF, and to stop trying to collect $54.7 million from…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Dealzmodo: 16GB Corsair Flash Drive for $34 After Rebate

Today’s Newegg deal involves a $30 mail-in-rebate, but it’s a pretty damn good price for a 16GB flash drive. Enter in the $5 promo code EMCAHDBAJ found on their savings page and you’ll get $5 off, which coupled with the $30 rebate nets you a drive at $34. What can you do with a 16GB…

Tech News Jason Chen Jul 31

Jason Chen

HTC’s Android Phones Still On Track For Q4 2008

Green Umbrella Gives You One Extended Warranty For Almost All Your Gadgets

Rumor: Nokia Working on Zune Marketplace Integration

Porn Studios Form Their Own MPAA To Sue File Sharers

Nintendo Wants To Make Wii MotionPlus As Cheap As Possible

John Carmack Says iPhone As Powerful as Dreamcast, More Powerful Than DS and PSP Combined

Rumor Says Xbox 360 Getting Another Price Cut in September

High Dexx USB Flash Drives Combine USB Flash Drives With Highlighters

Lightning Review: D-Link DSM-210 Wireless Internet Photo Frame

NetShare iPhone Connection Sharing App Back Up

Steve Jobs Started the Popped Collar Trend

Congress Takes First Steps in Banning In-Flight Calling Permanently

Plica Concept Phone Answers Question Of ‘What Is Better Than One Touchscreen’

Video: Toyota’s Winglet Advanced Scooter In Action

Sponsors Thanks

iPhone Apps We Love: NetShare – Share Your 3G/EDGE Connection With Your Computer

Some Nut Puts Working Desktop, 17-inch CRT and Printer in Convertible

Best Buy Vending Machine Haunts Dallas/Fort Worth Airport

Judge Rules Early Termination Fees Are Illegal and Violate California Law

Dealzmodo: 16GB Corsair Flash Drive for $34 After Rebate

‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Season 3 Is Doing What You Hoped

Wearables Are Getting Very Messy

Trump Wants to Start Privatizing TSA in Latest Budget Proposal

Lost Warship From Battle of Copenhagen Found After 225 Years

These One-of-a-Kind Objects Are in the Wrong Museums

Two Songs We Really Wish Were the Anime Outros for ‘Steel Ball Run’

AI Training Data Giant Mercor Is Reportedly Looking to Buy the Work You Did at Your Old Job

Utah Is Giving Dr. AI the Power to Renew Drug Prescriptions

Here’s the Perfect Excuse to See ‘Project Hail Mary’ Again

US Airlines Are Hiking Bag Fees Amid Iran War Oil Crisis

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

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