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Look Even More Dodgy, With Gadgets Stuffed In a Scottevest Trenchcoat

Trenchcoats are suspicious enough as is, but a trenchcoat stuffed to the brim with gadgets? As well as a pair of shoes, bottle of water…and is that a belt? Yeh, I’m thinking you’d best not purchase the Scottevest Carry-On Coat if you’ve had any previous convictions, particularly aboard a 747. You’d be better off looking…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Samsung’s TL500 Reviewed: The Next Point-and-Shoot Powerhouse

The Photography Blog posted their characteristically extensive review of the Samsung TL500, the company’s new high-end point-and-shoot, and they say it’s the powerhouse we suspected it would be, earning points for its excellent images, extensive controls, and “bullet-proof build quality.” https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-best-ever-point-and-shoot-tl500-shoots-raw-wi-5476357 Besides a few dings for slow RAW speed and not shooting 720p video, the…

Gadgets Kyle VanHemert

Every Hesitant Couple Needs Nintendo’s Antiquated Love Tester

Have you fallen head over heel for your girl, but worry she doesn’t return your affections? What you need is Nintendo’s Love Tester! Crafted from the hands of the Game & Watch creator in 1969, it tests your luuuurve. It’s back after 41 years, supposedly reissued because the mighty question of love remains to be…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

No Joke: Samsung’s New Messaging Phone is called the :)

Normally, we don’t take much notice of low-level Samsung messaging phones, but when they call it the :), it’s tough to ignore. Yes, Samsung has named one of their phones an emoticon. They hear the kids just love ’em! Beyond being absolutely impossible to search for, the Samsung 🙂 is a QWERTY slider with a 1.3-megapixel…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

Screen Comparison Shows LCD Still Beats Super AMOLED In Sunlight

Samsung’s Super AMOLED screens have caused quite a stir lately, and as this video comparison shows, it certainly handles direct sunlight better than an AMOLED screen. When put next to an LCD though, you’d be hard-pressed to tell the difference. That’s not good news for Samsung, though they’ll be heartened to hear that the Super…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Has Samsung Got Something It Wants To Say?

Bottom photo: the Guatemalan sinkhole. Top photo: Samsung’s new website opener. We know 3D LED-backlit TVs are powerful stuff, but this powerful? [Samsung via @FloraGraham – Thanks, Andy!]

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Giz Explains: Watching the World Cup in 3D

The problem with 3DTV, as we’ve said, is that there normally isn’t a damn thing to watch. But the World Cup in 3D, that’s something to watch. The World Cup is the perfect spectacle for this kind of mass cultural tech demo: It’s global, buzzy, and sports are among the most potent demonstrations of how…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Samsung’s Big Time, Pocket-Sized Pico Projector

You may not be able to tell from this context-deprived picture, but Samsung’s SP-H03 pico projector is small. Really small. Like, hockey puck small. And it puts 854×480 resolution and 1GB of internal memory in the palm of your hand. The SP-H03 weighs just half a pound, and brings grownup specs to the pico category.…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

Gadgets and Multitasking Are Ruining Your Life

Do you know why you can’t concentrate on one thing at a time? Why you can’t get engaged with your family? Why you need to check your email every five minutes? Because gadgets and multitasking are screwing up your brain. According to this lengthy NY Times article, our brains just aren’t wired for the amount…

Gadgets Adam Frucci

What Gadgets Do Hipsters Carry At All Times?

In Jason Travis’ photographic mission to snap (mostly) Atlanta residents’ bag contents, he discovered many, many gadgets. Sure, there was at least one cellphone per bag—but also gaming devices, Polaroid cameras, a MacGyver DVD…[Flickr via Kotaku]

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Samsung NX5 Hybrid DSLR Shaves Price—and Features—From NX10

However strange it seemed for Samsung to launch a new camera category with the NX10 hybrid DSLR—which puts a DSLR-sized sensor in a smaller body—they’re sticking with it. Hence the NX5: a cheaper, slightly less capable NX10. Details are a little foggy still as to what exactly you’ll be giving up to jump down the…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

LEAK: Samsung i897 May Be AT&T’s First Great Android Phone

The Backflip (AT&T’s first Android phone) was ambitious but ultimately not the kind of handset that competes with the Nexus One. Leaked info on the Samsung i897, however, implies that AT&T may be getting a pretty fantastic, unskinned Android phone. https://gizmodo.com/motorola-backflip-review-not-for-us-but-maybe-for-the-5483788 The specs? • 4-inch AMOLED screen • Unskinned Android 2.1 (hopefully no skin means…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Samsung-Led Cartel Fined $404 Million In Price-Fixing Scandal

Nine chip makers—including heavy hitters like Samsung and Hitachi—have collectively been fined $404 million by the European Commission over DRAM price fixing. Cartels: they’re not just for drug lords anymore. The price-fixing group operated from July 1, 1998 to June 15, 2002. It was actually a gang of ten until Micron turned stool pigeon eight…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

A Cellphone Exploded In My Face

Reader Corey relays his explosive tale, filled with luxury coupes, detonating phones and chemicals in the eye. I have (had) a Samsung Rogue cell phone with Verizon. I was leaving the gym and had the phone in my pocket. As I sat down in the driver’s seat of my car, the phone fell in between…

Gadgets Corey Hurst

Samsung To Start Trialing 40-Inch OLED TVs This Year

It’s going to be another couple of years until Korean rival LG begins producing 40-inch OLEDs, but already Samsung is talking of trialing 42-inch OLED TVs later this year. It won’t hit mass production until next year, but that’s still a jump-start on LG, who’s going to be releasing OLEDs just half the size this…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Study Claims That Gadgets Make People Happy

After surveying 35,000 people around the world and analyzing the results, researchers came to a conclusion: Gadgets make us happy. Don’t laugh just yet though, because they’ve got reasonable explanations for this theory. Researcher Paul Flatters of Trajectory Partnership explains: Whether young or old, we’re all social beings, we all have a need for the…

Gadgets Rosa Golijan

Samsung Sues Journalist For Satirical Article

This is journalist Michael Breen. On Christmas Day 2009, he published a satirical column in the English-language Korea Times newspaper. Four days later, Samsung sued Breen, his newspaper, and its top editor for $1 million. The column in question referenced Samsung’s past bribery scandals and made light of its executive hubris. It was a small…

Gadgets Brian Barrett

Samsung’s Super AMOLED Tablet Said To Be Called the S-Pad

Last seen in the mid-range Wave S8500 phone, Samsung’s SUPER AMOLED screen is said to be used in their S-Pad tablet, which will have embedded 3G connectivity and ebooks galore when it supposedly goes on sale this August. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-waves-hello-to-wave-s8500-smartphone-with-bada-5471459 That display does sound intriguing. Samsung’s super AMOLED screens are said to be five times brighter…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

Samsung: 3D Glasses Compatible With Other TVs, When Worn Upside Down

The incompatibility of glasses from 3DTV manufacturers has already led many of us to believe 3DTV is just a passing phase, but now that Samsung’s let slip that they should work if worn upside down, it might just be saved. As demonstrated by the man in the above photo (disclosure: he’s my fiancé), this little…

Gadgets Kat Hannaford

The Real Problem with 3DTV: There’s Nothing to Watch… Yet

Panasonic and Samsung have launched the first models in an onslaught of 3DTV. But the big problem isn’t their quality, silly glasses or price—it’s that, even if you wanted to attain 3D media, you can’t. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-3dtv-samsung-un55c7000-vs-panasonic-tc-p50vt2-5501900 Remember when HDTV came out and there was barely anything to watch in HD? Or maybe you bought a…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Look Even More Dodgy, With Gadgets Stuffed In a Scottevest Trenchcoat

Samsung’s TL500 Reviewed: The Next Point-and-Shoot Powerhouse

Every Hesitant Couple Needs Nintendo’s Antiquated Love Tester

No Joke: Samsung’s New Messaging Phone is called the :)

Screen Comparison Shows LCD Still Beats Super AMOLED In Sunlight

Has Samsung Got Something It Wants To Say?

Giz Explains: Watching the World Cup in 3D

Samsung’s Big Time, Pocket-Sized Pico Projector

Gadgets and Multitasking Are Ruining Your Life

What Gadgets Do Hipsters Carry At All Times?

Samsung NX5 Hybrid DSLR Shaves Price—and Features—From NX10

LEAK: Samsung i897 May Be AT&T’s First Great Android Phone

Samsung-Led Cartel Fined $404 Million In Price-Fixing Scandal

A Cellphone Exploded In My Face

Samsung To Start Trialing 40-Inch OLED TVs This Year

Study Claims That Gadgets Make People Happy

Samsung Sues Journalist For Satirical Article

Samsung’s Super AMOLED Tablet Said To Be Called the S-Pad

Samsung: 3D Glasses Compatible With Other TVs, When Worn Upside Down

The Real Problem with 3DTV: There’s Nothing to Watch… Yet

White House’s Mysterious ‘Covfefe Moment’ Was Stupider Than We Imagined

Gym Bros Are Pushing Mystery Muscle Drugs Doctors Barely Recognize, Study Warns

The Head of HBO Explains What it Takes to Get a ‘Game of Thrones’ Spinoff Going

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‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’ Is a Genre Blending Delight

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Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

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Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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