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YouMail has announced Visual Voicemail Plus—a free app for BlackBerry phones like the Pearl, Curve, Bold and Storm. The app works in conjunction with YouMail’s desktop visual voicemail service. Features: •Quickly and easily scroll through incoming voicemail messages to see relevant caller information including caller name, time of call, and length of message •Play voicemails…
You’ve already seen the famous fan-made Portal Gun. Now see the entire build process documented in 113 photos (OK, only about 40 of them actually showing the gun in its raw clay form). https://gizmodo.com/a-real-portal-gun-well-sort-of-5136158 There aren’t any clear instructions detailing just how to build your own gun, but you’re way too lazy to ever actually…
That software update for the T-Mobile G1 that’s rolling out the next two weeks just got a little sweeter, as all users will be able to participate in Google Latitude, the friend-location software. https://gizmodo.com/significant-android-update-rolling-out-to-g1-users-inc-5145117 Latitude was acting up on us when we tried it on our G1 yesterday while testing it out for our hands…
Fujifilm just announced two new point-and-shoot cameras, the FinePix F200EXR and the A150. The former is very high-end, featuring a fancy new sensor, while the latter is a more basic lower-ender. The big news is the fancy new Super CCD EXR sensor found in the F200EXR. It promises to deliver low-noise shots and great image…
The BlackBerry Storm is no longer left out of the free streaming web radio crowd—a Storm-tuned Slacker app can now be yours. With it comes nice scrolling touch lists of album art, along with all the good Slacker goodness you’ve come to expect. It’s available now by heading to slacker.com with your Storm. Slacker Announces…
If you need to plug in your guitar to an amp, then chances are that you aren’t some hippie activist—so you’ll be able to appreciate this Pistol Instrument Cable. Because while guns aren’t officially part of the Holy Trinity that is sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll, just like leather jackets and the propensity to…
The guys at Boy Genius have obtained what appears to be an internal End-of-Life (EOL) list from Sprint, and it sheds some light on when we can expect some hot handsets—including the Palm Pre. According to the document, the Pre has a target in-stock date of 3/15, so it is possible that it will drop…
“Sleek, elegant design,” says the official video of the Toshiba TG01 smartphone. And it’s true. But their interface demo also shows why it may be the best Windows Mobile weapon against Android, iPhone, and Blackberry. https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-tg01-may-be-best-windows-mobile-answer-yet-to-i-5145181 Click to view As you can see, Toshiba not only has created a slim 9.9mm-thick smartphone with a generous…
Even though the gaping breach in Windows 7‘s User Account Control feature seems, to all eyes, like a pretty easy fix, Microsoft appears to be in denial mode with MS expert Mary Jo Foley. https://gizmodo.com/huge-security-flaw-in-windows-7-user-account-control-5142837 As we’ve reported, various Windows security hounds have found that the new, less-naggy User Account Control (which doesn’t bug you…
Looks like the the alleged June release rumor for the next-generation next-gen iPhone doesn’t hold much water. A UAE journalist has warned us about the very poor track record of the publication that carried it. https://gizmodo.com/next-generation-iphone-3g-to-arrive-on-june-the-arabs-5145125
The NYTimes has an otherwise duhh account of Apple’s recent advertising success, but among the mundanity is this little confirmation: the Seinfeld/Gates ad was among the worst their quoted media expert has ever tested. Brand Keys, a market research company, did a direct comparison of Microsoft and Apple ads over the last two months. Aside…
So what exactly is a Vmedia disc? Well, it’s pretty much the worst idea ever. Vmedia believes that their 1GB mini optical disc (promised to hit 2GB if you just give them enough time), is worth a piece of the space and price in your next netbook. A Vmedia disc has many advantages over flash…
Through software alone, WiiGator promises to load backups of Gamecube games on the Wii. Loaded through the Homebrew Channel, WiiGator seems to work well enough in this video clip. But, according to the sharp eyes of one YouTube commenter, the gameplay does seem to be a bit quicker than normal…by two or three times. Hopefully…
51. I sometimes create interactive online tests inspired by recent Gizmodo posts. —Thanks, Jason! https://gizmodo.com/gsat-the-geek-social-aptitude-test-5142331
If you had $15.6 septillion and 94 cents in your account, would you save the world from the economic crisis or build a Death Star, destroy the world, and move on to invade the galaxy? A guy called Ryszard Gold-who probably is an alien villain from the Outer Rim planets and got a 49-point score…
Hidden camera rule #17: try not to put them in things that people intently stare at as soon as they meet you. The AME-105 fake ID card gets a lot of things right—this disguise is in many ways ideal for spy-camming, as the circuitry, battery, 4GB of flash memory and 352×288/15fps video camera can all…
As Acer’s entry into the smartphone market approaches, details of handsets are beginning to leak. BGR has pictures of one: a touchscreen QWERTY phone with a decidedly novel approach to pop-out keyboarding. https://gizmodo.com/acer-joining-the-smartphone-wars-on-february-16th-5140831 BGR’s sources didn’t have much to say about the device, except the easily-guessable fact that it would run either Windows Mobile or…
Yes my friends, finally—and with everyone probably sick of so many iPhone guest star appearances—the T-Mobile G1 Android cellphone has made it to the TV screen. And in 90210, no less. Whatever that is. According to the IMDB: 90210 on The CW is an edgy, contemporary spin- off of the iconic drama Beverly Hills, 90210.…
After the aggressively lame “unveiling” we were all subjected to yesterday, details have finally emerged about the $10 Sakshat “laptop.” It’s not a laptop! Or much of anything, really. https://gizmodo.com/indias-10-sakshat-laptop-announcement-is-a-complete-5145585 The thing, as described by the Times of India: A storage device containing megabytes of data info which can be accessed by a user by…
Some students in Denmark have invented a toilet that functions like a punchline in some god awful 90s sitcom. The seat automatically lowers itself after you flush. LOL GENDER WARS OMG. The kids, from Skjern Technical College, managed to win the Young Enterprise entrepreneurial award for “best product.” Great. You know what this encourages, guys?…
