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Contest Reminder: Win an iPhone

You saw our gigantic review of the iPhone, but now it’s time to win one. And by now, we mean NOW, because the contest ends tomorrow, July 10. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-review-276116 Contest [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/were-giving-away-an-iphone-270738

The US Navy Wants in on BoatCars

If you thought only Richard Branson and other well-off BoatCar enthusiasts were the only ones interested in being active on both land and sea, well, you’d be wrong. The Navy’s eyeballing this as well. The Naval Surface Warfare Center is looking at high-speed amphibian (HSA) craft, like this BoatCar, to quickly go from land to…

PS3’s HD Video Downloads To Be Announced at E3?

N’Gai from Newsweek spotted a reason for that seemingly useless PS3 upgrade to 80GB: a new high-def TV and movie download service that they’ll announce at E3. But not really in any detail. …also an in-the-works video download service that will let PS3 owners download high-definition movies and TV shows, just as Xbox 360 owners…

World of Warcraft on the iPhone Kinda

Remember that remote control iPhone to Mac app we showed you last week? Someone’s used that to get World of freaking Warcraft working on the iPhone. It’s not exactly "desktop quality," but he does get the ability to chat and execute some basic commands. You won’t see another Jenkins episode reproduced on the iPhone though,…

Intel shelled out $218.5 million for stock in VMware, makers of Parallels virtualization software. [Ars Technica]

Rumor: Next Gen iMacs to Get MacBook Style Keyboard

You know those redesigned iMacs that are rumored to be showing up in the next couple of weeks? Well it may be that Apple is going to introduce a new MacBook-style keyboard along with them, says Apple Insider. Personally, we love it, so we’re not worried, but we also know some people aren’t so cool…

80GB PlayStation 3 To Get Icky Software Emulation for PS2 Games

We all knew the European PS3s use software emulation to play PlayStation 1 and PlayStation 2 games, but all our US PS3s were doing much better hardware “emotion engine” emulation. But if you want one of the fancy new 80GB PS3s, featuring twenty—count’em, twenty—more jiggabytes than the 60GB model, you’ll have to deal with software…

Wi-Fi BlackBerry Cherry Picked by FCC

All you BlackBerry lovers envious of other people’s smartphone’s Wi-Fi capabilities can stop pining—the FedComCom’s got you covered. Late last week, the FCC just approved what looks like a 8800 series BlackBerry with 802.11a, b and g. It’s GSM, but looks like it’s destined for T-Mobile. Not much other details than that, but we’ll keep…

Contest Reminder: Win a TiVo Series 3

Still haven’t entered our trivia contest to win a TiVo Series 3? You’d better hurry, because the contest ends July 10. That’s tomorrow, in case you weren’t sure what day it was today. Contest Questions [Gizmodo] https://gizmodo.com/trivia-contest-win-a-tivo-series-3-274358

Seeing Double Wall Clock Taunts Time as a Constant

Okay, before you get too confused, understand that this 16″ Seeing Double Wall Clock is too weird, but unique. This $103 clock can (almost) show you both minutes and hour readings with either of its hands, as long as they’re over the LEDs. Why? Let’s figure this out together. This is just one of those…

Myhab Disposable Habitats Are Pre-made, Recyclable Concert Tents

Designer James Dunlop hopes his myhab disposable habitats will help curb the huge number of tents left behind at crowded functions, such as music festivals. At a glance, myhab might look like a glorified cardboard box, but check this out: Your very own myhab with room for two will be erected as well as dismantled…

Apple iPhone Review

Click to view[Updated 4:37PM 7/11/07] Greetings irrational fanboys and Apple haters! Ten days and 12,000 ~13,500 words later, our stone-cold look at what it means to own an iPhone is done. Before we get to the in depth hands-on, here’s the verdict I’d give any good friend: Wait to buy the iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/apple-iphone-review-276116 Wait for…

Paper T-Rex is Bang-A-Gong-Tastic

We’ve already had some paper synthesizers today to get us in the mood for wonderfully useless products (Gizmodo, not just here for the shiny things in life) and now there’s a paper T-Rex. Crank the handle and T-Rex munches on Captain Caveman—or whatever object you place in his path. https://gizmodo.com/cardboard-audio-gear-is-coolest-useless-thing-ever-276222 Flying Pig is the company…

Seetron TP2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System

If you ever have that sinking feeling that your tires are running out of air, this Seetron TP2 Tire Pressure Monitoring System gives you a real-time readout of the psi (pounds per square inch) present in each tire. Once you’ve placed a sensor in each tire, the data is transmitted to this dashboard-mounted readout, giving…

Xbox 360’s Falcon 65nm CPU is Coming

Xbox’s cooler-running chips, which we would have liked to have seen in the Xbox 360 Elite, were rumored for fall. Now Dean Takahashi, the journalist with the best Microsoft Xbox access around, is lending credibility to that unconfirmed fact and reporting on the internal codename: Falcon. Kind of sexy. [mercurynews] https://gizmodo.com/an-xbox-360-elite-2-0-wish-list-for-home-theater-geeks-254361

gOffice, iPhone’s First Word Processor

From the beginning, the iPhone could read Microsoft Word documents, but now you’ll be able to do basic word processing on it with gOffice for iPhone. Developer Kevin Warnock created this mini application, which he calls the world’s first working word processor for the Apple iPhone. What’s the catch? The iPhone’s lack of copy, cut…

Rubik’s Cube from Strapya Simple Enough for Dubya

This mini Rubik’s cube from Japan is one of those little phone straps that you attach to your mobile. As well as giving you hours of fun, it will scratch the back of your cell, annoy you when you talk, and give people an insight into your beliefs and how your brain works. Slowly. The…

6th Generation of iPods for January 2008

Analysts at Piper Jaffray peg Apple’s next iPod announcement in January 2008, and they bet we’ll see an iPod with an iPhonish touchscreen and running a version of OS X. What is it with these guys and obvious predictions? I mean, January is Macworld. From the looks of it, the iPhone will continue to be…

Sprint Makes Valiant Attempt to Cash In on File Sharing

In the mad scramble to stay profitable in a world turned upside down, the music industry is getting pretty creative. The newest gimmick: sponsoring the cover art image in digital files. Sprint is paying to slap their logo on digital versions of the rapper Piles’ (who?) debut album. When those songs end up on file-sharing…

Japanese Version of Boeing 787 Dreamliner to Offer Butt-Wiping Luxury

Now that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is no longer under wraps, airlines around the world are figuring out how to make it even more luxurious. Not to be outdone is Japan’s All Nippon Airways, which will equip its bathrooms with bun-spraying washlet toilets from Toto. The seats have special bidet wands that wash and dry…