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Up Close and Personal With the AT&T Motorola Z9

A lucky Laptop Mag writer recently got a close up view of the upcoming Motorola Z9 at CTIA and came away notably impressed by the 2.4-inch screen, smooth sliding action and tactile feedback of the keypad. Features like AT&T Navigator support, CrystalTalk noise suppression, and video sharing were also noted. On the negative side, the…

Tech News Sean Fallon Mar 31

Nokia N-Gage Video Hands-On

We played a bit with the new Nokia N-Gage service, which will be one of the core services on all the new Nokia phones presented here at the Mobile World Congress 2008. As we already knew, it’s a very similar philosophy to Xbox Live, a social-oriented game service with N-Gage points, pictures, reviews, scores and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 12

Hands On Panasonic Lumix TZ5 10X Zoomer and HD Camcorder

First off, you can zoom while recording movies in 720p. It’s a nice, slow ‘n’ steady zoom too, not a jerky or overly fast one, keeping things smooth while you shoot. The LCD is big and bright enough for HD videorecording on this kind of level, though it’s not astounding or anything. It’s sorta hard…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jan 31

Hands On Fujifilm S100FS Faux DSLR: Why?

Okay, I get prosumer cams like Canon’s G9 or even Fuji’s other big-zoom shooters. The S100FS, I do not get. It’s the same size as a DSLR. It costs the same as a DSLR ($799). But it’s not a DSLR. And not in a good way. https://gizmodo.com/fujifilms-s1000fd-and-s8100fd-ultra-zoom-pro-sumer-came-348273 Its showstopper feature, the ridonkulous ISO ratings, fell…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 31

Shifty Eyes On Sony Alpha 350: Shooting from the Hip

Confirmed: The Sony Alpha 350 is perfect for crotch-shots, limited only by the LCD’s viewing angle, which is good, but not great. They weirdly didn’t have the A300, but the A350 is the exact same, except for MP count—even the Sony rep said so. I’m honestly not too big on the body otherwise—too many buttons…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30

Hands On Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Indestructo-Point and Shoots

Point-and-shoots bore the hell out of me, and most of the PMA P-and-S spam has all bled together at this point. But, I really like the shock- and water-proof armor Olympus has on its otherwise unremarkable 10MP Stylus 1030 SW. It’s a steely hardass with style, and I love the exposed. It’s actually very lightweight,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30

Hands On Nikon D60 With Stop-Motion Movie Walkthrough

Pop quiz: Which one of these is the D60, and which one is a D40? You can’t tell, can you? Ha! That’s because it really is pretty much the same chassis (and guts) so if you know the D40x, you know the D60. The best new thing is the stop-motion movie stringer, which is quick,…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jan 30

MacBook Air Hands-on

Click to viewMacBook Air, it’s here, in our hands. It’s super light, super fragile, and super small. If you just tap the screen lightly, the whole thing closes because it’s so light. The keyboard looks a little weird because it’s black on the aluminum, but the keyboard feels great. It feels just like a MacBook…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 15

Hands-on With FyreTV, the Best Porn in the Living Room Solution Yet (NSFW)

FyreTV, the guys who are releasing a nondescript set-top-box that streams IPTV adult video straight into your living room just gave us a hands-on demo with their machine. Here’s what we think: it’s the best thing we’ve seen yet to bring you on-demand porn over the internet into your living room. You’ve already seen the…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 10

uPlusPen Draws on Paper and Screen Simultaneously

This Korean PaperTablet for uPlusPen looks like a regular pen, but has a USB connector so you can digitize your inputs like a tablet. It’s not as fancy as Jesus’s favorite Wacom Cintiq, but this only costs $99 and you can use it on any old piece of paper. We tried it out, starting on…

Gadgets Jason Chen Jan 9

Monster Cable iCableLink Adapts Proper Earphones with iPhone

Monster Cable, the cablemonger that never saw an $80 cable worth $7 it didn’t like, reaches deep downmarket with iCableLink, letting you use a proper set of earphones with your iPhone instead of the included stock iPod buds. Uncharacteristically, it’s reasonably priced. The thing is rather stiff but still flexible, has good build quality, and…

Reviews Charlie White Jan 9

iRiver iAMOLED Hands On

We got our hands on that pretty iRiver iAMOLED Photo Tank, and it’s plenty handy. The only problem is, the most appealing aspect of it is its active matrix OLED (AMOLED) screen, and in this mockup, it wasn’t working yet. The real thing won’t see the light of day until Q3, but until then, we’ll…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 9

Gamboxx Cabinets are XXX Hot

We got a chance to feel up some new arcade cabinets from manufacturer Gameboxx. They have some new models on the show floor that only need a distributor to get to your door. The first (model GBU003), is a miniature, single-player cabinet with 7″ screen, running $699 retail (a price well worth feeling like a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 8

Hands On With Optimus Maximus Keyboard

Click to viewWe’ve had video and pictures of the Optimus Maximus keyboard, but now we’ve got the first hands on with the mythical layout-changing input device. Is it as good as all the hype’s built it up to be? No. It’s better. https://gizmodo.com/first-video-of-the-optimus-keyboard-actually-working-an-325615 The units we got to play with were both fully working—one of…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 7

Video Hands On: Creative’s inPerson Wi-Fi Video Conferencing Device

If you were curious to know more about Creative’s inPerson Video Conferencing device, we have a video that shows it up close. As you will see, the UI is fairly straightforward and simple to use. During the demo we made a call to a rep in Miami and the process was pretty smooth. It connected…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 7

Hitachi 1.5 LCD and Plasma Hands and Eyes On

Hitachi announced its LCD displays that are a mere 1.5-inch thick, and now we got our hands and eyes on those thin 1080p screens. The company also showed us some tech from the future, a plasma screen that’s also just 1.5-inches thin. These are some super-thin monitors, but we’re wondering how many people are going…

Tech News Charlie White Jan 7

Canon’s HD Vixia HF10 and HF100 Need No Tape

Canon plays catch-up at this year’s CES, but we’re pleased over their new line of tapeless HD VIXIA camcorders all the same. Here’s the rundown: HF10: This is their top of the line consumer cam featuring two types of flash memory recording: a 16GB internal Flash drive, as well as an SDHC memory card slot.…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Jan 7

Hands On: Creative’s HS-1200 Wireless Headset Featuring New Bluetooth Alternative

Creative’s new HS-1200 wireless headset features a new, as yet unnamed proprietary compression technology developed by Avnera that rivals the Bluetooth standard. Some of the advantages of the new technology include a greater data transfer rate than Bluetooth as well as lower energy consumption (9 hours to a charge.) The HS-1200 also features duplex technology…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 7

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Linux Smartphone Hands-on

The Gadget: OpenMoko’s just-announced Neo Freerunner, which is the mass-market version of their previous Neo 1973 phone. https://gizmodo.com/openmoko-launches-neo-freerunner-open-source-smartphone-339965 The Impressions: It uses the exact same UI as the previous version, but is actually really preliminary and buggy in the version we played with (it was power cycling for a short while). They assured us that…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 7

Sony Ericsson W760 and Slick New Walkman Interface Hands On

The Sony Ericsson W760 is the first phone US that rocks the latest Walkman interface (it’s out in Europe), which is by the far the best one yet. It’s cleaner, clearer and just plain sexier than the previous generation. (Compare the W350, which uses the old one.) The major problem is that it really left…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan Jan 7

Up Close and Personal With the AT&T Motorola Z9

Nokia N-Gage Video Hands-On

Hands On Panasonic Lumix TZ5 10X Zoomer and HD Camcorder

Hands On Fujifilm S100FS Faux DSLR: Why?

Shifty Eyes On Sony Alpha 350: Shooting from the Hip

Hands On Olympus Stylus 1030 SW Indestructo-Point and Shoots

Hands On Nikon D60 With Stop-Motion Movie Walkthrough

MacBook Air Hands-on

Hands-on With FyreTV, the Best Porn in the Living Room Solution Yet (NSFW)

uPlusPen Draws on Paper and Screen Simultaneously

Monster Cable iCableLink Adapts Proper Earphones with iPhone

iRiver iAMOLED Hands On

Gamboxx Cabinets are XXX Hot

Hands On With Optimus Maximus Keyboard

Video Hands On: Creative’s inPerson Wi-Fi Video Conferencing Device

Hitachi 1.5 LCD and Plasma Hands and Eyes On

Canon’s HD Vixia HF10 and HF100 Need No Tape

Hands On: Creative’s HS-1200 Wireless Headset Featuring New Bluetooth Alternative

OpenMoko Neo Freerunner Linux Smartphone Hands-on

Sony Ericsson W760 and Slick New Walkman Interface Hands On

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