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Iit’s been difficult to invite a friend who is using a different mobile platform than you to OpenFeint. No more of that though because the social gaming network is now allowing iPhone users to invite Android users and vice versa. OpenFeint 2.6 Accelerates Social Distribution With Out Of Network Game Invites For 35 Million Player…
Dropbox is our favorite way to keep files synced across multiple machines, bar none, but its apps sadly don’t do text editing. The universal app Elements fills that role, letting you cleanly edit text and quietly keep it in sync. There have been a few Dropbox-enabled text editors for the iPad, but none quite reflected…
Updated to iOS4 and need to jailbreak your 3GS? First Redsn0w, and now PwnageTool give you the power. Here’s a simple how-to guide to get you started. The caveat: this isn’t an official release, so there may be some bugs that could damage your phone or delete some data. So proceed with caution! [Redmond Pie]…
The Dell Streak is a strange little beast: part phone, part tablet, all sass. But does it keep its swagger even after the obligatory iFixIt teardown? As is most often the case, there’s nothing truly out of the ordinary here, but it does make for good gadget pr0n. One note, uncovered in iFixIt’s new Repairability…
This week on TreeHugger, wax and soap can save rechargeable batteries, augmented reality on more apps, e-readers make their way into hotels and African school rooms, body heat powers hospitals, and more! Augmented Reality iPhone App Points You to Every Nearby London Bike-Share Hub Nearby Thanks to AR, the new app can help people not…
The Sony A33 and A55, which will reportedly use a Pellix mirror system for superfast autofocus times, have themselves been pictured in all their sloping shoulders, articulating LCD glory: Here are the specs of the A33 and A55, courtesy of Photo Rumors: Sony α33: * 14MP sensor * ISO range of 100-12800 * 1080i video…
Can anyone—from Canada or anywhere else—tell me why would you need to use this 3.5mm stereo plug to 3.5mm stereo plug adapter? Joel Johnson has a possible explanation: Yeah, I can think of a couple of weird scenarios (need to trick a jack that checks for stereo into accepting a mono plug), but nothing typical.…
Fujifilm’s first splash into pocketable 3D picture making, the W1, was beset by complicated controls and general first-generation awkwardness. With its successor, the W3, Fujifilm has lessened but not eliminated the headache both of making and viewing your 3D content. https://gizmodo.com/shoot-3d-photos-and-hd-video-on-fujifilms-glasses-less-5613988 Introducing the camera at the American Museum of Natural History last night, Fujifilm said…
Today brings a glut of rumored information on Google’s iPad rival: the Chrome OS tablet will be manufactured by HTC, launched on Verizon, and go on sale on November 26th, according to Download Squad. Black Friday. https://gizmodo.com/google-preparing-ipad-rival-5514989 The rumor originates from an unnamed source, but it also adds up given what we’d previously heard and…
As no-one knows when the R2-D2 version of the Droid 2 is actually going on sale, it might be worth holding onto that 3G or 3GS iPhone for a little longer. Pre-order now, for $30. [Star Wars – Thanks, Erin!] https://gizmodo.com/beep-beep-boop-beep-verizon-r2-d2-droid-2-5610704
It’s a new world record, this time in the “smallest SSD” category. Available in 4GB – 64GB capacities, SanDisk’s integrated “iSSD” is destined for tablets and really, really slim laptops. With a 160MB per second read time and 100MB per second write time, the iSSD doesn’t exactly compromise on speed for slinkiness—it weighs less than…
After offering help against US government pressure in July, the Swedish Pirate Party has signed an agreement with Wikileaks. After the deal, if the party wins a Swedish parliament seat in September, it’ll be impossible to legally shut them down. As part of the agreement—signed by Wikileaks’ Julian Assange and Pirat Partiet’s Rick Falkvinge—the Pirate…
Even the most adroit adventurer in the urban jungle forgets an umbrella occasionally, hopefully they’re wearing the waterproof Invincible wool jacket designed by the folks at Saboteur. I’m not a suit guy, I love my Arc’teryx jacket and wear it whenever possible—the $800 Invincible coat might just be what takes to get me looking classy.…
Has German retailer Notebooksbilliger spoiled Microsoft’s slow reveal of its Arc Touch Mouse? It certainly appears so, based on photos and shipping info Engadget unearthed. If you think it looks nice up top, wait until you see the party trick. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-arc-touch-mouse-coming-next-month-5605203 The Arc Touch Mouse appears to have two modes: curved for ergonomic gaming, and…
The mysterious upcoming Android phone T-Mobile has been tantalizing us with has become a bit less shadowy, now officially named the G2. The G2’s specs are still unknown, but it’ll be the first device made for T-Mobile’s speedy HSPA+ network. [T-Mobile] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobiles-teaser-site-could-be-for-android-powered-htc-5598407
If you thought Logitech’s MK700 wireless keyboard’s concave keys were good but just too dark, the illuminated K800 will be a spot of sunshine. Yep! A spot of relatively pricey sunshine. https://gizmodo.com/logitech-mk700-wireless-desktop-features-concave-keys-t-5335437 What makes the K800 smarter than your average backlit keyboard—and possibly worth that $100 price tag—is its ambient light and motion sensors, which…
Every home has at least one window, so why not turn that window into an energy-attracting solar panel? So goes the thinking of Norwegian company EnSol, which has patented a spray-on film that turns windows into solar panels. The spray-on film saps up solar energy because it’s made from metal nanoparticles, with the Professor of…
Details continue to trickle out of HP’s Mark Hurd-shaped wound, with a “person close to the investigation” telling The Associated Press that Jodie Fisher claimed sexual harassment charges after she ceased receiving work offers from HP following her rebuffal of Hurd’s sexual advances. The Taiwanese news outlet responsible for the laughable 3D animations might have…
Nokia couldn’t sustain retail stores for long, but seemingly HTC hasn’t faced the same problem just yet—did anyone know they had stores open in Russia and the Czech Republic? https://gizmodo.com/nokias-new-york-and-chicago-flagship-stores-closing-too-5423118 PocketNow has reported that HTC opened its first ever store in Prague in the Czech Republic just last month. Coincidentally, Prague just so happened to…
What’s this? Former Apple spokesperson Justin Long, using a jailbroken iPhone on Jimmy Kimmel Live? He’s no longer under their thumb, so can use whatever he damn well pleases—but will he use a WP7 come October? [Thanks, Tolk!] https://gizmodo.com/say-it-aint-so-apples-get-a-mac-ads-ending-5512306 UPDATE: Here’s the video:
