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Cardo Scala 700 Bluetooth Headset

A few features separate this Cardo Scala 700 Bluetooth headset from the pack. One is its multi-pairing capability, which allows it to pair to two different phones and switch between them at the touch of a button. Great for if you’ve got two phones or if you’re sharing this with your wife. Then there’s the…

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The Treadmill Bike Video Demonstration

What do you get when you combine a treadmill with a bicycle? If you said “an idiot”, your parents should be very proud of you. Update: Youtube’s taking a while to process the video for some reason. Product Page [Bike Forest via American Inventor Spot via Slashgear]

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Dealzmodo Supplemental: 400GB Seagate PATA Hard Drive

We found this fairly good deal on a 400GB Seagate hard drive over at Outpost.com. The drive is $109 for 400GB, and ships free, which makes this around 27 cents a gigabyte. Mount this up on a cheap external enclosure and you’ve got yourself a great backup/music/porn solution. SEAGATE 400GB PATA ST3400632A-RK. [Outpost]

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Panasonic SV-SD300 MP3 Player

This SV-SD300 from Panasonic lacks any type of internal storage. The only memory it has is from external SD cards that you plug into its SD card slot. This, actually, may be a good thing, since the player only supports USB 1.1 for file transfers. You’ll want to take out the SD card and use…

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Standing Wheelchair Design

The Standing Wheelchair concept design allows wheelchair users to stand upright in the wheelchair, allowing them to see the world as they did before. It looks similar to a Segway, but has more features to help the user keep upright and hold on to the wheelchair. One of the many lifestyle adjustments paraplegic wheelchair users…

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Gizmodo’s Charlie White Tells The Post-Gazette What’s What About Musical Phones

When the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette needed an expert to tell them why music phones like the recent Verizon Chocolate phone have run into some choppy waters, there was only one man to call: our Charlie White. But these phones all come with some “unwelcome surprises.” Besides the cost of music downloads, they often require special headphones…

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Gizmodo Gets Timed: Our Own Brian Lam Does a Q&A

Time Magazine really likes the Giz, giving us two mentions in as many days. Who could blame them? We read Gizmodo at least 25 times a day. https://gizmodo.com/time-magazine-spreads-the-link-love-to-gizmodo-194069 In this installment, they ask our Brian Lam the tough questions, like what does he hope people get out of Gizmodo, why gadgets have captured people’s attentions…

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M-Audio’s Session: Available Now In a Standalone Version

M-Audio’s Session software can be easily described as Garageband for the PC. Up until now, you could only get a copy of it by buying a Fast Trak USB device from M-Audio. But starting today, August 15th, Session is available as a standalone purchase for $49. https://gizmodo.com/m-audios-session-garageband-for-the-pc-179175 Session ships with 3.5GB of loops and instrument…

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Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch Wallet

As tired as we all are of iPod cases, this Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch wallet seems pretty neat. It looks just like a standard ladies wallet with slots for credit cards and cash, but also has a pocket for the iPod Nano and a pocket for headphones. At only $29, the Uptown Clutch…

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HTC’s 2006 Roadmap

Our favorite amateur softcore pornographer BengalBoy got his hands on HTC’s 2006 roadmap. HTC, in case you forgot, makes Windows Mobile 5-based smartphones for other manufacturers like QTek and Dopod to sell with their own branding. First up, HTC has changed their slogan to HTC Smart Mobility from their old HTC Engineering Mobility and HTC…

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Chinese Robot Gallery

The Chinese are standing up and saying they to, like the Japanese, can make weird-ass robots that scare little children. Here’s a gallery of robots made in China, including a robot waiter, a 330lb rickshaw-pulling robot made by a farmer, a four fingered piano playing robot, and that beauty robot we saw last week. The…

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Limited Edition Sidekick III Coming In The Next Few Weeks?

Reader Abe was digging around the sidekick.com site, the same site T-Mobile used to launch the T-Mobile Sidekick 3, and found some hidden easter eggs. After finding all five eggs, the site displayed a message to come back on August 11th for “hidden treats”. Since August 11th came and went without any announcements, Abe emailed…

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HTC Artemis GPS-Enabled PDA Phone

The HTC Artemis is HTC’s first cellphone with on-board GPS, saving you the hassle of having to attach an external GPS unit for driving directions. No slide-out QWERTY on this one, but it does have a 2-megapixel camera, WiFi, microSD, TI OMAP 850 200MHz CPu, Bluetooth, FM Radio, and 64MB of on-board storage. Although not…

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Xbox 360 HD DVD For $200?

Digitimes of Taiwan seems pretty darn sure that the Xbox 360 HD DVD is going to be released for $200. They also seem pretty sure it’s going to be available by Christmas, but that’s something everyone pretty much figured already. External drives have more flexibility than built-in models, the companies pointed out, while adding that…

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Busty Racing Girl Mousepad

Why mouse on anime boobs when you can use real girl’s boobs? Five different versions available, all with Korean racing girls. And no, we still don’t know where you can buy them. Racing Girl Mousepad [Mygear.co.kr via Funposel via Slashgear]

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ArtDio VoIP Speakerphone

This little ArtDio speakerphone doesn’t have dual-array microphones like the Logitech speakerphone just announced today, but for good reason. It’s only $29.95— less than a third of Logitech’s $99 price tag. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-announces-three-voip-handsets-194066 Even without the fancy dual-array mics and stylish design, this little disc-shaped peripheral will try its hardest with the built-in echo cancellation and…

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Xbox 360s Getting Zombified By Dead Rising?

We wasted devoted most of the week to playing Dead Rising on the 360, which in our opinion is the best game on Xbox 360, hands down. However, some users have been saying that the demo has been frying their Xbox 360 because it uses 2 or 3 of the system’s cores simultaneously, which will…

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Logitech Announces Three VoIP Handsets

Three handsets from Logitech lets you Skype like a pro, as long as you have a PC nearby. The Logitech QuickCall USB Speakerphone looks like one of Batman’s toys, which is definitely alright in our book. It plugs in to your PC via USB, and has a two-microphone array to help eliminate echo by filtering…

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UK Carry-On Restrictions Eased, Gadget Lovers Rejoice

The UK terror alert level was downgraded to “severe” from “critical”, which means our buddies overseas will once again be able to take their laptops and iPods onboard to pass the time. However, liquids, fluids, and gels are still not allowed on carry-ons, and baby milk and baby food has to be “tasted by the…

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QuickerTek 17-inch MacBook Pro WiFi Transceiver

This QuickerTek WiFi transceiver from QuickerTek is supposed to improve your MacBook Pro WiFi signal by 100 percent—meaning you can wander twice as far and still be able to access the network. It works by connecting a wire to the internal antenna out through the case to the outside, to an external antenna which sits…

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Cardo Scala 700 Bluetooth Headset

The Treadmill Bike Video Demonstration

Dealzmodo Supplemental: 400GB Seagate PATA Hard Drive

Panasonic SV-SD300 MP3 Player

Standing Wheelchair Design

Gizmodo’s Charlie White Tells The Post-Gazette What’s What About Musical Phones

Gizmodo Gets Timed: Our Own Brian Lam Does a Q&A

M-Audio’s Session: Available Now In a Standalone Version

Pacific Design iPod Nano Uptown Clutch Wallet

HTC’s 2006 Roadmap

Chinese Robot Gallery

Limited Edition Sidekick III Coming In The Next Few Weeks?

HTC Artemis GPS-Enabled PDA Phone

Xbox 360 HD DVD For $200?

Busty Racing Girl Mousepad

ArtDio VoIP Speakerphone

Xbox 360s Getting Zombified By Dead Rising?

Logitech Announces Three VoIP Handsets

UK Carry-On Restrictions Eased, Gadget Lovers Rejoice

QuickerTek 17-inch MacBook Pro WiFi Transceiver

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