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While Nokia still commands the worldwide market share, Apple has finally overtaken them in profits. At least, according to a report by Strategy Analytics. Things are not that clear, however. https://gizmodo.com/the-year-apple-and-rim-ate-everyone-elses-lunch-5404274 According to Strategy Analytics, Apple made a $1.6 billion profit in iPhone sales alone, while Nokia only made $1.1 billion on whatever they are…
This phone, the BlackBerry Bold 9700, you can buy today on T-Mobile or Sunday, Nov. 22, on AT&T. It’s the standard $200 with a two-year blood contract (and on AT&T, mail-in rebate shenanigans required). Update: Yes, AT&T Premier customers can get it today. Everybody else has to wait until the 22nd. [T-Mo, AT&T] https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-bold-9700-impressions-small-and-chirpy-lik-5397391
Somehow the presence of a winking Sarah Palin does not make me any more inclined to believe in the veracity of Wink’s claim to be the tiniest 16GB flash drive “on the planet.” But maybe it is, have a look: [ActiveMP via jkOnTheRun]
A few months ago, 5 master modders were tasked with building one crazy Nvidia ION ITX-based PC using the best user-submitted designs posted at Modders-Inc. A final winner has now been selected, and it looks pretty amazing, no? Pics! The system was built by Bill “Overkill Bill” Owen from mnpctech, based on a winning render…
There’s no reason for barcodes to be so drab and utilitarian when the sky’s the limit. (Click image for big-i-fied version.) For a few thousand dollars, Japanese design firm D-Barcode will make your business a custom barcode, incorporating these simple vertical lines into pretty much any type of scene you can imagine (the code serves…
Thank you Meijer, for aiming low this Black Friday. Our readers may/may not want a Sylvania 1080P 42-inch TV or Blu-ray player, but they’ll be on sale for $499 and $89, respectively. Plus, $9 Blu-ray movies and cheap video games! Cell Phones Verizon Samsung SCH-u350 Prepaid Cell Phone – $9.99 * Computers Buy a HP…
Updated: Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early Core i7 benchmarks show 30 percent performance gains. A good upgrade for $200 (which adds 10 percent to the $2000 price). Timon-Royer’s graph uses Geekbench 2 results (OS 10.6.2). [Timon-Royer] https://gizmodo.com/first-of-the-quad-core-i5-imac-benchmarks-5403593
You might remember Casio’s EX-FC100 and EX-FH20 as two Exilims capable of 1000fps slow-mo video. Both 9.1-megapixel cameras are getting a 10-megapixel CMOS sensor, and the FH25 (a 20x superzoom) does 40fps high-speed bursts at 9-megapixels (up from seven). https://gizmodo.com/casio-exilim-ex-fc100-slow-mo-pocket-cam-lightning-rev-5169120 Everything else on the EX-FH25 looks to be the same. Similarly, the EX-FC150 will keep…
If your basket-of-puppy iMovies and John Vanderslice mp3s are eating up your hard drive space, take this survey, email the last question to [email protected], and you could win a brand-new 1 TB Apple Time Capsule for your digital-storage needs. [Rules]
What if machines ran off biological fuel—blood sugar—from our bodies? Could we basically power gadgets on America’s increasing supply of body fat and Snickers bars? The questions were thrown at me by our dear Brian Lam with a disclaimer of “I may have been under narcotic substances when I came up with this idea.” But,…
Worthy of a sultry Number Six, but priced at a more commonfolk level, the MK 2 Circuit watch from Storm of London is one of those rare gadgety watches that actually displays the time in a meaningful manner. There’s no chronograph, or really anything else other than time and date, but it’s got a slick…
Babies, while cute, can turn ugly at family picture time. Look! A bit of floating dander. Picture ruined. Any little thing can become a distraction. Enter the ingenious—and head-smackingly simple—ShutterBuddy. While not entirely scientific, the pattern supposedly grabs a baby’s attention and holds it long enough to get a decent photo. ShutterBuddy’s PR team managed…
Apple products. RED cameras. Even the embattled Zunes. All are categories that I can see getting a person so worked up with devotion that they permanently mark themselves with a corporate brand. Cisco? No so much. And yet, this exists: Geekologie reader Brian loves himself some Cisco. Lucky for him the design kind of resembles…
As this leaked Best Buy Black Friday ad reveals, one of the many deals coming our way the day after Thanksgiving is a Nintendo DSi, preloaded with a number of free DSiWare titles. The price remains the same as it’s been for the DSi: $170. The downloadable titles, which have been downloaded for you at…
So a new, potentially very popular Mario title comes out today. Sweet, sweet nostalgia. To celebrate, let’s revisit all the 2009 NES hacks and mods that have, thus far, utterly destroyed or otherwise corrupted my most cherished memories, shall we? https://kotaku.com/so-get-new-super-mario-bros-wii-yet-5405128 Our first mod is a relatively recent one. The modder took a nice, fully…
The Etch-A-Sketch Freestyle aims to eliminate those wobbly, pixel-edged circles that occur on the original. It’s cheating. Call me a dinosaur all you want, I prefer the original over this $15 “modern” update, faults and all. This thing makes everything so easy and carefree. How boring. On a related note, 3D Etch-A-Sketches? You’re cool. [Etch…
Shack Friday! Get it?! Instead of Black Friday? You still there? Is this thing on? Anyway, the RadoShack Black Friday ad has leaked to the Internet, and with it a number of purported “deals” and discounts on popular electronics. [CrunchGear]
Droid sales are blowing up, but so too may be Droid speakers, as reports are starting to pour in from users who’ve experienced the sound cutting out at inopportune times. Island of Misfit Toys, here we come! https://gizmodo.com/droid-sales-blowing-up-5404648 Luckily, the bug appears to be software related. Time for a patch. Who amongst the swelling Droid…
What better way to, um, end the This Cyborg Life theme week than a post about a British guy with a bionic ass? Meet Ged Galvin, a 55-year-old chap from Barnsley, south Yorkshire, who is currently in possession of a very special remote control. A remote control that, when engaged, controls Galvin’s bowels and allows…
Detective’s Notebook, November 15: It was raining. The mother? Crying. Timmy, the son, and friend Jimmy turned in at 11. Timmy said he went to bed on a bunk, woke up on a couch. I think I know what happened. Little squirt’s a couch cushion now, that’s what happened. Somewhere in there, beneath polyester layers,…