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The HD7 is the quintessential HTC phone—a 4.3-inch slab with a 1GHz processor, 16GB internal storage, 5-megapixel, 720p video-shooting camera, and naturally, a kickstand. Despite being oh-so-familiar, it could very still be the Windows Phone to get. https://gizmodo.com/htc-evo-4g-review-a-war-machine-5554198 Since it’s on T-Mobile, you’ll get a few things pre-loaded alongside the standard Windows Phone 7 kit,…
At Ceatec Japan, TDK highlighted a 1TB capacity optical disc—enough to hold a sizeable Blu-ray collection in the palm of your hand. The disc has a whopping 16 recording layers, where a 25GB Blu-ray has just one, and a beefed up 50GB Blu-ray is dual-layered. It also takes the same time to read one layer…
You can see their inspiration for this table monitor, can’t you? I do prefer Hyundai’s stand to the box that Microsoft used on its Surface, though. And there’s no denying what they were thinking of when designing the touch-surface, either. Yep, it’s almost as if they blew up the iPhone 7 to 70-inches in size,…
The second Korean company to succumb to the early cat-unbagging today, Samsung’s leaked Omnia 7 has foregone the Hummingbird processor for one of Qualcomm’s 1Ghz Snapdragons, like we’ve seen in the Nexus One and countless other phones now. https://gizmodo.com/lg-slips-early-with-optimus-7-windows-phone-7-handset-5660713 Joining the QSD8250 is the usual array of specs—Bluetooth 2.1, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, and a 5MP camera.…
It’s not like Toshiba doesn’t know how to make “normal” 3D laptops. They’ve already released several with active shutter glasses, but a glasses-less 3D laptop to match one of their hugely-pricey TVs? Sure. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-dynabook-tx-98mbl-is-first-3d-blu-ray-playing-l-5557042 According to The Nikkei, Toshiba’s 3D laptops will be under their “Dynabook” series of laptops, and presumably will use the same…
Admittedly it’s not like we didn’t know LG was going to announce the Optimus 7, considering they’ve already shown it off several times themselves. However, their blog went live with the details today, showing off the panorama photo-shooting phone. The screen is a 3.8-inch WVGA display, with the overall phone measuring 125 x 59.8 x…
Over the weekend, older versions of Android started receiving automatic updates for Market, bringing it into line with the Froyo look and feel of it. If you haven’t already, fire up the Market and take a look, as chances are you haven’t spotted it yet. (There was no alert to this update due to its…
When does a Slanket stop being a wearable-blanket, and start being a bed? I’d say right about now, when it’s attached to an armchair. Shame it’s not electric for added warmth. [Super-ette via The Design Blog] https://gizmodo.com/ultimate-battle-the-snuggie-vs-slanket-vs-freedom-bl-5190557 Update: This is not an actual Slanket product, so don’t go emailing Slanket in hopes of buying one.…
They’ve now removed the Angry Birds icon and passed it off as a mistake, but for a while yesterday Microsoft must’ve been quaking at the thought of Rovio dispatching the Angry Birds flock their way. Tweeting yesterday, Rovio said that “We have NOT committed to doing a Windows Phone 7 version. Microsoft put the Angry…
Just when I thought The Simpsons couldn’t surprise me anymore, yesterday’s 10/10/10 episode had the most acidic, in-your-face title scene I’ve ever seen on TV. Not surprisingly, it was storyboarded and directed by legendary graffiti artist Banksy. Update: Video back up. https://gizmodo.com/today-is-101010-the-ultimate-answer-to-the-ultimate-qu-5659984 Banksy, whose real identity remains unknown, is the author of some of the…
The 23-foot-long Lego USS Intrepid aircraft carrier should be renamed the USS Insane. It’s the largest Lego ship ever built. Ed Diment made it to minifig scale, complete with Wildcat and Corsair airplanes built by Ralph Savelsberg. Watch the video: https://gizmodo.com/exclusive-the-evolution-of-the-minifig-5070884 I told you. This thing is absolutely insane, larger than Jumpei Mitsui’s 22-foot battleship…
Isn’t she a beauty, Captain? Update: Watch the video just released by Virgin Galactic. Today, the VSS Enterprise—which will be the world’s first commercial suborbital spaceship and the first aircraft in Virgin Galactic’s fleet—has completed its first manned glide flight, touching down at the Mojave Air and Space Port, in California. Spaceshiptwo—Enterprise—dropped from the WhiteKnightTwo…
That long piece in Tetris is so unreliable, I can never count on it to show up when I need it the most. [Optipess via thedailywh.at]
Ford recently overhauled their car dashboards to make car interfaces less sucky and more like cellphones. They focused on better usability and teamed up with design firm Ideo to create a consistent UI for all their cars. Ford sought advice from Ideo, maker of Apple’s original mouse, to come up with a consistent DNA that…
When an Earthquake hits, what do you do? Typical Earthquake 101 tells you to run to the nearest doorway to protect yourself under the “strongest frame in the house”. This bendable door is supposed to improve on that thinking. However! Recent theories (Earthquake 201, I guess) suggest that standing underneath a typical doorway is no…
Bunker-42 was built during the Cold War and was a classified bunker equipped with everything necessary in case of a nuclear attack. After the end of the Cold War, it’s been transformed into Russia’s Cold War Museum. The visuals are stunning and they speak to a time where the threat of nuclear warfare was reality.…
After the drill reached the trapped Chilean miners, work began on fortifying the rescue shaft with steel. With that almost done, officials are now saying that the miners will be pulled out on Wednesday in a 48-hour effort. https://gizmodo.com/drill-reaches-chilean-miners-dangerous-phase-of-rescue-5659850 There was discussion on whether to line the entire rescue shaft with steel, part of the…
Here’s an awesomely creative example of being resourceful: a Star Wars fan built a Stormtrooper helmet out of two milk jugs. Yes, that helmet in the picture was made with those plastic milk gallons in your fridge right now. The full instructions are available over on his site but the gist of it was rather…
As a successor to the tragedy that was the HTC HD2, the HTC HD7 actually has a chance to be the awesome. It packs updated hardware in a more gorgeous body while running Windows Phone 7. https://gizmodo.com/htc-touch-hd2-review-a-tragedy-5400593 The accompanying leaked specs: same 4.3″ ginormous 800×480 screen and same 5-megapixel camera but boosted 576MB of RAM…
A woman finds herself at a shooting gallery. She wants to shoot. If she hits the target, a picture of her will be taken. She hits. That was 1936. She did the same thing almost every year after that. Her name is Ria van Dijk and she started making trips to the shooting galleries when…
