Jason Chen, Author at Gizmodo

GPhone is Official – A Software Platform For Cellphones

Click to viewThe Google Phone has been announced, and instead of a phone that’s manufactured by just one company, it’s an open software platform that’s going to be loaded on phones made by HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Those phones are going to be available in the US on Sprint and T-Mobile by the second…

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Rock Band May Be Harder to Find Than the Wii This Christmas

Nintendo’s Wii may be on everyone’s minds as the one gaming item that will be hard to find this Christmas, but Rock Band could even beat that. Why? Here are a few reasons. One, the Wii’s been available for more than a year. Two, Guitar Hero 2 was almost impossible to find when that was…

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Stackable Cars Solve Urban Transportation Problems By Sharing

The City Car, a design from the MIT Media Lab, is a stackable, foldable car concept that hopes to alleviate the urban traffic jams we waste so much of our lives in. These cars—which are supposed to be rentable near major transportation hubs such as airports and train stations—solve the last mile of public transportation…

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Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player For $199

It was only a couple days ago that the Toshiba HD-A2 being on sale for $197 was a good deal, but Best Buy’s raised the stakes and put the newer Toshiba HD-A3 on sale for $199. Best of all, Best Buy still has the 7 free HD DVD deal with any Toshiba player. Yes, it’s…

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Soft Mouse Concept Looks Turgid, Feels Flaccid

This wool felt and laminated bamboo ply mouse is soft and ergonomic the same way that a brick is not. Instead of being angled and curve and rounded to fit exactly to your hand (when in the claw position), it’s box-shaped and conforms when you squeeze down on it. It’s unclear why the designer made…

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Stream Music from iPhone/iTouch to Any iTunes Computer

FireFly Media Server, a third-party app for the iPhone/iTouch, allows you to directly stream music from your handheld to any iTunes computer. In fact, since it acts like a shared library on the network, you can actually stream music to two different computers at once without any sort of problems. It’s of limited use in…

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Snowboard Glove Concept Controls Your iPod via Non-Romantic Gestures

This is a demonstration of the previously seen iPod glove control concept, allowing snowboarders to control their music without reaching into a pocket and fiddling with the not-made-for-gloves Click Wheel. As you can see, different combinations of finger presses bring up tracks in Postal Service’s serviceable studio album, which look like an awkward thing to…

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Nintendo’s Unreleased NES Computer Concept

This isn’t new (obviously), but many of you might not know that back at CES 1985, Nintendo demoed an Advanced Video System that was the spiritual design predecessor to the grey and black NES we all grew up with. This consoleputer was supposed to be entirely wireless and tied together via line-of-sight infrared, and contained…

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AT&T’s International iPhone Data Plan Gives You 50MB For $59, Gouges You Slightly Less Than Before

Instead of gouging you for hundreds of dollars in international iPhone data roaming charges, AT&T is now giving you a Global Data Plan that tacks on $59.99 a month on top of your calling and existing iPhone Data plan and gives you 50MB to play with. After your 50MB is up, you’re going to be…

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Sponsors Thanks

Are you getting tired of getting throttled? So are we. Good thing our sponsors always let us go full blast. Thanks Ask.com, Audi, Canon, Casio, Current TV, DLO, Firefox, Hellgate: London, HP, IBM, Logitech, Mio, The New York Times, Nokia, Opera, Patron, Project Kuros, Register.com, Ricoh, SanDisk, Sonos, Sony Ericsson, Sprint, SureFire, TiVo, Toshiba, Wal-Mart,…

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Marathons Start Banning Music Players For ‘Safety’, ‘Fairness’

Although it’ll be about a year before we mold our bodies into any kind of humanoid-esque form capable of running a marathon, but the news that said races are banning headphones isn’t inspiring us to train. Apparently USA Track & Field, the group in charge, thinks iPods and other music devices makes running too dangerous…

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Question of the Day: What’s Your Price Point for HD Movies?

The $99 Wal-Mart deal and Best Buy’s subsequent price matching got us to thinking. Just how low do the HD DVD and Blu-ray players have to go before you’ll get into HD? At this point, we’re guessing it needs to be low enough that you can write it off as a loss if that format…

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ThinkGeek Umbrella Shows You the Weather

It’s not quite the forecast predicting umbrella design from a year ago, but this ThinkGeek model beats it in the “it actually exists” category. The Ambient Forecasting Umbrella hits up Accuweather.com to fetch the day’s forecast, which then gets converted into a small light show on the handle. Flashing blue lights mean it’s going to…

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BlackBerry Pearl Available on Verizon 11/8

The BlackBerry Pearl 8310, which we got our hands on here, is coming to Verizon on 11/8 for $200. If you’re too lazy to click over to see the hands-on, there’s a GPS and will have a $45 BlackBerry Data plan on top of your voice plan. An extra $15 will let you use it…

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Gundam Air Ionizer Freshens Room, Saves Humanity

Banpresto’s releasing 7 odd Gundam-styled accessories next month, but the most interesting one is this Gundam USB Ionizer. It’s shaped like the “White Base”, white apparently looks like a lion lazily stretching itself after an afternoon nap. We’re not sure which parts of the Gundam takes in the air and which part excretes it with…

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PC Dice Give You Saving Throw Against Hardware Failure

The DIY PC enthusiasts among you (we used to be one, years ago, before we got an actual job) know what a crapshoot it is upgrading bits and pieces of your rig to stay up to date with the latest games. With these PC Dice, however, you can take all the guesswork out of what…

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Windows Home Server Review

Click to viewMicrosoft has a difficult challenge ahead of them in convincing people that they need Windows Home Server. After all, having another computer in the house—especially one that doesn’t have a screen, a keyboard, or a mouse—isn’t something people are shoving each other in the face for. But when families take a good long…

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Heroes Star Hiro Nakamura Named OLPC Ambassador

Heroes star Masi Oka, also known as “hey, that’s the guy from Scrubs”, has just been “chosen” to be the OLPC Global Ambassador. His qualifications? Being a huge nerd kid (he was on a cover of Time for genius kids because his friend’s dad was the photographer), working as a nerd at ILM (even while…

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Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We do some serious hauling with the DiamondBack HD Truck Cover, scare our co-workers with the Gun Mug, and keep our hands warm – and receiving percentage up – with NFL-approved Nike Magnigrip Elite Remix Receiver Gloves. We also share the holiday spirit with Buildings of Disaster, upgrade our webslinger collection…

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iPhone Named Time’s Invention of the Year

Why would Lev Grossman, one of the first four few reviewers of the iPhone, name Apple’s gadget Time’s Invention of the Year? Here are his five reasons: it’s pretty, it’s got a touchscreen, it’ll make other phones better, it’s a development platform (not just a phone), and it’ll be upgraded for years to come. While…

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Jason Chen

GPhone is Official – A Software Platform For Cellphones

Rock Band May Be Harder to Find Than the Wii This Christmas

Stackable Cars Solve Urban Transportation Problems By Sharing

Toshiba HD-A3 HD DVD Player For $199

Soft Mouse Concept Looks Turgid, Feels Flaccid

Stream Music from iPhone/iTouch to Any iTunes Computer

Snowboard Glove Concept Controls Your iPod via Non-Romantic Gestures

Nintendo’s Unreleased NES Computer Concept

AT&T’s International iPhone Data Plan Gives You 50MB For $59, Gouges You Slightly Less Than Before

Sponsors Thanks

Marathons Start Banning Music Players For ‘Safety’, ‘Fairness’

Question of the Day: What’s Your Price Point for HD Movies?

ThinkGeek Umbrella Shows You the Weather

BlackBerry Pearl Available on Verizon 11/8

Gundam Air Ionizer Freshens Room, Saves Humanity

PC Dice Give You Saving Throw Against Hardware Failure

Windows Home Server Review

Heroes Star Hiro Nakamura Named OLPC Ambassador

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

iPhone Named Time’s Invention of the Year

ExpressVPN Spring Sale Special: Up to 73% Off + Free eSIM and Password Manager

You Too Will Learn to Fear the XenoFrog

Amazon Echo Dot Sees Its Last Price Drop in the Spring Sale, Final Hours Tick Down Ahead of an Uncertain Prime Day

Artemis 2 by the Numbers: Breaking Down NASA’s Big Return to the Moon

Apple Removes iPhone Vibe Coding App from App Store

China’s Biggest Social Media Celebrity Is… Kris Jenner?

Up to $1,550 Off on pCloud: Pay Once, Protect Data Forever for World Backup Day

National Film and Sound Archive of Australia Adds ‘Succulent Chinese Meal’ Guy

Feds Sniffing Around Polymarket After Suspicious Bets

DJI Osmo 360 Review: The Best 360 Camera for the DJI-Pilled

Aqara Smart Lock U400 Review: Hands-free Unlocking at Its Best

MSI Prestige 14 Flip AI+ Review: A Solid 2-in-1 Laptop With Some Glaring Flaws

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets