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Research Says 58% of iPod Users May Choose Zune Over iPod

As surprising as it may sounds, ABIResearch’s latest poll says 58% of current iPod users said they were “somewhat likely” or “extremely likely” to pick a Zune player over any other player? WTF? We tried to take a look at the actual survey results, but realized they cost $3,000. Yeah, no, that’s ok. We’ll pass.…

Tech News Jason Chen

Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser 6000 Reviewed (Verdict: Good, Bad, Ugly)

Once in a full moon a very recognized peripheral company tries to revolutionize the world by releasing a different style of mice. The Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser 6000 fits that bill. Opening the box I was shocked by the odd shape. It is small, tall, bulky and heavy. But apparently there is a purpose for…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Golf Launchpad Cures Those Winter Blues

The Golf Launchpad is a USB golf simulator. Plug it into your PC or Mac, install a little Tiger Woods PGA Tour and hit the links, virtually. This time instead of throwing your club into the lake, you can simply bash it into your wall. The simulator is even capable of analyzing your golf swing…

Tech News Travis Hudson

LG VX8600 Chocolate Flip Phone Headed For Verizon

Now that Halloween’s over and the multi-colored Chocolate phones are on sale, we can focus towards Chocolate: The Next Generation. We first saw pictures of the XV8600 flip-chocolate back in August, but we’ve got specs now. Real, big boy specs! https://gizmodo.com/white-and-pink-lg-chocolate-on-sale-210892 The XV8600 will have a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD/TransFlash slot, EV-DO for data, Bluetooth…

Tech News Jason Chen

Auto Detective Pen Scopes Out Sound Bugs

There’s a difference between paranoid for no reason and paranoid because someone’s standing behind you right now as you’re reading this. Good thing for both types this Auto Detective Pen only costs $17.71. The pen scans your surroundings for unknown wireless signals, and when found, lights up automatically. Now for some Engrish by someone other…

Gadgets Jason Chen

KishKish Lie Detector for Skype

KishKish, makers of SAM (Simple Answering Machine) for Skype, have now added a lie detector feature to the mix, claiming to detect stress in the voice of your Skype caller, alerting you to any bending of the truth. It’s your $49.95 a year, but we’re thinking it’ll be another decade or two before voice stress…

Gadgets Charlie White

Inspiron 1501: Dell and AMD’s First Love Child

Ever since we found out that Dell and AMD had been secretly seeing each other, we knew it wouldn’t be long before Dell started packing AMD chips in their systems. And now Dell’s proudly showing the world its first AMD baby, the Inspiron 1501. The 15.4-inch laptop will have all the goodness of its Intel…

Tech News Louis Ramirez

Gizmodo Theme Song Contest Reminder

Only one day into our Gizmodo Theme Song Contest and we are already have quite a few entries. To clarify it again, make sure your theme song is no longer than 30 seconds in length. We’ve received quite a few songs that consist of mostly techno loops with a robot voice saying "Gizmodo" in the…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Rumor: New Phone from Helio the “Drift”?

Helio, the young-and-fun media-heavy 3G cell service, will soon be enabling the MySpace habits of even more Gen Yers, according to third-party software maker XCE. Naughty, naughty, speaking out of order on Helio’s behalf! A Samsung model is slated to appear first, with anonymous tipsters claiming the slider will be called “Drift” and come with…

Tech News Matt Schneiderman

Lowrance iWAY 600c Navi With Satellite Imagery, 30GB Drive

This is not just any GPS navigation device; this Lowrance iWAY 600c can overlay satellite imagery on its maps, giving you a view similar to what you might see in Google Earth with the roads turned on. Its maps can be mixed into the usual 2D modes and even show up in an elevated 3D…

Gadgets Charlie White

Amadana Portable DVD Player: Almost a Laptop

If you want your portable DVD player to have a swanky bamboo exterior, this Amadana has that and 10.2 inches of 800×480 LCD goodness along for the ride. Hey, that’s almost as big as a laptop screen. It plays DVDs with Dolby Digital sound and can also read SD memory cards, so that means you…

Tech News Charlie White

2007 iPod Buyers’ Guide Ready for Download

The guys over at iLounge must be cruising around in their Deloreans a bit too much because they just released their 2007 iPod Buyers’ Guide. Quick, someone shoot them an e-mail because it is still 2006. Joking aside, if you ever wanted to know something about the iPod—this is the place to go. The guide…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Nokia’s Clear Ghetto Blaster Boombox

Without a product like this, what other excuses would you mullet-wearing trendy hipster have for going outside? This clear boombox from Nokia was obviously designed to be showed off. It looks like a briefcase, holds your Nokia phone and has two speakers. Slap on a volume control knob and it turns into a multi-million dollar…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

This week at Lifehacker: 12 Killer Apps for Palm PDAs “Stock your Palm with the right software and it can play music, stream RSS feeds, keep you entertained on the road, and even get you where you’re going.” Top Firefox 2.0 config tweaks “…customize the browser to your specific needs.” (Or just get your tabs…

Tech News Gina Trapani

USB Turntable Simplifies Vinyl Ripping

Sure, you could always get that dusty, old turntable out of the attic, hook it up to your entertainment system and run it through the line-in of your computer to rip those horrible Boston vinyl albums, but why complicate things? This belt-driven turntable plugs into the USB port of any computer. Fire up the included…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Martin Logan Descent i Subwoofer: Volume Literally Goes to 11

Let’s put aside this sub’s ability to rumble your guts with 2100-watts of peak, or 750-watts of continuous power. What really has the Giz going is the power knob that goes one through eleven. We don’t need to hear it in person, nor do we care that it won’t *really* give us an extra 10…

Tech News Brian Lam

Glider Mouse Glides for Ergonomics

This is Hela’s Glider Mouse that looks odd as hell, but supposedly works pretty well. Rather than being to the side of the keyboard, like traditional mice, the Glider Mouse sits between you and the keyboard. The little knob simply glides around the trackpad. Supposedly the mouse is more ergonomic by preventing the need to…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Mobile Phone to Take the Air by 2008

Just when you could handle that crying baby, coughing lady, snoring fatty and kid kicking your chair—your flight will be getting a little more annoying. A little over 50 percent of airliners plan to offer some form of in-flight mobile phone connectivity by the end of 2008. It won’t be that bad because the Economist…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Dealzmodo: 12-Percent Off at Best Buy

I’m straying away from my traditional Dealzmodo items to give you folks a chance at saving 12-percent off at Best Buy. As always there are a couple specifications—you have to use the coupon with a Best Buy RewardZone card and some brand names like Bose, KEF and Apple are excluded. Just sign up for the…

Gadgets Travis Hudson

Microsoft and the Case of the 1080p Sony Hijinks

If you recall, yesterday Microsoft released the latest update for the 360, this was the long awaited update that added 1080p capabilities to the console. https://gizmodo.com/xbox-360-live-update-hits-your-living-room-211465 After a day of testing there are some particular strange things going on. People on the AVS forum are reporting that 1080p is not working with component or VGA…

Tech News Travis Hudson

Research Says 58% of iPod Users May Choose Zune Over iPod

Microsoft Natural Wireless Laser 6000 Reviewed (Verdict: Good, Bad, Ugly)

Golf Launchpad Cures Those Winter Blues

LG VX8600 Chocolate Flip Phone Headed For Verizon

Auto Detective Pen Scopes Out Sound Bugs

KishKish Lie Detector for Skype

Inspiron 1501: Dell and AMD’s First Love Child

Gizmodo Theme Song Contest Reminder

Rumor: New Phone from Helio the “Drift”?

Lowrance iWAY 600c Navi With Satellite Imagery, 30GB Drive

Amadana Portable DVD Player: Almost a Laptop

2007 iPod Buyers’ Guide Ready for Download

Nokia’s Clear Ghetto Blaster Boombox

Power User – The Best of Lifehacker

USB Turntable Simplifies Vinyl Ripping

Martin Logan Descent i Subwoofer: Volume Literally Goes to 11

Glider Mouse Glides for Ergonomics

Mobile Phone to Take the Air by 2008

Dealzmodo: 12-Percent Off at Best Buy

Microsoft and the Case of the 1080p Sony Hijinks

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