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RIM very quietly just showed off the new BlackBerry Bold in white, with a white leather back that somehow manages to outdo the previous version in tackiness. It’s due out on AT&T for $200, as usual, on October 18th. We knew it was coming, so this is just some concrete confirmation. The RIM rep told…
This isn’t some wussy PVC potato cannon. No, this is something much, much better. You’ve got to wonder about the safety involved here, but really, until someone is killed by a flying gourd, let it rip. [Reddit via CrunchGear]
No, this slogan isn’t a typo, and yes, the English-speaking Nokia reps were extremely embarrassed about it. The best part? The phrase is written everywhere at this booth, from t-shirts to rebranded cans of soup. More idiom-related wackiness post-jump. The tagline is actually advertising Nokia’s “Point and Find” service, which is a sort of user-…
If you happen to live in the Loveland Colorado area, one blogger claims that the local Sam’s Club is already selling a Toshiba 10.1″ Mini Laptop with Windows 7 Starter Edition. https://gizmodo.com/the-real-cost-of-upgrading-to-windows-7-5332601 Granted, these pictures aren’t the most convincing in the world, but even if some Sam’s Club did break the street date, who the…
What is Mr. Roboto doing here? Perhaps checking some CEATEC booth girl’s ass? Staring at the suspicious character crawling towards him off camera, the one dressed as a giant pink chicken? No, the answer is much cooler than all that: He’s actually controlling an MP3 planer with his eyes. There’s no camera involved here, no…
Here’s the impact crater, selected based on information from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), Lunar Prospector (LP), Chandrayaan-1 and JAXA’s Kaguya spacecraft. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-probably-the-closest-you-will-ever-get-to-the-m-5372271 Here’s an image showing a similar crater to the one that the Centaur stage is projected to make. The effects of the impact will be observable from Earth using telescopes larger than…
USB Fever’s 3000 mAh add-on promises 8.5 hours of talk time or 20 hours of delicious video playback. According to the manufacturer “it’s not bulky either as it just extends a little at the bottom”—yeah right, and Steve Ballmer is just a little intense. The Super Charger is positively ginormous, but if you have a…
I am as much a fan of the silky Strat as the next person raised on classic rock—especially Mark Knopfler’s modified one—but this Fender finish on the MyTouch 3G Android phone doesn’t seem very rock ‘n’ roll. The phone itself was, alas, not on display at CTIA in San Diego, a phone convention increasingly known…
Endless hardware rumors. A dedicated fanbase. The best Android phones around. How is it that HTC, a company that people actually like, and which looks like it’s doing so well from where we all stand, is hemorrhaging profit? Q3 financials are in, and they show nothing but pain: Smartphone maker HTC Corp reported Tuesday an…
I wasn’t too impressed when I took a look at the Archos 5 and the guys at T3 are of the same mindset. The Archos 5 is good as a PMP, but the Android “concept just doesn’t add up.” https://gizmodo.com/archos-5-internet-tablet-hands-on-android-power-but-w-5358355 The hardware on the Archos 5 is “well built” and “very pocketable,” says T3. But…
How light is Sony’s carbon-fiber X Series, the “lightest notebook in the world”? It feels fake, like a trick. https://gizmodo.com/sony-vaio-x-worlds-lightest-laptop-1300-actually-aff-5376706 That’s in part, because it is a trick, since it has netbook guts and Sony’s asking you to pay $1300 for it. But, in your hand, it makes you question how skinny is too skinny,…
Something tells me the Google Street View team should be equipped with emergency response gear and training. What tells me this? This van that’s totally on fire, for one thing. UPDATED Yesterday, the Toronto Star saw the same Google SV item we did, and investigated. According to the workman who owns the truck that isn’t…
You know how Google has a tendency to half-ass stuff, like Android out the gate? A little anecdote from CEO Eric Schmidt explains it all: https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-g1-google-android-phone-review-5062977 One day Larry and Sergey bought Android, and I didn’t even notice. Think about the strategic opportunities that has created. Sergey found Google Earth one day while he was…
Add Sony to the list of manufacturers releasing new touchscreen Windows 7 PCs. The 24-inch Vaio L is an all-in-one with an infrared multitouch display, Blu-ray and DVR capabilities. It will start at $1,300. Coming after the HP TouchSmart’s jugular, the Vaio L will have all the multimedia goods and seems to be packed with…
While disappointing carriers by reiterating the FCC is all about net neutrality, chairman Julius Genachowski also offered them some consolation: To get more 4G goodness in the air, the FCC’s going to a “shot clock” style rollout for cell towers. That means when a new cell tower site is proposed, there’s just a short period…
Sony’s X comes out from its dark hiding spot. Not only is the 11-inch carbon fiber notebook super slim, but it’s actually affordable on the Sony scale of economy, starting at $1,300. (Update: It’s got netbook guts.) https://gizmodo.com/sony-x-series-carbon-fiber-ultraportable-half-inch-thi-5350891 Considering that it’s cheaper than the MacBook Air or Dell Adamo, and that Sony’s netbook was $500,…
Starting at $770, the 14-inch Sony CW series will be available in five colors (red, pink, white, black and purple) when Windows 7 launches. It will have Blu-Ray and Nvidia dedicated graphic options. We were lead to believe that the $770 price would include Blu-Ray, but from Sony’s site that doesn’t seem to be the…
Red has just unveiled eight accessories for their cameras, to be released this month. No prices have been announced, but these things look so amazingly sleek and menacing that they could be parts stolen from alien spaceships in Area 51. Parts of alien spaceships, or Darth Vader’s sexual toys. I can go both ways. Check…
I’ve never wanted to have the color of favorite nail polish (Ballet Slippers, if you must know) on my laptop’s lid, but some may. Dell has teamed up with OPI, the nail lacquer maker, to put 26 hues on laptops. But like most of the Dell Studio designed lids, it will cost you an extra…
Red Mini LCD—will show you what the camera is framing in real time. Red Pro I/O—which has HD-SDI out and HDMI out, two channels of Balanced Mic Audio in, one headphone out, 48v Phantom power, RS-242, and a Genlock/GPIO. Red Gunner—which will allow the user to aim their custom Red like a rifle. Red Volt—a…
