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Back in January we showed the Panasonic HDC-SD9 camcorder, which has a 3-CCD sensor, but the HDC-SD100 and HDC-HS100 announced today have a spanky new MOS system. This makes them the world’s first AVCHD camcorders with “3MOS,” which has double the light-receiving area of the CCD version, better for low-light shooting. The HS100 model records…
Mark Spoonauer’s Laptop Mag is running an extensive UI video from their exclusive hands on of the Garmin nuvifone. [Laptop mag]
Our brothers from down under at Giz Australia got a full-on press-packed walkthrough of the new Apple store in Sydney, the first on the continent, and it looks as nice and Apple-y as you’d expect. This long staircase—to places unknown—is especially cool, and unique compared to what we have in the cramped confines of NYC.…
Rumor has it that Verizon Wireless will be joining AT&T and Sprint in offering visual voicemail, in this case on four upcoming phones: LG’s Chocolate 3 and an updated Voyager (possible software update but more likely hardware refresh), along with the mysteriously code-named “Blaze” and “Utopia” from Motorola. That’s more phones than any other carrier…
Just like they did when Firefox 2 dropped, Microsoft has sent the guys over at Mozilla a congratulatory cake. The nerd food was delivered in person and was graciously accepted by the Firefox crew, who managed to hold back snide remarks about the cake’s standard compliance and proprietary recipe long enough to take a few…
The cheap, low power processor space for stuff like lil’ notebooks is just about the hottest one around, so AMD would be silly to pass it up, especially when it preached the benefits of efficiency long before Intel came around to that school of thought. (Oh, those were the days.) A leaked slide shows AMD…
After one look at the Indian-branded “Speed Racer” motorcycle concept bike by Dan Bailey, it is easy to see how he incorporated the main characters in the Aliens movie franchise into the aesthetics. Using the specs on the Kawasaki Ninja as his framework, Bailey sought to design a bike that was rugged but maintained a…
Boy Genius is hearing that Canadian carrier Rogers is launching the BlackBerry Bold as early as June 25-a month or more ahead of the July/August release we’ve been hearing for AT&T in the U.S., where
The hot and heavy rumors that an imminent PS3 firmware update would finally bring in-game access to the XMB (cross media bar, the PS3’s menu) are true: Sony’s official PlayStation blog confirms that firmware update 2.40 will include the long-awaited menu access, along with trophies-the PS3’s version of achievements-and “some other new enhancements.” We’ll have…
The iDance WALL-E robot—essentially a dancing iPod speaker—is awesomely spazztastic. He busts his moves to the tune of any MP3 player via 3.5mm jack and gives a groovy light show with his eyes. WALL-E also speaks, saying his name in that adorable voice of his (“WaAaaAAaLL-E”). As you can see in the video, he’s not…
This Disney RC Tinker Bell is one seriously sweet flying fairy. As you see in the video, it’s using WowWee’s FlyTech ornithopter-type vertical flying system to flutter, glide and dive around this Waldorf-Astoria suite. It’ll be out in the fall for $40. [Disney]
The recent Zune Update a month or so ago added the ability to track your listening habits and reward you for them. Think of achievements on the Xbox 360, except not pedantic ones like listen to every artist that released a single in 2003. These badges are actually quite nice, and display on your Zune…
From the June 15, 2008 New York Times: Buckminster Fuller’s 1933 Dymaxion, a streamlined pod on three wheels, is one of the lovable oddballs in automotive history. Three were built, fawned over by the media and by celebrities, but the car pretty much disappeared after one crashed, killing the driver. Other streamlined designs have followed…
The Jura F90 is a coffee maker than runs nearly $2000, largely due to its amazing internet powers, like remotely setting your coffee’s strength (strong enough to kill a horse, plz) and getting diagnostics help without sending the whole unit in for service. But the software has some serious holes like a buffer overflow vulnerability…
The Sony Ericsson F305 gaming phone went official today, and the guys at Crave Asia fired off a few first impressions after spending some hands-on time with it. They claim that the screen on the F305 is way too small and the device itself is excessively slippery-which doesn’t mesh well with the motion controls. All…
The Dash Express GPS‘s API opened up about six weeks ago, and so far Dash says there’ve been dozens of apps developed since then, most of them in the truly useful category, like weather or speed traps. And then there’s a Twitter client. Yes, the Dash will now tweet your exact location to everyone following…
After reading some of your comments in my review of the Das Keyboard Professional, it got me thinking about the countless keyboard variations out there and the differences between the QWERTY and Dvorak layouts. So the question today is simple-what type of keyboard is the best to use? https://gizmodo.com/lightning-review-the-clicky-das-keyboard-professiona-5016763 Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if…
Last year DARPA began the search for a company that could develop robots capable of squeezing through small openings and returning to their original size, shape, and functionality on the other side. Like most of DARPA’s projects, the idea was way-out there. However, it appears that iRobot (the guys behind practical home robots like the…
This Coolpad phone is the thing to have for the type of person (arms dealer, super spy) who has to go abroad often and doesn’t know what kind of cellphone service they have out in who knows where. It’s got two SIM slots, which can swap between your home US network and a foreign one,…
One of the major questions still unanswered about the iPhone 3G on AT&T is whether or not you can do family plans with it. Good news. AT&T just let us know that yes, Family Talk plans ARE available. Voice plans start at $39.99 a month (same as the regular one-line starting plan) and additional lines…