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The iPad may have been delayed by a further month for non-US countries, but Vodafone intends on announcing pricing details at the end of May for Australia, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, where they will sell it. It’s not known if Vodafone will be the exclusive carrier for these countries. UPDATE: O2 has also…
When Santa is off season, he makes and races amazing snowmobiles from scrap in the Russian steppes, while his little slaves build toys during the day and get drunk at night. And yes, Santa’s beard is fake. [English Russia]
Citing “surprisingly strong US demand,” Apple has delayed the international launch of the iPad by one month (preorders/pricing postponed to May). Huh, is a pile of 500,000 iPads really more than Apple expected to sell by this point? https://gizmodo.com/apple-sold-300-000-ipads-on-the-first-day-5509659 CUPERTINO, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple today released the following statement: Although we have delivered…
Temperature-sensing accelerometer are possible, but Japanese researchers at the Rekimoto Lab have taken it a step further with their AffectPhone project, which monitors Galvanic Skin Response for conveying emotions through an iPhone. https://gizmodo.com/next-gen-accelerometers-will-have-temperature-sensor-am-5442865 Sensors on the sides and back of the phone would allow the user holding the phone to feel heat or coolness depending…
Don’t tell me you’re still using that clunky old Xbox? And actually using Live on it? From today, old-console-clingers will be cut off their online supply by Microsoft. Gamers have had a good few months’ worth of warning, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise, but not being able to play Live on Xbox games…
Didn’t we say Apple should’ve given iPads to mainstreamers such as Betty White, to influence their corners of the market? Betty took matters into her own hands, taking her iPad on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. https://gizmodo.com/the-people-that-should-have-reviewed-the-apple-ipad-5507195 In the clip below, you can see her deadpanning like crazy, talking through the iPad’s features—and…
This LA street performer, Mirror Man, has just succeeded where dozens of scientists have failed. Take that, Harry Potter! [SilverSky via Kuriositas via Toxel] https://gizmodo.com/invisibility-cloak-project-becomes-more-realistic-5497136
Just how much moolah do musicians earn from online downloads and streams? For the artist to earn the US minimum wage ($1,160/month), they need 12,339 iTunes downloads or 849,817 streams on Rhapsody. Lady Gaga apparently made just $167 from 1 million streams of Poker Face on Spotify—to earn minimum wage from that service, an artist…
You can stick your fancy-schmancy $100 dock…back in its box, as the New York Times’ Multimedia Editor Andrew Devigal has found the cheapest solution yet: a 69 cent business card holder from Office Depot. Devigal says it’s ideal as it “keeps [his] iPad screen tilted enough for easing viewing,” making it easier to use with…
We know the fourth generation of the iPhone will be announced sometime this June, but what date should you book off work so you can be glued to Gizmodo all day? June 22, according to a date booked at YBCA. The Yerba Buena Center for Arts is located by the Moscone Center in San Francisco,…
Yes, yes, the iPad is so simple to use, your 2 year old kid can understand it. But so can a cat! And what fun it has, too: pawing at that thing like it’s a kitty-litter tray. [DoobyBrain via CrunchGear] https://gizmodo.com/apple-ipad-review-5511678
Car kits for iPods and iPhones aren’t exactly big news, with plenty of third party accessory companies feeding off the ecosystem already. But an Apple-branded kit, found buried in iPhone OS 4? The “iPod Out” feature was found mentioned in the iPhone OS 4 code, alongside “IAPSSimpleRemoteCarButtonNotification,” “IAPSSimpleRemoteCarButtonTypeKey” and “kCTCallStatusChangeNotification,.” Rumors about an Apple car…
UPDATE: The Kindle app indeed has a brightness control. It is buried under the font adjustment menu option. Gotta say, points off for crappy UI design on Amazon’s part, but I indeed stand corrected. Thanks to everyone who pointed it out. Apple may have built a great LCD-based reader, but when it comes to favoring…
Ooh la la! Microsoft’s slender Arc keyboard is now available in a clean looking white-and-lime finish. Sure, it’s still the same $60 keyboard, but now it’ll match your decor better. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-arc-keyboard-review-5459763 Yes, that lime color will truly coordinate perfectly with most Mountain Dew spills. [Amazon via Microsoft Hardware Blog]
What are we looking at here? Is it the original Slinky? An early concept of hyperspace? Or maybe some strange, magnified microbial being? Nah. To figure this one out you’re going to have to get with the program. The mysterious swirl above is, in fact, one of the earliest examples of computer-generated art. This particular…
Aspiring Bond villains take note: there’s only one of these Nautilus VAS luxury submersibles on the market today, so if you don’t act fast you risk losing out on a $2.7 million submersible joyride like few others. The VAS’s “military grade” construction (which I’m assuming means “bulletproof,” because life’s more fun that way, but in…
We can’t all have arc reactors or computer butlers—yet. But I may be willing to settle for a tiny Iron Man USB jump drive in the meantime. Adorable? Check. Collectible? Check. Affordable? Er… As much as I want to entrust my valuable files (okay, okay, not so valuable) to Tony Stark, $40 is a pretty…
There are plenty of reasons for HTC to buy Palm, but the realization that it needs to stop relying on outside companies to provide software for its devices is making such purchase look all the more appealing. https://gizmodo.com/htc-may-buy-palm-to-fight-apple-5514797 Apparently HTC is currently investigating whether it should in fact stick its own operating system on the…
Oh, Apple iPad. Will your futuristic and wondrous applications ever end? Did you have to help an innocent girl to choose new breasts, pubic hair, and even get her some virtual sex action. [Photography: Nikola Tamindzic] https://gizmodo.com/ipad-is-the-future-5506692 WARNING: If you are a prude, don’t follow this link. Watch the completely uncensored video at Fleshbot (Extremely…
Mind-controlled toys are one of those little things that remind you we’re sort of living in the future today (also: Disney FastPass). If you have some brain/computer schemes of your own, here’s a thorough guide to hacking those toys. https://gizmodo.com/the-mindflex-brainwave-game-gives-me-a-headache-5396971 The Frontier Nerds got down and dirty with toy EEGs, considering a few of the…
