Gadgets

Samsung N510 Ion Netbook Arriving Next Month for $599

NVIDIA’s Ion platform is pretty snazzy, welding an Atom and a 9400M graphics chip (the same found in Macbooks, fanboys) to handle high def content with ease. Samsung’s N510 is an 11.6-inch netbook built on this platform, arriving next month. According to Lilliputing, the 1366 x 768, HDMI-equipped N510 will make its way to the…

Gadgets Mark Wilson

Water Carbonator Doesn’t Have Any Alternative Uses We Can Think Of

Bubbles is probably my favorite Powergirl, and also the name of this allegorical home beverage carbonation system with natural CO2, designed by German duo Aemilios Grohmann and André Kieker for Wassermaxx. [Mocoloco]

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Best Buy to Sell LG Chocolate Touch, Samsung Omnia 2 and More Come August 23rd

One of Boy Genius Report’s “most trusted Best Buy moles” snapped a shot of Best Buy’s plans for August 23rd. Looks like it’ll be a big day in the cellphone world, with a number of anticipated featurephones hitting the shelves. Mostly new Verizon and AT&T featurephone offerings, Best Buy will also have a new shipment…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

I Want to Trip With this Wondrous 3D Etch-a-Sketch

I love me Wacoms as much as I love me bacons, but this Sketch3D—which you can use to draw in three dimensions using three dials and two-color eyeglasses—has got my heart: https://gizmodo.com/wacom-cintiq-12wx-lcd-pen-tablet-video-review-verdict-338021 Sketch-3D is an interactive, integrated software/hardware system that enables users to create their own anaglyphic 3D drawings. By using a ubiquitous interface metaphor…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Who On Earth Can Order a $47,000 Solid Gold Penis Enlarger?

A Saudi businessman with a small penis, that’s who. According to X4 Labs—a Canadian company that creates this kind of devices—their customer has ordered what may be the most expensive adult sex aid ever, made of pure gold. The company will use solid gold to create the device, with 40 diamonds and rubies encrusted all…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Summermodo: Gadgets Go Outside

Unlike Silicon Valley’s, San Francisco’s summer is fake, cold and foggy. Every year that goes by away from my beloved New Jersey, I forget what the season is really about: Fun away from the PC. And sweaty pants. For most of my adult life, I lived up to the modern stereotype of a geek by…

Gadgets Brian Lam

Samsung Reclaim QWERTY Ecophone Is Ostentatiously Green, $50 On Sprint

Choosing which aspect of the Samsung Sprint Reclaim is most important will depend heavily on your worldview. Is it that the handset is made from environmentally-friendly bioplastics? That it’s Sprint’s first 3G QWERTY phone to touch $50 on contract? Take your pick, ruthless capitalist/unpleasant hippie! On the green front, 80% of its building materials are…

Gadgets John Herrman

Watergate Makes Nixon Wet His Pants

Instead of creating the usual steel turnstile, the Watergate’s designers used the primordial liquid as a psychological barrier. Their logic: People won’t like to get their clothes wet. Obviously, they don’t live in NY summer and they wear pants. Or in other words: If they install this on the NYC subway, I would not spend…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

GDGT Launch Party Tonight in San Francisco, and We’ll Be There

GDGT, the gadget-based social networking site, is throwing a launch party tonight at DNA Lounge here in sunny San Francisco. There’ll be gadgets to grope, giveaways, and we’ll be there too—it’s a party with gadgets, after all. [GDGT]

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Samsung M1 Media Player Confirmed, May Use Nvidia Tegra

Samsung Korea has teaser up for its YP-M1 media player (pictured to the right of the pink R1). Notably, the site mentions an Nvidia chipset…could it be Tegra? That would match recent reports, and make the M1 a worthy successor to the P3. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-confirms-its-building-an-nvidia-tegra-powered-s-5322226 The M1 will feature a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen using Samsung’s TouchWiz…

Gadgets Danny Allen

Samsung 8500 Series Local-Dimming LED TVs Have a Sweet Base

Yeah, the 8500 series is Samsung’s first set of LED-backlit LCDs with local dimming this year and has the Yahoo widget engine for streaming video, but all I really care about is that awesome looking blue stick holding it up. https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-whats-so-great-about-led-backlit-lcds-5271493 I mean just look at it. It’s from the future or something . The…

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Summermodo: Rock Climbing Gear at BoingBoing Gadgets

BoingBoing Gadgets has a rock climbing theme going on today, with some climbing gear and climbing stories that appeal to people who have arm and leg muscles. Check it out. [BBG]

Gadgets Jason Chen

Samsung’s SNE-50K eBook Reader Has Office Document Support

We’re still waiting to see the Papyrus in the States, but South Korea is already slated to get another Samsung ebook reader, the SNE-50K, with an expected $274 price tag. https://gizmodo.com/samsungs-touchscreen-papyrus-e-book-reader-5182750 The SNE-50K is a featherweight at 6.5 ounces, but still capable of 4320 page views on a single battery charge on top of note…

Gadgets Rosa Golijan

Jimmy Fallon Has An Idea For a 21st Century Superhero

Superman, Batman and Spider-Man are heroes for a different era. We need a superhero that handles 21st century problems—like our insatiable lust for clean power. We need “The Recharger.” Out of the ashes of a destroyed strip mall Radio Shack, The Recharger was born. His mission—to power up your laptops and cellphones when you need…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

10 Of Your Messiest Gadget Drawers

Everyone has a drawer where their gadgets go to die. If there was a gadget Hell, it would surely look like these 10 reader submissions. https://gizmodo.com/is-your-gadget-drawer-the-messiest-prove-it-5322194 LordieLordie: That’s where gadgets go to die… PlaneParts: Every time I look at that Audiovox phone, I’m amazed at how huge it seems now and how stoked I was…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Is Your Gadget Drawer The Messiest? Prove It

Everybody’s got one—a drawer where gadgets and other miscellanea get tossed in a unorganized, random heap. I just replaced my desk, so the image above shows you my random gadget drawer in what I consider a fairly manageable state. Believe me, at one time it was far more out of control than what you see…

Gadgets Sean Fallon

Samsung Confirms It’s Building an Nvidia Tegra Powered Something for Pocket HD Powah

Is it a smartphone? A media player? Will it run Android? Windows Mobile? How much will it cost? When can we get one? Don’t know! Just that it’s happening, meaning something that fits in your pocket that can output 1080p video. [Laptop] https://gizmodo.com/mobile-chipsets-wtf-are-atom-tegra-and-snapdragon-5277326

Gadgets Matt Buchanan

Hamburger USB Drive Marketers Only Sort of Understand USB

We get the idea to have a girl “eating” the plastic hamburger-shaped USB drive—it looks like food, ha ha. But then, why Photoshop a USB port into her mouth? Do these people understand either USB or food? [Crunchgear]

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

Samsung’s Holographic Gesture-Based Eye Candy Upstages Product Announcement

At the announcement of their new superfast Jet phone, Samsung used used Project Natal-esque holographic gestures for effect. The Jet seems cool, but we just want to hear more about the holographic gimmickry! https://gizmodo.com/samsung-jet-actually-rocket-powered-800mhz-processor-5291055 Designed by Korean firm D’strict, the tech is a combination of infrared motion sensing and 3D imagery, pretty much like Microsoft’s…

Gadgets Dan Nosowitz

This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010

Want to know where your tax money is going next year? Here’s more than you can handle in the new 2010 edition of the Death and Taxes poster. Zoom in to see how much those F-35 fighters and lasers cost. https://gizmodo.com/death-and-taxes-shows-fascinating-terrible-view-on-mil-5068686 The Death and Taxes poster shows every single expense according to the president’s 2010…

Gadgets Jesus Diaz

Samsung N510 Ion Netbook Arriving Next Month for $599

Water Carbonator Doesn’t Have Any Alternative Uses We Can Think Of

Best Buy to Sell LG Chocolate Touch, Samsung Omnia 2 and More Come August 23rd

I Want to Trip With this Wondrous 3D Etch-a-Sketch

Who On Earth Can Order a $47,000 Solid Gold Penis Enlarger?

Summermodo: Gadgets Go Outside

Samsung Reclaim QWERTY Ecophone Is Ostentatiously Green, $50 On Sprint

Watergate Makes Nixon Wet His Pants

GDGT Launch Party Tonight in San Francisco, and We’ll Be There

Samsung M1 Media Player Confirmed, May Use Nvidia Tegra

Samsung 8500 Series Local-Dimming LED TVs Have a Sweet Base

Summermodo: Rock Climbing Gear at BoingBoing Gadgets

Samsung’s SNE-50K eBook Reader Has Office Document Support

Jimmy Fallon Has An Idea For a 21st Century Superhero

10 Of Your Messiest Gadget Drawers

Is Your Gadget Drawer The Messiest? Prove It

Samsung Confirms It’s Building an Nvidia Tegra Powered Something for Pocket HD Powah

Hamburger USB Drive Marketers Only Sort of Understand USB

Samsung’s Holographic Gesture-Based Eye Candy Upstages Product Announcement

This Is Where Each of Your 1.421 Trillion Dollars Is Going In 2010

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

Fitbit Versa 4 Drops to a Record Low as Google Makes Another Push into Fitness Smartwatches Following the Pixel Watch

JBL Boombox 4 Speaker Didn’t Stay at Full Price for Long as Amazon’s Spring Sale Pushes It Close to Used Pricing

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C-3PO’s Head From ‘Empire Strikes Back’ Sold for a Cool Million

T-Mobile 5G Home Internet Delivers Fast Speeds, Low Monthly Prices and Cash Back

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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