Jason Chen

Finally Confirmed: What the iPhone Doesn’t Have

• Songs as Ringtones • Games • Any flash support • Instant Messaging • Picture messages (MMS) • Video recording • Voice recognition or voice dialing • Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (A2DP) • One-size-fits-all headset jack (May have to buy an adapter for certain headphones) Stuff we already knew it didn’t have • 3G (EV-DO/HSDPA)…

USA Today’s iPhone Review (Verdict: They Like It)

Agreeing pretty much with Pogue and Mossberg, Ed Baig of USA Today says the iPhone’s keyboard (or lack of one) was so good that he “rarely made a mistake”. https://gizmodo.com/breaking-pogue-reviews-the-iphone-gives-it-1-5-thumbs-272543 In addition, he loved the visual voicemail, didn’t miss the scroll wheel found on actual iPods, and enjoyed picture and video viewing on its screen.…

The iPhone’s Camera: Great Under Ample Light

Pogue’s review in the NYT had a slideshow on the iPhone’s camera. What were his findings? Well, if there’s plenty of light and little to no movement, the iPhone’s cam works wonders. If you’re in the dark or the subject is in motion (even you’re outdoors), pictures turn out blurry. Seems pretty similar to other…

Today only: free red BlackBerry pearl with two-year contract at AT&T. Wonder why they’re cleaning out their other smartphones. [Product Page – Thanks Brent!]

Mac or PC: The Rap

Of all the Mac vs. PC ad spinoffs, we like this rap version the most. Mac or PC [Thanks Pez!]

Nicole Kidman DS-ing It Up On Video

If Nicole Kidman being cutesy with a DS was your thing, now you can see her do it on video. Go Nintendo [via Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/gaming/clips/see-nicole-sell-the-ds-272183.php

All Nintendo DS games are buy 2 get 1 free at Toys ‘R’ Us this week. [Toys R Us via Cheapassgamer]

USB Darts Make Drunken Cheating a Bit Harder

Even though we’re horrible at it, playing drunken darts while trying not to gouge each other’s eyes out was half the fun of our college experience. The only problem? We were too hosed to keep score correctly most of the time. This PC Darts should fix that. Just connect the USB art board to your…

Hands-On With Mondo Mint: The Wireless Streaming iPod Dock

It’s not an entry proper in our Battlemodo iPod Dock Bracket, but it’s a worthy contender nonetheless. It’s an iPod Dock with two bookshelf-quality speakers, which can take in audio input from the iPod, a USB connection or line in (a Zune). It even has a separate wireless iPod dock that can stream music from…

Thinking About Using an iPhone Without Service? Think Again

Reader Alan tips us off to this little note on the bottom of Apple’s rate plans page. Alan planned on getting an iPhone but not activating it, only using it as a widescreen touchscreen iPod with Wi-Fi capabilities for Web browsing. Not so fast, says Apple. The small print on their page says you need…

TorrentSpy and ISOHunt, two of the largest BitTorrent trackers, will filter out copyrighted material from their searches [Zeropaid]

USB Engine Hub

Aside from Thanko, the craziest Japanese manufacturers we know of would probably be Solid Alliance. You know, the people who brought you the USB Food Hub? They’ve got a new hub out now called the USB Engine Hub. https://gizmodo.com/usb-food-hub-is-the-best-thing-weve-seen-all-week-252898 Not only is it a three-port USB hub, it actually makes engine noises and vibrates up…

The Wii Billiard Accessory

Wimote light guns, powergloves and more light guns we can see, but a billiard attachment? That’s right, for the low, low price of $13, you get a five piece screw-on pool cue attachment that will make jabbing at the air that much more pleasurable. https://gizmodo.com/wiimote-zapper-mashup-is-retro-awesomeness-272025 Plus, when you’re done playing pool and want to switch…

EcoModo – The Best of TreeHugger

This week at TreeHugger: Do you ever wonder which parts of your computer are using the most power and what you can do about that? Take this quiz to test your knowledge and improve your eco-IQ. We take a gander at the new book called “The Clean Tech Revolution”, which states, among other things, that…

Buy.com has the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet for $139. Regular price, almost $300. [Bargainist]

Dvorak Compares iPhone to Hitler

There’s no question that our buddy Dvorak hates the iPhone, but comparing it to Hitler? I knew Hitler. Hitler was a friend of mine. The iPhone is no Hitler. https://gizmodo.com/dvorak-isnt-drinking-the-iphone-kool-aid-thinks-apple-248208 Hitler comparisons aside, John’s basing at least part of his hatred on the iPhone on his two buddies who talk about the iPhone nonstop (not…

Get $350 off a $1,499 HP Pavilion Laptop with coupon code NB1005. Rebate expires tonight, 11:59 PM. [Coupon Mountain]

Mark Wilson Wouldn’t Give Up His Cellphone For Anything Less Than an Island

In an interview with ABCnews, Mark Wilson reveals that he would only give up his cellphone if he was given enough money to buy his own private island. I’m sure he was just being facetious, because I have it on good authority that he would give up much more for much less. In any case,…

Apple’s Three Ultimate iPhone Plans

We covered Apple’s three simple service plans this morning, but we didn’t touch on Apple’s top-tier voice plans. The only difference between these three behemoths and the ones we did cover are the minutes: 2000, 4000, and 6000, which go for $119, $169 and $219 respectively. You’d think for that price, Apple + AT&T would…

Apple’s Bluetooth Headset iPhone Dock Revealed

Remember the leaked iPhone dock with Bluetooth headphone charging? The one we said was different from the one Apple showed at MacWorld? Here it is. This is the image we saw in February, now finally cleared to be posted online. https://gizmodo.com/leaked-the-apple-iphone-dock-with-bluetooth-headset-ho-237050 As we noted before, there’s two cables going into that iPhone connector, though we’re…