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Up Close and Personal With the AT&T Motorola Z9

A lucky Laptop Mag writer recently got a close up view of the upcoming Motorola Z9 at CTIA and came away notably impressed by the 2.4-inch screen, smooth sliding action and tactile feedback of the keypad. Features like AT&T Navigator support, CrystalTalk noise suppression, and video sharing were also noted. On the negative side, the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 31 '08

Question of the Day: Do You Use a Bluetooth Headset?

With numerous states looking to regulate talking on your cellphone while driving, using a Bluetooth headset is one of your best alternatives. However, there are still plenty of tools out there who wander around with two free hands talking on these things at the top of their lungs (here is a tip for that by…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 31 '08

The Madder Hulk Gets, The More Options You Have In Video Game

The Incredible Hulk movie may be racing against time to complete its CGI effects, but the movie’s videogame tie-in already has the Hulk’s angry dance of destruction squared away, judging from this new trailer. The SEGA game will feature “key moments from the film” and plots and characters from the comics. But mostly you stomp…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 31 '08

Superman Writer Moves Onto Monsters, Robots

Not content with making Superman Returns a movie that separated the mainstream audiences from the Superman obsessives (I’m in the latter camp, surprisingly), screenwriter Michael Dougherty is turning his nerd gaze to the Godzilla genre with a new project Calling All Robots, which promises to merge Beowulf-style animation with giant green lizard levels of carnage…

io9 Graeme McMillan Mar 31 '08

Dealzmodo: Gamefly’s Trade-In Program is Actually Pretty Good

I was just invited to the beta of the GameFly Trade-In Program because I’ve been a customer for a while, and the whole thing seems like a brilliant idea. You can apply credit toward your monthly payments only (used games would have been nice), and the prices they offer are actually pretty great compared to…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Garmin Comes to Samsung, Mobile Gets a Nuvi and Google Local Search Upgrade

Two bits of news have come out of the Garmin camp today—the first of which involves Samsung phones getting their own navigation software based on the Garmin Mobile(TM) XT platform. The software will be available on smartphones like the i780 in Europe and elsewhere starting sometime in the next few months. Futhermore, Garmin Mobile users…

Gadgets Sean Fallon Mar 31 '08

The Complete X-Files on The X-Files

The long-awaited X-Files sequel (as yet unnamed) will be in theaters this summer, and even though it’ll have been six years since X-Files fans have seen anything new, there’s already a lot of excitement buzzing around this movie. Will they find the truth? Will they make a believer out of skeptics? Will they finally just…

io9 Kevin Kelly Mar 31 '08

Casio’s Incredibly Sturdy G’zOne Cellphone One Gets Abused

Casio’s G’zOnes are nothing if not sturdy, which is why people who favor ruggedness over any other feature are picking these up. Just how unbreakable are these things? Incredibly. Our buddy Danny from Wired took these outside so both a football team and a soccer team could throw it around. Check out the video to…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Which Science Fiction Weapons Should Be Proactively Banned?

They’re arguing about this over at Wired’s Danger Room blog. Personally, I voted for Skynet, and for teleportation devices that fail to screen for insect matter. Weigh in on this crucial debate. [Danger Room]

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 31 '08

A Greenhouse Made of Steel

Who said nature has to be pristine and untouched by technology? The Orquideorama is a giant steel-and-wood structure recently built in the middle of a more traditional botanical garden in Medellin, Colombia. It consists of a series of modular, honeycomb-like “flower-tree” structures. The hexagonal “flowers” actually serve an important function—they collect rainwater and distribute it…

io9 LISA KATAYAMA Mar 31 '08

Kyocera Inkjet Printhead Spits Out 1000 Pages a Minute

I can’t say that I have ever been impressed by a printer, but the device they are cooking up at Kyocera could be a first. Their new KJ4 series printhead can churn out up to 200 meters per minute at 600 x 480 dpi, or 150 meters per minute at 600×600 dpi—which equates to about…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 31 '08

Radioactive Tritium Makes Keychain Light Glow For 10 Years

Besides being somewhat dim, most keychain lights have batteries that only last a couple months before needing to be replaced—which often never happens since nobody has watch batteries lying around. But what if you could have this Mini Tritium Keychain, which lasts about 10 years without needing to be replaced? If you’re worried that keeping…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Indiana Jones Will Be (Mostly) CGI-Free, Designer Tells io9

Click to viewWill Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull feature Indy ducking CGI boulders and reacting to greenscreen aliens? Not according to production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas, who also worked on Superman Returns and X2: X-Men United. We just talked to Dyas, who says he built all of the movie’s sets, with…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Mar 31 '08

Apple Sued for iMac Display Deception, Steve Jobs Suspected Closet Megatron

The hyenas are grouping again to grab some chops off Apple with yet-another-class-action suit. This one claims that the iMac’s 20-inch display has been marketed as having the same features as the iMac 24-inch. Looking at Apple’s site, their case seems without much merit (the technical term, I believe, is “bloodyfrikkinstupidtastic”). Here’s Apple description and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 31 '08

HP’s 3-Megapixel Elite Auto Focus Webcam Looks Like a Fancy Stapler

HP’s Elite Auto Focus Webcam not only boasts one of the highest megapixel video counts we’ve seen (3-megapixels), but it’s also got a 12-megapixel still image sensor for regular pics. It comes with the stapler-like stand, but you can also clip it onto a monitor for more of an eye-level view. There’s AIM, Windows Live…

Gadgets Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Jean Nouvel’s Faucets Have Touchsensing PlayStationish Buttons

Like many other architects, 2008 Pritzker winner Jean Nouvel also designs home objects, like these bathroom faucets and shower with touch sensor technology on four buttons which look taken from a PlayStation gamepad. Pressing the triangles will increase or decrease the temperature, while the circle will open the water flow, and the X will close…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 31 '08

Velocipedes the Wave of the Future, Circa 1900

The Mono-rail Track Velocipede wasn’t as flashy as a jet pack, but maybe it was more practical—as long as you had what Scientific American called in May 1900 a “single-rail railway” to use it on, of course. The lucky people of Wuppertal, Germany, have been using just such a suspension monorail since 1901. The Schwebebahn…

io9 Lynn Peril Mar 31 '08

Nike+ SportBand Coming Next Week

We found this official teaser for the Nike+ SportBand on the Nike site, leading us to believe (you know, if Nike isn’t lying) that the kit is coming next week. It’s great for people who don’t really need iPods when running but still want the ability to track and display your progress. However, that means…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Plot of New Neal Stephenson Novel Revealed

We’ve heard rumors about Neal “Snow Crash” Stephenson’s new novel, but nothing more concrete than that it would be called Anathem and it would be a space opera about math and aliens. That would mark a real departure for the novelist, who has dealt only with human histories and futures in his previous works like…

io9 Annalee Newitz Mar 31 '08

PSP Slim’s Dual Analog Mod Allows Katamari Ecstasy

Sony’s decision to only place one analog stick on the PSP as opposed to the two on just about all their other PlayStation controllers has led to some control scheme oddities. For one, FPS shooters are all but impossible because you can’t use the D-Pad to aim, and two, Katamari Damacy was a bitch to…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 31 '08

Up Close and Personal With the AT&T Motorola Z9

Question of the Day: Do You Use a Bluetooth Headset?

The Madder Hulk Gets, The More Options You Have In Video Game

Superman Writer Moves Onto Monsters, Robots

Dealzmodo: Gamefly’s Trade-In Program is Actually Pretty Good

Garmin Comes to Samsung, Mobile Gets a Nuvi and Google Local Search Upgrade

The Complete X-Files on The X-Files

Casio’s Incredibly Sturdy G’zOne Cellphone One Gets Abused

Which Science Fiction Weapons Should Be Proactively Banned?

A Greenhouse Made of Steel

Kyocera Inkjet Printhead Spits Out 1000 Pages a Minute

Radioactive Tritium Makes Keychain Light Glow For 10 Years

Indiana Jones Will Be (Mostly) CGI-Free, Designer Tells io9

Apple Sued for iMac Display Deception, Steve Jobs Suspected Closet Megatron

HP’s 3-Megapixel Elite Auto Focus Webcam Looks Like a Fancy Stapler

Jean Nouvel’s Faucets Have Touchsensing PlayStationish Buttons

Velocipedes the Wave of the Future, Circa 1900

Nike+ SportBand Coming Next Week

Plot of New Neal Stephenson Novel Revealed

PSP Slim’s Dual Analog Mod Allows Katamari Ecstasy

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