Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

BookEndz: The Mac Laptop Docking Station

At first, we thought it be great to be able to connect our MacBooks and MacBook Pros with all the USB, Firewire, Monitor, and speakers ports with a dock connector so we could sit down and get to work in about 5 seconds. That’s where BookEndz comes in. They offer docks for the MacBook Pros,…

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Former Diamond, Musicmatch, and iRiver Execs Band Together To Make Captain Planet-Level Music Player

What do you get when you combine three execs from companies that didn’t quite make as huge a dent on the portable media player industry as Apple? A company called Broadband Instruments with plans to release some sort of ultimate music player that’s based on an “internet radio ecosystem”. What’s supposedly special about this is…

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Rumor Smashed: LG Prada Phone Does NOT Run Windows Mobile 6

Wait, does the LG Prada run Windows Mobile 6? Even though these pictures say yes, there’s no identifying “Prada” markings on it. So we asked LG and Prada themselves. https://gizmodo.com/shots-of-the-lg-prada-running-windows-mobile-6-236131 What did they say? They said The LG Prada phone has never, and will never run Windows Mobile 6. It runs a proprietary OS made…

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Windows Live Search for Mobile Goes Final, Still Great

Remember that Windows Live Search for Windows Mobile and Java phones we took a look at a while back? Well, it’s gone final. We loved the beta for its local business search, maps, directions, and overall great usability, and this final version builds on that with some bugfixed and new features. The team tells us…

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Cyclone Vertical Fireplace Makes the Human Torch Feel at Home

Just purchased a house but still manage to have money left over for decorating? Check out this vertical Cyclone fireplace. It’s a freestanding wooden fireplace with two tall, vertical glass enclosures with spinning towers of fire inside. The cylinders lets you have a 360 degree view of the fire, but the whole setup costs quite…

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LG Prada Phone – Now With Video

Susi from ShinyShiny managed to pickpocket the LG Prada phone long enough to make a video of it before security caught her. She explains, in a slightly less girly way compared to our own hands-on, that the LG Prada phone is awesome and that she wants it. Shiny at 3GSM: a first look at the…

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Noob’s Guide to Akihabara

If you’re dying to head to Akihabara after seeing our own Lam groping dozens of cellphones, here’s a video for you. Essentially a complete noob’s guide to Akiba, it’s a good primer for people who know absolutely nothing about the area. Even if you don’t get any new info out of this, you can laugh…

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Crazy Stained Glass PC Sanitizes Your Porn Addiction

Theory: This modder was so guilt-ridden with all the tubgirl and goatse porn he was downloading he had to go all stained-glass to get the demon spirits out of his machine. Did it work? Well, we don’t see any lemonparty demons, do you? Stained Glass PC Case [Boredstop]

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Microsoft Brings PlaysForSure DRM to Cellphones With PlayReady

Although it seemed like Microsoft was abandoning the PlaysForSure platform when they made Zune use its own proprietary WMA DRM, they’ve just announced a new DRM called PlayReady that brings PlaysForSure to mobiles. PlayReady, designed for cellphones and smartphones, will be provided to network providers like Verizon and Cingular/AT&T in order to support Windows Media…

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LG Says Apple Copied the Prada Phone. Also, Apple’s Mother is Obese

It seems that LG’s not taking all this “iPhone clone” talk lightly. LG’s Head of Mobile Handset R&D, Mr. Woo-Young Kwak, had this to say when the press uttered the painful phrase one too many times: We consider that Apple copycat Prada phone after the design was unveiled when it was presented in the iF…

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Windows Mobile 6: The Video

You saw the first impressions of Windows Mobile 6—the OS that’s going to be running on just about all Windows-based smartphones from here on out, but here’s what it looks like on video. A Microsoft exec shows you the meat of what’s going on with WM6. If you put your head down on your desk…

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Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Expensive and Gimmicky)

Although the Logitech diNovo may be billed as “the most advanced keyboard in the world”, its features don’t quite live up to the name. Despite having a built-in wrist rest, touch-sensitive volume sliders, a touchdisc touchpad-like mousing area, lit-up function keys, and orange LEDs, but there’s nothing here that screams revolutionary. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-dinovo-edge-led-backlit-keyboard-looks-like-hi-204827 Yes, the diNovo…

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Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Has VPN Issues

For those of you who regularly VPN into work and are planning on purchasing an Apple AirPort Extreme 802.11n, check this out. According to the Apple Support forms, VPN users have been having trouble with VPN pass through because there aren’t any options to configure the pass through. There is a workaround, however, to use…

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iMate JAQ4 Gets Official, Slightly More Stylish

Compared to the product renders we saw in December, the official i-Mate JAQ4 looks quite a bit better. It’s straighter, squarer, and blacker—a transformation not seen since Steve Urkel drank Boss Sauce and turned into Stefan Urquelle. https://gizmodo.com/i-mate-jaq4-tries-to-suck-less-with-gps-wi-fi-220113 As for the phone itself, there’s GPS, quad-band GSM, the front QWERTY, a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 64MB RAM,…

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Asus Smartphones Bring Windows Mobile 6, Competition to HTC

With the arrival of Windows Mobile 6, it seems like many Asian manufacturers are getting into the Smartphone game. Asus, the traditional motherboard (and various other devices) manufacturer goes toe to toe with HTC with a large line of WM6 phones. There are a handful in various shapes and form-factors, but the most notable one…

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Samsung NV3 Cam in Silver and Oriental Plant Lacquer

Hey boss, remember those Samsung NV3 Oriental Lacquer cameras you wanted? Here’s what they look like. Nice, eh? Too bad they’re going to be about £200 ($393) for the silver and £230 ($452) for the OPL. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-nv3-gets-orientally-lacquered-234763 If you want the regular one, you can grab it for about $200 online. Samsung adds silver and…

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High Quality LG Shine, LG Prada Gallery

Whether or not LG’s Prada phone will run Windows Mobile 6 or not, you can’t deny that it’s a pretty damn sexy phone. Heck, the same could be said for the LG Shine as well. Here’s a high quality gallery of the LG Shine and Prada phones. https://gizmodo.com/future-lg-phones-to-run-windows-mobile-6-prada-include-235356

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Blackout Buddy Is Your Only Friend Among Screaming Survivors

This Blackout Buddy is like the Belkin Battery Backup Flashlight, except without the battery backup. It spends most of its life plugged into the wall, soaking up juice for when the power goes out. When that day comes, you’ll get a flashlight that lasts 12-16 hours and an AM/FM radio that lasts 4-8 hours. https://gizmodo.com/belkin-battery-backup-brings-bonus-bulb-229477…

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Spinning Disc CD Player Cuts Like a Saw

If you’re still not quite enamored with online music stores like iTunes and prefer to get your music in hard copy format, here’s a ridiculous CD player design. Called The Spinning Disc, this player simulates an electric table saw with your CD, which means you’re getting a visual as well as an audio show. Kinda.…

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Kingston DataTraveler Mini for Midget Businessmen

If the standard Kingston DataTraveler drives are somehow too big for you, these Kingston DataTraveler Minis should be more to your liking. The drives come in 512MB, 1GB, and 2GB sizes, and have a capless red sliding cover so you won’t lose the top. They also come with Migo, which is software that lets you…

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BookEndz: The Mac Laptop Docking Station

Former Diamond, Musicmatch, and iRiver Execs Band Together To Make Captain Planet-Level Music Player

Rumor Smashed: LG Prada Phone Does NOT Run Windows Mobile 6

Windows Live Search for Mobile Goes Final, Still Great

Cyclone Vertical Fireplace Makes the Human Torch Feel at Home

LG Prada Phone – Now With Video

Noob’s Guide to Akihabara

Crazy Stained Glass PC Sanitizes Your Porn Addiction

Microsoft Brings PlaysForSure DRM to Cellphones With PlayReady

LG Says Apple Copied the Prada Phone. Also, Apple’s Mother is Obese

Windows Mobile 6: The Video

Logitech diNovo Edge Keyboard Reviewed (Verdict: Expensive and Gimmicky)

Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n Has VPN Issues

iMate JAQ4 Gets Official, Slightly More Stylish

Asus Smartphones Bring Windows Mobile 6, Competition to HTC

Samsung NV3 Cam in Silver and Oriental Plant Lacquer

High Quality LG Shine, LG Prada Gallery

Blackout Buddy Is Your Only Friend Among Screaming Survivors

Spinning Disc CD Player Cuts Like a Saw

Kingston DataTraveler Mini for Midget Businessmen

U.S. Considers Ban on Chinese Air Bags Blamed for Deaths of 10 People in Survivable Crashes

Samsung’s New Frame TVs Look Even More Like Actual Paintings

You Can Now Watch Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’ Sleep With the Perfect Accompaniment

5 Things You May Have Missed During NASA’s Historic Launch of Artemis 2

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30 Unpublished Poems From Iconic Greek Philosopher Discovered in Cairo

Lucid Recalls 4,000 Gravity SUVs for Faulty Seat Belts That May Not Actually Work During a Collision

Ninja Blast Max Hits Its Lowest Price and Now One of the Cheapest Portable Blenders Worth Buying

The ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Is a Beautifully Executed Dystopian Nightmare

Antibiotics Turned This Woman’s Limbs Into an Unsettling Horrorshow

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