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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.…

Linecount == 40. A bunch of Wired Magazine people just showed up. [iPhone SF Campout Live Video, AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30] https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

Breaking news, crackhead next to me with boombox blasting is cruising for some maximum damage. Someone deliver me some nunchucks. Homeless guy just told me to tell you all, “TONIGHT WE’RE ALL HOMELESS! [iPhone SF Campout Live Video, AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30] https://gizmodo.com/sf-iphone-line-is-a-friggin-circus-p-s-were-live-273439

iPhone SF Campout Live (10PM PDT)

Everytime someone asks me what I’m waiting in line for, I die a little death. It’s 10pm here, and mercifully, the wind has been tame. The northwest/southeast config of Stockton street just works this way. The line is about 45 deep. And there is this guy I camped out with at Final Fantasy Fan Day…

Toshiba and Microsoft Remind Us What HD DVD Can Do (and What Blu-Ray Can’t)

Dismissing that whole Blockbuster Blu-ray decision as nothing more than a PR victory, and in no way an exclusive deal by the video-rental company, execs from Toshiba and Microsoft came to NYC to show off the latest in HD DVD amenities. The latest firmware, the one that finally allows for Web-enabled network capabilities, is here,…

Hey, there’s a pay phone here…if I give this number to you guys, you’re going to call until I cry for mercy, right? So I guess I’d better not do that….but I kind of want to.

iPhone SF Campout Live (9PM PDT)

The WiFi here rocks. Hotel and Apple store. Anyone know if they’ll turn off the WiFi at night like Starbucks? (AIM me at lnelyiphoneboy30) Justin from Justin.tv came to fix my LifeCam rig. (Or, in the case of iPhone camping, no-life cam). THe weather is balmy, and I hear this is very different from NY,…

Brian Lam on The Daily Show

Don’t miss our own Brian Lam, Editor of Gizmodo, appearing on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Comedy Central. The segment originally aired Thursday night (6/28/07) at 11 p.m. Eastern, 10 Central, and 8 p.m. Pacific. If you missed Brian’s hilarious segment talking about the iPhone (it starts about 15:00 into the show), the…