Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

PlayStation 3 Media Interface HD Video

Click to view We talked about how the getting the PS3 to play back media was a bit complicated last night, but here’s a video of the photo browsing and viewing area of the PS3 interface. This is in the traditional slideshow view, and not in the photo album view (we’ll post that later), but…

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PS3 vs. Wii: Console Contents

Does the PlayStation 3 or the Wii ship with the better included content? Both ship with a controller and composite cables (even though one of them stresses its HD content), but what about media? The Wii comes with Wii Sports, a game that shows off the Wii’s Wiimote functionality, but is also a great party…

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Nintendo Delivers Wii In Ice Cream Trucks

Nintendo just dropped off their spanking new Wii console to Gizmodo’s San Francisco HQ in an Ice Cream Truck. Sony’s press events have been going on for a couple weeks now, but Nintendo’s is just revved up. As Brian and I were unboxing the Wii and PS3, Nintendo dropped the bomb on us. A bomb…

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Nintendo Wii First Startup + Surprise!

Here’s what the Nintendo Wii looks like the first time you start it up. Enter in the time, date, name, and what language you speak (I had problems with that one). One cool detail is how the controller vibrates when you scrub over various clickable UI elements. The surprise? Nintendo calls us to tell us…

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Wii and PS3: Complete and Synchronized Unboxing

An event that happens less than Neptune colliding with Uranus: two consoles arriving on our doorstep simultaneously. Actually now that we think about it, it’s only happened once…ever. The Wii and PS3 have landed, and only Gizmodo has the exclusive unboxing of both next-gen devices. This is the retail PS3, which unlike the test PS3…

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Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable

We just got back from the LA Zune event, and like the NY Event we covered, we found out some interesting extra details. Unlike iTunes, with its draconian non-redownload policy, Microsoft’s Zune Marketplace will let you re-download purchased songs up to five times (plus even more if you call up tech support). Apple has been…

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Divorced By SMS: The Exact Moment K-Fed Gets Britney’s Text Message Caught On Video

This video apparently shows the exact moment that Kevin Federline gets the SMS from Britney telling them that it’s over. According to the video, cameras were following him around the entire day in order to conduct an interview, part of which was him gushing about his wife and kids. At about 1:46, you can see…

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PS3 Ad Focuses On SIXAXIS, Not Crazy Babies

In a move that actually makes sense (WTF Sony?), the latest ad for the PlayStation 3 highlights the fact that the SIXAXIS has tilt sensing capabilities. Though from the video, it looks like the SIXAXIS has god-like powers as well, but we’ll chalk that up to creative license. It’s good that Sony’s finally making an…

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CES 2007: Furutech DeMag Demagnetizes Your Money Away

Furutech’s DeMag devices manages to demagnetize any kind of disc-shaped media in order to eliminate “resolution-sapping magnetic interference” from your CDs, DVDs, SACDs, and DVD-As. Maybe we’re not understanding this correctly, because CESWeb gave it a Best of Innovations 2007 award, but can someone tell me why does optical media need to be demagnetized? A…

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Supplies! Phantom Lapboard Delayed ‘Til 2007

Just when Phantom‘s managed to get a modicum of credibility back into their corner with the recent Lapboard news (even though the concept for the keyboard was all but firmed up even back in 2004), they go and blow it all like Charlie Sheen on $450 hookers. Yes, Phantom’s just announced that they’ve found some…

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Dealzmodo: MacBook Core Duos Are Cheaper Now

Just like when the MacBook Pros went Core 2 Duo, the upgrade of Apple’s MacBook line means the old leftover laptops get a bit of a discount. For example, the 1.83 GHz model that used to be $1099 is now $899, and the 2.0 GHz black model that used to be $1499 is now $1099.…

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BigJob HD-3W Rugged Digicam

Aimed towards photographers for construction sites, UFC Fights and snuff films, this BigJob HD-3W camera features a large lens that’s protected by some kind of cushioning all around. Making up for the lost aerodynamics in ruggedness, the FujiFilm BigJob is waterproof, dust-resistant, and can take drops of up to 27 inches, or a little more…

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Fire Up Your BitTorrents: Vista’s Gone Gold

Despite all the talk of missing ship dates and possible delays, the Microsoft Vista team has gotten their OS gold. *clap clap* Good for you guys. Windows chief Jim Allchin posted a cryptic message this morning to his blog that read, “It’s time,” signifying either Windows has gone gold or he was about to be…

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Best Buy’s Black Friday Ad

Best Buy’s Black Friday Ad, one of the crown jewels for Black Friday season, has just been posted online. Some of the pretty decent deals are a Kodak 5-megapixel camera for $79, a Celeron E-Machines PC with 15-inch LCD for $189, a HP Core Solo Notebook for $379, a Toshiba 50-inch Plasma for $1699, and…

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Sprint Loads Up Three More EV-DO Rev. A Cities

Good news to Las Vegas, Milwaukee and Seattle residents. The elderly residents of San Diego aren’t the only ones with fast mobile internet, as Sprint’s just activated EV-DO Rev. A in your cities, allowing you to watch YouTube videos of monkeys urinating in their own mouths at 800-1000kbps instead of the old 153kbps you were…

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Return of the Water-Powered Clock

For those who want a water-powered clock without having to insert wildlife—what am I, a florist?—this water-powered H2O clock survives for two months on one “charge” of water. https://gizmodo.com/water-powered-clock-105909 Fill the transparent tubes with tap water—canine saliva should work—and watch as the non-backlit time ticks away the minutes to your eventual retirement from the circus.…

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Apple Not Happy With Japanese Sex Aid gPod

The makers of a sound-activated vibrating sex aid, a two-man company in Osaka, Japan, have managed to get Apple all riled up. The reason? They’ve named their gadget the gPod, after “the G-Spot and jii, the Japanese word for masturbation.” Stuck inside the cooter (the official medical term), the gPod connects to iPods, cellphones or…

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WizardOne Battery Charger, Analyzer and Conditioner

Are your AA rechargeable batteries dying after only a few minutes of use? The WizardOne MH-C9000 Battery Charger and Analyzer can give them little bit more life through analysis and conditioning. In addition to showing your batteries’ max charge, the WizardOne can break them. You input the maximum charge, and the gadget performs a “forming”…

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EV-K170 Slider Phone Is Two Phones In One

Made for people who carry around two phones—one for work and one for your wife to nag you at work—this KTFT EV-K170 slider allows you to dial and receive calls with two numbers simultaneously. There are two modes, an “H” mode and a “B” mode (Home and Business, anyone?) that can be swapped back and…

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Three Sub-$1000 DSLRs Compared: Which is Right For You?

Not everyone wants to purchase an expensive DSLR camera just to take pictures of our friends’ weddings and vacations to Reno—but some still want the option of tinkering around with DSLR functionality on occasion. Here are three sub-$1000 cameras: the Sony Alpha A100, Canon Rebel XTi and the Nikon D80. Which one’s the best for…

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PlayStation 3 Media Interface HD Video

PS3 vs. Wii: Console Contents

Nintendo Delivers Wii In Ice Cream Trucks

Nintendo Wii First Startup + Surprise!

Wii and PS3: Complete and Synchronized Unboxing

Zune Fact: Music Will Be Redownloadable

Divorced By SMS: The Exact Moment K-Fed Gets Britney’s Text Message Caught On Video

PS3 Ad Focuses On SIXAXIS, Not Crazy Babies

CES 2007: Furutech DeMag Demagnetizes Your Money Away

Supplies! Phantom Lapboard Delayed ‘Til 2007

Dealzmodo: MacBook Core Duos Are Cheaper Now

BigJob HD-3W Rugged Digicam

Fire Up Your BitTorrents: Vista’s Gone Gold

Best Buy’s Black Friday Ad

Sprint Loads Up Three More EV-DO Rev. A Cities

Return of the Water-Powered Clock

Apple Not Happy With Japanese Sex Aid gPod

WizardOne Battery Charger, Analyzer and Conditioner

EV-K170 Slider Phone Is Two Phones In One

Three Sub-$1000 DSLRs Compared: Which is Right For You?

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

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