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The iPhone That Wasn’t: A Look Back

Today is launch day and soon the iPhone will emerge, filling those who acquire it with joy and haunting the dreams of the less fortunate. Join us in a journey through time and space as we return to the days before the JesusPhone. This round-up of iPhone hopefuls is a great glimpse into how cellphone…

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New Movie Cowboy HDD Player Ropes FTP, HDMI, a Herd of Video Formats

This is Digital Cowboy’s latest hard drive video and music player, their new 1080p-enabled Movie Cowboy DC-MC35UL3, which will be available first in Japan in July. In addition to Full HD support, this Apple TV on steroids adds FTP to the Samba and NFS networking protocols, as well as HDMI, S/PDIF digital audio and supports…

11 Hours Remain for Manhattan Campers

Remember that line at the 5th Avenue Apple Store we showed you last night? Well, it’s gotten a little bigger. Now about 130 people long, the line grows at a steady trickle–single campers, pairs, and groups pass by as we write this. It’s overcast and a little chilly, though the temperature is estimated to rise…

Embotec Creates Counterfeit Money Detector and Mouse Combo, Puzzles World

In the world of the incongruous pairing, Embotec’s mouse ‘n’ counterfeit money detector is up there with the best of them. And it doesn’t just work on KFC vouchers, you know… Aimed at gas stations, convenience stores and the like, the EM-D275 will be available in Korea from next month onwards. And if this gadget…

3G iPhone Monday UK Announcement is Bollocks

Someone thinks Apple has suicidal tendencies and is going to announce a 3G iPhone on Monday for the UK market. We are not buying it for many reasons. First, a move like that will kill their own US launch, alienating their customers. But there are many other factors on top of that. The reporter is…

Transparent LCD Screen from Active Inc will Transform Shop Windows

Behold what could be the future for display screens in your local shopping emporia: a see-through composite LCD display. Developed by Active Inc, a Tokyo-based company that makes optical components. How does the technology work? Well, not a lot is known at the moment, but Active Inc’s R&D department has been seeing how liquid crystal…

iPhone SF Campout Live (4AM PDT)

All is well, although my meager facilities responsible for writing well are almost entirely gone. I slept an hour tucked in between a phone booth and a light post. Street cleaning came rumbling by and almost clipped a camper’s leg off as it rumbled down Stockton street. Then, just now, someone just drove up the…

Dento-Munch is the Future of Dental Research

This is Dento-Munch, a robot developed by scientists to help with research into dental products. Kazem Alemzadeh of the Bristol Robotics Laboratory is one of the engineers behind the team, at Britain’s Bristol University, and he reckons that Dento-Munch could cut down the time needed to trial new products, as machines up until now have…

IonFlow 50 Air Purifier Keeps Your Environment Pollen- and Pollution-Free

The IonFlow 50 is an air purifier that doesn’t look or sound like an air purifier. Designed by Michael Malmborg for LightAir, the IonStyle is ozone- and filter-free and works completely silently. Tests in Sweden proved that the IonFlow 50 eliminated 99.94 per cent of all harmful pollutants – dust, smoke, pollen, bacteria and viruses…

Waiting for the JesusPhone With Style and Comfort

While Brian wishes he brought his Magnum revolver to the San Francisco Apple Store waiting line, not far from there other people are hanging around in a more luxurious and definitely cleaner environment. https://gizmodo.com/apple-patent-to-prevent-thieves-from-lifting-iphone-271270 These people are waiting outside the Apple Store at the Irvine Spectrum. And one of them even bought a huge air…

iPhone SF Campout Live (2:00AM PDT)

Just spoke with some Apple engineers. Good guys. Thanked them for giving us an alternative to Windows Mobile (The Phone OS that makes me want to vomit.) A lot of people here are definitely here to sell iPhones. Whoa, intersting — down in Palo Alto, Justin.tv’s intern almost got jumped defending his spot in line.…

Newton Users, the Wait is Over for You Too

We published our 20 exclusive iPhone wallpapers collection yesterday, but this one just beats them all for pure comedy effect. Reader Taz Goldstein, one of the first Newton adopters back in 1993, has sent this great background for all other Newton users who have been waiting for an Apple-designed replacement since forever. The question: is…

Camera pointed at some Vanilla Ice wanna bees freestyling.[iPhone SF Campout Live Video, AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30] https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

The Future of Real Estate (1953)

Steve over at Finkbuilt sent me a link to this great image of a couple buying a house in the (paleo)future. The publication appears to be from December, 1953. See also: Something must be wrong with its radar eye! (Chicago Tribune, 1959) Monsanto House of the Future (1957-1967) ‘Summer Terrace’ All Year Round (1960s)

iPhone SF Campout Live (12:30AM PDT)

I went to get some Mel’s Diner, on Mission and 4th. Shit took forever for basically some Bacon and Eggs. Going to eat, we saw a new model WRX being shot for a commercial. (Ray Wert, we got video.) Now I’m back. The Justin.tv lifecam is working flawlessly, but I just swapped out a battery.…

Proof of iPhone’s Exchange Server Support?

Potentially good news for suits. Think Secret has turned up a menu — a screenshot, really — of the iPhone’s exchange tab in email settings. Who knows? But there’s more iPhone interface in their gallery [ThinkSecret]

Lam has gone to get eggs. https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

AT&T EDGE Speeds on Steroids?

It looks like Operation Fine EDGE might be paying some pretty fine dividends. AT&T customers at both Mac Rumors’ forums and HowardForums are relaying that tonight they’ve been experiencing some fairly jazzed up EDGE action—speeds have been hitting around 200kbps, a far cry from the typical 40kbps that made Pogue-y a sad panda. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-data-to-be-boosted-by-at-ts-operation-fine-edge-265867 Dermot…

A Video Tour Down the SF iPhone Line

We went down the San Francisco Apple iPhone line (the circus of downtown) and asked people what they were going to do with their new iPhones. A couple good answers from the freaks and geeks, but you gotta watch for yourself. https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439 And Lam’s answer? Put it down his pants? Get your own ideas, Lam.…