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In videos from last weekend, we learned that the PS3 fat boots itself faster than the Slim, but the Slim had the edge when it came to loading games. Now with new firmware 3.0, the Slim loads games even faster. In this demonstration, conducted by the same source as the original testing, we see the…
Kodak updated their all-in-one printer line with the ESP 3250 and ESP 5250. Both use Kodak’s Kodacolor technology, which lets them subsist on extremely cheap ink, which is great for extremely cheap people like myself. The ESP 3250 (above) is similar to the ESP 3, but for the same $130 price point it adds a…
Meet the HTC Touch-successor: the Touch2 (previously codenamed the Mega). The 2.8-inch touchscreen will run HTC’s TouchFLO interface over WinMo 6.5, which will have a revamped Internet Explorer mobile browser, My Phone backup service, and access to Windows Marketplace. Microsoft’s app store for all 6.x WinMo phones arrives on October 6, along with a bunch…
After teasing its 10.1-inch netbook with 3G and Assisted-GPS, Nokia has confirmed an impressive 16-cell (12-hour) battery and coughed-up full specs: Windows 7, 1.6GHz Atom Z530 processor, 120GB hard disk, 1GB RAM, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and HDMI. Price: €575 ($810) before-subsidies. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-booklet-3g-netbook-packs-gps-3g-hdmi-and-wind-5344095 The Booklet 3G is pretty thin (just 0.78-inches), and will have a hot-swappable SIM…
An extensive preview filled us in on the N97 not-so Mini, but it now has a price: €450 ($640) pre-taxes and subsidies. It should be available off contract in “many markets”, and includes Lonely Planet guidebooks and Facebook “Lifecasting”. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-mini-not-so-mini-keyboard-not-great-either-5344943 Premiering on the N97 Mini, the Lifecasting with Ovi feature lets you publish your GPS…
And the Stuttgart craziness begins. The X6 is like a slimmed down 5800 XpressMusic, (3.2-inch touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera), while the X3 (2.2-inch non-touchscreen) has a slide-out numeric keypad, and is the first Series-40 OS phone to be Ovi Store-enabled. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-5800-xpressmusic-hands-on-with-nokias-first-s60-5058030 The X6 also has 32GB storage, TV-out and Comes With Music unlimited downloads (delayed to…
µMonitor is little iPhone app that lets you remotely control µTorrent back at your computer. But like Transmission’s Drivetrain app, it’s been banned by Apple on anti-piracy grounds. Usefully, however: Jailbreakers can still pick it up via Cydia. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-use-bittorrent-like-a-pro-5187630 It kind of sux that even a monitoring app got banned. But, according to Apple: …this…
At an event in San Francisco yesterday, Wintel claimed that upcoming processors, and Windows 7‘s improved power management will provide longer battery life, and better performance in certain programs. They demonstrated power drain by playing a DVD on two identically configured ThinkPad T400s: one with Windows 7 (15.6 watts), the other with Windows Vista (20.5…
As leaked, Panasonic’s third Micro Four Thirds camera, the GF1, matches the small size of the Olympus E-P1 while adding a built-in flash and some great new lenses. https://gizmodo.com/cool-panasonic-lumix-gf1-4-3-may-end-up-being-my-next-c-5331641/ Besides the size and shape, the Lumix GF1 is very similar to the E-P1: Same 12.1 MP sensor, same 720p video and HDMI-out and same $900…
Oh My God, They Took Our Gmail!…Actual-Size Gundam To Face Actual-Size Typhoons…Verizon’s $50 Globetrotter…A Mouse Trap For Depressed Mice Who See Death as an Inevitability So Why Fight It? We all felt that disturbance in the Force today when Gmail, stalwart keeper of all our secrets and lies, somehow managed to shut itself off for…
Did our ranting and the FCCs investigation have an effect on Apple’s app approval process? First they approved Spotify’s streaming app, now they’ve approved Vonage’s Mobile VoIP app? How about revisiting the Google Voice app while Apple’s feeling nice? https://gizmodo.com/apples-chickenshit-approval-process-has-gone-too-far-5325539 According to CNET, Vonage is currently beta testing the Mobile VoIP app and expects to…
According to an online survey polling 2,250 Tokyo shoppers, over half prefer to use electronic money cards instead of cold hard cash or other tender. Will a similar trend follow in the States when such cards become commonly issued? It’s notable that there are “over 130 million e-money cards issued,” which amounts to “more than…
Brian will be one happy boy come October 4. That’s when the Wii Fit Plus (announced at E3) will be arriving. Good news: looks like it’ll be only $20 if you don’t need a Balance Board. The Wii Fit Plus will introduce 15 new mini-games and come as either a standalone disc for $19.99, or…
In a line of code in Google’s Chromium, a reference was found to a “login manager,” which is being taken to mean a single sign-in for all programs on the OS. But what does that mean for non-Google software? This is all total speculation, but a writer on ReadWriteWeb suggests that it may mean Google…
The description says it all: “Weekly 5 mugshots of hot women being arrested. All suspects are innocent until proven guilty.” Well, Bustedhot developer, I hereto declare you guilty of first degree stupidity and weirdest fetish. Time for Phil’s banhammer. [Krapps]
Archos’s 4.8-inch-screened A5 series (the A stands for Android!) has already been given the FCC treatment, and now retailer B&H has listed the price and capacities of the device ahead of its September 15th launch. https://gizmodo.com/archos-a5s-and-a5h-tablets-look-blah-unless-the-a-st-5345938 Looks like the A5 will come in two flash and two hard drive capacities, with a 16/32GB SSD or…
Creative today announced their second-generation line of Vado HD pocket camcorders. The most interesting tidbit is the new Mac-friendlier Vado Central software, which allows for easy direct transfer to iMovie. Even better, that software will also work for older Vados. https://gizmodo.com/creative-vado-hd-pocket-camcorder-now-available-5105475 The hardware itself doesn’t seem much changed; the Vado HD will still be available…
And Cisco saw the ad he had made and, behold, it was very bad. [Copyranter] UPDATE: This video was actually done by an aspiring director without Cisco’s involvement. So, he can pretty much strike them off his list of potential employers. Actual Cisco ads can be seen here.
Only the strong survive: Paul Thurrott confirms that the Zune HD will kill off the rest of the Zune line. All models of the original Zune, flash and hard drive, are officially discontinued. If you want one, buy it now. He also throws out one other tip: If you’re choosy about colors, don’t pre-order, because…
Computers have been getting smaller for years, yet they cram the same amount of power if not more. Essentially that is Moore’s Law, or the theory that every year the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/moore.s-law|-the-motion-picture/gizmodos-video-salute-to-moores-law-332051.php Now that is (or was) expected to halt at some point, meaning our computers…
