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Custom Adapter Makes It Easy to Wirelessly Transfer Game Boy Camera Photos to Your Smartphone

Matt Gray has created the holy grail for Game Boy Camera enthusiasts.

Swap Your Phone Charger For This Thin Transforming Adapter

Technically there’s nothing really wrong with the charging cable that came with your smartphone. Except for that long cord you need to constantly wrap, unwrap, and more often than not, detangle. That won’t ever happen with the Thinium, though. It trades an annoying a cord for an ultra-thin transforming design that allows it to plug…

Finally Someone Stepped Up and Designed A Way To Not Lose MagSafe Adapters

The $10 MagSafe to MagSafe 2 Converter is annoyingly expensive, but it’s better than buying new gear. And now for $15 you can adopt an annoyingly expensive, but ingenious way to keep track of the tiny dongle. It’s the Apple way. https://gizmodo.com/apple-magsafe-2-adapter-pay-10-to-stick-one-magnet-to-5917504 The MagSafe Adapter Key Ring, created by Jonathan Bobrow, is 3D printed from…

Apple’s Lightning Digital AV Adapter Hides a Tiny Computer

Apple’s Lightning Digital AV Adapter is 50 bucks. That’s expensive. Apple’s Lightning Digital AV Adapter hooks up your iOS devices’ Lightning port to HDMI. But it lags and gives artifacts. Apple’s Lightning Digital AV adapter actually hides a tiny computer inside in the cable…wait what? Yes. The folks at Panic Software broke open a Lightning…

You Can Finally Charge Your iPhone 5 with Normal USB Cords

The new iPhone (and new iPads’) cable connector has been about as controversial as a gadget cable connector can get. It’s smaller, which is nice, but it’s expensive and incompatible with everything. Which is why I love this little adapter. The EU already forces Apple to sell this adapter, which will turn any Micro USB…

Latest 12W iPad Charger Will Charge Older iPads Quicker

Alongside the iPad Mini launch the other day, Apple quietly rolled out a meatier, 12-watt power adapter. Turns out it will charge all the old iPads iterations quicker. Apple has confirmed to 9to5mac that the new 12W iPad power adapter will charge old iPads quicker than the older 10W adapters. Apple explained: “We don’t have…

That overpriced, locked down, long-delayed 30-pin-to-lighting adapter is finally shipping. Sorry, still $30. [MacRumors]

The iPhone 5 Will Ship With a Free Lightning to 30-pin Adapter After All (Update: Maybe Not!)

Apple’s decision to change the iPhone’s connector to the new Lightning standard has been ruffling feathers, not least because the adapter required to use it with old accessories costs $30 and doesn’t support video. Fortunately, the phone will be shipping with a converter in the box. https://gizmodo.com/whats-changed-in-apples-new-8-pin-lightning-dock-connec-5942555 Those ordering the iPhone 5 through the Apple…

That Stupid Ass Expensive iPhone Adapter Won’t Support Video and iPod Out (Updated)

The iPhone 5 is using the new ‘Lightning’ port which means we all need to buy dumb, expensive adapters if we want to keep using our old accessories. Unfortunately, those adapters don’t support video and iPod out. It’s okay, it’s not as bad as it sounds. https://gizmodo.com/f-ck-that-goddamn-iphone-adapter-costs-30-bucks-5942710 It’s still not good—especially for those people who…

Cables Don’t Have to be Hidden Away When They’re This Pretty

This is just another thing to add to the list of “if I lived in Japan, I would buy one for every room.” [Iida via Blstrawberry via SwissMiss]

Kanex HDMI to Mini DisplayPort Adapter Box For the 27-inch iMac

The dream of putting HDMI content (Blu-ray player, Xbox 360, PS3 or even another computer) into a 27-inch iMac has FINALLY come true. Kanex, who have done MDP to HDMI adapters, now goes the other way with the upcoming accessory. The bad part is that the device will cost $150, and you still need separate…

Cute Cube: A Socket For Squares

As chargers and power adapters—and the number of gadgets we carry—become ever more unwieldy, a solution like the Cute Cube is going to be less a luxury than a necessity. A necessity that is just adorable! It’s just a concept for now, but it’s a Red Dot Design Award-winning concept, which will hopefully help give…

United Nations Approves MicroUSB Universal Phone Charger Standard

The International Telecommunication Union, a branch of the UN, has decided on a standard for phone chargers that should finally cut down on a huge chunk of unnecessary e-waste. It’s about time. It looks like the Universal Charging Solution (UCS) has some pretty broad support, from handset manufacturers like LG, Motorola and Samsung to carriers…

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (With Digital Audio) Review

It’s the digital audio version of the Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter we reviewed before, which takes your digital audio and Mini DisplayPort video and mixes it into one HDMI signal for your TV. https://gizmodo.com/the-mini-displayport-to-hdmi-adapter-now-has-digital-au-5372059 The Price: $70 The Verdict: It works, but damn if it isn’t expensive. If you’re not really married to the higher…

The Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter Now Has Digital Audio

The USB audio version of the Mini DisplayPort to HDMI adapter hasn’t shipped yet, but Kanex just came out with an even more updated version of it with digital audio. https://gizmodo.com/kanex-mini-displayport-adapter-with-audio-review-someo-5325723 There isn’t a whole lot to explain, other than the fact that the adapter is now basically set to deliver full audio quality to…

The 802.11n Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter Might Be $100

Ars has a mole that just told them the updated 802.11n wireless adapter will be $100, with the older G adapter dropping down to $80. Still too expensive, compared to the price of regular Wi-Fi adapters. [Ars via Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-confirms-xbox-360s-802-11n-wireless-adapter-5364607

TomTom’s GPS-Enancing Car Kit Delayed Until October

According to the company FAQ, TomTom’s much talked about car kit that brings enhanced GPS to both the iPhone and iPod Touch will be available starting in October, and not by the end of the summer as previously believed. [TomTom] https://gizmodo.com/confirmed-tomtoms-gps-car-kit-will-work-with-ipod-touc-5339070

Kanex Mini DisplayPort Adapter With Audio Review: Someone Finally Gets It Right

The Kanex Mini DisplayPort and USB audio to HDMI adapter, which one-ups the previous Monoprice adapter because there’s audio. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-users-rejoice-the-kanex-mini-displayport-to-hd-5311384 The Price: $40 $60 The Verdict: It works. IT WORKS! Playing back 1080p trailers in Quicktime, powered by a MacBook Pro, on our plasma TV was fantastic. And the part where it actually has audio? Yes…

TV Tricklesaver Makes Sure Standby Consoles Don’t Cost You Money

The Tricklesaver does two things: detect when your TV is off, and cuts off power to whatever console is plugged in so it doesn’t waste power when “off”. This is good, in theory. In theory, a standby PS3 uses about $250 a year when in the off standby position. An Xbox 360 uses a little…

Why Can’t We Get a Standard Phone Charger Like Europe?

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Apple have all agreed to use the microUSB standard in their phones made for the European market. Why can’t we have that? No idea. We’re surprised that Apple is getting in on this agreement, though, and we’re wondering if the microUSB port will supplement or…