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The U.S. version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has been pushed back until January 12th. That gives you another month to figure out what else to spend your $800 on. [Electronista] https://gizmodo.com/sony-ericsson-xperia-x1-review-5088071
There are gadgets, and then there are gadgets. And we could write about this Multi-Function Tape Measure in italics all day long. You see, most tape measures stop at just one function: Measuring. And we all think that’s OK because, so far, it has been OK. We’ve been living our OK lives in our OK…
You know how a pressure washer can clean all of the crap off the side of your house and into those hard-to-reach gutters? Well, picture the same thing—only with your teeth. Unlike the Teledyne Waterpik of old, the manufacturer of the Dental Air Force throws more than just a stream of water at your grimy…
TmoNews is pretty confident that the cellphone depicted in these blurryvision photos is a successor to the Asia-only 8MP Pixon, only with T-Mobile branding. If legit, it would be the states’ first 8MP cameraphone. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-pixon-8mp-camera-phone-gets-groped-5057284 If you’re thinking eight megapixels on a cameraphone is a bit much, you’re not alone. But the Pixon’s camera was…
The Arduino open-source microcontroller platform can be programmed and equipped to perform a nearly endless list of functions. It’s likely the best all-around centerpiece to a modern electronics project. But one of the tasks Arduino is best used for is straight-up fun – the open design means there’s an Arduino board suitable for almost any…
On most days, you can score an Acer Aspire One for $300, but it’s running Linux. Today, Best Buy has the XP Aspire One for that price ($50 off). Good deal. [Best Buy via Lilliputing]
We all know who the real threats to our American way of life are: Canadians. That’s why unmanned drone aircraft are set to start patrolling the US/Canadian border. The drone, which will fly from the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, will begin its patrols in January. Ostensibly, it’s on the lookout for…
It’s no scientific indicator of worldwide sales, but it’s certainly interesting to see the most hawked electronics on eBay. The number one spot goes to the Nintendo Wii (and its related products). Full list: 1. Nintendo Wii: 2,056,866 related items sold 2. Microsoft Xbox360: 1,297,903 related items sold 3. Sony PSP: 350,591 related items sold…
The latest USB toy to come out of Japan is called H-Bouya—and like most Japanese toys, it is bound to leave you feeling confused and uncomfortable. What does it do? Well, it turns red and blinks its eyes every time you hit the letter “H”. Apparently, the letter “H” can also mean “Erotic” in Japanese…
If there’s a company out there that engages in price gouging more blatantly than Monster, I’ve never heard of them. Today’s offense: charging $700 for a pair of $350 headphones painted white. The headphones in question are the Dr. Dre Beats headphones, a nice pair of over-the-ear cans with noise cancellation and a cellphone mic…
At Giz Gallery, Tom alerted us to a serious problem with HTC Touch Diamonds: After a few minutes, the backlight becomes permanently dim, making the phone unusable, and there is no fix yet.Updated 9:15AM Tom’s unlocked Touch Diamond that he showed us was a sad little brick, barely readable, and absolutely impossible to use in…
Novoflex has answered our wishes for the Micro Four Thirds system: a €150 ($192) adapter will now mate Leica M-mount lenses—some of the best glass ever made—with cameras like the Panasonic Lumix G1. https://gizmodo.com/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g1-review-worlds-first-micro-four-5092126 If you may recall from our G1 review, the camera’s DSLR form-factor pretty much nullified all of the potential of the…
This mystery phone has appeared on the internet with absolutely no info about it available. We don’t know what it is, but we do know that’s it’s ugly as sin. The accepted educated guess about this thing is that it’s the upcoming Palm Roteo, based on the keyboard looking like the keyboard on the Centro…
The Bacarobo competition pits six fearsome robots against one another that meet a few basic requirements: They must be mechanical, funny, and completely useless to society. This 10-minute video from their 2008 championships is admittedly a bit long, but there are some real gem moments to see, highlighted in this makeshift table of contents. The…
Joel from BBG dug up a great find this morning—the Radio Shack Catalog Archive, which archives the offerings of the tinkerer’s temple turned cheap cellphone store starting from the grand ol’ age of 1939. Within you will find pages filled with tubes, insulators, connectors, sockets, coils, Hammarlund condensers—all that went into the 30s’ 40s’ and…
According to Times Online, the PlayStation Home open beta will hit on December 17th. From an article published yesterday: To try Home, which is slated for release in the next 10 days, players must download a piece of free software from Sony’s PlayStation store onto their own PS3. Just keep in mind that even if…
OK OK, we know this grass phone is totally nuts, but hear us out. The Natural Year Phone concept is the brainchild of designer Je-Hyun Kim. Given that most of us replace our cellphones with the two-year circadian rhythm of our contracts, a phone constructed mostly of all natural material (like hay) may not be…
The father of the Segway and ‘Luke’ cyborg arm has taken North Dumpling Island-his private Bond villain hideaway off the Connecticut coast-entirely off the grid with a complete (and badass) LED lighting overhaul. https://gizmodo.com/all-things-d-dean-kamen-on-his-mind-controlled-cyborg-394072 By letting his friends at Philips Color Kinetics take the reigns ol’ North Dumpling is now fitted with energy sipping LED…
Nintendo has already promised that we won’t see Wii shortages this holiday like the years of yore, but just in case you’ve procrastinated scoring one before Christmas, Walmart will have “tens of thousands” available online today. The catch is, of course, that Walmart is selling both $250 Wiis and the needlessly more expensive Wii bundles…
Lots of companies make shiny, white products, but Logitech’s topped ’em all with their new lapdesk. At the right angle, I think this thing could blind the sun. Possibly a tad pricey at $40, the Comfort Lapdesk actually looks pretty decent, you know, for a lapdesk. Featuring a four-layer heat shield design, the desk is…