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So it turns out that the huge HTC Magnum actually is, of course, a prank cooked up by the guys at Pocketpt in Portugal as a Carnival stunt. Built from an HTC X7500 and a boring old HP monitor, it seems it got a lot more attention on the intertubes than originally intended. [Pocketlint] https://gizmodo.com/gigantic-windows-mobile-phone-leaves-us-scratching-our-352873
Here’s a batch of 13 new images from the movie about the greatest gadget tinkerer and playboy of all time: Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. And while all of them are great and make our legs shake in anticipation, there’s something wrong going on in there. Let’s review: • Same amazing armors as before, check.…
Slot Intempo’s little dongle into your speaker’s iPod dock, and you can stream music to it from your Bluetooth-ready phone, PC or non-iPod MP3 player. The 2.4 x 2.0 x 0.4 inch BTA01 is compatible with any Bluetooth v1.2 device and speakers with standard iPod dock, and has a range of up to 10 meters.…
Nestled in the hills above Hollywood is a glass house that boasts one of the coolest open-air home theaters I’ve ever seen. You can flop on one of the sofas and watch a movie on an enormous screen, one of the outer walls of the guesthouse of the Hagy Belzberg-designed Skyline residence. A couple more…
We are looking for an early morning intern, which means someone from Europe or Asia. This is not a writer’s job, although super-interns may eventually become Giz writers, if they are good. Read on for the job description and the requirements: Job description • Spot stories. Get up in your morning time and start going…
The nuvifone won’t be available until the third quarter of 2008, but Garmin has already dropped a couple videos showing its product off. One of them is a bit dull, you know the sort of stuff, portentious voiceovers talking about "putting more power in the hands of the people." The other one, however, is marketing…
3ga has just announced the JB7 digital jukebox, which allows the user to directly rip CDs to its internal HDD, negating the use for a PC. Standard rip time is less than five minutes, and the JB7 is available in either 40GB ($586) or 80GB ($625) flavors. Other features include alarm clock mode, USB connectivity,…
Billed as the first communications glove, the G-Cell glove is a collaboration between glove manufacturer Swany and experimental development company Texsys GmbH. The design, with its integrated microphone, speaker and a couple of buttons to make calls, is clearly aimed at winter sports enthusiasts. Here’s what the G-Cell has got: Bluetooth 2.0-compatible, there’s a voice…
Hasbro’s Room Tech Clock, which looks like a mix between an iPod and a Goomba, is an alarm clock with a wireless link to the shroom-shaped Room Tech Lamp. When the alarm goes off, two things happen; the alarm clock will either stomp its fists on the table making an awful racket, play back the…
Sony’s latest, smallest member of the Bravia LCD TV family is, sadly for fans of multicolored rabbits, destined only for Japan. Shame, as the XDV-D500 sounds good. Find out just how good under the gallery. With its Bravia Mobile Engine, the 3-inch, 432 × 240 pixel TV supports 1seg broadcasts and has a 500:1 contrast…
While the hot and heavy 700MHz a(u)ction is anonymously taking place behind closed doors, we do know a couple of big things have happened. That potential winning bid from Thursday was punked down by a surprise total bid of $4.74 billion. This is juicy because it indicates Google has probably been outbid—assuming it was the…
Annalee Newitz, editor of io9, posted some controversial photos of a robot on the scene of a suicide bombing in Israel. One of the worst shots includes the robot rolling over the bomber’s corpse to check if the body is rigged with a second batch of explosives. Readers are calling her names for posting such…
The Spice Gun by Chinese designer Zhu Fei takes the rotating spice caster to a whole new level. Using an air bag that compresses when the trigger is pressed, the Spice Gun allows for the bottom of the seasoning bottle to be hit by the handspike, blasting seasoning all over your food. Details on on…
Hollywood wants ISPs such as Verizon to help filter and block the illegal transfer of copyrighted content. Unlike AT&T, Verizon is telling Hollywood to kiss its ass. Verizon EVP of Public Affairs Tom Tauke says they won’t consider Hollywood’s call to action for three reasons. https://gizmodo.com/boingboing-gadgets-vs-at-t-347215 First, it opens the door for other organizations to…
My electric bill for December was intense. I was out of the city two weeks of the month, and it was still $175. I live by myself in a one bedroom in a moderate climate. I think I need to start unplugging all my power strips when I leave home. Except the Sling, cable modem,…
TV-B-Gone + 30 infrared LEDs + mineral crystal lens + blue LED laser-like precision aim + PVC tubes + black paint = Judgement Day. And this time it’s personal, punks. [hacked gadgets] https://gizmodo.com/confessions-the-meanest-thing-gizmodo-did-at-ces-343348 [Ed. Note: The opinions in this post belong entirely to the writer and Dirty Harry. The editor of this site does not…
The 1000mm Sigma we saw at PMA is nothing compared to this ultra rare Canon zoom. The retailer B&H photo has one of these, a 1200mm, F5.6 USM lens. They’ve been around since 1993, but are made to order at the rate of 2 per year, and there are less than 20 in existence. What…
This photograph of the play R.U.R. is courtesy of the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library of Lincoln Center and appears in the book Radical Robots. See also: The Robot is a Terrible Creature (1922) The Mechanical Man of the Future (1928)
Even though a Leica rep explicitly told us at PMA that there would be no M9 or M10—Leica plans to perpetually upgrade the Inspector Gadget of digital cameras, the M8, instead—some customers received a letter from the big L that a full-frame M camera is on the way. https://gizmodo.com/leica-m8-a-camera-for-life-351317 Since it was stressed that Leica…
The MacBook Air’s single USB port is a finicky, tight fit, and lots of stuff—like a lot of 3G modems—just can’t squeeze into the space, which is a big deal for mobile-focused notebook. Om Malik had already ordered his Air before that revelation came out, so he tried to make do with Novatel’s U727 USB…