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I think its cool, but judging from our internal stats, the Kindle DX liveblog generated only as much interest as Adam Frucci’s Photoshop contest on disgusting foods. Huh. https://gizmodo.com/53-foods-so-disgusting-you-may-not-want-to-eat-again-fo-5241016
Asked why there’s no color Kindle, Amazon spokespeople said that while E-Ink has color prototypes in the labs, Amazon’s just not satisfied with it, jeegollydarn it. Course, we already knew why. [Kindle Hands On] https://gizmodo.com/giz-explains-why-there-isnt-a-perfect-ebook-reader-5152092
Jeff Bezos and Arthur Sulzberger talked about reduced newspaper prices for Kindle DX—you’ll notice we haven’t mentioned ’em. That’s because they’re not announcing what they are ’til later in the summer, and we’re gonna have to wait on the publishers to spill. That goes for textbooks too, but don’t expect ’em to be cheap, from…
Here’s a quick hands on. Uh, yeah, its bigger. The buttons feel very stiff, and the joystick is pretty similar to kindle 2’s. Updated The screen looks the same, but somehow, proportionally beautiful. The screen is significantly better looking in terms of overall ratio between screen and non screen. The keyboard is about 10 percent…
Amazon’s new Kindle DX boasts a newspaper-friendly screen that’s 2.5x bigger than the standard Kindle, but it’s also got a few tricks of its own (new features in bold): • 9.7-inch E-Ink screen (1200 x 824 with 16 shades of grey) • 1/3 of an inch thick (10.4″ x 7.2″ x 0.38″) • 4GB Storage…
The Kindle DX 9.7″ “wireless reading device” is now available for $489 in Amazon. Check it out. It is big. And that Chiclets-style keyboard just looks silly. [Amazon] https://gizmodo.com/kindle-dx-offers-9-7-inches-of-e-ink-for-489-5242310
It seems to me that there’s something gross about making a dog poop composter shaped like a dog, a design that makes you put dog poop into a dog’s mouth. Only Japan would come up with the Sum, a robotic trash can designed by Tohoku Kankyo. Simply open the poor dog’s mouth, put in pet…
MacBooks, netbooks, schmbooks. Nothing can beat a laptop that lets you nap on top of it without getting keyboard marks on your face—like the ones I get with my current one. [Likecool]
Right in time, Amazon has been awarded a patent for the Kindle 1. I think we can all expel a deep sigh of relief now that this loose end has been tied on the eve of the third Kindle’s announcement. [Patent via All Things Digital]
The 9.7-inch newspaper-reading Kindle DX will be announced this morning, 10:30AM ET. Check out all the details here. https://gizmodo.com/newspaper-saving-kindle-dx-to-feature-9-7-inch-screen-a-5240149 Archive below: 10:02 PM ON May 5 2009 matt: Our Kindle DX liveblog kicks off right here at 9:30am EDT with pre-game coverage leading up to the unveiling at 10:30am. See you soon! 9:09 AM ON…
You’re an attractive guy. You workout. You like to take semi-nude to full-nude pictures of yourself. Oh, and you own an iPhone! Guys with iPhones is a site celebrating the love of a man and his iPhone in its rawest, most sensual form. Sometimes while shaving. Sometimes while posing. Sometimes while donning camouflage briefs. Always…
We have a love hate relationship with weird gadget retailer Brando—mostly love. But this USB Mini Netbook Cooling Pad + 3-Port Hub + 2.5” HDD Dock is beyond horrible. The device attempts to solve a problem that doesn’t exist—cooling netbooks that generally run pretty cool—while simultaneously destroying a netbook’s main purpose on this earth, portability.…
The first of its kind where television meets video games meets social entertainment, 1 vs 100 is an interactive game on XBL that takes you from screaming at your TV to being on the show. What makes this game unique from other Xbox Live experiences is that it is the first time that game developers…
I’m not sure if it’s because free, ad-supported apps are often crap, or because in-app advertising just doesn’t seem effective, but this is honestly surprising: top 100-ranked free apps can make $400-$5000 a day. At least, according to AdWhirl, a company that supplies advertising solutions for about 10% of the top 50 apps in the…
Spotted at CES in January and rumored for an April release, Samsung’s capacious, thermos-like HMX-H106 only just started shipping in Korea today. But it’s not coming here until late May, and it’ll set you back. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-hmx-h106-first-camcorder-with-64gb-ssd-looks-l-5124098 Amazon preorders have opened, with a ship date set at May 22nd and price at $900. It’s an intimidating…
It can be bent into a U-shape, “heals” cracks with nothing more than rainwater, and is strong enough to build bridges from. Is Victor Li’s composite building material really even concrete anymore? Early versions of the material have already been used in full-scale building projects as concrete, so I guess that’s what we’re going with.…
Nobody asked for it, but here it is: the ‘world’s smallest‘ wireless mouse! This thumb-sized min-strosity will run for 15 hours on one charge, assuming you can go that long without losing it. I can’t say for sure that the Lingo’s 27.5 x 60 x 19mm dimensions qualify it for a size record, but if…
Tesla is as known for what he couldn’t manage to accomplish as for what he did, and his admirers are doing their best to save the site of his ballsiest, most outlandish failure. After his work on alternating current made him a rich, famous, and respected electrical inventor, Tesla had no trouble securing funds (about…
Ever look at a cookbook and think, “That recipe looks so good, I could just eat that page!”? My guess is no. Nobody has ever thought that. But just in case, we present this concept. The Spice-Leaf book aims to solve the tricky problem of travelling with spices, which are sometimes illegal and always bulky.…
QuickPwn allows you to bypass Apple’s protection and install not-official programs in your iPhone and iPod touch. So what the hell is QuickPwn doing in Apple’s own web apps catalog page? UPDATED https://gizmodo.com/how-to-install-unofficial-apps-on-your-iphone-3g-or-ip-5166029 The answer may be that it is not the actual QuickPwn software, but an iPhone-specific version of a web site called QuickPwn.…