Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

Cowon D2 Touchscreen PMP Ships, Impresses

We’ve been keeping an eye on Cowon ever since it (among others) was rated above the iPod Nano in Consumer Reports’ contest. Its latest D2 touchscreen player doesn’t disappoint. https://gizmodo.com/consumer-reports-convinces-us-that-the-ipod-nano-isnt-t-238499 Despite the fact that there’s a dude sitting on it, the player is only 3.07 x 2.18 x 0.65 inches. Its features: 2.5-inch 320×240 display,…

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Is the Philips 598 a Ladyphone? You Tell Us

Despite presumably being born from a female, gadget designers still haven’t quite nailed down what it takes to make a cellphone “for women.” This Philips 598, for example, is supposedly made for the ladies, but it’s hard to say for sure. Among its ladyfeatures, there’s the diary and calendar (men don’t need to keep track…

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PS3 1.60 Firmware Details – Now With Background Downloading

Sony Japan just squirted out this press release today detailing the features of PS3 Update 1.60. The date for the firmware update will be March 22 (for Japan), with a U.S. release presumably coming shortly. Among the features, there’s the Folding @ home we covered last week, new Internet browser features, a full-size onscreen keyboard,…

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Stream Zune Music to Nearby Zunes via FM

This idea could either be a “duh, why didn’t I think of that?” or a “duh, I thought of that months ago,” but it’s neat enough to bring up. Apparently sharing tracks with the Zune isn’t limited to its Wi-Fi feature. If you take advantage of the Zune’s built-in FM receiver, you can attach an…

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Console Toolkit is a Must-Have For Gaming Modders

If you’re trying to get into console modding and customization, you’ve probably noticed that most consoles have non-standard screws in order to prevent you from getting in. This $15 Zoozen Pro Tool Access kit gets around that. With this, you can get into the Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox 360 controllers, Wii, GameCube, GBA, DS, DS…

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Legend of Zelda Wii Mod Benefits Charity, Knocks Socks off Feet

It’s safe to say that this incredibly great Legend of Zelda Wii mod wins the Gizmodo award for best mod of all time. Just looking at the pictures in his eBay auction (now up to $700) brings us back to a simpler time. A time of video games, PB&J sandwiches from mom, and giggling at…

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Dealzmodo: 32-inch TV for $399 In Bay Area and LA

Not much detail in this Fry’s ad, but this is a 32-inch LCD TV that takes HDMI and has a 1000:1 contrast. No doubt an el-cheapo brand, you still can’t really argue with $399 with no rebates. Check your local Fry’s store for details. Ad [Netaffilia]

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Ericsson to Triple EDGE Speeds by 2009 – Too Little Too Late?

As all the major cellphone players in the US are heading toward widespread EV-DO Rev. A and HSDPA deployment, we have to wonder what Ericsson is doing speeding up EDGE. Sure, providing 1Mbps speeds by 2009 is nice, we guess, for current EDGE customers, but by then most customers will fall under the umbrella of…

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Yoggie Gatekeeper Protects Your Laptop on the Go

The Yoggie Gatekeeper is simple. Instead of loading up your laptop with security software like firewalls, intrusion detection, proxies, anti-spam, anti-spyware, anti-virus and various other apps, why not let a small little hardware device do it all? Designed to be the portable equivalent of corporate security hardware, the Gatekeeper gives you 13 of these applications…

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Alarm Clock Robot Will Wake You Up and Pinch Your Nipples

This fun little guy is not only good for telling the time, you can also pose it for fun little art projects. What’s really great are the two clamps he has for hands, so that you can use them for autoero…wait, what’s this? Those are for holding notes and photos? Well never mind then. Next…

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Colored LG Chocolate Flips Head to Alltel

LG’s Chocolate flip has been on Verizon since late last year, but Alltel seems to be the first provider to get colored versions of these things. Available in blue, green, and puke, these AX8600s are going to be $50 after rebate and soul-binding contracts. The Alltell versions are the same as the one on Verizon,…

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Miglia’s TVMax+ Records For All Your Apple Gear

Called a “home entertainment hub”, this Miglia TVMax+ lets you record your TV shows onto either your iPod, your iPhone, or your AppleTV. It’s got coax, composite, and S-Video inputs, as well as an analog TV tuner that supports up to 125 channels. The best part, in our opinion, is that it can record to…

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Survey Says iPhone Buzz Not as Loud as Previously Thought

Online cellphone LetsTalk has conducted a survey of current cellphone users about how interested they are on the iPhone. The results? Things don’t look so hot for the iPhone. In the survey, they asked current music phone users (we’re thinking Sony Ericsson Walkman phones and LG Chocolate owners) whether they wanted an iPhone, and 52%…

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LG Prada Phone Unboxed and Fondled

T3, which typically loves posting ladies next to gadgets, offers up this surprisingly non-lady-filled video of the LG Prada phone. In it, the captions tell us that it’s sexy, comes with a Prada case, and a “luxury” screen cloth to wipe off facial secretions. Also, the large touchscreen is a “peach”, and the music playback…

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USB Bouncer Keeps Women Away

What better way to keep your USB Pole Dancer safe than a USB Desktop Bouncer? Plug him in and he’ll say one of six phrases—all of which are apparently too obscene to list on the website. https://gizmodo.com/usb-pole-dancer-on-video-its-an-even-worse-idea-222882 What’s even cooler less shitty about this USB Bouncer is that he’s motion activated, which means you don’t…

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Fruity Watches Provide Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Awesome

Although these fruity watches from Seiko aren’t gadgety in the sense that they allow you to communicate with a talking car, they are pretty neat. Designed like 10 different fruits—kiwis, oranges, grapefruits, coconuts, lemons, limes (that’s all the fruit we know)—these watches use the seeds to mark 5 minute increments on their sliced-open faces. Best…

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SpinVox Winds Your Voicemails into Text For Easy Reading

We had a brief chat with a SpinVox co-founder today and he told us all about this speech-to-text service. SpinVox, when integrated with a cellphone or landline provider, can take your voicemail messages and automatically transcribe them into text that gets sent to your email or your phone as a text message. This is actually…

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Is Samsung’s Q1 the Best UMPC So Far?

If you saw the mini Samsung Q1 gallery earlier, you would have a hint as to why it could be one of the best UMPCs yet. Slashgear fills in the gaps. Besides the 3.5-hour battery life on a 4-cell battery (6.8 on a 6-cell), there’s the QWERTY keypad and full screen viewing of web pages…

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The Waiting Light Announces Your Frustration

If you’ve ever been waiting at Planned Parenthood, you’d know just how hard it is to strike up a conversation. With this waiting light, however, you can announce to the world that yes, you are in fact waiting and you would like someone to talk to to pass the time. “Oh, so you’re waiting, I…

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Easy DIY MacBook Mod

MacBook owners that are getting bored of the stock look can easily make a few modifications to it to spruce up its appearance. As seen in in the guy’s flickr page, he’s added a See-Through Speck Shell, a custom rainbow Apple logo, an 802.11n card from a Mac Pro, and black MacBook keys as seen…

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Jason Chen

Cowon D2 Touchscreen PMP Ships, Impresses

Is the Philips 598 a Ladyphone? You Tell Us

PS3 1.60 Firmware Details – Now With Background Downloading

Stream Zune Music to Nearby Zunes via FM

Console Toolkit is a Must-Have For Gaming Modders

Legend of Zelda Wii Mod Benefits Charity, Knocks Socks off Feet

Dealzmodo: 32-inch TV for $399 In Bay Area and LA

Ericsson to Triple EDGE Speeds by 2009 – Too Little Too Late?

Yoggie Gatekeeper Protects Your Laptop on the Go

Alarm Clock Robot Will Wake You Up and Pinch Your Nipples

Colored LG Chocolate Flips Head to Alltel

Miglia’s TVMax+ Records For All Your Apple Gear

Survey Says iPhone Buzz Not as Loud as Previously Thought

LG Prada Phone Unboxed and Fondled

USB Bouncer Keeps Women Away

Fruity Watches Provide Your Recommended Daily Allowance of Awesome

SpinVox Winds Your Voicemails into Text For Easy Reading

Is Samsung’s Q1 the Best UMPC So Far?

The Waiting Light Announces Your Frustration

Easy DIY MacBook Mod

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