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Though buggy and as barebones as it gets, an unofficial Palm Pre Google Voice app called dkGoogleVoice will let you use your GV number to call or text from your contacts, and feel superior to iPhone owners. Big win! [PreCentral]
Nikon’s barrel-bottom D3000 actually isn’t simply a neutered D5000 with its video nuts ripped out: It’s got a new 10-megapixel sensor, a fixed (but bigger) 3-inch display, and an edumacational guide menu for first-time shooters. https://gizmodo.com/nikon-d5000-dslr-12-3-mp-720p-hd-video-and-swivel-scr-5210850 Actually, the most compelling thing about this D40 replacement seems to be the new menu system. Switching to it…
It’s not exactly surprising, but I’m still a little disappointed by the D300s: It’s the same as the D300, but adds 720p video (at 24fps) with stereo input, an SD card slot and a few minor improvements for $1800. https://gizmodo.com/the-nikon-d300s-just-wont-stop-leaking-5324761 Granted, my expectations are a little unfair—I wanted the D400, not the two-year-old D300 warmed…
Cybraphon is an interactive, internet-connected musical art project that’s sort of a riff on insecure emo bands—when more people online discuss it, it plays happier music, and when it’s not getting enough attention, it gets melodramatic. Created by Scottish musical collective Found, Cybraphon is basically a collection of mechanical instruments in a box, including some…
Logitech’s Vid system is hitting these seven new webcams, and signals that they really want the Vid system to be ubiquitous with Logitech webcams. The Vid, which we tested out last month, is basically Skype, minus all the complexities of signing up and configuring and adding users. Just enter your email, enter the email of…
Though 14 states have already banned text messaging while driving, the Senate introduced a bill today that would essentially force the remaining states to pass a similar bill—despite there being no good way to enforce such a ban. Several different teams have done research showing that texting while driving is at least as dangerous as…
This week Lifehacker has some KFC mimicry, some trick to make free outgoing calls and some very nice wallpapers. • Gmail now helps you unsubscribe, automatically, from mailing lists – Woo! • Get rid of pit stains • Find the best and cheapest (of course, cause this is Lifehacker) parking https://lifehacker.com/gmail-offers-to-automatically-unsubscribe-you-from-mail-5319723 • Some Firefox 4.0…
Like Fox News’ anchor and iPhone/Big Mac-hater Shepard Smith, this guy won’t BRB. [Mike Lukovich’s cartoon—Thanks David] https://gizmodo.com/shepard-smith-guaran-darn-tees-ya-that-his-blackberry-i-5325120
Shrinking the N97 won’t exactly fix what was wrong with it, but this supposed N97 Mini makes the economical choice of ditching the borderline-useless D-Pad. Weenie-sizing the price would help more, though. [GadgetReview] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-review-nokia-is-doomed-5308440
Good news! Here you have the man, the one, the only, el señor jefe Steve Jobs leaving Apple’s headquarters, today at 3:00pm. This is the first time he has been spotted—with an iPhone, of course—at the Cupertino campus. Click to viewHe appears to be walking with Jon Ive. Looking thin, but great. After all the…
This is probably a bit of overkill for my bicycle, but on a motorcycle the EXO 900 is the king of versatility. It can quickly flip from a full face helmet to a flip front modular to a 3/4 helmet. Other features include an EverClear No-Fog faceshield and an anti-scratch retractable SpeedView sun visor. Truth…
BoingBoing Gadgets has a rock climbing theme going on today, with some climbing gear and climbing stories that appeal to people who have arm and leg muscles. Check it out. [BBG]
It was that or “The ‘Smartest Cover‘ Is Dimpled For Your Pleasure,” so consider yourselves lucky. Anyway, this thing: it adds tactile feedback to your touchscreen phone by means of little tiny transparent lumps. This might be stupid. Or genius. It’s stupid if the suspicions raised by the skimpy information on the company’s spectacularly premillennial…
Rain, thunder, and lightning are taking over NYC, but nothing as spectacular as this gigantic ray striking aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis. Or as scary as this one, touching ground near the Davis Besse Nuclear Power Station in Ohio: I really hope they have grounded plugs there. Head to The Big Picture for some…
The iTunes App Store is somewhere near the bottom of list of good app discovery tools; one step above asking Jeeves, and about 20 below virtually any of the many app–review–cum–storefront sites. Apple’s at least trying to fix this, apparently. App developers have received a message passed down from on high, asking for their help.…
I hate to say it, but a stock Xbox 360 isn’t the prettiest gadget in home entertainment. Caking on makeup just masks the problem—what she really needs is a complete makeover. That’s where XCM Black Light cases come in. https://gizmodo.com/hellboy-xbox-360-mod-is-very-very-red-5293951 The case itself is black and it includes a pre-cut window. LEDs inside can be…
Garmin Nuvi 1350T, a reasonably affordable, full-featured, ad-supported portable navigator from Garmin—possibly the last PND we’ll ever review. The Cost: $350 list; $310 online The Verdict: Portable navigators are great, but they’ve reached equilibrium: Prices have never been better for the functionality you get, but if the 1350T proves anything, it’s that there’s nowhere they…
So how do you market a mobile OS that’s essentially a superficial upgrade to a years-old product that a sizable bloc of techies think is the worst thing, ever, period? You change its name! To “Windows Phone,” apparently. Actually, according to The Inquirer, who claims to have heard this firsthand from Microsoft, all versions of…
Apparently, there’s a security flaw on the iPhone that allows it to be hijacked via SMS. And when, hijacked, your phone can then hijack all other iPhones in your contacts list. I think you see where this is going. The flaw involves invisible SMS bursts that allow hackers to gain total control over your phone.…
It doesn’t matter if it’s retro or modern, we love watching gadgets go boom. iPhone exploded is available in both t-shirt and poster form for $20. The NES zapper shirt is available for $17. [Zapper and iPhone]