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Remember the MacBook Air case that was announced even before we knew for sure that the Air was real? Well, the Aria from Orbino is now a real product (meaning the 50% of you who voted it to be rumorware were wrong!) and it’s pretty darn luxurious. Aircraft-grade aluminum, hand-folded calfskin leather… and that’s just…
We had a rumor about this news back in April but as part of a new corporate Strategy Update, Sony has just confirmed it: video downloads will come to the PS3 “this summer”. That’s first in the US, with a Europe and Japan roll-out later in the year. Plus, Sony will expand the service across…
We’ve been keeping you updated about the morphing-screen Rokr E8, and now T-mobile has officially announced its version. Available from July 7, it’ll cost $199.99 and that’s on a two-year service plan. [PCMag] https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-gets-the-motorola-rokr-e8-356814
The Gadget: The Touchsmart IQ506 is HP’s second gen, touch-sensitive computer. In addition to its all-in-one design, built-in webcam, TV tuner and wireless keyboard and mouse, the selling point here is the custom touch interface created by frog design. Here’s why this is not just an imitation iMac. Price: $1500 (The IQ504, sans TV-tuner, sells…
Studio is Dell’s new line of notebooks that’ll sit in between Inspiron (low end) and XPS (high end), taking design cues from the latter-like its tapered lines, hinge design and slot-loading optical drive-and bringing ’em to a more value-oriented set, with a Skittles seven color palette (and some cool artist designs coming later). Yes, Dell…
Linksys today announced EasyLink Advisor setup wizard for Mac OSX 10.4 and up, available for download in support of WRT310N, WRT160N, WRT110 and WRT54G2. New routers will ship with a disc containing both Mac and Windows setups. The other good news is that Linksys will now support Mac users when they call for tech support.…
Dell’s Studio Laptops will be getting a little touch of the Mac OS when they ship, thanks to the Dell Dock, a launcher that cleans up the Vista desktop in the most charming, albeit derivative, way. Below you can see “Before” and “After” images of the cleanup: https://gizmodo.com/dell-studio-notebooks-officially-bring-decent-design-to-5019703 Here’s the standard Vista desktop: And here…
Tonight, we finally got our hands on the BlackBerry Bold, and it was worth the wait. You’ve already seen the UI, which yes, it’s that snappy and smooth. The screen is nice ‘n’ crispy, if a lil’ tiny for extended cinematic pursuits. But the real q: How’s the browser? Damn skippy. It not only renders…
In the numbers soup of RIM’s quarterly earnings today, there is a one bit that stood out to us: RIM is pushing hard on R&D and marketing next quarter, to the tune of an expected 26-28 percent increase in expenses. In other words, it’s going to spend serious cash to promote the hell out of…
It is easy to forget (for my generation, anyways) that attempts to make language more efficient did not start with text-messaging. In a piece for the December 1900 Ladies’ Home Journal, John Elfreth Watkins, Jr. predicted that the letters C, X and Q would be deemed unnecessary in the 20th century: There will be no…
Joel spent all day with Syd Mead of Aliens, Blade Runner, 2010, Tron vehicle design fame and the first thing he’s posted is this Lego Blade Runner Spinner Car replica that Lego made for him. It’s the only one in the world. More photos at [BoingBoing Gadgets.]
There are over a dozen people working at our fair Gizmodo, but as a Windows user, I’m in a definite minority. I still rock XP, and I’m pretty happy with that. Why haven’t I switched to Macs? Plenty of reasons, not least of which being that I’m just too smart to switch to a Mac.…
I’m sure military enthusiasts will geek out about this IMI Wildcat — A Hummer-replacing 4×4 MPC vehicle that can hold 12 soldiers, protect against 14.5 mm fire and RPGs, cross 900mm trenches, is C-130 transportable, yada yada yada, whoopdie freakin doo. But what makes this thing truly awesome is that it has a gun turret…
You might already know that Google bought Android for $50 million in 2005 after Danger co-founder Andy Rubin just asked them for an endorsement of it. But did you know that Google feared Windows Mobile? Yep, that one, Wired’s massive top-to-bottom Android feature (with awesome art) reveals. Google thought Microsoft had beat it to mobile-it…
Intel, Microsoft’s BFF, is not going to upgrade its computers to Windows Vista. That’s hands down the most hardcore corporate rebuke of Vista yet given how tight the two are, even though the source for the info says that it’s not really “dissing Microsoft, but Intel information technology staff just found no compelling case for…
How does one design a propulsion system that combines a full-scale turbine engine and a Constant Volume Combustion (CVC) engine that is capable of delivering 12,000 pounds of payload up to 9,000 nautical miles from the continental United States in less than two hours? DARPA has released new details on how they plan on tackling…
One of the things that irritates me about iPhone ownership is how my computer speakers buzz whenever the phone gets too close. It wouldn’t be that big of a deal except for the fact that my desk is the most logical place to charge my phone. Fortunately, someone has come up with a simple MacGyver-esque…
We have all heard about how it pays to go green when you ditch your power guzzling incandescent bulbs for money saving, eco-friendly CFLs-but have you given any thought to what type of CFLs work best in a particular room? Wired has, which is why they came up with a guide that covers the best…
According to Marketing Week, Sony may be considering launching a PlayStation branded phone by Christmas 2009. Naturally that would raise some questions about the health of their relationship with Swedish mobile company Ericsson. The report goes on to say that Sony is leaning towards modifying the PSP to incorporate a phone-which would seem like the…
Besides getting the entire video history of Dyson Vacuums as narrated by the world’s most boring voice, Crunchgear also get James Dyson to simulate what it would be like to drop the crap out of his own vacuum. The actual "drop test" machine was broken. See how confident Dyson is in his engineering that he’s…
