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Behold The Power of 3G

3G: the most revolutionary telecommunications technology EVAR. At least according to the phone companies spending all this money to deploy it. But the real power of 3G, as evidenced by a Samsung demo of TD-SCDMA, the Chinese-developed 3G standard? Video calls with somebody 5 feet away. Yes! — CL Samsung and the TD-SCDMA [Akihabara News]

Gadgets Gizguest Aug 5

Vibrating Chairs In Japan – Sadly Quite Tame

I haven’t enjoyed the comfort of a vibrating bed since I went to a wedding in the throbbing metropolis of Freer, Texas a few years back, and stayed in the safari-themed room of the nicer of the town’s two hotels. I say it was safari-themed because it had a zebra print shower curtain. I’m not…

Movies Gizguest Aug 5

Europe Unleashes Crazy Frog On US

I’m quite appreciative of the European influence on American culture. There’s nothing I like better than putting on my beret, heading down to the English pub downtown for a Guinness and some corn dog nuggets (which I believe are Swedish) before watching Das Boot, or any of the totally awesome TV shows they’ve exported to…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 4

Come On, At Least Put A Little Effort Into It

To: Treo Fanboys, Rumormongers and Hoaxer Wannabes From: The Rest of Us Re: Your Quality of Late Look, there have been so many rumors about the next Treo running Windows Mobile that they no longer cause any raised eyebrows. That leaves your doctored photos as the only thing to hold our attention, and frankly, the…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 4

Nokia 8800 Reviewed (Verdict: Well, At Least It’s Shiny)

In the pursuit of wireless shiny things, you’re not likely to find anything much shinier (or more wireless, for that matter) than the Nokia 8800. Sadly, it doesn’t sound like it’s got much going for it apart from that, according to a review from infoSync World: a fairly boring set of features, including a mediocre…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 4

LG’s 5-Megapixel Cameraphone Won’t Bulge Your Pants

Five-megapixel cameras aren’t anything to get too excited about in South Korea, with models available from a few vendors for a while now. But most of them have been fat photo-taking silver bricks that happened to have a cellular radio shoehorned in. But LG’s Dica phones it will sell there come in at just 18.4mm…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 3

Lee Press-On Nails and, Oh Yeah, A Phone

Time and time again, mobile phone makers have talked about how they see handsets as important fashion accessories, on par with tying a red bandanna around your knee. Well, maybe not that cool, since most of these fashion-first phones (remember Xelibri?) have failed miserably. But Taiwan’s BenQ has taken an interesting approach by including HOT…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 3

Japan: WTF, yo?

I remember sitting through the TV miniseries Shogun a long time ago, something like 10 hours about an English guy that made it to Japan in the 1500s and made his way through feudal society to become Shogun, or something (I pretty much went back to my Dukes of Hazzard playset after the first 10…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 3

KDDI’s Phones Look Better Than Yours

It’s not like KDDI’s got anything to prove when it comes to its phone design cred, what after models like the Penck and the Talby, but they went all “pshaw” after seeing DoCoMo’s attempt earlier today at a design handset and dropped the W32H for its WIN EV-DO network, a phone probably best described as…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 2

Korean Phone Hotness

Samsung released the SCH-V670 today for the South Korean market, notable mainly because it can also be used in Japan. It’s only the second handset with that capability to be released since roaming between the two countries was flipped on for the 2002 World Cup. It looks pretty much like any other Samsung you’ve ever…

Gadgets Gizguest Aug 2

Five New DoCoMo 3G Phones

NTT DoCoMo announced 5 new 3G phones today, sitting across the Pacific, taunting us Americans with their shiny high-speed goodness. They included the SA700iS (far right), its first 3G model with built-in GPS, while the FOMA Dolce is an “elegant handset covered with artificial leather.” Because, you know, pleather is so much more elegant than…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 2

Flipping the Bird Via Bluetooth

I’ve always felt that I was gifted with a couple of pretty useful manual emotion indication devices: my middle fingers. But, when extending them in the general direction of people, I sometimes sigh in the shame that I don’t have a gadget to give the big FU for me, a dream I’ve held since seeing…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 1

Skype WiFi Phone In the Works

With fear of becoming known as “that VoIP phone guy”, I share the news that Skype’s got its own VoWiFi phone in the works, according to some guy named Jaanus (insert own joke here) on the company’s blog. He was glad to report “Calling worked!” on the prototype he used, and he hopes the rest…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 1

Fujitsu VoIP/Cellular Phones

Fujitsu has announced two WiFi-enabled voice over IP phones that want to be the superbaby offspring of your friendly VoIP provider and your less friendly cellular carrier. The WiPCom 1000, which looks to run Windows CE, has a Compact Flash slot that accepts Personal Handyphone System cards, allowing it to connect to those networks, commonplace…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 1

Guest Editor: Carlo Longino

Howdy everybody, the Gizmodo crew has invited me to post this week on mobile and wireless shiny things. Somebody told them I was “funny,” but I’m not sure they meant that I was ha-ha funny. In any case, I’ll be on the prowl for anything interesting sans wires this week. By way of introduction, I’m…

Tech News Gizguest Aug 1

The Goldfish Hearing Aid

I was in a hallway with two young ladies once. We smiled and chatted and stuff as we walked. In front of their apartment, one of them asked me something that I didn’t understand. It sounded like “Wannakwam mwin”. I said “Sorry?” “Mwahnnakwam mwin?” Not wanting to look like a tard, I just smiled and…

Gadgets Gizguest Aug 1

F.A. Porsche Humidor

You know, for something like this, I don’t even really have to try and make it sound exciting or whatever. It’s a three-cigar pocket humidor from Porsche called “Robusto”. That one line right there should do the trick for most people. If you’re one of those finicky types who cares about details, then you should…

Gadgets Gizguest Aug 1

Go Get An Ashhole

Nothing goes better with salty kettle cooked chips than a good swig of ice cold ash beer. You know, the kind of beer that comes from a bottle that’s been used by wasted, ignorant and inconsiderate party people as a designated ashtray. You know, the very bottle you were drinking before you had to leave…

Gadgets Gizguest Aug 1

Starck’s AK47

So, this has been floating around a bit, but as far as I can tell, has not been featured here, and by golly it should have been. From everyone’s favorite designer, Philippe Stark (or S+arck, if you want to indulge him), come these simple lamps. Not just any simple lamps mind you, but as you…

Tech News Gizguest Jul 31

A Hanging Fish Bowl

Now, if you expect me to say something intelligent or useful about this item, think again. It’s a fishbowl. What do you say about fishbowls? The only feature that sets this particular one apart, is the fact that, as you can plainly see in the picture, you can hang it on the wall and get…

Tech News Gizguest Jul 29

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Behold The Power of 3G

Vibrating Chairs In Japan – Sadly Quite Tame

Europe Unleashes Crazy Frog On US

Come On, At Least Put A Little Effort Into It

Nokia 8800 Reviewed (Verdict: Well, At Least It’s Shiny)

LG’s 5-Megapixel Cameraphone Won’t Bulge Your Pants

Lee Press-On Nails and, Oh Yeah, A Phone

Japan: WTF, yo?

KDDI’s Phones Look Better Than Yours

Korean Phone Hotness

Five New DoCoMo 3G Phones

Flipping the Bird Via Bluetooth

Skype WiFi Phone In the Works

Fujitsu VoIP/Cellular Phones

Guest Editor: Carlo Longino

The Goldfish Hearing Aid

F.A. Porsche Humidor

Go Get An Ashhole

Starck’s AK47

A Hanging Fish Bowl

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