Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

DLO’s Zune Cases Hands-On: Luxury Edition

Continuing the Zune Accessories parade, today we have both the DLO Leather Zune case and the DLO Action Jacket, which is an armband case for the Zune. We still question the need for Zune cases, seeing as they’re made out of a pretty scratch-proof rubberized plastic, but some people really like their gadgets pristine. https://gizmodo.com/dlo-zune-jam-jacket-case-hands-on-219208…

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Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player Finally Released

After being delayed multiple times, Sony’s BDP-S1 Blu-ray is finally available for purchase. They should be in stores now, if not later this week. https://gizmodo.com/sony-bdp-s1-blu-ray-player-gets-delayed-again-209148 Sony’s BDP-S1 has 1080p and HDMI outputs, along with the ability to play back just about all Blu-ray format discs out there now. If you’re looking to save $400, and…

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PS3 Greymarket Watch: $2,000,000 For PS3, Trip To North Pole

Fancy a trip to the north pole? If you’ve got two million bucks and a couple days of free time, someone’s got an auction for you. See, if you win this deal, you not only get three 60GB PS3s, you get 21 Blu-ray movies, all the launch games, plus a limosine chauffer to chart you…

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Tech Editor James Kim’s Wife, Daughters Found Alive

Good news in the case of James Kim and his missing family, as his wife and daughters were found earlier today and were airlifted to a local hospital. Their conditions have not been released. https://gizmodo.com/tech-editor-goes-missing-cnets-james-kim-lost-in-the-g-218704 James Kim left the car on foot two days ago to seek help and has not been found, the official…

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DLO Zune Jam Jacket Case Hands-On

Along with Belkin, DLO’s also getting into the Zune accessory business. We’ve got a hands on of the Jam Jacket, a rubberized protective covering for the Microsoft player. https://gizmodo.com/belkins-zune-accessories-hands-on-216143 In short, it’s a pretty solid case that’ll protect the back and sides from scratches, but leaves the screen exposed to the elements. However, there’s one…

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PlayStation 4 Coming in 2010, PlayStation 3 To Be Media Hub

Despite—or maybe because of—one analyst raising a furor with comments about a PS4 being unlikely, Sony’s VP of Technology says a PS4 will be launched by Sony. He throws down. To say that there will be no PS4 because of a management change is a bit far fetched. VP Paul Holman also reiterates the PS3’s…

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Gizmodo Contest Reminder: Only You Can Prevent Lousy Shirts

Hey Daddios, our Gizmodo T-Shirt contest is still going on, and now’s your chance to enter. Just come up with a slogan for the shirt and post it as a comment. A good example would be (picking at random) Azdak’s amusing “Verdict: There are better shirts for your money.” You can enter multiple times, and…

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NES Controlled Espresso Machine

Yearn for the days where four buttons and a D-pad is all you needed for entertainment? Check out this NES-controller espresso machine mod. Yes, some guy was bored enough to actually hook up his NES game-pad to a cappuccino machine—which is harder than it sounds. We’ll save you all the stuff you need at least…

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18K Gold DS Lite Stylus

What do you get for the DS Lite gamer who has it all? Well, nothing, since he already has it. But for the people who don’t have it all, this 18K Gold DS stylus could be just the thing to show off their Thurston Howell side. Heavier (obviously) than an actual stylus, the 18K gold…

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Video Playing Watch On Sale at ThinkGeek

If your lifelong dream was to watch 128×128 video on a watch like the one you had in 8th grade, well, now you can die happy. The same watch as sold on Brando, but about $10 cheaper for the 2GB version and ships from inside the US. Of course, the thing uses an OLED display,…

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Keyspan Tuneview: First Color iPod Remote That Mirrors The iPod Screen

After much delaying and hoo-ha-ing, Keyspan’s finally releasing the Tuneview Remote, which is the first to mimic the iPod’s control on the remote itself. The remote has a clickwheel-ish control scheme, but the main point is that you can see a replica of the iPod’s screen on the remote. This makes it easy to surf…

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The Japanese Wii Safety Manual is Crazy

This crazy Japanese Wii safety manual is pretty much indicative of Japanese people’s general insanity. Our theory: a secret battle between Godzilla and several Gundams in the early 1980s bombarded the whole of Japan with cosmic G-rays, which allowed then-youths to grow up and draw these weird-ass manuals. First, hitting your husband in the face…

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Seagate’s CEO Comes Clean: ‘I help people watch porn’

It’s not often that a CEO is honest about the products they sell. Luckily for us, Seagate’s Bill Watkins did just that. Let’s face it, we’re not changing the world. We’re building a product that helps people buy more crap – and watch porn. Don’t forget pirating media, Bill. Seagate CEO: I help people “watch…

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Psychic USB Drive From Japan

Japanese company Princeton has deposited some rather anemic 256MB~1GB thumb sticks onto the land of Japan. To make up for the lack of storage, they’re branding this with the “Seven Angels” label and including software that’s based on the Psychic abilities of Masako Mitaki. This lady’s apparently a big psychic over there in Ashcraft land.…

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BenQ MusiQ 9.11/WTC Site Translation

We showed you BenQ China’s questionable ad site for their Dog Tag MP3 players this morning, now here’s the translation of the stuff on the page. https://gizmodo.com/wtf-alert-chinese-benq-musiq-dog-tag-player-site-has-g-218714 Translation and details after the jump. The words are: 1st line: Even if 2nd line: The World is destroy to dust, I still believe in 3rd line: Music…

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Samsung YP-K3 In The Wild – Still Really Thin

If you couldn’t tell from the shots yesterday, the upcoming Samsung YP-K3 player is really thin. Arguably the thinnest player from Samsung, if not anyone, that we’ve seen. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-yp-k3-the-k5s-little-brother-sans-speaker-218232 To refresh, it’s got a 1.8-inch OLED display, FM Tuner, up to 4GB of storage and MP3/WMA/OGG playback. We bet you could probably stack three of…

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SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy From a Plane

We don’t usually pimp books here on Gizmodo, but since our readers are intimately aware of both the SkyMall catalogue and parody magazines, we thought the SkyMaul book would be right up your alley. The book: a fake catalogue of ridiculous crap—including gadgets—designed to both mock and pay homage to the real SkyMall. After all,…

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Buttonless Elevators Creep People Out

From a design standpoint, these new buttonless elevators in populated metro areas are great. Enter in the floor you want, and the central computer aggregates adjacent floors so people get where they’re going faster. The problem comes when people get on board, change their minds, and freak due to a lack of control. And unlike…

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Mirrored LCD Radiator

It’s not often you get something that’s both functional and decorative, but Tubor’s One-Radiator mirrors are that and more. These radiators have a nice purple or yellow halo backlight, plus they even display the current time. With winter setting and Gizmodo editors scrambling to save our remaining eight toes, all we can think about is…

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Motorola Q Spotted, Defiled By Sprint

Eager Sprint users should finally be getting their Motorola Q Windows Mobile-based smartphone soon. After months of waiting for the exclusive Verizon/Motorola agreement to be over, pictures have finally surfaced of the Q’s Sprint branding. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-q-reviewed-verdict-excellent-176536 If you forgot what the Q can do, read our review. But as a short refresher, it’s got Windows…

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DLO’s Zune Cases Hands-On: Luxury Edition

Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray Player Finally Released

PS3 Greymarket Watch: $2,000,000 For PS3, Trip To North Pole

Tech Editor James Kim’s Wife, Daughters Found Alive

DLO Zune Jam Jacket Case Hands-On

PlayStation 4 Coming in 2010, PlayStation 3 To Be Media Hub

Gizmodo Contest Reminder: Only You Can Prevent Lousy Shirts

NES Controlled Espresso Machine

18K Gold DS Lite Stylus

Video Playing Watch On Sale at ThinkGeek

Keyspan Tuneview: First Color iPod Remote That Mirrors The iPod Screen

The Japanese Wii Safety Manual is Crazy

Seagate’s CEO Comes Clean: ‘I help people watch porn’

Psychic USB Drive From Japan

BenQ MusiQ 9.11/WTC Site Translation

Samsung YP-K3 In The Wild – Still Really Thin

SkyMaul: Happy Crap You Can Buy From a Plane

Buttonless Elevators Creep People Out

Mirrored LCD Radiator

Motorola Q Spotted, Defiled By Sprint

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