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Ultra Late Adopter: Why I Don’t Want an iPhone… But Will Probably Cave Anyway

Our great leader Blam has a pet name for me—he calls me “Ula.” Now, while thoughts of svelte Swedish nymphets may be running through your mind, put them aside right now. ULA actually stands for ultra-late adopter—like your sister, or your girlfriend or your lazy cousin Cletus (you know, the one with the squint and…

Tech News AddyDugdale

Intel Tech Chief Reveals Secret Origins of the MacBook Air’s Super Small Chip, Disses WiMax

Here’s something you didn’t know about the MacBook Air‘s infamously tiny CPU: The shrinkage tech behind it had been collecting dust on Intel’s shelf for a couple years since no PC manufacturer was interested in it. When Apple put in the call for a dwarven chip, Intel originally thought what Apple wanted was years away…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

No Tethering for iPhone 3G

We suspected this when Apple didn’t mention tethering and AT&T told us after repeated prodding that all device features were up to the manufacturer-i.e., the tethering ball is in Apple’s court-but iPhone Atlas says they’ve learned that there won’t be any tethering for the iPhone 3G. As we mention in our ultimate iPhone 3G FAQ,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

The iPhone 3G FAQ

Steve Jobs may have launched the iPhone 3G on Monday, and we may have gotten a hands on with it already, but in typical Apple fashion, there’s still a lot of stuff left unsaid. How does activation work? How will first-gen iPhone users bring an iPhone 3G onto their plan? Does the GPS work for…

Tech News Jason Chen

The iPhone 3G Survival Guide: Complete With Cartoons and Broken English

So you have decided to get the iPhone 3G. Good for you-way to spend money. But after you have brought that little gadget bundle home, a sense of panic may set in-for you are now in an elite club. Fear not my friends, because the folks at CNET UK have “discovered” a survival guide that…

Tech News Sean Fallon

TomTom on the iPhone May Not Be Completely Dead

In an interview with TomTom spokesperson Yann Lafargue, French site Mac Generation hit on a few interesting tidbits about 3rd party navigation software on the iPhone. During the interview, Lafargue confirmed that there was a version of TomTom software running on the iPhone but he does not know if they will ever actually ship the…

Tech News Sean Fallon

Is That Iron Man’s Voice Endorsing the iPhone?

Watching the iPhone commercial yesterday, I wondered if the mellifluous tones on the iPhone 3G ad belonged to Robert Downey Jr. I emailed Apple, but they weren’t interested. So, I asked around in Campfire, our virtual office, if they thought it was Tony Stark. What do you lot reckon? Video here. https://gizmodo.com/video-iphone-3g-ad-reveals-apples-secret-keeping-proto-5014697 Gawker Media polls…

Tech News AddyDugdale

If You Buy an iPhone Off Craigslist for Really Cheap in a Dark Alley in a Shady Neighborhood, You Will Get Mugged

And now, a Giz PSA: The iPhone 3G might have dealt a pretty solid blow to the value of a vanilla iPhone, but when you see an offer on Craigslist for a case of 10 iPhones for $2,000 with a meetup in an isolated part of a shady neighborhood, it might not be legit! Tired…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of Set-Top Battle Royale

One year ago, we predicted that the infinite format war would rise from the ashes of the HD DVD/Blu-ray format war-that a million online services and set-top boxes would suddenly promise to deliver movies and video to your computer or TV. And that each one would essentially be their own format, since none of them…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

iPhone App Store Developers Have Size and Price Limits: 2GB and $999

AppleInsider has a scoop on the iPhone App Store and the limitations Apple is placing on them. Each individual app will have a hard limit of 2GB, as well as a ceiling of $999 for each app. These two look like pretty reasonable limits for all but the most extreme of cases. If someone wants…

Tech News Jason Chen

Dan Lyons (Fake Steve Jobs) Moving to Newsweek

Dan Lyons, aka Fake Steve Jobs, is leaving Forbes after 10 years to fill the vacancy left by Steve Levy, who is going to Wired. Now there are five horsemen of the apocalypse. https://gizmodo.com/newsweeks-steven-levy-going-to-wired-371127 When Levy went to Newsweek, I wondered if his famed Apple access would follow him. With Fake Steve, reading columns like…

Tech News Brian Lam

EFiX USB Dongle Will Boot and Install OS X on Any PC, Supposedly

Not up to the messier parts of building a Hackintosh? EFiX is a USB dongle that promises to take care of all of that for you, automagically on any PC. Pop it into the port and you can install OS X straight from the DVD “without having to worry about patches, replacing files and anything…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Eino Speakers: An Attractive Portable iPod Dock At Last

Ruggedized, retro aviation, we’ve done portable iPod docks a-plenty. But until now I’ve not liked the look of any of them… so here’s the Eino. It’s pretty simple, with two speakers per channel pushing out 1.4W from a Class-D amp and a bass-enhancement system called Maxx BassR. The 7.7-inch wide thing fits into a carry…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Woz Hacks an iPhone With His Mind

Most people need the proper software and equipment to jailbreak their iPhone. Not Woz. On his way to a black tie event, he casually mentions to Kathy Griffin, “Some people would criticize you for not having hacked your iPhone.” And then he proceeds to hack it. With just his hands/mind/Woz powers. (UPDATE: and yes, probably…

Tech News Mark Wilson

World’s First Cellphone with Pico-Projector Being Produced in China

While we’ve been watching the development of pico-projectors with interest, Chinese company Cking has gone ahead and built what may be the first production phone with a projector built in. https://gizmodo.com/texas-instruments-chip-turns-cellphones-into-projectors-355138 From the photos of the phone at the Tianjin Mobile Phone exhibition you can see it’s a chunky candybar with the pico-projector beneath a…

Tech News Kit Eaton

Rumor Smashed: Activating iPhone 3G Will NOT Brick Your Old iPhone (And Your Mom Can Activate It From Home)

There’s a scary rumor more than a few readers have asked us about, that activating an iPhone 3G would brick your old iPhone. So here’s the deal, straight from AT&T. If you activate a new iPhone 3G, your wireless number is obviously ported to it. But can totally give it to your cousin in the…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

On Assholes Tracking Steve Job’s Health

I’ve been thinking about these stories on Jobs’ health, because people keep sending me links. There are three reasons why the press, public and financial community would track Steve Job’s health. None of them are good enough to justify making a story out of a person’s sickness, which we reluctantly posted on yesterday. Looking back,…

Tech News Brian Lam

Qik Video Streaming Finally Comes to iPhone

Qik has a video showing off a demo app for the iPhone, bringing the popular video streaming service to the Apple platform. The iPhone isn’t designed to record video, but Qik has not only made it possible to record, but also stream it to their lifecasting site, where people can watch your handiwork. Much like…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Giz Explains: What You Didn’t Know About the iPhone 3G’s GPS

Welcome to special edition of Giz Explains: Following yesterday’s rundown of the stuff you didn’t already know about iPhone’s 3G goods, today we’re tackling its finding-a-Waffle House-at-4am-in-strange-places GPS powers. Why’s the GPS gotta be assisted? Is it crippled? The answers to those q’s and more. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-what-you-didnt-know-about-the-iphones-3g-5015307 One of neato aspects of the iPhone 3G‘s engineering…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

Eddie Izzard Talks Steve Jobs, iPhone 3G

Click to viewIn case you didn’t know, English comedy genius Eddie Izzard is touring the US right now. Giz reader Daniel Eggert saw him last Tuesday in Houston, a day after the WWDC08 keynote. Why mention the keynote? Well, to Daniel’s surprise—and ours—Jeff Vader talked about none other than, you guessed it, Steve Jobs and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

Ultra Late Adopter: Why I Don’t Want an iPhone… But Will Probably Cave Anyway

Intel Tech Chief Reveals Secret Origins of the MacBook Air’s Super Small Chip, Disses WiMax

No Tethering for iPhone 3G

The iPhone 3G FAQ

The iPhone 3G Survival Guide: Complete With Cartoons and Broken English

TomTom on the iPhone May Not Be Completely Dead

Is That Iron Man’s Voice Endorsing the iPhone?

If You Buy an iPhone Off Craigslist for Really Cheap in a Dark Alley in a Shady Neighborhood, You Will Get Mugged

State of The Infinite Format War: Get Ready for Five Long Years of Set-Top Battle Royale

iPhone App Store Developers Have Size and Price Limits: 2GB and $999

Dan Lyons (Fake Steve Jobs) Moving to Newsweek

EFiX USB Dongle Will Boot and Install OS X on Any PC, Supposedly

Eino Speakers: An Attractive Portable iPod Dock At Last

Woz Hacks an iPhone With His Mind

World’s First Cellphone with Pico-Projector Being Produced in China

Rumor Smashed: Activating iPhone 3G Will NOT Brick Your Old iPhone (And Your Mom Can Activate It From Home)

On Assholes Tracking Steve Job’s Health

Qik Video Streaming Finally Comes to iPhone

Giz Explains: What You Didn’t Know About the iPhone 3G’s GPS

Eddie Izzard Talks Steve Jobs, iPhone 3G

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