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Details on Verizon’s Holiday Phone Lineup

A reliable source just sent us this list with the 12 new phones that Verizon will release this shopping season, along with an approximate timeframe. It includes Android and other phones from HTC, Motorola, LG, RIM, Casio and Pantech: • RIM BlackBerry Curve 2, before Black Friday • RIM BlackBerry Storm 2, before Black Friday…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

10 Of Your Funniest, Nerdiest Comic Strips

Yesterday I asked you to post some of your favorite tech-related comic strips. As these 10 examples point out, the medium is still alive and well despite what newspaper comics would lead you to believe. https://gizmodo.com/whats-your-favorite-nerdy-comic-strip-5374623 Chuffzilla: Whubble was genius. LastVigilante: All the normals, XKCD, Toothpastefordinner, etc. But for web design nerds, definitely The Brads.…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Dremel 4000 Must Be Two Times Better than the Dremel 2000

Do-It-Yourself humans! Lust for the Dremel 4000—the magic rotating tool that can sand surfaces, carve wood, polish metal, scramble eggs, mix cocktails, and overstimulate naughty bits with different tips—for it’s the new king of the multifunction tool hill. It has new replaceable motor with electronic feedback control, which in theory will give you consistent speed…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Brinno Digital Peephole Viewer Exposes Knockers

Mount the Brinno Digital Peephole viewer on your home door, and it allows you to examine whoever knocks on your door on its 1.3 megapixel display. It also allows me to write bad puns in the headline. Outside it looks like a normal peephole. Inside, the $160 device gives you two kinds of view: Regular…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

HTC Tilt 2 and HTC Pure WinMo 6.5 Phones Arrive on AT&T

Windows Mobile 6.5 rolls-out tomorrow, so expect to hear about a bunch of new handsets this week. Getting in early, AT&T has gotten official with its versions of HTC’s TouchPro 2 (Tilt 2; shown left) and Touch Diamond2 (Pure). Both phones use an enhanced TouchFLO 3D interface on top of WinMo 6.5, and here’s how…

Gadgets Danny Allen

Backpack Generates 40 Watts Just By Walking

Defense Tech’s Bryant Jordan was at the Disneyland of military gadgetry—the Modern Day Marine event at Quantico—and came across this power-generating backpack, which has stepped from prototype to reality. It can generate 40 watts just by walking. It works great, apparently. The backpack itself is mounted on rails, so it moves up and down when…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Samsung AMOLED 12M Official: 12-Megapixel Camera Phone Has 3x Optical Zoom

Is the AMOLED 12M (aka SCH-W880) a camera first, phone second? I mean, we’ve seen 12-megapixel phones before, but it’s the first with 3x optical-zoom, has a camera-like grip, and Touch Auto Focus controlled via the 800×480 3.3-inch AMOLED screen. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-sch-w880-the-digital-camera-that-can-call-5369252 As a camera, the AMOLED 12M also has 720p video recording (30fps), image stabilization,…

Gadgets Danny Allen

Carpet Radio Requires Human Body To Function

I like the Human Antenna, a carpet radio that uses your body as a radio wave conductor and tuner. However, looking at how it works on video, I can easily see some problems. You know, I see a comfy carpet like that and I can only think about two people on it. Clearly, not the…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Samsung SCH-W880: The Digital Camera that Can Call

You don’t fool us, Samsung. With its camera mode dial and dedicated shutter button, your 12 megapixel Samsung SCH-W880 with HD video recording, and 3x optical zoom looks a lot more like a real compact camera than a phone. Apart from its clearly camera design, the Samsung SCH-W880 comes loaded: • 3.3-inch AMOLED WGA screen.…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Sprint Instinct HD Impressions: Shockingly Decent 720p Video Doesn’t Save It

The Instinct software feels pretty damn dated now, and the Instinct HD doesn’t make it feel any fresher. But, the hardware is a deadly serious upgrade: It can shoot 720p HD video and 5MP photos, plus it finally has Wi-Fi. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-instinct-review-best-sprint-or-samsung-phone-e-5014419 It’s also got Opera MIni 9.7 off the bat, a capable, though not phenomenal…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Answer Measy’s Questions, Learn Which Gadget Is Right For You

Picking gadgets is hard enough when you know about all the gadgets that are more or less in the ballpark you’re looking for, but what if you’re starting naked? Measy may make the process easier by asking you questions. All you have to do (eventually, when the site’s launched) is fill in details like brand…

Gadgets Jason Chen

Yoke Shopper Prevents Heavy Plastic Bags From Tearing Your Fingers Off

I am far too impatient to make several trips to my car when unpacking groceries, so I end up hauling everything at once. This painful problem is exactly what the Yoke Shopper was designed for. The Yoke Shopper secures several shopping bags and allows users to sling them over or across their shoulders. Obviously, this…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Samsung Intros Processors, Cameras and Chipsets for Mobile Devices

Samsung introduced a mess of new components for mobile devices that we’re likely to start seeing in early 2010, including a 5MP camera capable of taking 1080p video and a couple powerful yet efficient chipsets. There’s a ton of stuff here, some of it quite similar, but it’s pretty certain these’ll be popped into smartphones…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Leaked Release List Details AT&T Windows Mobile Phones

One of BGR’s “ninja tipsters” has graced that site with a roadmap of AT&T’s Windows Mobile phones for the remainder of 2009. Topping the list is a business class duo consisting of the LG Monaco and HP Obsidian. These two phones will arrive in November and December, respectively, and should look something like this: HP…

Gadgets Jack Loftus

Samsung Instinct HD to Launch Soon, Accessories Show Up at Best Buy

We’ve been seeing little hints about the Samsung Instinct HD over the last month or two, and now there’s a little more: Accessories have begun arriving at Best Buy. We expect the handset to launch within a few days. [Engadget] https://gizmodo.com/sprint-announces-samsung-instinct-hd-by-mistake-5357233

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

7 Gadgets That Speed Up Tasks You Have No Patience For

You’re busy—believe me, I understand. You want to make the most of your time off, and that means speeding up mundane activities. These gadgets can help. Lighting a charcoal grill is a pain in the ass—pure and simple. A chimney works well, but this hot air starter works faster (60 seconds to be exact). The…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

What Gadgets Are You Carrying Right Now?

How many gadgets do you have on you right now? Empty your pockets, open your bags and, God forbid, take off those holsters and show us pictures of what you’re packin’ in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/iphone-shoulder-holster-is-chuck-norris-favorite-fashio-5086832 UPDATE: Remember—text is fine but we’re looking for PICTURES here if you can take ’em. [Solar Vest via Chinavision]

Gadgets Sean Fallon

GoGoStand iPhone Stand Actually Fits Inside Your Wallet

When someone goes all Jerry Bruckheimery and starts his pitch with “From the creator of the Paperclip iPhone Stand,” you know you are in for something absolutely craptastic or something quite cool. The GoGoStand Gadget Stand is the latter. https://gizmodo.com/the-paperclip-iphone-ipod-touch-stand-5057005 The GoGoStand is a plastic card as small and thin as a credit card, which…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

The Best of LCD: New LED-Lit TVs From LG, Samsung and Sony Compared

The best LCD sets money can buy are lit up by LEDs, and these are the best LED TVs you can buy from LG, Samsung and Sony. They start at $3600. Given the wildly varying conditions of the show floor—and the frankly crappy source video, lighting and background LG picked for its demo TV—we can’t…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Verizon Samsung Rogue Has AMOLED Display, Promises to Be Better than Glyde It Replaces

We less than liked Verizon’s Samsung Glyde, but perhaps the Glyde 2 or the Rogue will make us forget. The Rogue looks like a normal slider but its AMOLED display should be bright (much like the Impression’s). https://gizmodo.com/iphone-clone-battlemodo-which-one-is-the-iphoniest-5017957 Samsung went with a 3 inch resistive touchscreen for the Rogue, but it does include some more…

Gadgets Joanna Stern

Details on Verizon’s Holiday Phone Lineup

10 Of Your Funniest, Nerdiest Comic Strips

Dremel 4000 Must Be Two Times Better than the Dremel 2000

Brinno Digital Peephole Viewer Exposes Knockers

HTC Tilt 2 and HTC Pure WinMo 6.5 Phones Arrive on AT&T

Backpack Generates 40 Watts Just By Walking

Samsung AMOLED 12M Official: 12-Megapixel Camera Phone Has 3x Optical Zoom

Carpet Radio Requires Human Body To Function

Samsung SCH-W880: The Digital Camera that Can Call

Sprint Instinct HD Impressions: Shockingly Decent 720p Video Doesn’t Save It

Answer Measy’s Questions, Learn Which Gadget Is Right For You

Yoke Shopper Prevents Heavy Plastic Bags From Tearing Your Fingers Off

Samsung Intros Processors, Cameras and Chipsets for Mobile Devices

Leaked Release List Details AT&T Windows Mobile Phones

Samsung Instinct HD to Launch Soon, Accessories Show Up at Best Buy

7 Gadgets That Speed Up Tasks You Have No Patience For

What Gadgets Are You Carrying Right Now?

GoGoStand iPhone Stand Actually Fits Inside Your Wallet

The Best of LCD: New LED-Lit TVs From LG, Samsung and Sony Compared

Verizon Samsung Rogue Has AMOLED Display, Promises to Be Better than Glyde It Replaces

This Winter Fly Is Doing Something Scientists Didn’t Think Was Possible

Acer’s Mac Mini M4 Docking Station Drops to an All-Time Low, Supporting Up to 8TB Storage

Sony Is Hiking PS5 Prices for the Second Time in Less Than a Year

This Amazon Smart Plug Deal in the Spring Sale Makes Alexa Smart Home Setup Almost Too Easy and Cheap

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Has Found Its Other Big Star

Anker’s 100W Power Bank Hits Its Lowest Price of the Year on Amazon, Packing 25,000mAh and 3 Ports

Beats Solo 4 at 40% Off Is Now Apple’s Lowest-Cost Headphone Pick During Amazon’s Spring Sale

Now the Oscars Aren’t Just Moving to YouTube, They’re Moving Out of Hollywood

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

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

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

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

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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