Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

WiRanger Extends USB Over Wi-Fi

Icron’s WiRanger USB hub looks like a normal USB hub except for the wireless antenna that connects it to the USB receiver which hooks into your PC. So we suppose it doesn’t really look like a normal USB hub after all. Unlike other wireless USB solutions, the WiRanger uses 802.11g, but in all other respects…

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Make This Product: SnuzNLuz

Being unconscious for most of April Fools’, we happened to miss this 4/1 joke/concept from Think Geek. It’s a Wi-Fi alarm that connects to a bank and transfers your money to an organization of choice every time you hit the snooze. They give examples of donating to charities you hate, which gives a real monetary…

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Pantech Concept Phones Make Rare Appearance at CTIA

Much like the members of Rage Against the Machine, it’s a big deal when Pantech’s concept phones make an appearance in public together. Unlike the members of Rage, however, these phones don’t want to stab Zack in the face. The Pantech people tell me that it’s rare that all the concepts are gathered up in…

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Dealzmodo: Guitar Hero II for 360 With Free 1600 Microsoft Points

Hey rockers! Did you know that if you get your Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 tomorrow at Circuit City you’ll get a free points card worth 1600 Marketplace Points? That’s $20 right there, which is enough to pick up the handful of great original Guitar Hero 1 songs you can download from the marketplace.…

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Have You Commented Lately? Here’s How

Dying to share your thoughts with other readers? Still don’t know how to comment? You’ve come to the right place. At the bottom of each post you’ll see a “Login with your username and password below. New User? Here’s what to do.” Since you’re obviously a new user, click that link and follow the instructions…

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DirecTV Sat-Go Impressions (How Much is TV Anywhere Worth to You?)

Earl of DBStalk really loves TV. He (and people like him) is the reason why DirecTV invented this 26-pound satellite TV box that lets you get satellite television anywhere. If you’re asking yourself who would actually lug this thing around when they go camping, vacationing, or traveling, you’re obviously not in the target “8 hours…

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Apple Bootcamp 1.2 Adds Vista Support, Other Things That Would Make This Headline Too Long If We Listed Them Here (Oops.)

In what may very well be the last update to Boot Camp before Leopard is released, this version 1.2 of OS X’s dual booting software gives Vista support to eager plaid jacket fans. For people who haven’t updated to Vista yet (XP users), there’s also: • Better trackpad, audio, iSight, graphics, and modem drivers •…

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Hands-On With the Smallest Flip-Phone Ever

Despite Jesus promising I’d shove these Pantech models down the old pantaloons, there wasn’t much in the way of features or looks to warrant an unpantsing. We save that for only the items on top of the consumer electronics totem pole. https://gizmodo.com/pantech-to-debut-five-new-phones-tease-with-internatio-247000 That said, the C3b still is the smallest flip-phone in the US—now Bluetoothed—and…

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Zune Update 1.3 Makes Things Slightly Better For Humanity

The Zune 1.3 firmware update we told you about exactly one month ago has finally been released. No surprises here though, as it fixes skipping problems, reliability, syncing, and FM tuner sleep mode draining. https://gizmodo.com/zune-firmware-1-3-update-coming-fixes-skipping-decide-240499 Since we’re stuck in putrid Orlando, we can’t test the update to see whether there’s any noticeable performance increases or…

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LG VX9400 V-CAST TV Phone Hands-On

We got some hands-on time with the second V-CAST TV phone of all time, and we think that the US is finally going to catch on to those krazy Koreans and their DMB phone TV watching. The VX9400 itself is fairly light, and has a swiveling display that’s actually clear enough quality to not have…

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iPhone to Have Unlimited Email Storage

Thanks to Yahoo! Mail VP John Kremer’s announcement of unlimited email storage from Yahoo, the Apple iPhone will have unlimited storage as well. The current email storage is 1GB for free users and 2GB for paid users, but everyone will be able to get infinite storage now. Paid users can get a $20 refund if…

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Hey You!

If you like gaming hardware, come back at midnight Eastern. It’s pants-worthy.

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Nokia N-Gage Series 60 Gaming Details: It’s Better Than We Expected

Remember the new N-Gage software we told you about a month ago? The ones that were playable on Series 60 Nokia phones? We’ve got some new details on it. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-begins-testing-its-new-n-gage-experience-239991 The easy way to describe the whole experience is Xbox Live Arcade for mobiles. You’ve got an Xbox Live kind of system with usernames, friends…

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HTC Vox and HTC S720 Gallery

Those of you who are looking forward to the HTC Vox—a candybar-shaped HTC Windows Mobile 6 phone—can take a look at this gallery. The Vox is GSM whereas the S720 is CDMA on Telus has EV-DO. What’s the point? Well, if you wanted to grab this on US providers, the fact that there are two…

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Samsung UbiCell Provides Cell Coverage for Unabomber-Types

If you’re living in a location so remote that even standard cellular repeaters can’t salvage your cellphone connection, the UbiCell from Samsung should be the device for you. The UbiCell connects via 10/100 Ethernet through your cable connection and pipes WCDMA/HSDPA through the internet to your provider, which routes to whoever you’re calling normally. The…

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LG VX8700 Official for Verizon

The LG VX8700 Shine flipper gets official for Verizon, as we saw before. It’s a part of the Shine family—the daddy Shine isn’t making it to the states—but the entirely-covered-in-steel baby is. We’re much more excited for Prada and Prada-like phones from LG, but some people love the Shine. https://gizmodo.com/lg-shines-cousins-flip-get-dipped-in-gold-243589 LG Announces New Clamshell Music…

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Even More Samsung Upstage Details

We just got done talking to Sprint about their latest (and some would say best) music phone, the Samsung Upstage. Here are some previously unreleased details that may have not been found here (or anywhere else). https://gizmodo.com/samsung-upstage-phone-tour-grope-gallery-and-video-247318 • It’s cheap: Only $149 with contract. That’s way low for a music phone with this kind of…

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Palm Treo 750 Will Be Upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6 Later This Year, Adding HSDPA

In case anyone cared, it’s now official. That is all. Treo 750 Review [Wireless Info] Video Source]

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HTC Shift (UMPC) Gallery, Impressions

Although the HTC Shift was encased in glass—as manufacturers are apt to do now—we still got some nice shots of it in all its Vista-running, 30GB hard drive having, wireless connecting glory. https://gizmodo.com/locked-in-glass-five-3gsm-phones-wed-snatch-in-a-heart-236842 We actually got to play with this last week, and definitely think that it’s something to watch out for. The touchscreen works…

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i-Mate Debuts Ultimates Line

i-Mate’s traded their funky “JAQ” naming scheme for five “Ultimate” series of Windows Mobile 6 phones. All of them have a 520MHz processor, Tri-band UMTS/HSDPA, Quad-Band GSM/EDGE, 802.11b/g/e/i Wi-Fi, Blueooth 2.0, miniUSB, Direct Video Out, microSD, 2.0-megapixel camera, and FM Stereo, but here are the differences, and our hands-on photos: • Ultimate 5150: 2.8-inch VGA…

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WiRanger Extends USB Over Wi-Fi

Make This Product: SnuzNLuz

Pantech Concept Phones Make Rare Appearance at CTIA

Dealzmodo: Guitar Hero II for 360 With Free 1600 Microsoft Points

Have You Commented Lately? Here’s How

DirecTV Sat-Go Impressions (How Much is TV Anywhere Worth to You?)

Apple Bootcamp 1.2 Adds Vista Support, Other Things That Would Make This Headline Too Long If We Listed Them Here (Oops.)

Hands-On With the Smallest Flip-Phone Ever

Zune Update 1.3 Makes Things Slightly Better For Humanity

LG VX9400 V-CAST TV Phone Hands-On

iPhone to Have Unlimited Email Storage

Hey You!

Nokia N-Gage Series 60 Gaming Details: It’s Better Than We Expected

HTC Vox and HTC S720 Gallery

Samsung UbiCell Provides Cell Coverage for Unabomber-Types

LG VX8700 Official for Verizon

Even More Samsung Upstage Details

Palm Treo 750 Will Be Upgradeable to Windows Mobile 6 Later This Year, Adding HSDPA

HTC Shift (UMPC) Gallery, Impressions

i-Mate Debuts Ultimates Line

Artemis 2 Crew Become First Humans to Travel Beyond Earth Orbit Since the 1970s

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Labubus Might Be Labu-Bust After Pop Mart Posts Record Share Loss

Cursor’s New Tool Lets Users Delegate to a Team of Coding Agents

Nvidia Needs to Remind Itself What PC Gamers Actually Want

Iran Says It Hit Oracle Facilities in UAE

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New Theory Says We’ve Been Overcomplicating the Big Bang

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