Pogue

Pogue Sees Eye-to-Eye With Vudu Video-on-Demand Box (Verdict: Mostly Great)

Pushing out his review a bit before the official embargo lifted last night, our favorite Times wonder-reporter put the video store in a box, Vudu, through its paces and walked away mostly happy with the experience. Brownie points for: picture quality, slick five-button remote, pay-per-flick, and truly instant viewing. Buts: https://gizmodo.com/new-details-and-screenshots-of-the-vudu-video-on-demand-272958 You need a speedy…

David Pogue reviews macro software that’ll speed up your computer usage; he ends up with a list of 5 for the Mac and PC you might find useful. [NYT]

Pogue Reviews Waterproof Cams, Sanyo Xacti E1 Floats Above the Competition

Pogue takes a a few waterproof cams down to the local waterpark for testing and finds Sanyo’s 6MP Xacti E1 to be of better image and video quality than the rest. I’ve always found the Xacti cam’s nice, but the low light performance to be lacking. That doesn’t matter when you’re talking about beach and…

iPhone Applecare $80$69 For an Extra Year, Says Pogue [UPDATED: Confirmed]

[UPDATED: Confirmed at $69.] Applecare is supposed to be available for the iPhone this month, and the price may be $80. Joel Johnson, walker-of-Gizmodo-halls-of-lore, noticed this statement in Pogue’s Missing Manual PDF, on page 277: “The iPhone comes with a one-year warranty. If you buy an Applecare contract ($80) you’re covered for a second year.…

Nobody Picks on Pogue But Me

OMG, the internet is beating up Pogue for his iPhone video. We like picking on the guy, even when we’re praising the authoritative, yet mainstream-accessible NYTimes gadget columnist. (See our photoshop contest entitled “Make David Pogue Cool“.) And we’ve had our share of blog fights with the guy. But when I see the Huff Po,…

The Making of David Pogue’s iPhone music video, with Gizmodo shoutout. [NYTimes] https://gizmodo.com/david-pogues-iphone-the-musical-275383

The iPhone Period Trick

Some of you iPhone users have been complaining about the period key being banished to the numbers and symbols keyboard layout. Well quit your whining, here’s a quick and easy way to get around that. All you have to do is press and hold the numbers key, and without lifting your finger slide it over…

Pogue’s iPhone Video Review

This is why we love Pogue. He reviews it, goes meta, and gives Mossberg a poke. And btw, he hates AT&T’s EDGE network. [NYT]

Make David Pogue the Badass that he Deserves to Be

We love David Pogue here at Gizmodo. The NY Times tech guru is a playful geek whose love and passion for all things gadgety shines through with every over-the-top video he makes. He is not, however, the coolest guy in the world. Look, no disrespect, but you’re no Justin Timberlake, David. https://gizmodo.com/pogue-on-email-for-dumb-phones-263962 That’s where you…

Pogue on Email For Dumb Phones

Pogue’s video tells us how to read our email on Dumb Phones. (You like that? That’s my name for every handset not a Treo, Windows Mobile, or BlackBerry.) https://gizmodo.com/pogue-on-email-for-dumb-phones-263962 He checks out GMail and Yahoo’s apps, but faults them for being unavailable on many of the locked-down phones that carriers sell us. He much prefers…

David Pogue’s “Geek to Me” Show Airs Tonight

Set the TiVo! David Pogue’s new show Science Channel show, which he writes and stars in, starts tonight. 8 pm on the Science Channel! Every Fri for 6 weeks. Also on Discovery HD starting June 7. It’s going to be like a 30 (60?) minute version of the funny videos we link to on the…

NYTimes’ Pogue Tests High Def Hard Drive Camcorders

Pogue’s back from vacation, and this week, he’s taking a look at high def hard drive camcorders (or, HDHD camcorders), marveling at the gadgets that giving your boring home videos the same picture pizazz as professional HD content. In his words, the picture is “sharp enough to slice a tomato.” And your goofy dad will…

NYT Pulp Watch: Pogue Spanks Sansa’s Connect for Lame Yahoo! Connection

David Pogue of the NY Times saw so much potential in the Sansa Connect, the Wi-Fi music player that can tap into Yahoo’s big online database without a PC in sight. But it disappointed him. And you know what happens when daddy is disappointed. Spankings. Sansa’s chief ingredient: instant real-time flat-fee access to anything in…

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on 802.11n-ightmare Routers

Not an easy two weeks for the Poguester. First, he pulls an all-nighter putting together last week’s video. And this week, he spends four days trying to get the N routers from Belkin, Linksys and Netgear running at the claimed speeds. That 300Mbps rating? It must have been measured on the moon, he quips. https://gizmodo.com/nyt-pulp-bite-pogue-on-why-tivo-still-rocks-250155…

NYT Pulp Bite: Pogue on Why TiVo Still Rocks

I am 100% in accordance with Pogue’s reasons why TiVo Series 3 is still an important gadget that deserves your love. And David blows away last week’s off-topic video with an animated deathmatch of TiVo versus a generic cable box. TiVo wins, all courtesy of broadband bits! Here’s why: In a day of Xbox 360…

Round Up Reference: The Best Apple TV Posts from Giz and Friends

Most of us have reached a turning point. That point is, if you hear anything else about Apple TV you’re going to vomit. Don’t hold it back, or it’s going to come out your nose. But maybe you’re of the mind to actually buy one, and need to do some hard research. If so, bookmark…

My David Pogue Obsession Continues: Latest NYT Gadget Video Has Boobs, Arson and Snark

[Updated for improved fairness] What the shit is this? I think New York Times’ David Pogue just challenged the Internet to a gadget-video deathmatch. I just saw this video where he cranks an iPod speaker backpack to 11 in a quiet library, has a bikini’d babe dunk it in a hot tub, and finally drenches…

Apple TV Pulp Bite: NYT’s Pogue Faces-Off the Streamer with Foes; PC Mag Goes Deep

Mossberg’s review and video were straight up. Let’s face it: He didn’t need any fancy angling other than the 10-day lead he had on everyone, including nemesis (by publication), David Pogue. https://gizmodo.com/wsj-pulp-bite-mossy-and-kate-get-up-on-the-apple-tv-10-245976 Finally, Pogue’s video is here, and as expected, it’s entertaining and recommended. Click on to see a full grown man having childlike fun…

PogueWatch: David Goes Nuts on NYTimes Gadget Video

The last two weeks of David Pogue videos on the NYTimes website have shown us that the guy has totally cracked. And he has more fun at work than we do. First, last week’s video. David, who just the week before, wouldn’t stop going on about his love for MiniDV video tapes, this week reviews…

The NYTimes’ Pogue: Obsessed with Nikon’s Superzoom Lens

While David Pogue, the brain behind the Grey Lady’s tech coverage, is on his geek cruise in the Carribean, he’s had some “close up” time with a Nikon DSLR and a 18-200mm, vibration reducing lens. That’s enough focal range to cover a Macworld Keynote from the thirtieth row back, and also get wide angle closeups…