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One nice thing I stumbled upon during this year’s mostly underwhelming CTIA cellphone show was Samsung’s wall of 300 OLED displays, the same screen used in their Omnia. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-omnia-hd-hands-on-video-amazing-screen-still-5154843 Samsung had a good thing going, but then they blew it by sticking the following slogan on the placard beside it: “meaningful innovation, wow experience.” Seriously?…
Those designers at Core77 never stop. Today, one of them devised a super-simple but damn-if-it’s-not-worth-it business-card hack that finally gives you a way to stash those damn white earbuds. Share your attempts in comments. [Core77]
The geniuses at Oobject have curated a hilarious gallery of 18 forgotten vibrators/massagers, all of which look more likely to induce pain than pleasure. All of the vibes have great names like Chic Glorifier, Handy Hannah Vitalator, Stim-U-Lax Junior, Bonger Body Massager, and let’s not forget the classic Magic Fingers Hotel Bed Massager. I included…
Pete Verrando has himself some CD turntables and, as you can see in the images, these beauties are patent pending. The question is, do these actually work, or is it just a bizarre casing for the real hardware housed inside? Furthermore, if it was a real product, would you actually want one? [Pete Verrando via…
Millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and AT&T swiftly backtracked on the draconian updates to their terms of the service that effectively ban Skype, Sling and other goodness: It’s all a big mistake! https://gizmodo.com/at-ts-lame-new-terms-of-service-hate-mobile-video-from-5197222 The language added on March 30 to AT&T’s wireless data service Terms and Conditions was done in error. It…
In an otherwise vague announcement, Japan’s Strategic Headquarters for Space Development said that it would put a two-legged humanoid robot on the moon by 2020. This is to be part of a bigger space plan, whose details will be decided in the next couple of years. It’s no surprise that Japan is eager to put…
There’s just something about this sleek, black, digital Ondus Digitecture faucet that makes me wish it would speak to me in William Daniels voice. It may not talk to you, but the wall-mounted Ondus does have cool features like a touchpad control, digital temperature readout and handy holders for your soap and cups. The price…
Yahoo’s new mobile apps, HTC’s updated WinMo UI and a new multi-platform app called 3deep are all chasing after the Palm Pre’s Synergy functionality, gathering all social media/location aware services in one place. The Synergy functionality on the Palm Pre really kick-started this craze back in January, when Palm debuted the system of integrating all…
With the Gameboy, Nintendo revolutionized handheld gaming and conquered the world. And with the DS/DS Lite, they pretty much did it again. The DSi is not the next revolution, but it’s an intriguing evolution. The DSi has been out in Japan since November, and it comes to US stores this Sunday for $170. It still…
Are U 2 extreme 2 Tokyo Drift in an actual roided-out spoiler Civic? Well, now you can contain your fury inside the cozy confines of the iPhone. Plus: one hot NYT crossword Dealzmodo. Fast & Furious The Game: 36 cars, four tracks, a variety of GTA-like missions and all of the exxxtreme attitude you can…
Our Snowmodo meetup in Tahoe, CA is on Saturday, chock with snow, gadgets and fun for everyone — even if you can’t ski or snowboard. Here’s everything you need to know about coming. Location: Northstar’s Basque Room. Located adjacent to TC’s Pub and directly across the walk way from Earthly Delights. For exact location please…
I’m in the midst of shopping around for a security system, but after conducting a bit of research it seems to me that most of the standard providers out there are waste of money. So you want me to pay $35 a month so you can call me on my home phone when something goes…
It’s that time of year again guys—time to clean up and de-clutter. If you obsessively accumulate crap, Spring cleaning can be a daunting task. These gadgets can help you get organized. Flickr and BlueQ” />
Tokyoflash revealed some concept clocks that will either delight or depress you (say, if you still can’t figure out what time it is after staring at the damn thing for 10 minutes). The Tokyoflash guys are good sports and looking for feedback from you, lovely readers, via an online survey. So if you find them…
We mentioned the rumor before, but NYT is now reporting an all-but-done deal: IBM will buy Sun Microsystems, and all its succulent intellectual property, for just under $7 billion. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/ibm-wants-sun-for-7-billion-5173667
Okay, I understand that people can panic and lose focus, but damn. Gotta feel bad for her though. Click to view [Digg]
We’ll be meeting somewhere in town tonight, for an early drink. But we don’t know where yet. So if you plan on going, follow our Snowmodo twitter feed. We’ll update with a location to meet sometime this PM, but I’d guess its going to be close to Northstar/Truckee since we’ll be setting up later. Suggestions…
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Boy Genius and other sources are showing off blurry-ass spyshots of Verizon’s next ho-hum semi-smart handsets, the EnV3 and Voyager 2 from LG. When they’re open, the two phones are hard to distinguish. On your left, up top, is the EnV3, with the smaller 4:3 screen. On the right, there’s the widescreen Voyager 2. Closed,…
In becoming the first carrier to introduce MP3s to their mobile store, Verizon has highlighted an essential truth about crappy WAP stores: without DRM, nobody has any reason to use them. Verizon is expanding their Media Store, which currently contains ringtones and games, mostly, with over five million MP3s, arranged in an iTunes-esque tiered price…
