Sean Fallon, Author at Gizmodo

AT&T Completes Nationwide 7.2 HSPA 3G Upgrade

AT&T has completed the software upgrade that prepares 3G cell sites across the nation for the 7.2 HSPA upgrade. The 3G speed bump will come as an enhanced cell site backhaul is deployed over the course of 2010 and 2011. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-bumping-its-3g-to-hspa-7-2-in-six-more-cities-5355470 After full testing of HSPA 7.2 software, AT&T decided to expedite deployment of this…

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Only New T-Mobile Customers See Full Nexus One Discount

One of our readers has encountered a problem with his Nexus One upgrade. Despite being a T-Mobile customer that qualifies for the full $180 contract price, his phone rang up at $379. HTC seems to think this is a-ok. UPDATED: https://gizmodo.com/the-google-phone-is-here-180-on-contract-530-unlock-5440639 I just tried to order a nexus one from google as an existing T-Mobile…

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Blob VB3 Mobile Living Space Is a Cross Between an Egg, Trailer and a C130

I’ve been considering expanding my home to accommodate a studio, and I love the idea of these ready-built pods, but it can’t be an eyesore. And a giant white blob sitting in my backyard is definitely an eyesore. What it doesn’t have is pretty obvious, but the Blob does feature all of the comforts you…

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Yantouch Jellyfish LED Lamp Stings Your Senses With 16 Million Colors

Remember that awesome Philips LivingColors lamp? Well, the Yantouch might be even better—and it looks like a UFO with a disco inside it. https://gizmodo.com/philips-livingcolors-lamp-gets-miniaturized-5032167 What makes it even more unique is the touch panel interface that you can use to cycle between colors and brightness levels. You can also set the lamp to automatically cycle…

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The Viliv N5 Netbook Is One Tiny Step Up From a Smartphone

The Viliv n5 touchscreen netbook looks a lot like the Vaio P, but let’s hope it’s not priced like one. Either way, I don’t see much of an advantage here over a traditional smartphone. https://gizmodo.com/the-vaio-p-is-now-as-fast-as-average-netbooks-5299875 I mean, it may not be touchscreen like the 4.8-inch Viliv display, but the 8-inch screen on the Vaio P…

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Apple Dabbles With a 3D Multitouch UI

A recently released patent by Apple shows that they are one of several companies dabbling with the idea of a 3D mulitouch interface. In this case, a “touch screen device, method and graphical user interface for manipulating three-dimensional virtual objects.” Will we see this sort of technology on upcoming Apple products like the tablet? Probably…

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Sanus’ ELM410 HDMI Cables Give You 180 Degrees of Freedom

Now this makes sense—an HDMI cable with a connector that can be positioned within a 180 degree radius. That will be a big space saver if you are trying to run cords in tight spaces. Of course, the cables would have been more effective if both ends pivoted. For the life of me I can’t…

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Apple Purchases Mobile Ad Company Quattro Wireless

Apple has spent $275 million to jump into the world of mobile advertising by acquiring Quattro Wireless. It remains to be seen what changes Apple will make, and how they plan to compete with ad giants like Google. [BGR]

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AirStash Is a Pocket-Sized Wireless Media Server For Your iPhone

It looks like a thumb drive at first glance, but AirStash is actually a pocket-sized media server that can wirelessy expand the memory of your iPhone or iPod touch. Apparently, the files are stored on an SD card that you insert into the device—giving you the ability to expand capacity when needed. I assume AirStash…

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Curious Man Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM For Windows 98 On Amazon, Shipping Was An Extra $4

Brian T Klug has balls, I’ll give him that. Why else would he have bought a Discovery Channel CD-ROM (Windows 98) incorrectly priced on Amazon to the tune of $2,904,980,000 just to see what would happen? As you can see from the image above, the result was that…well, he spent $3 billon on an ancient…

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New Touchless Mobile Interface Could Eliminate Fingerprint Smudging Forever

Tokyo University had developed a touchless interface that can register 3D motion of a human finger using a single camera. Think of it like Project Natal, only with cellphones. The camera requires video capture at 154 fps—so the handful of cellphones out there with forward-facing cameras will not be able to handle the technology. However,…

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MSI Prepping Dual Screen, Nvidia-Powered eReader and a 3D Laptop

Rumor has it that the eReader MSI plans to unveil at this year’s CES will not only have Nvidia Tegra graphics, but dual screens as well. A 3D laptop may also be in the works. https://gizmodo.com/msis-ereader-will-have-nvidia-tegra-graphics-in-2010-5390719 Of course, as you can see from the Asus dual screen eReader pictured here, the concept of a dual…

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7 Gadgets That Will Ruin 2010

Do you make new year’s resolutions? If so, you should avoid the following products. Your chance for success in 2010 would be over before it began. Losing Weight: Sorry, but your diet is blown sky high when you carry around a briefcase full of sausage—as is your resolution about not having heart attacks in 2010.…

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How To Build The World’s Most Useless Machine

No, this isn’t an instructional guide on how to build a TwitterPeek. This device is even more useless. Impossible? Hardly. Check out the video. Then hit the following link for the complete set of build instructions. [Instructables via Neatorama]

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Apple Refuses To Send Stolen iPhone Back To Rightful Owner After Repair

When your stuff gets stolen, FILL OUT A POLICE REPORT. Consumerist reader Alisa is figuring this out the hard way after Apple received her stolen phone for repair. Even though it’s clearly hers, they refuse to return it. UPDATED: I got robbed on the subway in Brooklyn about 2 weeks ago, my iPhone (and some…

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Invetech Delivers World’s First Production Human Tissue Printer

Or, as they call it, a “3D bio-printer.” Essentially, it allows scientists to build tissue cell by cell. It’s that cool sci-fi medical stuff we all dream about. “Scientists and engineers can use the 3D bio printers to enable placing cells of almost any type into a desired pattern in 3D,” Murphy said. “Researchers can…

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Apparently, Lithium Batteries Cure Constipation

Who knew? Although, as Jason Chen pointed out, this ad would be really effective without the “a.” [i.igmur via Digg]

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Cop Tasers Unconscious Diabetic 11 Times

Chicago police officer Darren Pedota is at the center of a lawsuit filed by a diabetic man who was Tasered 11 times over the course of a minute while suffering from a diabetic seizure. This isn’t the first time an officer has found himself in a similar situation, although in many of those cases the…

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Fox News to FBI Cybersquad: Get In Front Of Some High Tech Looking Stuff…Quick!

That’s not an actual quote of course, but the scene here looks so contrived that it seems plausible. The scary thing is that the Cybersquad is protecting our data with old Dells, Windows XP and “intimidating” Matrix screensavers. Plus, that 37-inch Westinghouse sitting right on top of the keyboard is a good indicator that the…

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HTC Russia Claims Only the HD2 Will Get a Windows 7 Upgrade

HTC Russia claims in a recent twitter post that the HD2 will be the only HTC phone to get an upgrade to WinMo 7. All other phones will remain on Windows 6.5. https://gizmodo.com/htc-touch-hd2-review-a-tragedy-5400593 Translation: For Diamond 2 firmware is not planned. Of the existing communicators on the market, only the HD2 firmware to get WM7.…

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AT&T Completes Nationwide 7.2 HSPA 3G Upgrade

Only New T-Mobile Customers See Full Nexus One Discount

Blob VB3 Mobile Living Space Is a Cross Between an Egg, Trailer and a C130

Yantouch Jellyfish LED Lamp Stings Your Senses With 16 Million Colors

The Viliv N5 Netbook Is One Tiny Step Up From a Smartphone

Apple Dabbles With a 3D Multitouch UI

Sanus’ ELM410 HDMI Cables Give You 180 Degrees of Freedom

Apple Purchases Mobile Ad Company Quattro Wireless

AirStash Is a Pocket-Sized Wireless Media Server For Your iPhone

Curious Man Buys $3 Billion CD-ROM For Windows 98 On Amazon, Shipping Was An Extra $4

New Touchless Mobile Interface Could Eliminate Fingerprint Smudging Forever

MSI Prepping Dual Screen, Nvidia-Powered eReader and a 3D Laptop

7 Gadgets That Will Ruin 2010

How To Build The World’s Most Useless Machine

Apple Refuses To Send Stolen iPhone Back To Rightful Owner After Repair

Invetech Delivers World’s First Production Human Tissue Printer

Apparently, Lithium Batteries Cure Constipation

Cop Tasers Unconscious Diabetic 11 Times

Fox News to FBI Cybersquad: Get In Front Of Some High Tech Looking Stuff…Quick!

HTC Russia Claims Only the HD2 Will Get a Windows 7 Upgrade

Forget Amazon Fire TV Soundbar, Samsung B-Series Soundbar With Built-In Subwoofer Still Under $100 for Post-Spring Sale

Apple M4 MacBook Air Is Still at Its Spring Sale Low as Amazon Moves Into Clearance Mode, No Need to Wait for Prime Day

They’re Already Trying to Baby Yoda Rocky From ‘Project Hail Mary’

ASUS ROG Xbox Ally Just Got Cheaper Again After Spring Sale, With 3 Months of Game Pass Included at No Extra Cost

Protect Your Car Without Overpaying, Batteries Plus Makes Finding the Right Battery Size Easy and Affordable

WD 5TB Portable External Hard Drive for Mac Drops to $0.03 per GB Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale

Apple Offers Rare Olive Branch to Liquid Glass Haters

Mamdani Lifts NYC TikTok Ban for City Employees, but with Some Unusual Restrictions

Tesla Goes Ahead and Admits Its Robotaxis Are Sometimes Fully Human-Controlled

School Forced to Replace Toilets After Kids Flush Vapes

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