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Sony Ericsson Orders Up Windows Mobile Smartphones From HTC

Digitimes’s insider at HTC tells them they just received ODM orders for Windows Mobile smartphones from Sony Ericsson to ship sometime in the 2nd half of 2008. We’ll find out whether this means SE will dump Symbian altogether (unlikely) or just have two smartphone OSes, like Palm. [Digitimes via The Unwired]

Lifebook U810 Available, Getting Props

The Lifebook U810 just went on sale. When we did our hands on of the the Lifebook U810 last month, I didn’t really think it would get as much attention as it has in the last few days. Charlie, winner of the CES PC Building race two years straight, says its the smallest Laptop at…

Ben Heck Sticks an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller into an Original Xbox Controller

Console modder Ben Heck generally takes formerly gigantic things and crams them into small packages. For his most recent project, he did the opposite: He stuck an Xbox 360 wireless controller into an original Xbox controller, which is monstrous in size. While yes, he added batteries and wireless capabilities to the original Xbox controller, it…

NBC Joins ABC in Allowing Free Show Downloads

NBC just announced free DRM’ed downloads of popular shows like Heroes, Conan, The Office, 30 Rock and the Bionic Woman that will last a week. Windows now, but upgrades such as Mac compatibility, HD, and portable player support coming soon. Full press release after the jump. BURBANK, Calif. – September 19, 2007 – NBC.com today…

Solar-Powered Laser Promises Almost-Unlimited Energy, More Efficient Death Stars

The Tokyo Institute of Technology has created a solar-powered laser which is the first to use “Fresnel lenses made of neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet doped with chromium.” OK. Whatever. For all I care they can call it “fansworthtricorderium doped in darthvadium” —as soon as it delivers on its promise of providing unlimited energy from a…

A1Pro Keyboard Has Handwriting Pad With Character Recognition

This A1Pro keyboard isn’t that useful for us, who can type just fine with the standard QWERTY keys, but is incredibly useful for, say, Chinese people who want to write characters the way they’re used to writing on paper (typing takes a lot longer to learn). The keyboard looks normal on the left, but instead…

Horn Speakers are Gigantic, Expensive and Dumb

I see a lot of speakers, but I have the same issue with almost all of them: they just aren’t stupid enough for me. That’s why I love this Ferguson Hill FH001 Horn Speaker; it’s gigantic, looks really dumb, and costs a downright-insane $19,916. And at that price you’d expect awesome sound, right? Wrong! This…

EA Confirms PS3 Rumble Controller With Live Unit

Confirming the previous “confirmation” about rumble coming to the PS3, EA has a Burnout Paradise demo booth set up at Tokyo Game Show complete with rumbling controllers. The controller itself looked exactly like a SIXAXIS, but had a sticker beneath it that said “RUMBLE.” It was also much heavier, says IGN, than the standard SIXAXIS—which…

Domo-Kun Mimobots USB Drives

Speaking as a guy who actually owns a Domo-kun shirt, these Domokun mimobots are pretty much the best drives ever. Mimobots are flash drives shaped like random characters you know, but this one’s of our favorite Japanese stop-motion monster who also enjoys killing kittens. You know the one. [Joshspear] https://gizmodo.com/new-mimobots-bring-some-friends-of-the-happy-tree-varie-287324

Wal-Mart Not Carrying $199 HD DVD Player This Christmas

Wal-Mart’s just made a statement claiming that they have no plans to carry the Venturer $199 HD DVD in stores this holiday season. This is probably the first time Wal-Mart’s turned down a cheap, Chinese- made solution in preference to name brands like Toshiba, but they do still offer Venturer DVD players on walmart.com. We…

Gizmodo Intern Tortured for the Cause

Here’s proof of Gizmodo intern Benny Goldman’s dedication to his work: the gals at Gizmodo’s beloved sister site Jezebel took him for a special back, sack and crack waxing, and here you can see the obvious pain he was put through just to get that clean, hairless look. The Jezebel babes are working on a…

IMobile Flying C1000 Watch is Phone, Audio and Video Player, Chunky

Finally something to go up against the multi-talentedM500 GSM-MP3-MP4 watch: the IMOBILE Flying C1000. Touchscreen, Bluetooth, GSM phone, 60MB built-in memory, there are a couple more shots after the jump. https://gizmodo.com/m500-gsm-mp3-mp4-cellphone-watch-in-action-276214 It’s also got a USB port, a stylus and, from what I can decipher from the original page, screen res is 176 x 220…

Pirate App For iPhone Honors Talk Like a Dumbass Day

Pirates are stupid. Ninjas are where it’s at. But if you somehow have the misguided notion that pirates are cool, there’s this iPhone pirate app that lets you take a picture of someone and make them into a pirate. See how stupid that guy looks? Making him a pirate just makes him look stupider. If…

iPhone Faux-GPS Hack Works and is Awesome

Click to viewWhoa, the iPhone just got GPS. Well, it’s actually using peer-collected GPS data linked to cellular tower, which Navizon describes as peer to peer location detection. Either way &mdash it actually works. This morning, the Navizon GPS app showed up in Installer.app. After creating a username and login (get this: email NOT required),…

ReplayTV Personal HD Rolled Out, Has iPod and iPhone Support

As we predicted on Monday, ReplayTV rolled out its Personal HD today, a USB tuner dongle that we’ve confirmed is a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950 modified especially for ReplayTV. It’s the software that makes this product unique, giving you the ability to convert those videos you record on your PC to formats that will play back…

Crooks Caught Red-Handed Stealing $20K Worth of Gadgets, Laptops and More

Next time you decide to rip off a bunch of Macs, camcorders and laptops, you might want to take a good look around for the unblinking eye of a video camera, because you could end up pilloried in public the next day. Check out this brazen burglary in progress, and then step back and think…

Amazon may have jumped the gun with it, but AT&T’s Wi-Fi-equipped BlackBerry 8820 is on sale from tomorrow, costing $299.99 for a two-year contract with rebate. https://gizmodo.com/first-wifi-blackberry-8820-on-sale-now-297904

New Army Combat Shirt is Flame-Resistant, Has 8-Bit Camouflage

Just debuted, here is Mrs. Commandersson wearing the new high-tech Army Combat Shirt, made with an anti-microbial fabric that is flame-resistant and improves “breathability.” Designed to be worn under the Interceptor Body Armor, it comes in a NES-Zelda-Map-Style 8-bit camouflage pattern for that practical yet elegant Stargate look. It also includes anti-abrassion elbow pads, cargo…

iSlide is a Segway/Skateboard Combo Concept

We all know that Segways are far from cool, but skateboards generally do meet the requirements for things that we’d be seen on in public. What happens if you combine the two? You get the iSlide concept, a weird-looking skateboard loaded up with fuel cells and the balancing mechanism of a Segway. You’ll need at…

Canon Rolls Out REALiS SX7 and X700 Projectors, Touts Psychedelic Color Accuracy

Canon just rolled out two new projectors in its REALiS multimedia line, and both of these specialty units are aimed at artists and suits. Designed to be super bright and capable of displaying exceptionally accurate colors, the top of the line is the SX7 pictured above, aimed at pro photogs and graphics and printing mavens.…