Jason Chen

BlackJack II Hands-On (Verdict: Speedy, Slim and Sexy)

We just got hands-on with the BlackJack II, the Windows Mobile Smartphone follow-up to the popular BJ1. The things we noticed: it’s thin like the original, and small enough to feel the same in your pocket as non-smartphones. The OS is Windows Mobile 6, which improves greatly on the original’s WM5, and is definitely speedy.…

CTIA: We’re Here!

We’re here at Moscone for CTIA in dreary downtown San Francisco. For those of you who aren’t familiar, it’s right across the street from where Apple events are held. Stick around today to see lots of phone news from new devices to new operating systems to who knows what else (probably more phone stuff). Phones!…

Xbox 360 Arcade is Official

Microsoft’s long rumored Xbox 360 Arcade is now official. It’s everything we knew before: $279, wireless controller, HDMI, and five arcade games (Pac-Man Championship Edition, Uno, Luxor 2, Boom Boom Rocket and Feeding Frenzy). No hard drive, but there’s an included a flash memory storage unit to save your arcade games on. It’s a logical…

i-Mate Makes Official North American Push With 4 Windows Mobile Smartphones

These four devices in the i-Mate Ultimates line—the 9502, 8502, 8150 and the 6150— are i-Mate’s official push into the North American market. We’ve seen their Ultimates line before, but now they’ve promised a marketing campaign and sales direct from their website. Until now, the US market for Windows Mobile phones have been dominated by…

Circuit City Becoming ‘The City’ With Best Buy-like Store Layout?

The reported Circuit City store redesign may not have come yet, but we’ve found pictures of a supposed concept store that looks and feels a lot like Best Buy. This Circuit City store—which has the new name “The City”—is open to the public in some unknown place. Our tipster says it’s a last ditch effort…

Those wildfires in Southern California are getting dangerously close (as close as 100 yards) to some of our favorite companies, as Sony, HP and Broadcom have shut down business for the day and evacuated their offices. Some employees have or will lose homes to the fires, which frankly sucks balls. Stay safe guys! [KUSI]

250,000 Unlocked iPhones Have Been Sold

Apple just stated in their earnings call that out of 1.4 million iPhones sold since launch, 250,000 are unlocked. They know this from subtracting the number of iPhones activated on AT&T from the number of iPhones sold total—which is 250k. That’s a farmhouse load of unlocked phones, which match up with the 500,000 downloads of…

It wasn’t just your box—AT&T’s U-Verse had a gigantic outage across all 33 areas where the IPTV service was available this weekend. All’s normal now, so all 100,000 subscribers can get back to watching tonight’s episode of Journeyman. [Electronista ]

Eye-Fi Wi-Fi SD Card Gets FCC Approval

The Eye-Fi 2GB SD Card that can wirelessly transfer pics to your computer just got FCC approval. There’s an 802.11b/g Wi-Fi chip on board, allowing you to upload shots that you’ve taken without plugging in your camera. The feature’s been around in other cameras before—Kodak’s Easyshares come to mind. We’re not sure about the features,…

Live From CTIA Tonight: Phones Phones Phones

CTIA official begins tonight, and we’ll have cellphone news and scoops straight from downtown San Francisco. What will be there? New Windows Mobile phones? A new LG fashion phone? A Bluetooth headset that doesn’t give you cancer? Check back at 6 p.m. PST (9 p.m. EST) to find out.

Microsoft Chocolate Keyboards Are Deliciously Ergonomic

Microsoft just sent us these delicious (we think—we haven’t eaten them yet) chocolates in the shape of their ergonomic keyboard and mice sets. Although we couldn’t get more than 1 wpm on these (the one word was “chocolate”), they do taste a whole lot better than the previous Microsoft hardware we’ve eaten. Probably feels better…

HP and Sprint Bundle EV-DO Support in Compaq Laptops

HP and Sprint are adding built-in EV-DO Rev. A support to four of HP’s Compaq notebooks, the 2710p, the 6510b, the 6910p and the 8510 series. The press release says integrated support, and we’ve checked with HP and confirmed that it really is integrated EV-DO support inside the laptops and not just a bundled EV-DO…

The Nokia N81 music phone we got our hands on in August is shipping now. Make sure to check out that music video while you’re at it. [All About Symbian] https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-the-nokia-n81-verdict-really-loud-music-phon-294492

Dealzmodo: Make $50 on a T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve

If you were planning on picking up a BlackBerry Curve on T-Mobile, here’s how you make $50 on the deal while you’re at it. Amazon has the Curve for $74.99 plus $125 rebate when you buy a new service plan and keep it in good standing for 181 days. If you’re a responsible person that…

Comcast Blocking Gnutella and Lotus Notes Traffic?

The fact that Comcast was caught by the AP blocking BitTorrent last week wasn’t much of a surprise (even if it was a disappointment), but more people have done self-tests and discovered they’re possibly blocking even more application traffic. The EFF found that not just Gnutella—another file sharing app—was being blocked, but Lotus Notes, an…

Weekend Writer Wanted: Tech Blogging Experience Preferred

Do you enjoy tech? Do you enjoy writing about tech? Have you already written about tech? Then you could have a chance at being our new weekend writer. If you’ve got tech blogging experience and want to take it to the next level, send in an email to [email protected] with the subject “Weekend Writer Submission.”…

Sun Scrapping Mobile Java, Moving Devices to Standard Java

Sun’s starting to phase out mobile Java (Java Micro Edition) that’s been the standard on cellphones and other small devices in favor of their standard edition, which are made for PCs everywhere. Sun VP James Gosling’s reasoning for shifting everyone over to Java Standard Edition is because “cellphones and TV set-top boxes are growing up,”…

Contest Reminder: The Last Day to Enter Our Xbox 360 Contest

Today’s the last day to enter our Xbox 360 and Xbox 360 HD DVD contest. We’ll be picking a winner at the end of the day today, so get your entry in! Here’s how to enter. https://gizmodo.com/contest-win-a-xbox-360-hd-dvd-player-311104

iPhone Installer App Updated to 3.0beta3 With Many Improvements

The iPhone’s Installer.app has been updated to 3.0, and features a much better organizational system than the previous “everything listed in a flat list that takes forever to scroll through”. Not only are there sections now, you can “Update All”, and the packaging backend is improved as well. You can’t install this directly on your…

Meizu M8 Rips Off the iPhone UI and Why That’s a Good Thing

Although the Meizu M8 Phone may rip off the iPhone with its music UI (and every other UI), it could be a good thing. First, take a look at the photos in the gallery and see just how similar they are to the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/meizu-m8-interface-is-iphone-ripoff-just-like-the-rest-302247 This situation reminds me of an article in the New…