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Expect to see a whole bunch of new cellphones—and stuff for cellphones, like Skype on iPhone and new Opera Mobile—splattered all over Giz this week. https://gizmodo.com/skype-coming-to-iphone-tuesday-blackberry-in-may-5190080 That’s because the spring CTIA wireless show is going down in Las Vegas, starting April 1. Unlike Mobile World Congress in the fall, CTIA is a U.S.-oriented cellphone shebang,…
Jump into your glittery spandex pants and crown you head with that leopard headband, because you are going to need them to follow the 100 million—yes, million—three-minute workouts of the Minutes Gym Digital Video Trainer. That’s what Takara Tomy says: Their $73 Minutes Gym thingie will give you 100,000,000 different workout exercises, three minutes each.…
There have been plenty of murmurs regarding a PS2 price drop as part of Sony announcements tomorrow, and now Kotaku looks to have confirmed it with some Kmart SKU data. But Sony, we said we wanted a PSTHREEEEE price drop, not two. [Kotaku] https://gizmodo.com/our-favorite-kotaku-posts-of-the-week-5187694
The Evoke QA4 may be one of Motorola’s very few last chances against their market irrelevance and the unstoppable touchscreen cellphone wave. One that looks like a genetic experiment between an iPhone and a Pre. Of course, if it uses the same operating system as previous Motorola cellphones, the good looks and its 2.8-inch touchscreen…
There’s a rumor afoot suggesting that Canon will be ditching CCD and adopting CMOS chips for a new pro-level camcorder. Digital cameras and camcorders never been so indistinguishable. If the rumor is true, Canon will be adopting sub-35mm dSLR sensors (APS-C sized CMOS, or what you see in entry level dSLRs like the Rebel) into…
That is, unless they are Houdini incarnate. Or maybe David Blaine. These are made by designers CTRLZAK and will debut at an Italian design show next month. [Core 77]
With this $200 mail-in rebate, the white MacBook is almost cheap enough for Lauren, at $799. Yes, it’s the new one with Nvidia graphics, so it’s a solid deal—an actually cheap(ish) Mac notebook. UPDATED. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-marketing-team-now-exclusively-advised-by-int-5186672 One thing to note is that you have to rename the mail-in rebate form you download as a PDF—they’ve given…
Lil’ Scrappy can have his diamond pinkie ring—you? You want this exact 18-karat cast of an original Atari processor. Conceptual and without price, but awesome to the max. [Sakurako Shimizu via BBG]
We didn’t think things could get sadder in these economically trying times than the Tupperware arcade stick. Well folks, things just went from bad to leap from the nearest skyscraper status. https://gizmodo.com/mad-catz-street-fighter-iv-fightsticks-review-5161299 Using a few Xbox 360 controllers, Happ joysticks and 14 buttons, one modder built two Mad Catz Fightsticks of his own…in a pair…
Despite being the obvious choice for WinMo browsing, Opera Mobile 9.5 is far from perfect. That said, the next release, due in a few months, might even put the likes of Mobile Safari to shame. How’s that, exactly? For one, Flash Lite will be supported, opening up a plethora of previously inaccessible streaming video sites.…
Ars goes in-depth with the primordial ooze of Chrome on the Mac—now more than a non-functional UI—and is told that Google would be “very surprised” and ” unhappy” if there’s no public beta by Fall. [Ars] https://gizmodo.com/first-mac-screenshots-for-google-chrome-browser-5153292
According to this Japanese advertisement, a woman died in an asthma attack. But one force in the electronic world was strong enough to pull her back from the other side. (Any guesses?) Spoiler: The PS3? The iPhone? An antique Godzilla beer device bought from a magic shop in Akihabara? Nope. It was the Xbox 360.…
Last week it was a rumor. Today it’s a fact. The Eee PC (model 1004DN) will be the first Eee with a Super-Multi optical disc drive. https://gizmodo.com/asus-eee-getting-an-optical-drive-5186947 The 10-inch netbook is ordinary in every other way, loaded with the typical N280 Atom chipset (that’s the newer one), 1GB RAM, 120GB hard drive, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.…
The Foxit eSlick reader, manufactured by the same folks that build the Kindle for Amazon, has finally made its way to market. It looks pretty good, considering that it’s probably the cheapest e-ink reader available. https://gizmodo.com/foxit-ebook-reader-wins-on-price-skimps-on-connectivit-5114002 Release was originally slate for January, but preorders are just finding their way to customers now. Furthermore, anyone who…
Our call for employee stories from Circuit City‘s final liquidation sales/forced death marches brought us some fascinating material last month. On Sunday, PRI/NPR PRI radio program This American Life did a swell little rendition of it for their ‘Scenes From a Recession’ episode, which you can listen to here (Circuit City act starts at about…
Landing a day earlier than predicted, Skype’s official iPhone client will show its green ‘n’ white face in the App Store tomorrow. The other conspicuously neglected market, BlackBerry owners, can expect a client by May. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-skype-for-iphone-to-be-released-as-early-as-next-5185636 The iPhone client feature set is more or less what we’ve come to expect from Skype mobile apps: free…
Out of AT&T’s six pack of new phones, two got us excited: Nokia’s E71x is going to be only $99 (!!!) and Samsung’s Impression is the first US phone with an AMOLED screen. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-e71x-coming-to-at-t-next-week-for-200-symbian-l-5177100 Symbian S60’s cancer—the lack of a cheap, decent phone in the US—is officially cured by AT&T offering Nokia’s E71x smartphone for…
This September 21, 1919 piece in the Nevada State Journal (Reno, NV) was titled “Giant Air Cruisers To Link Cities of World, Predicts British Expert.” The most interesting part of the article is by far the “Aerial Time Table.” Just 7 days from London to Perth? Amazing! The Daily Chronicle, which indulges in a bit…
This slick looking concept, called Vertigo, warms a beverage and some food, by way of a hand crank, in just minutes. Just keep it away from airports. The shell is heat resistant up to 302 degrees, and includes a handy LED so you know when the food or beverage contained inside is ready for eating.…
I don’t know what this is and I don’t care. It may be a MacBook Mini concept. Or a crazy leak. Or just a perfect fake. Whatever. It’s beautiful. I want. [Updated with pictures]. According to a 9to5 reader, this perfect rendering, photoshop, or whatever the hell it is came inside a Russian magazine. My…
