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Cufflinks are classy. Trust me, I know; I used to have arms. Cramming tiny clocks, compasses, and thermometers inside things can be classy, too, provided everyone involved is wearing white (and are consenting adults). For $50 (or less, depending on your choice of metal), these cufflinks can find a home on your wrist where you…
You’ve asked, and we’ve provided: Gizmodo is proud to announce the introduction of Gizmodo Hearts, a weekly short list of the hottest gadgets and best deals around. Come on inside to see the first week’s recommendations (we take care of the big stuff this week), including a short explanation of what to expect in the…
Is there something wrong with me when, while viewing barely-legal Lindsay Lohan’s nipple slip pic, I also wondered where she got her Sidekick studded? Tits and custom phones in the same picture sets up some sort of hyper-masculine resonance that is impossible to resist. And now I think I may have found out who did…
Has anybody seen any pictures of this DC/Incase Skatebag that they intend to sell at Apple (it’s got a place for a Powerbook, iPod, and skateboard). I’d like to get a couple for the skate-rat commune that lives on my block right before I torch their building. Read – DC/Incase Skatebag to be Sold Exclusively…
For embedded computing hackers, mass storage (like hard drives) is often the most frustrating piece of the puzzle, as the fragile and power-hungry spin of the hard drive is usually the last non-solid-state part in the whole deployment. And while most engineers will just use a Compact Flash card, sometimes the only option is an…
Finally! Sony Ericsson finally announces the P910 smartphone — featured previously here as the “Layla” prototype — a Symbian OS v7.0-powered update to the very successful P800/P900 phones. Three versions will be released with differing GSM bands to operate in various markets worldwide, as well five different integrated keyboard variants to make thumb typing in…
In this age of Furries and wookie-on-ewok internet porn, purchasing whole sets of animatronic robot musicians takes on a darker tone. But if you’ve ever wanted to make sweet, lonely love to your own set of moldy Show-Biz/Chuck-E-Cheezesque robot thrash machines (and what kid traumatized by those hillbilly robots, now grown up into a psychotic…
It looks like it’s more for hardcore car audio types than your standard, all-purpose gadget tweaker, but the Aux-Pod looks like it might be the in-car iPod interface of choice for those doing a custom rig-up. Although it appears to be mostly just a cable, wiring harness, and interface black box (read: no cradle or…
Hey, what’s “POI alert” on GPSes? Oh, is that Points of Interest? Why would that be “Big in Europe?” These French jokes are hard. Why do I ask? Well, apparently I go to French GPS sites to get information about Navman USA’s newly announced iCN 635, a new handheld GPS (global position system, hello) that…
We’re going to give this New York Times’ Circuits section review of the new Roomba Discovery a passing grade, if only because author William Grimes (oh ho ho) talks about torturing robots. It’s good to know that when robots rise up against their fleshy masters, we’ll all be able to blame Circuits. The new Discovery…
GamesIndustry.biz reports rumors from retail sources that suggest Nintendo will be launching its DS touchscreen portable gaming console on November 4th in Japan at a price of ¥19,000 (~$174), followed by a US launch on November 11th for around $180. While a holiday season launch would be good for Nintendo (especially to get a jump…
Depending on who you want to believe, it just might be. ThinkSecret is reporting that “reliable sources” have confirmed a new full-sized iPod design that is smaller, sleeker, and colored — not unlike the iPod mini. Although these pictures are speculative, it’s expected that the new models of iPod — the top end of which…
If an ultra-portable laptop/tablet with a SIM card slot — yes, like those found normally in GSM mobile phones — makes your gadget dork fluff up a bit, you might want to check out this review of the Dialogue Flybook — the first English review I’ve seen. Besides being tiny, the best thing about the…
Hey, there’s a new phone, the N900iL, that does something awesome — it is the first wireless handset that can also make calls as a wireless IP phone. I wonder if it runs on NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA network? Oh, wait, I forgot I just said it did something awesome, so really, what other network would…
Nokia has released a free beta version of its LifeBlog software for download, new software designed for quickly adding pictures, text, and movies to your own personal blog. While they say it “works best with the Nokia 7610 phone” (sadly, not yet available in the US), there is an outside change it might work with…
Watching poker on TV? Fine. Playing poker on TV, without cards? I don’t know, it sort of loses some of the magic for me (I just think, “What Would Ricky Jay Do?”). But some poker folks are apparently pretty excited about this Texas Hold ‘Em TV Poker gizmo from VS-MAXX. It displays the cards and…
Break out the spamcatcher emails — Kingston is giving away a free optical mouse (while unknown amount of supplies last) to those that sign up to win a new “HyperX Ultimate Rig” (read: a hot gaming computer). It’s for US residents only, though, so if you’re one of our lovely foreign readers, you’ll just have…
Although they’ll be obsolete in a couple years as we get the same level of quality imagers on our phones, it’s still nice to be in a time when $180 can bring home a perfectly decent 3.2-megapixel camera from someone like Olympus. The D-540/C-310Zoom (why they split the numbering convention cross-continents I’ll never know) is…
So a car company, which I’ll call Jaguar (if I may be so bold), is offering up a chance to win a black iPod to promote its X-Type automobile. And what’s interesting, besides the chance at a mythical black iPod, is the fact that there was once 75 of these custom-painted devices, at least according…
Research-types at Sony’s Computer Science Laboratories have developed a concept called ‘transSticks,’ virtually connected Memory Sticks that act as simple networking cables between any two devices that support the standard. Although there are certainly bugs to work out, I’m sure (like security, although they seem to be keeping that in mind), being able to throw…