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Mio H610 Personal GPS Unit To Hit U.S. in November

Mio, makers of fine GPS devices for quite some time now, have just announced that the H610 DigiWalker personal GPS unit will hit U.S. stores in November. I was on the receiving end of a brief hands-on (the life of a blogger is a busy one, I assure you) yesterday and came away with it…

Second-Gen iPod nano Parts Cheaper, Less Power-Hungry

There’s more than meets the eye with Apple’s newest iPod nano, and the iSuppli Corp. Teardown Analysis service says that Apple has “remastered” the $199 4GB music player’s bill of materials cost to $72.24, down from the $89.97 parts cost for the first-generation 2GB nano. The most significant new part is a Samsung system-on-a-chip (SoC)…

iZak Portable Multimedia Center: TorrentPal for HDTV

The iZak Portable Multimedia Center by Unibrain lets you copy music, video or photos from your Mac or PC via USB 2.0 and then plug that content into the TV via SVideo, component, or composite. Hey, it’s sneakernet on a grand scale! The company says it’ll handle 1080i or 720p HDTV through an optional $23…

Sharp Triple Directional Viewing LCD: Three Screens, No Waiting

Sharp has enhanced its solution-searching-for-a-problem with the Triple Directional Viewing LCD, a flat panel that can show three different video signals from three different angles at the same time. Sharp showed us this impressive technology with two video sources a couple of years ago at CES, and now it’s raised the bar to three. Sharp…

Best of Gizmodo

•Sony Reader: Gizmodo’s Hands All Over •Jelbert GeoTagger Knows Where You Took That Picture •Nokia N95 Cellphone has Wings, 5MP Cam, GPS, HSDPA •Sony Vaio Type U, Now 32GB Flashier •Hasselblad H3D DSLR: 39 Megapixels, Lunar Price https://gizmodo.com/sony-reader-gizmodos-hands-all-over-203185 Comment of the Day : Intel Launching Quad-Core in November https://gizmodo.com/intel-launching-quad-core-in-november-203418 “I’m so glad we’re past that whole…

Gizmodo Roast: Mvox Duo Bluetooth Headset-Slash-Speakerphone (WTF)

Announced at DEMO 2006 with Web 1.0 exuberance is the Mvox Duo bluetooth headset. It claims to do standard duty, plus work as a speakerphone, voice over IP headset and car kit. In otherwords, its a regular bluetooth headset, but biggie sized to fit a larger speaker inside. Where should I start talking shit about…

Other Bits and Bytes

•The First (But Not Last!) AOL Search Records Lawsuit [Consumerist] •AMD to counter Intel QX6700 with three new Athlon 64 FX CPUs [TG Daily] •National Geographic committed to high-def [HD Beat] •Ice the size of Texas melts in one year [New Scientist] •Cisco jumps into enterprise video publishing [InfoWorld]

Austin Powers’ Fembot For Sale

Would you like to own your own Austin Powers Fembot? Why do we even have to ask—this is Gizmodo after all. Bidding on this original movie prop starts at $3,500, and comes in “as-is” condition. Which means you’d better be comfortable with a little Mike Meyers spunk in some unusual places. Sure beats watching the…

The Time Curtain Is What You Think It Is

Are wall clocks too 19th century for you? Do beads freak you out? Combine the best of both worlds with this Time Curtain prototype from Soner Ozenc. Yes, it’s a curtain with LED-style numbers representing the current time so you can see exactly how long you’ve been sitting there on your couch instead of getting…

PepperPad 3 Hands-On

The PepperPad 3 is finally almost here, and Linux aficionados cannot wait for a pre-built tablet PC that runs their favorite flavor of OS. https://gizmodo.com/pepper-pad-3-178837 In case you’re not familiar, the PP3 is a tablet that has Bluetooth, QWERTY, WiFi, built-in speakers, and a 20GB hard drive. Advertised as a “Handheld Web Computer”, it’s half…

Sony Reader Pricing and Availability

Because we were scooping the rest of the world on the Sony Reader info, and posting numerous pics of it and its accessories, we couldn’t quite release all the information at once earlier today, but now the embargo has lifted and we can tell you that the final pricing on the Sony reader will be…

Intel Launching Quad-Core in November

Intel’s CEO, Paul Ravioli Cacciatore Otellini said their quad-core CPUs are coming in November. These chips are made for servers and Xtreme gaming rigs, and will be priced accordingly. Versions of the CPU for mainstream desktops will arrive early 2007. “The initial desktop version of quad-core will be introduced as an Extreme version,” Otellini said.…

Cute Girl Sells Laser-Etched MacBook Advertising

Leah Culver is a startup computer programmer—did I mention she is a girl, a cute girl, a cute girl who likes computers? Interested yet? Anyway, Leah has been using a Special Edition G3 iMac for the past six years and she desperately needs a new computer to keep up with the rough and tough computer…

Parrot MK6000 Hands-Free Car Speaker

Parrot’s set to make an official announcement on the MK6000 in-car Bluetooth speakerphone tomorrow, but uber gizmo has news of it today. The MK6000 has dual microphones for noise reduction, text-to-speech to read back your phone’s contacts, and can play streaming music from any bluetooth device—which includes phones, laptops, and MP3 players. https://gizmodo.com/stormblue-a9-bluetooth-enabled-music-player-203090 The MK6000…

Exclusive Zing WiFi Music Player Photos, Smaller than Stiletto

DEMO is a bust for hardware geeks, but we did catch a live Zing music player—you know that one that uses WiFi to download internet radio and Sirius. The nice lady showing it off told me that they weren’t announcing anything right now, but gave us a little tour of the player, as well as…

Freedom Mini Bluetooth Keyboard for Cellphones Finally Available

We remember wanting a piece of this Freedom Mini action way back when it was announced last year, but not being able to find it anywhere. But good news shoppers, it’s finally available from X-TremeGeek for $84.97. https://gizmodo.com/freedom-input-mini-keyboard-it-loves-our-freedom-116004 To recap, the Freedom Mini is a Bluetooth mini-keyboard for cellphones and PDAs that don’t have a…

The Office Espionage Kit

This do-it-yourself espionage kit can be great for getting your career back on track after that lying HR broad complained about some inappropriate conduct in the break room. All you have to do is use the micro-listening device for eavesdropping, the invisible ink pen and decoder to write hidden messages to yourself, and the two…

Nokia N95 In Action

Here’s the Real Body Clock

Are you one of those people who suddenly cracks a naive smile, tilts your head and vacantly says, “Ya know, I like people.” ? We’re happy for you. As long as you’re not talking about a cookbook, it’s OK to be a people person. If you also have a clock fetish like we do, this’ll be…

New Slingbox at Best Buy – Slingbox AV

Remember the new Slingbox we posted about? The AV model with composite and s-video inputs? Looks like it’s already out at Best Buy. https://gizmodo.com/new-slingbox-details-tuner-pro-and-a-v-202348 Zatz went down to Best Buy for lunch—he’s on an all TiVo diet—and saw the AV staring back at him. According to the side of the box, the Pro and Tuner…