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Cellphone Lemon Law Could Reward You for Buying a Crappy Phone

Illinois is currently considering a “cellphone lemon law” that would allow anyone who’s had their phone replaced or repaired three times to get out of their contract. This would be pretty awesome for consumers, who have no real recourse when their phone breaks multiple times. If the bill is passed, customers would be able to…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 23

RIM to Bring More BlackBerry Apps to Windows Mobile 6

Windows Mobile users who are already on the BlackBerry network thanks to the latter’s BlackBerry Connect service will be happy to hear that RIM’s bringing even more BB apps to your phone. Running only on Windows Mobile 6 devices, the app will add support for “email, phone, calendar, address book, tasks, memos, browser, instant messaging…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 23

Yamaha’s New RX-V861 Receiver: 1080pi Upconversion, HDMI Switching for $999.95

We all hate those “under $1,000” price declarations, especially when, with shipping and sales tax, you’re well over $1,000. But Yamaha’s RX-V861 receiver, due in May, is brings long awaited good news for those who have multiple game consoles, an HD cable box and a legacy DVD/VHS combo, all hanging out in a spaghetti-fest of…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Apr 23

LED Clock Gives You That Timeless Sinking Feeling

The Sinking Clock by master clockist Ross McBride depicts a certain fatalistic and pathetic mindset whose pessimism is not necessarily representative of your humble Gizmodo narrators, but appreciated by all nonetheless. It’s as if the poor thing was flung down onto a desktop and permanently embedded therein. Alas, it’s just a design concept. Somebody build…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 23

Wiimote-like Motion Sensitive Phones Make no Sense Whatsoever

So the story goes as follows: Nintendo releases DS. DS becomes instant bestseller. Touchy-screen dual number becomes next game fetish. NTT DoCoMo and Mitsubishi think it may be a good idea, announce DS-like phone. Big N releases Wii; becomes instant bestseller. Wiimote becomes next game fetish device. Same suspects release D904i, a phone that needs…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 23

Super Sky Copter: Yet Another Crazy Flying Vehicle

Never underestimate the power of rich eccentrics who really want a flying vehicle. Take this Super Sky Cycle, for example, invented by Larry Neal. It makes perfect sense, he swears! The problem with flying cars in the past was what to do with the wings once you were on the ground. With a ‘fly-drive’ gyroplane,…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Apr 23

Comparison Shop from the Store with Frucall

It always sucks to buy something in a store, come home, and realize that it was available online or at another store for $50 less. You bonehead. Way to do your research. Well, a service called Frucall will allow you to be impulsive yet still protect yourself from overpaying. Simply call the toll-free number (1-888-DO-FRUCALL),…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 23

Philips Developing Hairy Displays

You may not have thought of this, but Philips has: furry displays, or TVs made of little hairs. Really? Yep, Philips has figured out a way to create a display that consists of a grid of short, fine hairs. When a charge is applied to a hair, it stands up straight, revealing the color of…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 23

Texting Champion is a 13-year-old with Lightning Fingers

When we hear about these light-speed texting champions, our jaws drop. This year’s prize winner for the LG National Texting Championship is 13-year-old Morgan Pozgar, who managed to bang out the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious in 15 seconds without one single spelling error. Damn! For her next trick, her parents are making her bang out the following…

Tech News Charlie White Apr 23

Ceci N’est Pas une Fire Extinguisher

Beware the treachery of images, because things aren’t always as they appear to be. That’s certainly the case with this fire extinguisher, whose purpose is to accomplish just the opposite. Push down on its little lever, and it’ll fire up that stogie, pipe, cig or blunt. The hose part actually has a little LED inside…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 23

Install Your Own 120GB Xbox Drive, Save $100

Everybody knows that the Xbox 360 120GB HDD add-on is a total rip-off. I mean, come on Microsoft, who are you trying to fool here? $180 for a 120GB drive? What is this, 2002? Give me a break. Well, you don’t need to bend over and let Microsoft have its way with you if you…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 23

Moto Q 9h to Debut on AT&T in August?

When it comes to predicting cellphone launch dates, the Boy Genius isn’t one to disappoint. His latest prediction (which is backed up by his usual anonymous informants) claims the Motorola Q 9h will hit AT&T this August. https://gizmodo.com/3gsm-2007-i-heart-motorolas-z8-banana-slider-and-q9-sm-236846 In case you forgot, the Q 9h is Moto’s follow-up to the Q, with quad-band Edge, triband…

Gadgets Louis Ramirez Apr 23

Tueco E2 Shower Washes Scent of Poverty Right Off

You stand in a bathtub when you shower? What a plebe. Me? Oh, I only bathe in the finest of showers, such as this Teuco Evolution E2. It features such amenities as a steam inlet and aromatic herbs dispenser, cromoexperience lamps, and surround sound. Do I know what a cromoexperience lamp is? No, not really.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 23

Mini Cooper XXL: Oxymoron on Wheels

Click to viewTake a Mini Cooper and stretch it out to about double its size, put a hot tub in the back and you have yourself the Mini XXL, a six-wheel, four-door six-seat stretch limousine with all the benefits of a regular stretch limousine but with that superior fuel economy and handling that’s so in…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 23

Factories in Space (1982)

The 1982 book The Kids’ Whole Future Catalog made the rather ambitious prediction of entire industries sprouting up in space by the year 2000. In the future, products from space will be in great demand. Economists are predicting a 20 billion dollar market for space-made goods by the year 2000. See also: Challenge of Outer…

Tech News Matt Novak Apr 23

Feeling Weak? Rent an Exoskeleton.

Do you have a refrigerator you need to move? An uncooperative roommate who won’t get off the couch and get a job? A need to impress the guys down at the gym with your amazing lifting skills, no matter what? Well, good news, wussbag. Starting next year in Japan, you’ll be able to lease an…

Tech News Adam Frucci Apr 23

For the Next Five Minutes, Blu-ray Is Winning

The argument continues to rage, with no end in sight. HD DVD was winning last week, with rumors of cheap HD DVD players flooding the market via Wal-Mart (who else?). Augmenting that was a sales spike in HD DVD discs, though one that was caused by an artificial (or at least, unsustainable) sales spike caused…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 23

Light Wave Surfboard Lets You Surf 24/7, Marks Location of Sharks’ Dinner

At first we thought this was one of those levitating skateboards from Back to the Future finally arriving on the market, but no, it’s not quite that gnarly. The Light Wave surfboard, from the makers of the Light Pick LED-illuminated guitar pick, actually has running lights that alert other surfers—or the sharks—to your presence in…

Gadgets Charlie White Apr 23

Wi-Fi May Cause Death, Or Something Even More Serious

The chairman of the British Health Protection Agency is worried about all that Wi-Fi coverage everywhere. Sir William Stewart is calling for a formal investigation as to whether all that wireless radiation from Starbucks, your house and free municipal access is giving you health problems. Good thing you’re not this British Woman, who’s totally allergic…

Health Jason Chen Apr 23

Video: HTC Advantage Unboxed

It was once called the Athena (and, briefly, the Ameo). Now it is the Advantage, and it has arrived in Europe. And lest you think this is just one of those never-gonna-get-here tease videos, HTC now says it will launch the Advantage in the US this summer. It’s quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE plus HSDPA/UMTS 850/1900/2100, but my…

Gadgets Wilson Rothman Apr 23

Cellphone Lemon Law Could Reward You for Buying a Crappy Phone

RIM to Bring More BlackBerry Apps to Windows Mobile 6

Yamaha’s New RX-V861 Receiver: 1080pi Upconversion, HDMI Switching for $999.95

LED Clock Gives You That Timeless Sinking Feeling

Wiimote-like Motion Sensitive Phones Make no Sense Whatsoever

Super Sky Copter: Yet Another Crazy Flying Vehicle

Comparison Shop from the Store with Frucall

Philips Developing Hairy Displays

Texting Champion is a 13-year-old with Lightning Fingers

Ceci N’est Pas une Fire Extinguisher

Install Your Own 120GB Xbox Drive, Save $100

Moto Q 9h to Debut on AT&T in August?

Tueco E2 Shower Washes Scent of Poverty Right Off

Mini Cooper XXL: Oxymoron on Wheels

Factories in Space (1982)

Feeling Weak? Rent an Exoskeleton.

For the Next Five Minutes, Blu-ray Is Winning

Light Wave Surfboard Lets You Surf 24/7, Marks Location of Sharks’ Dinner

Wi-Fi May Cause Death, Or Something Even More Serious

Video: HTC Advantage Unboxed

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