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We’ve got a report and a photo showing that the Palm Pre is already in the hands of accessory manufacturers, along with a few little real-life tidbits about its build quality. Compared to the iPhone, the tipster found the Pre’s screen a little more easily scratched and its back a little more resilient (though easily…
Kyocera’s EOS phone concept is chock full of outlandish features. From its tri-fold OLED design to its unique method of using kinetic energy, the EOS is just what we like to see in a concept. That is, insane features we’re not likely to ever see. Here’s a short list: – Tri-fold OLED screen (like a…
The investigation to find the vandals who cut all those fiber-optic cables in the Bay Area is still ongoing, but Verizon has stepped up and sued 100 unnamed suspects for the crime. We don’t have any updates on what kind of damages they’re seeking, or what the motivation might have been for causing the massive…
T-Mobile’s new Sidekick LX 2009 isn’t a radical new departure from past models, but it brings a beautiful 3.2-inch, 854×480 screen along with 3G and Twitter integration. It’s also the slimmest Sidekick to date. https://gizmodo.com/3g-sidekick-lx-2009-edition-spotted-5141420 Social media services were a big focus for the Sidekick team as the worked on revamping the Sidekick this year.…
This is as barebones as PC cases get: A small piece of plastic with just enough room for the essential PC guts. Observant types will notice that sides and a top are not included. The “Acrylic Cowboy,” which seems like kind of a self-aggrandizing name for a slab of plastic, includes space for a small…
Its wings are covered with an array of bright LEDs, its head, a video camera. You see that it sees you, about to commit some misdemeanor. But it’s too cute—there’s no way you’re in trouble. For now, the seemingly innocuous bugs (get it? double entendre), which look a little like an ultra-low tech version of…
Nokia’s earnings have dropped 90% from the same period last year. Their Symbian handsets keep losing ground against more modern competition in the smartphone market. Not good. [Bloomberg]
I wonder, if I shared this IV with any of my friends, do you think I could get any strange viruses? Is exchanging data anything like exchanging fluids? If so, no thank you. [Core77]
In 1994, I painstakingly crafted the greatest hip-hop mixtape cassette I would ever make, comprised solely of songs on the radio at the time. I was 9. While Bill Gates was becoming a one-man megapower, Steve Jobs was getting lost in a sea of ego and suck, and Nelson Mandela was inspiring people across the…
This is Dell’s VP of Consumer Design, Ed Boyd. It all makes sense now. Click to view[core77 via BBG]
Coachella’s coming up as Gizmodo’s Listening Week is coming to an end. Help us go out with a splash by jumping into our Gizmodo Flickr pool. We want to make a gallery of all the coolest audio gadgets that you can find. Old, new, shiny, broken, expensive, cheap, colorful, emo—any spectacularly awesome shots of headphones,…
When war is a videogame, it’s much easier to pull the trigger: Autonomous Rotorcraft Sniper System is a robot helicopter with a .338-caliber rifle controlled by the user with an Xbox 360 controller. [Popular Mechanics] https://gizmodo.com/u-s-army-future-combat-system-like-battlefield-2142-263955
Just when you thought it was safe to pick your nose, Google Street View documents your dirty (but pleasurable) habit for the world to see. He’s lucky that’s all he was doing. [Google – Thanks JJ!]
Hey guys, want a Verizon iPhone? Well, leave it to Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg to completely crush all of your hopes and dreams for the next few years. He does basically admit to the WSJ that he wants the iPhone on Verizon (just like his customers!), saying that, once Verizon goes to its 4G…
Boomboxes. Synonymous with hip-hop. Synonymous with loud. Its standing in the cultural zeitgeist has faded over the years, but their past glories and appetite for D batteries will always be loved and adored by me. Perfectly timed to complement (or perhaps aid in) the rise of hip-hop, the boombox rose to prominence in the late…
You know that space saving concepts have gone too far when someone proposes that a collapsible swing be integrated into a parking space. “Yeah Billy, go play in the busy street. Daddy’s gonna sit here and watch with his beer. But hey, listen, I might fall asleep so whatever you do, don’t talk to strangers…unless…
Who the hell is Richard Marx? Being another baby of Gizmodo, I’m sure I’ve still got a lot to learn about music, especially since I’m one of those kids who’s completely brainwashed by The Mouse. https://gizmodo.com/my-first-album-5213777 For those of you who know me, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to know the very first CD…
If you thought Microsoft’s laptop hunter ads (1, 2, 3) were catty, check out Apple’s response. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-marketing-team-now-exclusively-advised-by-int-5186672 “A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans says. “The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its…
Someone got the first Open(3)—the kind-of-slimline Psystar Mac “clone”—and posted a lot of pics. Like its guts, it just looks like any other Hackintosh. You know, the ones you can make yourself. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-ignores-every-lawyer-in-the-entire-world-debut-5173285 I would rather get my own PC and install Mac OS X myself, thank you very much. [Flickr via Engadget]
CDs originally came in long boxes with amazing art. Word went around that they’d go away, since hippies—like Sting—were pissed off about killing trees, but I was sad. Music packaging says a lot about music. Album art used to be a serious pursuit, as if it was equally important to catch both the eyes and…
