Louis Ramirez, Author at Gizmodo

Good Vibrations’ Vibrating Shoes Give Your Feet a Treat

They say your feet are the most ignored part of your body. Well, a company by the name of Good Vibrations is planning on changing that. They’ve created a show with a built-in massager that soothes your aching feet with the press of a button. You can choose when you want the massaging to begin…

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Slimmer PS3 on the Way

It’s no surprise to hear that Sony’s already working on the next gen PS3, but rumor has it that the new PS3 will have a dramatically different design from its current incarnation, shedding loads of that initial baby fat for a nice svelte profile. Sony Japan says that they’re expected to transition to 45-nm chips…

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VAF Octavio 1: A Luxury Zune Dock Worth its Price

The lucky folks at Zune Scene have gotten their hands on what could possibly be the best-looking Zune accessory out there, the VAF Octavio 1. The Octavio 1 is basically a stereo dock for your Zune, much like the Hi-Fi is for your iPod. The difference here is style. The Octavio 1 is oozing with…

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Panasonic SDR-S10 Wants to be a Rugged Flash Camcorder

Panasonic is looking to outstrip Sanyo’s yet-to-be-released HD2 camcorder of its “world’s smallest” title. Like the HD2, Pannie’s new camcorder, the SDR-S10, records onto SD/SDHC memory cards, but takes it up a notch by being water and shock resistant. The 2.7-inch screen should be big enough for everyday shooting and the 10x optical zoom is…

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Yamaha YSP-900 Delivers 5.1 Sound From a Single Speaker

I’m always on the hunt for the ultimate virtual surround sound system and I gotta admit, Yamaha’s new YSP-900 looks pretty enticing. Like the previous version, it’s intended to deliver 2.1 or 5.1 virtual surround sound in a package that only consists of a soundbar. This one in particular is meant to be paired with…

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Nvidia’s Quark Smartphone Shows Its UI

Remember that Nvidia smartphone we spotted at 3GSM? Well, the girls at Shiny Shiny have gotten some video of what the phone’s interface could look like. The video essentially shows you the kind of horsepower the new chip can harness. As for the UI itself, it kinda reminds me of the PSP’s interface, excect a…

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My favorite 3GSM iPod Substitute: More Shots of the Sony Ericsson w880 Walkman Phone and Friends

In my mad dash to get to Spain (I had a little over 24 hours to pack, find a hotel, etc), I forgot to charge my iPod. Now if I woulda had one of these mobiles by my side, everything would’ve been alright. Granted, none of these phones would have lasted me the full 6+…

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Big and Proud: More Impressions of the Nokia e90 and the iMate Ultimate

I’m pretty superficial when it comes to my cell phones. I like them thin and stylish—drop them in your pocket and forget they’re there. They gotta be smart too, I won’t settle for any crap interface (although since I’m on Verizon, that’s tough to do). So you’d think I’d be all over Samung’s new Ultra…

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Locked in Glass: Five 3GSM Phones We’d Snatch in a Heartbeat

It’s the final day here at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, and of all the phones I’ve seen, after the jump are the five I’d like to take back home with me. That is, if they hadn’t been locked up in glass and/or under tight supervision. NTT DoCoMo D800iDS https://gizmodo.com/mitsubishi-takes-one-from-nintendos-book-with-dual-scre-229381 Yeah, they’re ripping…

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The Beauty Behind the LG Prada Phone

It’s day 4 here at 3GSM and the LG booth is once again packed with beautiful people and geeks alike. Everyone clamming to get some one-on-one time with the LG Prada lovechild. But today we come to you with some dirt on the LG Prada guardian, she’s none other than Miss Barcelona 2003 semi-finalist, Laura…

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3GSM 2007: I Heart Motorola’s Z8 Banana-Slider and Q9 Smartphone

Without a doubt, the Moto Q9 and the Z8 were the stars of Motorola’s 3GSM booth. As a current Q owner, I can say the Q9 has some nice improvements. Most noticeably is the new QWERTY keyboard, which is spaced slight differently than the Q’s, but just as comfortable to use. I’m not a fan…

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3GSM: Battle of the Rotating Cellphone Screens

Look, we know these aren’t coming to the US. But Asia’s TV phones are too beautiful to not at least gawk over. And at 3GSM, there were plenty of mobiles with flipping, sliding, rotating screens, with my personal (clamshell) favorites being Sharp’s AQUOS phone (which we had seen before) and NTT DoCoMo’s upcoming F903iX Music…

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Heavy Breathing with NTT DoCoMo’s Alcohol Phone

We’ve shown you NTT DoCoMo’s breathalayzer cell phone before, but here it is in the flesh at 3GSM. The phone is aimed at limosuine and bus companies, so unless you’re a true alchie who needs to be told when it’s ok to drive, you’re not getting this phone. So we decided to put it to…

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iMate’s Ultimate Series Run WM6 and Feature VGA Screens

Looks like HTC’s X7500 might have met its match. This beauty here is iMate’s Ultimate 7150. A tablet/handheld/UMPC type smartphone that not only runs Windows Mobile 6, but also rocks the eye candy with a nice 3.8-inch VGA screen. The GSM/EDGE phone supports HSDPA connectivity and comes with built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The model you…

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3GSM’s Smallest Mobile: the Neonode N2

And here is Neonode’s latest baby, the N2, all wrapped up in its blanket. There’s pretty much no way this phone will ever get U.S. citizenship, but if you love ultra-small gadgets, it doesn’t get any smaller than this. The finger-stroke navigation takes a lot of getting used to (especially in a handheld that’s the…

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One Night Stand with the HTC X7500

HTC was showing plenty of love for Windows Mobile at their 3GSM booth. Their number one star, however, was the X7500, the UMPC, laptop, smartphone hybrid that’s seen more name changes than Prince. Spec-wise, we all know what the X7500 has to offer, so I won’t rehash that. Instead I’ll talk about what it’s like…

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Quark Smartphone: Nvidia’s iPhone Crusher

True video iPod or iPhone killer? To be honest, Nvidia’s Quark smartphone has the makings of both. Unfortunately, it’s only a concept, but if this is the ace up Nvidia’s sleeve, we’re psyched. First off, the Quark is a smartphone with a 3-inch touch-screen display. Aside from the power/hold switch, there are no moving buttons…

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Samsung SGH-F520 Cellphone Slides Up and Down, Side to Side: Rubik’s and iPhone Clone?

Samsung SGH-F520 is the iPhone fighter F700’s lil’ brother. Kinda. It may have a lower model number, but it has a slightly bigger 3-inch touchscreen, and an insano side to side, up and down slider: Only a rubik’s cube has more moves than this phone. The cam only has a 3MP cam, compared to the…

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LG Prada Hands-On: So Stylishly iPhone-like, Only Pretty People Can Hold It

Click to view That’s right. There was only one LG Prada phone to be had at the LG booth at 3GSM and the only person lucky enough to cop a feel was the LG Prada model, who insisted press only take pictures of her with the phone. Nevertheless, I did get some hands-on time with…

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RIM BlackBerry 8800 Hands On

So here we are in Barcelona, Spain at the 3GSM World Congress where we plan on shining our spotlight on the coolest, newest mobile phones around, and what do we see first? RIM’s hot new BlackBerry 8800—hanging from a metallic, octopus-like tentacle at the RIM booth. We knew the 8800 was coming, but now that…

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Good Vibrations’ Vibrating Shoes Give Your Feet a Treat

Slimmer PS3 on the Way

VAF Octavio 1: A Luxury Zune Dock Worth its Price

Panasonic SDR-S10 Wants to be a Rugged Flash Camcorder

Yamaha YSP-900 Delivers 5.1 Sound From a Single Speaker

Nvidia’s Quark Smartphone Shows Its UI

My favorite 3GSM iPod Substitute: More Shots of the Sony Ericsson w880 Walkman Phone and Friends

Big and Proud: More Impressions of the Nokia e90 and the iMate Ultimate

Locked in Glass: Five 3GSM Phones We’d Snatch in a Heartbeat

The Beauty Behind the LG Prada Phone

3GSM 2007: I Heart Motorola’s Z8 Banana-Slider and Q9 Smartphone

3GSM: Battle of the Rotating Cellphone Screens

Heavy Breathing with NTT DoCoMo’s Alcohol Phone

iMate’s Ultimate Series Run WM6 and Feature VGA Screens

3GSM’s Smallest Mobile: the Neonode N2

One Night Stand with the HTC X7500

Quark Smartphone: Nvidia’s iPhone Crusher

Samsung SGH-F520 Cellphone Slides Up and Down, Side to Side: Rubik’s and iPhone Clone?

LG Prada Hands-On: So Stylishly iPhone-like, Only Pretty People Can Hold It

RIM BlackBerry 8800 Hands On

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