Matt Buchanan, Author at Gizmodo

Giz Explains: Ups And Downs Of Developing for Android and iPhone

Whether or not such a two-sided conflict will actually play out in the larger mobile-phone industry, today Android vs. iPhone is the battle raging in the mind of every fanboy, gadget geek—and software developer. Since it has all the right themes for a Tolkien-esque epic whose outcome largely rests with small, furry-footed but pure-hearted creatures—developers—we…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 24

Unlocking the T-Mobile G1: The Definitive Word

One of the G1’s five most obnoxious flaws (okay, there were more than five) is that it’s locked to T-Mobile, which seems antithetical to the whole openness deal. Since T-Mobile is subsidizing the phone so heavily, it originally sounded like T-Mobile’s usual unlock policy wouldn’t apply, and a spokesperson wasn’t sure when we asked yesterday.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 24

Canon 5D Mark II’s Full HD Video Is So Stunning Our Eyes Explode

As teased a couple days ago, here’s the absolutely stunning video from Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet, the one that shows how incredible Canon’s 5D Mark II‘s video capabilities really are. Remember, this video is totally unenhanced, completely raw from the $2700 DSLR (with a ton of nice lenses). I saw it a while ago…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 23

Android and T-Mobile G1’s Five Most Obnoxious Flaws

While I was more impressed by the T-Mobile G1 than I thought I’d be, the list of catches for Android and the phone are quickly piling up—some that might very well be dealbreakers. Topping the list, it’s tightly integrated with your Google account—so tightly that you can only use one Google account with the phone.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 23

T-Mobile Android Event Live Coverage Starts Now

We’re here underneath the picturesque Queensboro bridge at T-Mobile’s official G1 launch event. We’re the first ones on the scene, and the liveblog’s kicking off over at live.gizmodo.com. Be sure to pop over there—it’ll do all of the auto-refresh clicky-clicky for you, so sit back, we’ve got everything covered. Hit us up with all of…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 23

T-Mobile G1 With Google Website Is Live

Jumping the gun a bit, the official site for T-Mobile’s—and the world’s—first Android phone is live. That “heavy Google branding” we heard about is in full play: HTC’s Dream is billed as the “T-Mobile G1 with Google.” They’re using a neon green jelly font, kind of cool. Most of the site is walled off until…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 22

Hands On Cray CX1 Windows Supercomputer: One Day, It’ll Make Crysis Cry

Cray’s CX1 supercomputer looks oddly petite in its weird press shot, but we checked it out in person today, and it’s actually like a small sarcophagus loaded with computer guts instead of actual guts. Unfortunately, it’s still fairly early in the getting-going phase, so they don’t have a lot of software running for it, much…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 22

A Taste of the Canon 5D Mark II’s Mindblowing Full HD Video

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Vincent Laforet was one of the first people to get his hands on the most coveted camera on the planet, Canon’s 5D Mark II. He talked to us a bit about the breakneck stills-and-video shoot he put together in just a few hours to see what this camera can really do. You…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 21

Five Reasons to Be Super Psyched About Android (and Five Not to Be)

The launch of Android is the most important event in mobile phones since the release of the iPhone. It could actually be more important, in the long run. Even if it doesn’t exceed Google’s wildest dreams to become a ubiquitous mobile platform, it’s sure to re-stoke innovation in mobile phones as platforms slug it out…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 20

T-Mobile Android Event Liveblog on Tuesday: Whatcha Wanna See?

We’ve got a little more than 72 hours before the first Android phone makes its official world debut, where we’ll be bringing it to you live at the usual spot, live.gizmodo.com. We’ll be getting there early, so come by to keep us company while we wait in line with a bunch of old, balding dudes…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 19

LTE Downloads Cute Animal Pictures at 170Mbps While Driving 40MPH

The next thing in fast mobile internet is the 4G standard LTE. While we’ve seen an LTE demo before, it wasn’t quite as ridiculous as the LTE demo T-Mobile and Nortel just wrapped up: While driving 67kph on a highway in Bonn, Germany, they were able to hit download speeds 170Mbps and upload at 50Mbps.…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 19

First Shots of HTC Dream Fondled in the Wild

Our first shots of HTC’s Dream (or G1, whatever the hell it’s called) being fondled out in the real world are perhaps not coincidentally the first ones that make the phone look like it’s something you can carry in the open. They look fairly real to us, and match up with what we’ve seen before,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 19

Buffalo Shinobi HD Uses MacBook Air HD to Slip Inside Your Pants

Like the Buffalo hard drive I bought in Japan to replace one that died, Buffalo’s Shinobi Portable HD is actually Samsung inside, but in this case, the same kind used in the MacBook Air, so it’s incredibly slim and totally pocketable—the “world’s thinnest external hard drive”—about the size of a biz card holder. The convenience…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 18

T-Mobile Android Event Liveblog: Sept. 23

In just a few days, T-Mobile will be taking the wraps off of the world’s first Android phone and we’ll be bringing it to you live. The event officially starts at 10:30AM Eastern on Sept. 23, but we’ll be there early as always, hoping that the first 100 people get Google stock as a door…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 18

AT&T: iPhone 3G Internet Use Below Expectations. Us: Guess Whose Fault That Is

Although leading up to the iPhone 3G’s launch, AT&T was coy about how hard they expected their network to get slammed, AT&T CTO John Donovan reveals that they expected a 5x growth in data consumption vs. the old iPhone. However, the spike has been barely more than half of that, about 3x. That wouldn’t have…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 18

Blu-ray Association: Wallet-Slaying Prices Here to Stay Because You’re Not Buying Enough Blu-ray

If you’re hoping Blu-ray will get cheaper, sooner—thanks to weak sales and that whole economy thing—hug your DVDs tight. Blu-ray Disc Association Chairman Andy Parsons says prices won’t be deflating for a while. And it’s precisely because you’re not buying enough Blu-ray! “There’s not enough market [volume] to lower the price.” No, there has to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 17

Windows 7 Milestone 3 Previewed: Just Like Vista, But With Office 2007 Ribbon UI

Mary Jo Foley, who revealed that the first Windows 7 beta would drop in December and could still make its late 2009 release date, has seen the latest build of Windows 7, Milestone 3, which is just preview build away from becoming Beta 1. The verdict? Other than Office 2007’s loved/hated Ribbon UI sprinkled throughout,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 17

How Apple Picks Which Apps Make It to the App Store

Apple’s rejection of the Podcaster app for duping “the functionality of the Podcast section of iTunes” was a more dramatic blow to developers than we implied in our coverage, throwing the capriciousness of the approval process into the starkest relief yet, especially from the dev standpoint. Joy of Tech, thankfully, gives us some insight into…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 17

New MacBook Pro Revealed?

T-Systems (owned by Deutsche Telekom like T-Mobile, but not like Mr. T) is apparently selling a very interesting MacBook Pro. All the specs are exactly the same as the current gen. But does that look like a MacBook Pro you’ve ever seen? The “safe” explanation is that it’s just a mock/mix-up. The other possibility, that’s…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 17

Canon 5D Mark II Officially Awesome: 21MP DSLR First to Shoot Full HD Video

Easily the most anticipated camera in the galaxy, Canon’s 5D Mark II is official, and officially excellent. The full-frame, 21-megapixel DSLR is the first to shoot full HD video, and with Digic 4, Canon is promising low-light performance on par with that of Nikon’s D3 and D700 thanks to improved light gathering and noise reduction,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 17

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Giz Explains: Ups And Downs Of Developing for Android and iPhone

Unlocking the T-Mobile G1: The Definitive Word

Canon 5D Mark II’s Full HD Video Is So Stunning Our Eyes Explode

Android and T-Mobile G1’s Five Most Obnoxious Flaws

T-Mobile Android Event Live Coverage Starts Now

T-Mobile G1 With Google Website Is Live

Hands On Cray CX1 Windows Supercomputer: One Day, It’ll Make Crysis Cry

A Taste of the Canon 5D Mark II’s Mindblowing Full HD Video

Five Reasons to Be Super Psyched About Android (and Five Not to Be)

T-Mobile Android Event Liveblog on Tuesday: Whatcha Wanna See?

LTE Downloads Cute Animal Pictures at 170Mbps While Driving 40MPH

First Shots of HTC Dream Fondled in the Wild

Buffalo Shinobi HD Uses MacBook Air HD to Slip Inside Your Pants

T-Mobile Android Event Liveblog: Sept. 23

AT&T: iPhone 3G Internet Use Below Expectations. Us: Guess Whose Fault That Is

Blu-ray Association: Wallet-Slaying Prices Here to Stay Because You’re Not Buying Enough Blu-ray

Windows 7 Milestone 3 Previewed: Just Like Vista, But With Office 2007 Ribbon UI

How Apple Picks Which Apps Make It to the App Store

New MacBook Pro Revealed?

Canon 5D Mark II Officially Awesome: 21MP DSLR First to Shoot Full HD Video

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