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Children who want to level up their monsters in two new Pokémon remakes will still need to wander around aimlessly for hours on end, but this time that wandering will be in real life. Pokémon “Heart” Gold and Poké “Soul” Silver will be bundled with the new Poké Walker peripheral, a pedometer that can hold…
At WWDC, Apple handed devs a beautiful two-disc set of Snow Leopard build 10a380 (one disc Xcode, one disc Server). We were unable to acquire a copy of our own, but now that the latest build of Snow Leopard has leaked online, we could probably download it through less-than-legal means. (Though if any devs in…
I loved the Swedish 747 Jumbo Hostel, not because it was Swedish, but because it’s funky to have a hotel in an airplane. Here is how it looks inside, including its $420 cockpit suite—which, incidentally, it’s awesome: https://gizmodo.com/jumbo-airplane-hotel-allows-mile-high-club-experience-o-5043984 But as much as I like it, it is just way too expensive for what it is.…
Amidst the brouhaha yesterday, we sometimes miss a few little tidbits that could end up being super useful, like Apple’s free iDisk app for iPhone. It’ll let MobileMe users view and send stored data like documents and videos. Documents you have backed up on MobileMe, like PDFs, Word files, or whatever else, can now be…
This wireless keyboard cleverly combines a multitouch trackpad with a ten-key number pad, saving space while adding functionality. It’s available now for $69. [Brando via CrunchGear]
I was going to write another article about how the iPhone 3GS’ features make it an almost-perfect sex toy, but Debby—who is prettier than me too—was first. She got me at “don’t insert it in your anus.” [MySexProfessor] https://gizmodo.com/iphone-3gs-complete-feature-guide-5283099
In America’s pastime, where honor and fair competition reign and unfair advantages are never tolerated, there is no place for the “aerodynamic” Reebok Vector O baseball bat. After all, ballplayers would do anything to avoid besmirching their sport! The Vector O bat features three little air vents just above the handle to decrease both weight…
Averatec’s AIO efforts have always been budget conscious, and the D1200 is no different: Soon to be sold at Best Buy and Tiger Direct for $1000, the D1200 is a 25.5-inch, 1920 x 1200, TV-tuning exercise in value. https://gizmodo.com/averatec-makes-imac-like-all-in-one-pc-for-1249-5022711 It counts a 2.5GHz Intel Pentium Core 2 Duo, inbuilt analog and digital TV tuner and…
So you bought your heavily subsidised iPhone 3G with a two-year contract and now you are upset because AT&T wants to charge you full price for the new iPhone 3GS, right? Well, stop whining. You have no arguments. https://gizmodo.com/real-cost-of-iphone-3gs-about-218-more-than-you-think-5283568 I have the iPhone 3G—by the way, I paid an extra $500 deposit on top of…
Back in 1998, Nintendo announced a REVOLUTIONARY new accessory for the N64: the Bio Sensor, which was bundled with Tetris 64. What did it do? Why, it monitored your heart rate, in real time! https://gizmodo.com/wii-vitality-sensor-turns-wii-into-definitive-nursing-h-5275846 The accessory, which was sold in Japan for like, two months, differed from Nintendo’s E3 anti-coup, the Vitality Sensor, only…
Nokia’s “quite good” N97 touchscreen handset will show up in Nokia stores (and online) today for $700, contract-free. If you can wait until July, it’s still $600 on Amazon. Wake me up when we’ve got a carrier, please. [Symbian Guru] https://gizmodo.com/nokia-n97-hands-on-video-of-nokias-first-n-series-touch-5154129
Giz reader and champion Craiglist peruser Andrew F. happened across a job posting from Napster, asking for a software engineer with experience in “Mac/iPhone OS X Development.” Such a posting might not normally be worth getting too excited over—after all, everyone’s making iPhone apps nowadays—but Napster just launched a new, cheap unlimited streaming service last…
At yesterday’s WWDC conference, Apple stationed a little bit of eye candy in the Moscone Center lobby: a 5×4 matrix of Cinema Display monitors, adorned with thousands of iPhone app icons. The twist? Whenever someone purchases an app, it pulsates. Apparently it’s not quite real-time, but the effect is extremely slick. The icons are grouped…
After Ugobe shut its doors and auctioned off all its assets, most assumed that the Pleo, our Pleo, was doomed forever. Not quite! https://gizmodo.com/ugobe-folds-pleo-goes-the-way-of-the-dinosaur-5220942 Fast forward to today: we’ve just gotten word from Pleo-watchers Robots Rule that John Hammond Hong Kong’s Jetta Company Limited has reeanimated the Pleo with DNA extracted from an insect suspended…
According to Digitimes, Acer is planning a late October release for a 15-inch notebook, complete with a glasses-free 3D display that can convert 2D movies into 3D ones. The story says the notebook would be the first of its kind, and goes onto speculate that it would come equipped with Windows 7. All announcements would…
The idea of a scanner-made camera is nothing super new, but concocting one which snaps photos at 130-megapixels is pretty amazing. That’s exactly what some Japanese dude with a touch of tech know-how accomplished. Spyuge, the amateur photographer responsible for this DIY gem, says that he took a 1200 dpi Epson GT-S620 scanner, and an…
The 1.0.2 WebOS firmware update for the Palm Pre went live over the weekend, promising stability improvements and a new alarm clock. Also, Palm says the SDK is coming soon. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-review-5277499 According to Gearlog, Palm’s Dave Whalen mentioned last Friday that the Mojo SDK would, in fact, be arriving soon. What soon exactly means to…
Today was big for Apple, busting out hardware updates in the two hottest lines—iPhones and MacBooks—along with final details on the overhauls of their two operating systems, too. We saw everything but a tablet—and Steve Jobs. iPhone 3GS • iPhone 3GS Complete Feature Guide • iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS Comparison Chart • iPhone 3GS…
Though Jesus debunked a number of the more fun WWDC rumors—what’s a “unibody” iPhone?—in his sober-light-of-day roundup last Friday, it’s nice to run through them all, to see how many rumors were true, and how many were smashable. https://gizmodo.com/last-minute-rumor-updates-on-apple-wwdc-09-5266037 iPhone Rumors The biggest batch of rumors had to do with the phone, and man were…
Did you miss our liveblog? The iPhone 3GS comprehensive feature guide? Snow Leopard’s new stuff? Perhaps the new MacBooks? Well, you can read about it or watch the WWDC 2009 Keynote now. [WWDC 2009 Keynote] https://gizmodo.com/apple-wwdc-2009-live-coverage-5280422
