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Click to viewApple TV‘s new interface is looking really fantastic, sucking only the best parts of Cover Flow for eye candy, while keeping the interface efficient and large-scaled for plenty of data accessibility. The biggest surprise? Streaming is lightning quick. While users of Amazon’s Unbox know that streaming delays can be a pain in the…
Click to viewUsing the multitouch gesture pad felt like the next step in Apple’s trademark MacBook mouse replacement (the Trackpad/Touchpad), rather than an iPhone screen being shoved into a laptop (as it was pitched at the keynote). For the most part, it’s responsive. We found hiccups when scrolling through an image in iPhoto (zoomed), but…
Click to viewLaunch your iTunes, because the new Apple iPhone January Firmware update (aka 1.1.3) is now available. Just remember that if you have a software unlock or third-party applications installed, this update will 99.99%-probably break them, so don’t update. And yes, the video that we posted on December was spot on: https://gizmodo.com/iphone-firmware-1-1-1-out-and-tested-breaks-3rd-party-304497 Click to…
Click to viewApple’s Time Capsule backup server is a great idea, and looks great as well. It’s the same size as the Airport Extreme, but seems heavier. It has the exact same ports as the Airport Extreme (four Gigabit Ethernet ports, normal power ports) and has 802.11n. The top is different and has a chrome…
Click to viewMacBook Air, it’s here, in our hands. It’s super light, super fragile, and super small. If you just tap the screen lightly, the whole thing closes because it’s so light. The keyboard looks a little weird because it’s black on the aluminum, but the keyboard feels great. It feels just like a MacBook…
Click to viewYou want it, we got it. Live coverage of Steve Job’s Macworld 2008 Keynote starts Tuesday, January 15 at 9 AM PST (12PM EST), but we’ll ramp up the liveblog a few hours before as we always do. Head to live.gizmodo.com first thing tomorrow morning. You don’t want to miss it. Boom. Or…
I hope you didn’t have your heart set on that sexy 64GB SSD that Steve teased as an “option” during his keynote: the 1.8GHz version with the SSD drive standard costs a whopping $3,100. For comparison’s sake, adding a 64GB SSD to a Dell laptop with a 128GB SATA drive standard is a $1,000 option.…
Apparently Macworld and CES will overlap again in 2009, with the former going Jan 5-9 and the latter going Jan 8-11. The keynote, however, shouldn’t overlap with the actual CES show (just some pre-show stuff), which means good news for everyone.
Click to viewIt’s real. The fabled MacBook Air actually exists. It’s ultra-thin, can have a normal hard drive or a solid state one and, except for a couple ports, it’s all about wireless connectivity. It’s a stunning .16 inches thick at the bottom and .76 inches on the top. The black keyboard (reminds me of…
Click to viewHoly crap, Jobs admitted Apple TV failed at getting computer content to the square screen. Apple TV Take 2 requires no computer, you can rent from iTunes directly from the box—movies and music—and it’s only $229. Movies are available in HD Dolby 5.1 (finally!), and it does podcasts, audio and video, and photos…
This is a tiny bit of news amidst iTunes movie rentals and the newly formidable Apple TV, but Fox’s CEO has confirmed that Fox DVDs will come with digital copies for iTunes and iPod at no extra charge. Also confirmed: First DVD with the copies is Family Guy: Blue Harvest Special Edition. Official Press Release:…
Click to view iTunes movie rentals are official. They’ve got their own special section of the iTMS. Every major studio is onboard: Fox, Warner, Disney, Paramount, Universal and Sony, plus a whole mess of smaller ones like Miramax and New Line. To start, we’ve got 1,000 films, with new ones dropping 30 days after DVD.…
Click to viewThe little iPod touch is getting a much needed update to make it resemble the iPhone a little more closely. There will be a full-fledged Mail program, along with a Maps that gets location from Wi-Fi triangulation. It will also do web clips, stocks, weather, even notes. But it’ll cost you. $20 for…
Click to viewThe iPhone got its expected firmware upgrade, delivering version 1.1.3 that we’ve seen and debated about before. It delivers new features like the ability to send SMS messages to multiple recipients at once, faux-GPS on Google Maps via triangulation, Google Maps showing the hybrid map view, drag and drop icons on the home…
Click to viewAt Macworld 2008, Apple just announced Time Capsule, a full Airport Extreme base station with 802.11n wireless and four Ethernet ports, plus server grade hard drives to back up all of the Leopard Macs in the house. Did we call this or what? OK, minus the leopard spots, that is. Yes, all signs…
7:39 am ON Jan 15 2008 Jason Chen: Gizmodo Live at Macworld 2008 Keynote. The keynote starts Tuesday, January 15 @ 9:00 AM PST (12:00 PM EST), but we’re going to start liveblogging hours before that, giving you color commentary on the area, the attendees, and any secrets we can glean from uncovered banners. 7:59…
I know I’m a geek because I’m almost as giddy for this as I am for MacWorld: The rules and bidders (214 of ’em) for 700Mhz spectrum auction, which starts on Jan. 24, have been finalized. No surprises here—the heavies like AT&T, Verizon and Google have their shit in order and the C block fireworks…
Like being drunk but hate drinking? Well, why drink? At the GAT FOG exhibition that took place way back in 2004 (we just found out about it, OK?), there was a contraption set up in a big room that pumped out Gin and Tonic fog. Yes, seriously. This insanely dangerous sounding experience was “art,” apparently.…
The Apple Store has been down for a long time now. As far as we can recall, it has never been down so long before a keynote, which may be a sign about what we already said last week: this keynote is going to be huge, even if the announcements could be tiny and paper-thin.…
Even if you don’t take Hitler’s word for it, you probably have the feeling that Blu-ray has won, following Warner Bros.’ decision to ditch HD DVD. Questex analyst Thomas K. Arnold has a real innovative solution: https://gizmodo.com/the-downfall-of-hd-dvd-now-available-on-blu-ray-344885 “I’m hoping Toshiba, Universal and Paramount will take the high road and, for the good of the entire…