Jason Chen

iPolo Highlights iTalian Fashion

As if Kanye’s beautiful and brilliant prose about Italian fashion, shopping, and bilingualism wasn’t enough to convince you that Italy produces the nicest clothing, the iPolo will make you a believer. Just look at the fine craftsmanship that melds the douchebaggery of a sleeveless shirt with the jackholiness of an on-board iPod pocket. It’s the…

TiVo on Comcast Rollout Behind Schedule, Catholic Bear-Pope Shits in Woods

Captain Obvious is getting a promotion to Major today, as TiVo’s CEO Tom Rogers says the TiVo on Comcast rollout is a “little behind” schedule. For those of you like us who are on Comcast’s DVR (which stands for Dropping Video Regularly), TiVo has been planning to put their fancy UI on top of Comcast’s…

SanDisk PR Spokesperson Vows to Shave Head if Zune Is #2 This Christmas

SanDisk PR spokespeaker Carmella Lyman just promised to ZDNet Writer David Berlind that she’d shave her hair if the Zune was #2 in the portable media player market after this Christmas. According to NPD group, Microsoft’s currently ranked 4th place with 3%, and SanDisk is in 2nd place with 10%. If the Zune really was…

Star Trek Enterprise Phone

That’s right, you actually use the USS Enterprise as a handset—not a communicator or a phaser like a non-crazy product designer would have you use. And for $98, you get a William Shatner signature, a numbered certificate, a ringer that sounds like the Red Alert noise, and even redial and mute buttons. Much like the…

Precision Butter Cutter Cuts Butter Better

Did you know that 8mm of butter is the only safe quantity? 9mm will give you a stroke, and 7mm will ensure permanent erectile dysfunction—and to this end, the Precise Butter Cutter will protect you and your loved ones by allowing you to always cut 8mm of butter every single time. Just slide the ruler…

Blackjack 2 Unveiled as Samsung i617?

We’re not sure how official this is, but Mobiledia claims the Samsung i617 is the Blackjack 2. It’s likely, since it looks just like the Blackjack 1, but runs Windows Mobile 6, has a 2-megapixel camera, and features 3G HSDPA. We’re not sure whether the introduction of the BJ2 means the promised Windows Mobile 6…

Joost, DivX Working Together For DivX Connected Content

The DivX connected platform, which we had a hands-on with back in August, may just get an injection of Joost internet video. DivX founder stated that their two companies were working together to enhance DivX connected—which already lets you stream music, photos and video from your computer—to add a Joost plug-in by the time the…

There are some rumblings on Windows Mobile forums about a possible Sprint Mogul software update by the end of October. However, some others are saying a Jan/Feb timeline is more likely. Either way, it should fix Bluetooth issues (and possibly add some GPS capabilities). [WM Experts via Boy Genius] https://gizmodo.com/sprint-mogul-hands-on-269804

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: The Loremo (that’s Low Resistance Mobile) makes the jump from concept car to working prototype at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show. Jason Lewis, one committed young man, just finished up the world’s first muscle-powered circumnavigation of the globe in a shade under 13 years. Toshiba adds another direct methanol fuel cell…

Journeyman and the iPhone

The Quantum Leap meets Early Edition flavor of NBC’s Journeyman makes it a pretty fantastic show with just two episodes in the can and the third airing tonight. But what’s with the blatant iPhone product placement? It’s almost a character in itself, allowing the guy to Google Finder-spydeR stuff on the go, check to see…

Dockey miniUSB to USB Connector Saves Space

Rather than take a long and tangled miniUSB to USB cable with you wherever you go, this swiveling Dockey condenses it all into a small, keyfob-sized connector. It’s essentially just the two ends—USB and miniUSB—attached to a swiveling joint that lets you position your phone, PMP, or Bluetooth headset at just the right position to…

Hitachi’s Concept Remote Looks Minimalistic, Comes in Leopard Print

We saw the large version of Hitachi’s remote control last week, but they’ve got a smaller, sleeker and sexier version that comes in many different colors, including leopard print. The main focus of this one, like the other one, is the gigantic trackball in the middle, with the “back” button being the only other button…

The Sprint CEO troubles have come to a head as CEO, Chairman and President Gary Forsee resigns. Too bad he didn’t forsee some better business decisions. [PC World] https://gizmodo.com/apparently-things-arent-so-dandy-over-in-sprint-nextel-307694

Nike+ Sport Kit Coming to iPhone

According to Erica at TUAW, the 1.1.1 iPhone Firmware has references to com.apple.mobile.nike, which leads us to assume that the iPhone and Nike+ Sport Kit is going to work together soon. https://gizmodo.com/hackers-break-into-the-latest-iphone-firmware-again-308235 In fact, this Nike reference was found in LingoToAccessoryMap.plist, so according to Erica, it’s “definitely going to be a supported accessory”. Looks like…

Optimus Maximus Keyboard Passes FCC Level Without Cheat Codes

In case any of you still thought the Optimus Maximus was all a big alien autopsy-esque hoax, the fact that the preliminary version of the keyboard just passed FCC testing should be enough to put your doubts on hold. The current status, non FCC-wise, has their OLEDs approved for mass production back in September and…

Colorware Paints iMac, iPod touch, iPod nano, and iPod classic

Continuing their trend of painting up gadgets you love, Colorware has extended their painting expertise to the iPod touch/nano/cassic as well as the iMac, ensuring your drapes always match the carpet. And if you want to see close-up shots to illustrate why their work warrants a somewhat premium price and is better than a crappy…

Seagate Momentus Laptop Hard Drives Have 256MB On-Board Flash

Seagate’s latest Momentus notebook hard drives feature 256MB of flash memory and come in sizes of 80, 120 and 160GB. The point of the on-board NAND flash? To speed up performance by caching frequently used data in the NAND instead of reaching onto the hard drive every time. By storing boot information in there, it…

Woman Coats iPhones in Gold For Your Pleasure

Remember this woman? The one that was going to coat your iPods and cellphones in gold? She’s taken it to the next step and is now offering to coat both an iPod and a cellphone in gold—that’s right, an iPhone. For an as-of-yet undecided price, you too can have the rims of your iPhone be…

Skull MP3 Player is Classy, Scary

Halloween may only last for a day (not counting November 1 cleanup efforts), but with the MP4 Skull Buckle with Line In Control player, goths can experience their favorite day of the year all year long. Not only is this thing shaped like a skull, it’s got an FM tuner, MP3/WMA audio support, MTV/DMV/AMV video…

We’re not sure how many of Google’s apps have gotten the iPhone makeover, but GMail (along with Google Calendar before it) look quite optimized for the phone’s screen. Of course, there’s no real use to optimizing Google Maps for it, so don’t expect that one anytime soon. [Google via Boy Genius] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-google-calendar-organization-on-the-go-303085