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Kenwood HDM-777: First Aftermarket Windows Automotive System

Kenwood unveiled the “HDM-777” on Friday, which is what I believe is the first aftermarket navigation system to use Windows Automotive. At least, it’s the first one I’ve seen. All Blue Screen of Death jokes aside, Windows Automotive is a key component of Microsoft’s “Connected Car Initiative”—the company’s leap into the automotive industry. Though Kenwood…

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DIY Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable

We talked about a different DIY gramophone kit a while back, but this $70 Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable on pre-order from Very Cool Things looks a bit easier (and a bit nicer) to use. The idea is simple: take a CD (or any other etchable plastic surface), add a plastic cup to focus the sound,…

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Two-Toned Vaja iPod Case

The new Vaja iVolution leather cases for the iPod Photo look very attractive, specifically because they turn the iPod into a two-toned simulacrum of thick, rich peanut butter and oozing, creamery nougat. At least this one does—the other colors are all basically the same old leather and suede bits that Vaja always has. Product Page…

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Marathon RePorter

While I’m not quite ready to drop $60 on it, the Marathon Computer RePorter looks like an absolute godsend for someone like me who has to spend a lot of time on his hands and knees for a living. It’s a pretty simple idea: condense all those rear-mounted ports into a single-cable terminating in a…

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Sunday Housecleaning

Good Sunday, internet friends. I thought I’d do some catching up today instead of lazing about as I normally do, soaking in the nutrient bath and giving myself mild electric shocks. While I have some gadgetry and the like to share, I need to make a short announcement and ask a couple questions first, if…

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Sony HVR-Z1U HD Camcorder

A couple days back we talked about the Sony HDV VTR HD playback unit and totally spaced what would probably be more interesting for many of you: a new HD camera from Sony, the HVR-Z1U. This makes two HD units from Big S, the first being the FX-1 which was announced a few months back.…

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Whither the Motorola A630?

Not too long after I took over as editor at Gizmodo, the Motorola A630 sort of seemed to consume all channels of information. I suspect a lot of that stemmed from the fever pitch Moto was generating with their PR punnani, dropping little blurbs here and there, culminating with a mondo Manhattan swank party where…

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Afternoon Bits

Product Highlights • Resident Evil 4 Chainsaw Controller. [ModernJackass] • 3D Holographic Television [Economist] • Samsung develops 3D mobile display [TheInquirer] Business • Merry Merry Christmas for Moto [GigaOm] • Cell phones take iPod challenge [CNET] • Dell gives AMD another look [ArsTechnica] • Dell profits up 25% [GuardianBlog] Reviews • Logitech’s Z-5500 [Wired] Culture…

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MagPix SX3: Binoculars + Digicam

These things would rock the asses of the masses if only they were what they appeared to be. You get a 3.1-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom for $150, so that’s really not too bad, but the binoculars just serve as viewfinders. Dual camera lenses might be asking a bit much on a $150 camera,…

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Mattel JuiceBox Reviewed

A lot of you have been pointing out the news about Mattel’s new JuiceBox that’s showing up today, mostly stemming from this review on the AP wire, I think. If you haven’t heard about it, the Juicebox is a $70 portable video player for kids that uses a proprietary flash memory card format so that…

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Sponsor Attack!

I’ve been lax about thanking our sponsors the last couple of weeks, so I want to make sure I get it done this time. If you’d like to be forgotten by me every other week, feel free to sponsor us as well. https://gizmodo.com/preview/advertising-with-gizmodo-8027 • Business Software Alliance: Make Your Company Clean Up Its Act •…

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Sony Aiwa XDM-S710BT

I sort of thought Sony killed the Aiwa brand, but I4U is reporting a new Aiwa-branded flash player called the XDM-S710BT with a 100-hour playtime and a Bluetooth interface—which is sort of hot, now that I think about it. It’s only a 256MB player, unfortunately, but everything else looks solid. There are too other models,…

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Sanyo MM7400 on Sprint PCS

Here’s another “ruggedized” phone on Sprint PCS, the Sanyo MM7400. Not sure why, but it seems Sprint likes these rubber-encrusted mobiles more than other carriers (except for maybe Nextel). This one comes complete with 16MB RAM and a VGA camera with 3-mode flash. No Bluetooth, nothing really cutting edge to justify the $380 MSRP except…

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AllOfMP3 Took My Money (And I’m Cool With That)

I just noticed I’ve spent $55 at AllofMP3 since I discovered it about 6 months ago or so. Excepting live music, that’s more money than I’ve spent on music in years. Yeah, yeah, I’m a filthy artist-hating pirate, whatever. All I’m saying is, I’m willing to spend money when I can download what I want…

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Weightless Lamp

LED lights are pretty cool, literally and figuratively. These weightless lamps are no exception, with the added bonus that, well, they’re weightless (virtually). Designed by Afroditi Krassa, the World View is a cluster of 91 LEDs hanging from a helium balloon, anchored to the floor (or whatever surface) by a spool. They’re being developed for…

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Samsung Miniket

I haven’t heard much about this Miniket multi-function thing that’s on the front page of Samsung’s site—in fact, it’s sort of disturbing that we haven’t heard more since it was announced in other markets in October. It’s pretty easy to grok, though: it’s a tiny flash-based MPEG4 camcorder that can also take still images and…

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Mobisodes: 24 on Vodafone

It’s interesting to wonder if these new ‘mobisodes’ beings touted by Fox and Vodafone will end up being worth a damn. As part of their 3G launch, Vodafone has commissioned 24 one-minute episodes set in the world of the television show “24” (although it’s not mentioned if Keifer and other cast members will appear). The…

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Gizmodo VR Blogging

A lot of you have asked to see the sort of working environment we have here at Gizmodo so I thought I’d share. That’s me with the dank ‘stache and my body-double on the right. I’ve got to head into the city later so I thought I’d grow a dupe while I stay here and…

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DMC Flash Player

There’s a new flash player from Digital Mind Corporation (called the DMC Flash Player) that actually looks like a pretty good deal. $100 will net you at 256MB player (MP3 only) with a built-in SD/MMC card slot. That takes my three personal favorite things in a flash player—cheap price, built-in USB plug, and easy expansion—and…

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Bowling With AL

Even bowling is being revolutionized by Bluetooth. And I don’t mean having a Bluetooth bowling ball you can manually drive into the pins—which would rule—but instead a wireless scoring interface developed by GeTronics in cooperation with Hitachi Labs, called the “With AL” bowling front-end. I call it a front-end, but I’m not sure if that’s…

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Kenwood HDM-777: First Aftermarket Windows Automotive System

DIY Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable

Two-Toned Vaja iPod Case

Marathon RePorter

Sunday Housecleaning

Sony HVR-Z1U HD Camcorder

Whither the Motorola A630?

Afternoon Bits

MagPix SX3: Binoculars + Digicam

Mattel JuiceBox Reviewed

Sponsor Attack!

Sony Aiwa XDM-S710BT

Sanyo MM7400 on Sprint PCS

AllOfMP3 Took My Money (And I’m Cool With That)

Weightless Lamp

Samsung Miniket

Mobisodes: 24 on Vodafone

Gizmodo VR Blogging

DMC Flash Player

Bowling With AL

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