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In part one, Sony explained that next Spring‘s glowing wand will have rumble feedback. Here, Anton Mikhailov (the guy from the E3 demos) dishes the prototype was built using parts from Home Depot, and caused a stir with airport security. https://gizmodo.com/playstation-motion-controller-behind-the-scenes-5349146 Mikhailov also confirms that the combination of camera tracking, gyroscopes and accelerometers are precise…
Has Cygnett let the cat out of the bag by publishing info on its new cases ahead of today’s Apple event? Matching previous rumors, here the touch looks to have a built-in camera, while the nano has an elongated screen. https://gizmodo.com/apple-its-only-rock-and-roll-liveblog-now-live-5355097 No spec information is listed, but the case (with a hole for a camera)…
Update: New iPod touch 64GB is $399. 32GB touch moves to $299, 8GB is $199. The iPod Classic has been bumped up to 160GB for $250. And the Nano? Well, it’s got a shiny new camera. https://gizmodo.com/ipod-touch-third-generation-now-up-to-64gb-5355633 See above for links to our latest Apple coverage. The actual new prices differ to what we saw…
Specs of several upcoming HP notebooks have been dug up by Web-sleuths, including info on a Mini 311 netbook. It looks like it may also have an Atom N270 processor, 1GB memory, 160GB hard disk, and a six-cell battery. Various Mini 311 flavors are now listed on HP’s support site, and the specs above are…
Microsoft is offering Best Buy employees Windows 7 for $10 if they complete training that includes selective truths about Linux. Apparently Windows 7 is totally safer, and Linux won’t work with cameras, iPods, or games like World of Warcraft. WTF? True, there’s no elegant solution for the iTunes Music Store under Linux. And that’s a…
After their giant screen blocked a punt, you’d figure the owners of the Dallas Cowboys stadium would be extra careful with their massive displays—but it looks like somebody didn’t shut down his computer properly. Whoops! [Thanks, Richard!] https://gizmodo.com/punt-hits-worlds-largest-hd-video-screen-in-cowboys-sta-5343377
It isn’t even up on Android’s site yet, but a tipster just informed us that Pandora for Android is available in the Android Market. Apparently it works great, “even on an EDGE network,.”[Thanks, Matthew!, image from Androinica]
In addition to the Palm Pixi news, the Pre is getting a $50 price cut down to $150, which is what you’ll be paying after a $150 instant and $100 mail-in rebate. Ignore that other rebate deal you saw earlier. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-retracts-100-palm-pre-deal-after-only-six-hours-5354969
The Palm Pixi is just what you’d get when you ask your engineers to take the Pre, keep as much stuff as possible, but make it smaller. It’s a keyboarded candybar (with webOS), but it loses some vitals like Wi-Fi. The Details The important bits: It still runs webOS, still has a keyboard, still only…
If eighteen-year-old Milan Karki doesn’t turn out to be the next Tesla or Edison, then I’ll chop off my locks. This kid invented a solar panel which uses human hair as a conductor and could solve an energy crisis. As a teenager in a rural village in Nepal, Milan Karki knows just how desperately developing…
Sprint’s support site has the release notes for the WebOS 1.2 update that already leaked and it’s branded with a September 8th release date. After extensive and exhaustive research, I can officially confirm that today is September 8th. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-1-2-webos-accidentally-leaked-showed-possibly-5353067 The date might still be an error—Pres don’t seem to be showing an update available. But…
We’re probably not going to see an Apple tablet tomorrow, but the Archos 9 could hold us over. The “netblet” (yea, my portmanteau of the words netbook and tablet) runs Windows 7, but I’m not sure I’d shell out $500. https://gizmodo.com/apple-event-liveblog-its-only-rock-and-roll-5354882 The 0.63-inch thin Archos 9 feels pretty sturdy, but one major complaint is that…
“Look honey, I won’t marry you, but I love you, and I want to parade on this AT-AT couple costume together—every Halloween, for the next decade or so.” *silence* *door slams* *car leaves* This was spotted last week at Dragon-Con, which doesn’t surprise me at all. Too bad they didn’t have a boombox to match.…
The phone’s ringing, but you’ve got a direct message from a hottie on Twitter. Oh, a Facebook message while you’re watching kittens on video. What takes priority? Don’t panic. This chart will guide you through the hierarchy of Internet distractions. Click on the picture for a closer look. The higher up in the hierarchy a…
Oh, Michael, the world misses you. And as Billie Jean plays for the 152,345,160,433rd f*cking time—yes, I’ve counted them all—what other better way to remember you than to play with this morphing Thriller action figure. This licensed Michael Jackson Thriller 1/6th scale doll has over 32 points of articulation, and stands at 11.8 inches. It…
So tomorrow there won’t be Beatles in the iTunes, but you will be able to get them carefully remastered in CD form. If you are a music fan, this is why you should care—especially about the mono version. https://gizmodo.com/extra-confirmed-emi-says-no-beatles-on-itunes-tomorrow-5354915 Back in April, I got great vinyl rips of the major original mono albums, as mixed…
You can be the first kid on your block to own the world’s first web-connected printer today. Dell also released new thin-and-light laptops amidst all of the Nehalem news. https://gizmodo.com/intel-lynnfield-core-i5-and-i7-processors-nehalem-supe-5354575 • HP announced that they are shipping the Photosmart Premium today, the world’s first web-connected printer. We saw the printer a while ago, and were…
Dragoncon, the one weekend every year nerd wet dreams come true through the magic of paper, paint and fabric. But not deodorant. Definitely not deodorant. See more—including a really incredible Terminator, complete with John Connor—at io9: [io9] https://gizmodo.com/the-mighty-chew-box-a-will-paper-cut-you-down-5354344
The Otomatone is the new instrument created by Novmichi Tosa, and it’s maybe the most Japanese instrument ever. Also, it’s awesome. You see, you play this note/tadpole-shaped instrument by tapping or sliding your finger up and down the neck. But you can also adjust the pitch by squeezing the face at the bottom to open…
TechCrunch hears that Palm’s going to reveal Pixie (aka Eos), its second WebOS phone that’s supposedly gonna be small, skinny and cheap, sometime this week, for Fashion Week. https://gizmodo.com/palms-eos-pixie-webos-phone-might-be-delayed-until-20-5339215 Sorta surprising, since the timing feels weird, not to mention there were rumors it was delayed (granted, how can a phone that doesn’t officially exist really…
