Shine

Riverdale’s Musical Episode Was Absolutely Incredible and You Can Listen to the Full Soundtrack Here

Holy blood-soaked nightgown, Batman! Riverdale’s musical episode had no right to be that good.

Television Jill Pantozzi Apr 19

Misfit and Speedo’s Swim-Tracker Gains Some Useful Smartwatch Functionality

Originally designed as just a dedicated fitness tracker, Misfit’s coin-sized Shine gained some useful smartwatch-inspired features when the second version was introduced. And now its swim-friendly cousin, the Speedo Shine, is getting those same useful upgrades with the new Speedo Shine 2. Available now for $120, the thinner Speedo Shine 2 takes advantage of its…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski Jun 21

Misfit and Swarovski Have Created the First Solar-Powered Wearable

A wearable fitness tracker is no good to you if you don’t actually want to wear it. So to ensure its Shine appropriately matches any outfit—whether you’re dressed up or dressed down—Misfit and Swarovski are introducing the Swarovski Shine Collection featuring a crystal face and new accessories. The collection also features an upgraded solar-powered version…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Jan 5

Jawbone UP3 Hands On: A Fitness Tracker With Some Fashion Sense

Everybody’s vying for fitness tracker dominance. Microsoft released its Band last week, and new models of the Fitbit and Basis smartwatches are on the way. Now, Jawbone wants create a fashionable fitness tracker that you wouldn’t mind wearing all day. With two new additions to its fitness family, the UP3 and the UP Move, Jawbone…

Tech News Darren Orf Nov 5

Misfit’s Flash Is a $50 Fitness Tracker That Packs a Punch

We first wrote about Misfit Wearables’ first activity tracker, the Misfit Shine, back in 2012. Not only did it look absolutely gorgeous, but it never needed charging, and it was waterproof. It had some flaws, but for 100 bucks, it wasn’t bad. Well Misfit’s second wearable, the Flash, is here, and it just undercut its…

Tech News Brent Rose Sep 16

The Simplest Way to Track Your Sleep Yet

A lot of us suck at sleep. But exactly how do we suck at it? Do we toss and turn a lot? Snore? Are we roused by outside noises? Well, the new Misfit Beddit Sleep System promises to answer those questions. You might remember Misfit as the makers of the Shine—one of the most attractive…

Health Brent Rose Jul 10

Watch Out Fitbit, This Badass New Activity Tracker Is Out to Eat Your Lunch

You might not have ever heard of Misfit Wearables but you’ll want to pay attention starting now that its first gadget has made its debut. Founded by Agamatrix founders Sonny Vu and Sridhar Iyengar, the Redwood City-based company also credits former sugar water peddler and Apple CEO John Sculley as a co-founder. And its backed…

Tech News Peter ha Nov 14

Shine for iPhone

You’d think it’d be easy to make a weather app but most are just terribly cluttered and vomit-inducingly ugly. Shine for iPhone actually cares about how you’re going to use it—it’s fast, gorgeous and super simple to use. What is it? Shine, $1, iPhone. It’s a weather app. And I didn’t care about weather apps…

Tech News Casey Chan May 17

Can a story about mass extinction be optimistic?

Why can’t stories about the future be more optimistic? The Shine anthology presents uplifting visions of the world to come. Check out an exclusive excerpt, “Castoff World” by Kay Kenyon. Child knelt at the edge of the ocean and carefully spread the bird bones on the water, putting them out to sea. She waited for…

io9 Kay Kenyon Nov 15

LG’s New Black Label Cellphone: First Look

LG is following up the love-it or hate-it Chocolate, and the Shine, with its third “Black Label” device: the as-yet unnamed cellphone you can see here. It looks a more serious and slender beast than the first two, and sports a five megapixel camera, tempered glass and a carbon-fiber finish. Other than that we can’t…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Apr 7

LG Shine Arrives on AT&T

LG’s shine has finally made it to the States in actual Shine form—as opposed to the Verizon flip version—and you can get yours for only $149 and two-year contract. We showed you what the phone looked like with our spy shots, but the above image is a closer (non-blurry) look at the phone before you…

Tech News Jason Chen Nov 26

LG Shine Wood (Not Actually Made of Wood)

The LG Shine Wood LG-LB2500H, by all logical reason, should be made of wood. And while the Wood does sport a fine wood grain, users will be saddened to realize that no trees were killed in the making of this phone or its painted visage. Other than that, this Korea-only phone sports goodies you will…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Oct 28

AT&T LG Shine Spy Shots

Our tipster didn’t give us many details on this, but apparently the LG Shine—previously seen in flip-version on Verizon—is heading to AT&T. No real details here other than it’s coming (including whether it’s this black finish), but check out our previous Shine coverage to see if you’re interested. https://gizmodo.com/lg-vx8700-official-for-verizon-247580

Tech News Jason Chen Oct 5

LG Shine Gets All Moody & Sexy

LG are set to add to their ever-popular Black Label Series by releasing the LG Shine in a new, sulky Titanium Black finish. To save any confusion at the checkout they’re releasing this model as the ‘LG Shine Titanium Black.’ The feature set remains unchanged from the original and it is planned for release at…

Gadgets Gizmodo.com Jul 15

Verizon’s LG VX8700 Reviewed (Verdict: A Decent and Shiny Multimedia Phone)

Even though we weren’t that impressed with what was under the beautiful exterior of the LG Shine, Mark at Laptop Mag seems to like its brother, the VX8700, a bit more. He points out that it’s definitely the sexiest V CAST phone on Verizon, even beating out the chocolatey VX8600. https://gizmodo.com/my-24-hours-with-the-lg-shine-shiny-and-sucky-249783 They thought the video…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 23

Fake LG Shine: the Diamond KG70 Shine

LG isn’t very happy about the Shine knock-offs that have been floating around, issuing cease and desist letters to manufacturers. But that isn’t stopping the sale of the Diamond KG70 Shine (yet). Priced around $100, the Diamond is a spitting image of the Shine. Everything from the QVGA screen to the silver finish will fool…

Gadgets Mark Wilson Apr 21

LG Shine Goes Candybar, Probably Still Meh

If our hands-on with the LG Shine slider was any indication, this Shine Bar may be a phone only fashionistas will pine for. The KE770 is only 9.9mm thick (compared with the 14mm of the regular shine) and has a 320×240 display, a 2-megapixel camera with auto-focus, Bluetooth, 50MB internal storage, microSD slot, and pretty…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16

LG VX8700 Launched on Verizon: Good News

What timing. Yesterday, I reviewed the LG Shine long enough to give it a thumbs down. Today, Verizon launched the LG VX8700, the flip version of the same Shine with the same 2MP camera with design to die for and boring OS. The two share DNA, yet this one is worth considering. It’s all about…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 6

My 24 Hours with the LG Shine: Shiny and Sucky

I apologize for all the buzz on the mirror-faced LG Shine over the last few months. Across the Internet, it looked good. At CES, when I touched it, it looked good. I have a LG Shine here, and after spending a day with it, I’ve decided that it really is gorgeous (see the pics). And…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 5

LG VX8700 Official for Verizon

The LG VX8700 Shine flipper gets official for Verizon, as we saw before. It’s a part of the Shine family—the daddy Shine isn’t making it to the states—but the entirely-covered-in-steel baby is. We’re much more excited for Prada and Prada-like phones from LG, but some people love the Shine. https://gizmodo.com/lg-shines-cousins-flip-get-dipped-in-gold-243589 LG Announces New Clamshell Music…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 27

Shine

Riverdale’s Musical Episode Was Absolutely Incredible and You Can Listen to the Full Soundtrack Here

Misfit and Speedo’s Swim-Tracker Gains Some Useful Smartwatch Functionality

Misfit and Swarovski Have Created the First Solar-Powered Wearable

Jawbone UP3 Hands On: A Fitness Tracker With Some Fashion Sense

Misfit’s Flash Is a $50 Fitness Tracker That Packs a Punch

The Simplest Way to Track Your Sleep Yet

Watch Out Fitbit, This Badass New Activity Tracker Is Out to Eat Your Lunch

Shine for iPhone

Can a story about mass extinction be optimistic?

LG’s New Black Label Cellphone: First Look

LG Shine Arrives on AT&T

LG Shine Wood (Not Actually Made of Wood)

AT&T LG Shine Spy Shots

LG Shine Gets All Moody & Sexy

Verizon’s LG VX8700 Reviewed (Verdict: A Decent and Shiny Multimedia Phone)

Fake LG Shine: the Diamond KG70 Shine

LG Shine Goes Candybar, Probably Still Meh

LG VX8700 Launched on Verizon: Good News

My 24 Hours with the LG Shine: Shiny and Sucky

LG VX8700 Official for Verizon

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