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Some things at CES are not worth covering at all (I’m lookin at you, company with the wood-paneled air conditioners). Some are worth watching like TV shows. And we’re coming to you live. In fact, why not catch us live right now at AT&T? Deathstar Mobile is promising a full two-hour keynote. It might be…
The ultrabooks you’ve seen these last few months—and that, good lord, you’re going to see in drove these next couple of days? They’re plenty capable, sure. But they’re pretenders. The real deal, the ultra ultrabooks? Those are still a few months away. And when they get here, they’re going to be fast. The battleground laid…
Ion Audio’s new iCade peripherals are really cool. I’ve been playing with their original iCade for months now and it’s great in every sense except the game support. Until the awesome iMame retro arcade emulator came along, most of the games sucked. https://gizmodo.com/hands-on-with-the-ion-audio-ipad-icade-buttons-fit-for-5727939 But iMame and all its retro glory are now gone (thanks Apple…
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Monster—a company once known for producing insanely nerdy speaker wire— changed headphones forever (for better or worse) with its fashionable, bass-heavy Beats by Dre line. Now that Monster’s cash cow is HTC’s cash cow, Monster is clearly on the hunt for new friends. So, if you can’t have Dre, why not team up with… Lance…
LG’s Spectrum handset isn’t anything noteworthy on paper. 1.5 GHz processor, Android 2.3, and Verizon LTE is nice. But. The 4.5-inch smartphone packs an HD display with a higher resolution than the iPhone 4S. And it’s much bigger. The iPhone’s retina display is nice, but at 3.5 inches, it’s not as much of an accomplishment.…
Withings new baby scale seems like a great idea for tracking babies weight. Plop the kid on the scale, and it wirelessly sends data to a Withings app, graphing it up just as prettily as your delightful little baby. Weighing a baby is a pain. Without a dedicated baby scale, you have to stand on…
Portable wireless speakers are usually a pretty tame affair. While the Jambox is lovely to look at, it doesn’t give you the impression that your ears are in for an audio assault. At least not like Klipsch’s Stadium speaker. I mean look at this thing! Dual 1-inch tweeters, a pair of 3-inch mid-range woofers, and…
At least one more company thinks you’re going to like Google TV: LG’s LMG860 and LMG620 not only pack the company’s own “smart TV” software, but the more polished Android-y dashboard as well. That’s two ways to channel surf smart. LG’s Google TVs will work with its “Magic Remote,” which adds a host of new…
LG has its own take on the future of HD beauty, and it certainly promises to be just that: 55 inches of 3D OLED glory slathered across a teensy-thin display. We know that LG’s previous claim of “world’s largest” won’t hold up anymore—Samsung’s also kicking out a 55-inch OLED amazon—but LG has Sammy beat on…
There’s a lot of talk about OLED and 3D and Google and bezels and, and, and—enough! Let’s get down to what matters. Beer takes too long to cool. Unless you buy one of LG’s forthcoming refrigerators. SmartBeer. The blast chiller uses a “jet” and “swirling” mechanism, the company says, but really, who cares. Stick a…
There’s a raft of new 3DTVs out from LG, and they’ve all got one thing in common: the acknowledgement that the third dimension has been pretty lame so far. Not lame? Depth control, passive glasses, and dual-view multiplayer gaming potential. The LED-lit line LM line runs quite a range: 72 to 22 inches, 60 to…
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Your car’s broken down. Your phone’s out of battery. Hell, it’s always out of battery these days. What do you do? Well, if Xpal Power has anything to do with it you’ll just pick up your Spare One. Designed specifically for emergency situations, this super-cheap phone runs from a single AA battery reports Engadget from…
There are no details of the new Vizio Tablet M series except: they are 10-inchers, have cameras on both sides, seem really thin, and look really sleek. They appeared on Vizio’s site today, along with their all-in-one PCs and notebooks. Stay tuned for more details later in the day. [Vizio] https://gizmodo.com/the-new-vizio-pcs-and-notebooks-are-worthy-of-apple-5874294
I don’t know how these will perform, but holy f*ck the new Vizio PCs and notebooks look amazingly good. Indeed, they may beat sleepy PC giants at their own game. Their designer must be a genetic mix of Jon Ive and Tony Stark. https://gizmodo.com/vizio-plans-to-beat-pcs-sleepy-giants-at-their-own-ga-5873949 Vizio is really pushing this one full speed ahead. Their all-in-on…
Making full use of your Mac’s thunderbolt port has been an expensive business until now, with the only dock option being a $999 Apple display. Thankfully Belkin is finally releasing its Thunderbolot Express dock in September 2012. In terms of functionality, it packs three USB 2.0 jacks, one Firewire 800, one HDMI, one Gigabit Ethernet,…
One iPad, one car, three passengers: big problem. Don’t worry, though, because Philips has just launched an extension kit which lets you share your media around the car easily. Philips provides two LCD displays which can be mounted to the back of the front headrests and plugged into any iOS device: an iPhone, iPad or…
Canon’s new G1 X is its biggest, baddest PowerShot ever. That’s saying a lot in and of itself. But will the camera’s bigger sensor and zippy new processor distinguish it from the crowd? First, the camera’s specs: The Canon PowerShot G1 X has a a 18.7mm x 14mm, 14.3-megapixel CMOS sensor. The camera also carries…
Altec Lansing isn’t just content to make a wireless AirPlay speaker for OSX and iOS users, so they opted for a different strategy: a universal wi-fi speaker controlled via a proprietary app on iOS, Android, Windows and OS X devices. The Live 5000 has two three-inch speakers, two silk dome tweeters, and a four-inch sub…
