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Below, a video demonstrates Android running successfully on the HTC Touch Pro2, which is normally seen sporting the not-quite-as-fashionable Windows Mobile coat. It looks very smooth, and with that slide-out keypad and 3.6-inch screen, could be what you’ve been after. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-htc-touch-pro2-review-wait-how-much-5335326 A HTC Diamond2 port for Android didn’t work nearly as well, but judging by…
Get ready, the iPad craze starts in just two hours. [Apple] https://gizmodo.com/ipad-pre-orders-start-friday-morning-at-8-30-eastern-5491490
Designed for 10 – 15 year olds (kids get all the fun, grumble grumble), this Big Eye Cruiser bike can be adapted whenever the teen has a growth spurt, with the frame stretching horizontally. The frame, with the comfortable-looking seat, can be angled to suit the user’s height, and even sex. It’s a concept by…
Err…you may be disappointed though. Particularly if you were on the look-out for some manbits. Considering the iPhone doesn’t have a front-facing camera, video-chatting on Chatroulette with your iPhone just wouldn’t work. So it’s no surprise the Chatroulette! (exclamation mark their own) app is a fakey. Developers xhumans describes the app as allowing you to…
You’ve learned all you need to know about commenting and our tagpages, so it’s time to have some fun. Come join the conversations in #whitenoise. https://gizmodo.com/almost-everything-you-could-want-to-know-about-commen-5465437 If you’re lost about where to start, give the debate about whether Jean-Claude Van Damme or Jackie Chan would win in a fight a try. (My money’s on Jackie…
Matt Buchanan wanted to know the exact meaning of Darth Vader’s famous words: “The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of the Force.” That’s why I made this chart. Updated: Added high resolution desktop wallpaper. Click to zoom in. As you can see, it is truly insignificant. Click and open…
Dubbed a “nested skyscraper,” this building is a concept design which is intended to be particularly good at resisting the effects of earthquakes and other natural disasters. What really gets my attention though is that robots are required for construction. Yes, it looks flimsy, but the elaborate design by architects Ryohei Koike and Jarod Poenisch…
The Hifiman HM-801 looks like an old portable cassette player, but apparently it might just beat out most music players in sound quality. At least that’s what CNET though when they had a listen. They even found it worth $790. https://gizmodo.com/a-pmp-this-ugly-and-expensive-had-better-sound-amazing-5253234 The Hifiman was designed with audiophiles in mind, so it comes with features such…
HP spent $40 million on their new “Let’s Do Amazing” ad campaign. For those big bucks they managed to get Rhys Darby of Flight of the Conchords and Dr. Dre. And an odd sense of humor. A really odd sense of humor. [Engadget]
Before listening to the explanation for this project, I couldn’t figure out what was going on, but once I realized that the 64 flashing squares on the Arduino-powered display would let me play Mario, it was time to get supplies. Designed by a student from Carnegie Mellon University, this has got to be one of…
There are six iPad configurations to choose from and some helpful guides explaining which you should get. We thought we’d keep it simple and explain our feelings in nearly decent haiku.
When it was announced, I said that the Form 2 sex toy looks like a Millennium Falcon. Manufacturer JimmyJane wrote saying that they agree, which is why they created this side-to-side comparison between the Form 2 and Han Solo’s ship. https://gizmodo.com/form-2-sex-toy-looks-like-a-stealth-millennium-falcon-5395947 Click image to zoom in In fact, if you click on this link, you…
Sony’s been pretty tight-lipped about its ultra compact DSLR camera concept, but someone did share screenshots of what appears to be a rather nice menu system designed for a touchscreen. It looks like it’ll gives almost complete control to fingers. Based on those screenshots, it looks like you can control just about everything—from depth of…
It used to be that jailbreaking your iPhone was a long, involved process, but worth it for the freedom. We’ve reached a new age, though, where emancipating your phone is as simple as plugging in an iDongle. Liberty! https://gizmodo.com/jailbreak-and-unlock-iphone-3-0-5302123/ The iDongle won’t unlock your iPhone directly, but it does allow you to jailbreak a fresh…
There are a lot of iPhone games. Most of them are crap. A significant fraction are good. Few are great. Even fewer are great and original. Like this one might be! The video you’re seeing above is the opening stage of Sword & Sworcery EP, an iPhone aventure game due out H2 this year. It’s…
John Battelle was on a Wi-Fi-enabled fight with United Airlines last night, and he decided to use videochat to say goodnight to his kids. Unfortunately, a flight attendant told him it was illegal. The reasoning? Videochat could be used to coordinate terrorist attacks. Good thing he didn’t have email or IM access! So what’s a…
If you just can’t wait to buy an iPad, or rather, can’t wait to reserve your slot to buy an iPad, you may be getting up early tomorrow: Pre-orders start at 8:30am EST Friday. That’s 5:30am, Pacific. https://gizmodo.com/official-ipad-launching-here-april-3-pre-orders-march-5486444 Tomorrow’s crack-o-dawn getup will save you a spot for either a Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi+3G-equipped model, on their…
Sony has just confirmed with us that PlayStation Move cannot support 4 players in its full configuration. https://gizmodo.com/sony-motion-controller-is-called-playstation-move-laun-5490508 The complete experience of PlayStation Move requires two controllers per person, either two PlayStation Move wands or one wand and one sub (nunchuk-like) controller. In a four-player game, that arrangement would equate to eight total controllers. But…
I like my gadgets how I like my twilight swimming: naked. Cases, like bathing suits, usually just get in the way. But the ModulR case is a little different, letting you mount, strap, or kickstand your iPad in different positions. A lot has been written about how you’re supposed to use the iPad, but the…
