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Polaroid is trying to stay relevant in the digital age with a camera that’s an Android mashup with a 3x optical zoom, 720p video, a 16 MB sensor and, well, a lot of head scratch. The Android OS that powers the phone does have interesting capabilities—you’ll be able to edit photos on the fly, for…
Intel’s about to get its peanut butter all over Motorola’s chocolate. And, in addition to the Reese’s Pieces, we’ll see the first Intel-powered, Android smartphone in the second half of this year. The two companies announced today that they’ve signed on for a multi-year strategic relationship which will span multiple platforms—including tablets and phones. Specifically,…
Sony’s 4K projector was first announced last year, but they have the thing on display at CES this year. After getting to zone out in a pitch black room where the projector blasted the new Spider Man trailer at full resolution on a 182-inch screen, I’m sold on the idea. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-first-ever-4k-home-theater-projector-shoots-super-5838401 What makes 4K exciting…
Oh just admit it this robot can totally do the robot way better than you can do the robot, you robot-doing dancer.
The Medfield codename invoked strange Cloverfield associations for me. Would Intel’s first serious mobile chip be a monster that destroys absolutely everything in its path? Well, the dust has cleared, and we have the Atom Z2460. It’s not going to crush everything else, but it looks damn decent. Atom Z2460 is a single core, hyper-threaded,…
We’re back on the live blog train, waiting for Intel CEO Paul Otellini to tell us just how ultra his ultrabooks are, and how this time seriously for realsies the company’s got this whole mobile thing figured out. Intel already showed off plenty of laptop goodies in its press conference yesterday—including one gloriously oddball concept—and…
People love that bass. That’s part of the reason that Beats by Dre are so popular. Audio Technica’s new tiny Solid Bass headphones bring you that same thump without losing all the rest of the tones in your favorite jams. The Audio Technica ATH-CKS55i Solid Bass in-ear headphones are designed to produce the heavy bass…
By adding a bit of silver to a thin layer of salmon sperm DNA and sandwiching it all between two electrodes, scientists have created a data storage device that could lead to a cheaper replacement for silicon. Some resourceful researchers at the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in…
Dell’s XPS 13 is their official entry into the Ultrabook market. On the outside, it doesn’t look terribly different from other Ultrabooks (hello teardrop design!), but a closer examination reveals that Dell took a very interesting approach to the materials they used in their machine. Namely, carbon fiber. The carbon fiber shell that covers the…
Google’s great at finding pretty much anything on the Web—no matter how obscure—but has generally lacked social content thanks to itsongoing standoff with Facebook. But, according to the search giant today, the “most radical transformation ever” has just occurred to its search engine. But maybe not in the good way. Google dubbed this metamorphosis, “Search,…
The next big version of Windows got a lackluster reception when it first landed on a tablet. It looked and worked great, yeah, but was knocked for a little clunkiness. Now, it’s running on superfast phone guts—and it will be great. https://gizmodo.com/windows-8-slate-hands-on-its-fantastic-but-dont-sell-5839665 We stopped by Nvidia’s CES fortress, where a prototype tablet was running Windows…
Remember Apple’s first iPad 2 ads where folks are drooling all over the Garage Band app? Yeah, you’re still playing on a freaking iPad. But iCade just dropped a bunch of gear that lets you use the iPad to actually play instead of tapping a screen. Last year, iCade made an iPad mini-piano. Whatever. Now…
iPhone gaming’s great and all, but it’s still hard to get over the on-screen touch controls when the screen’s only 3.5 inches. Ion’s new iCade Mobile lets you basically jam your phone into the body of a PSP and play without cluttering your screen with your own damn fingers. It works with the iPhone or…
Fujitsu’s Arrow’s μ smartphone, which is newly available in Japan, is the slimmest phone to ever receive FCC approval, which means that once Fujitsu sets itself up with a US Carrier, it could be yours. The Arrows μ’s teardrop design comes in 6.7mm and 105 grams compared to the Droid Razr’s 7.1mm 127 grams. If…
We’ve been busy. In addition to bringing you all this epic coverage of the gadget orgy that is CES, we’ve been cooking up a little surprise in our technological kitchen. We call it HD view, and the name pretty much says it all. Calm down, this is not a redesign. We’re not really sure what…
How would you roll if you were a big baller CEO of one of the world’s largest electronics companies? If you’re Monster Cable CEO Noel Lee, on a tricked out gold-rimmed Segway of course. Oh, and look, a Segway-strapped admirer! So Lee is rolling on his Segway, talking to military brass (really) and generally just…
This chrome nightmare was heckling CES attendees, trying to coax them into TP-Link’s booth to check out the company’s wireless network wares. I generally like the lack of ‘booth babes’ at CES, since it means booths are staffed with personnel who actually know something about the products on display. Also, unlike the Booth Babe Mk…
Yesterday MakerBot unveiled their next generation 3D printer, cleverly naming it the Replicator in a nod to the similar devices seen in Star Trek. But instead of instantly producing a piping hot cup of Earl Grey tea, the Replicator methodically turns 3D models into real-life plastic creations. https://gizmodo.com/makerbots-replicator-prints-larger-3d-creations-in-two-5874507 The new model has a larger printing…
There aren’t many details available yet, but Bloomberg is reporting that Kodak is suing Apple over four patent claims. Is it a last ditch effort for the near-bankrupt company to keep its head above water? Or a justified defense from a company with generations of intellectual property to its name? Well, both, probably. The lawsuits…
I’ll admit I have a soft spot for the crazy crap you find on the CES show floor while dashing between meetings. And so far CTA Digital has been my most reliable source for accessories that make you stop and shake your head. Case in point, the most inflatable iPad stand I’ve ever seen. This…
