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Alltel just launched the MOTOROKR Z6m, Motorola’s musical slider, that comes preloaded with a unique option: XM Radio Mobile for cell phones, delivering 20 streaming XM channels for $8/month. [Alltel] https://gizmodo.com/rokr-z6-motorola-new-music-phone-wont-make-elvis-proud-260629
Sometimes a product comes along and bites you on the ass in such a way that you don’t know whether to laugh, cry, or take out a loan. This gold-plated kitchen bitch — a snip at 1500 quid (that’s over $3,000, exchange-rate fans) is a live enzyme “nutrition extractor” that also works well at extracting…
The LavaGlow wireless controller is a new PS3 peripheral going for pizazz. Filled with liquid—not real lava as advertised—LEDs glow to successfully simulate hot magma in your hands (the controller comes in red, white and blue, so you might also be holding a blizzard and…uhh…tidal wave). Yes, this may be the worst peripheral we’ve seen…
As Charlie speculated back in April, Verizon Wireless is adding the Samsung SCH-i760 to its lineup of Windows Mobile 6 smartphones. The QWERTY-equipped horizontal slider will cost $350 after $50 mail-in rebate and two-year contract. https://gizmodo.com/samsung-sch-i760-approved-by-fcc-headed-onto-crowded-f-251781 Verizon is also adding Palm’s Treo 755p to the lineup, as well as two more white-label WM6 devices with…
Although we were highly impressed with the $4500 Canon EOS-1D Mark III digital SLR camera when we first saw it last winter (check out our video of it snapping off 10 frames per second like a house afire), the high-end super camera turned out to have a goofy problem: Its autofocus didn’t work in bright…
Samsung announced a Full HD 1080p “IDTV F8 television featuring Motion Plus technology” just to annoy us with another silly acronym and technology name. What is IDTV? It means integrated digital television, a TV that comes with built-in MPEG4 AVC decoder and digital TV tuner. And Motion Plus? A processor that creates middle frames “anticipating…
A month ago we ran a well-circulated rumor that Sony was selling the Cell biz. Today the company formally announced it had struck a deal. Once the $1 billion+ deal is finalized, production facilities would belong to Toshiba, but the result will be a joint venture for producing serious semiconductors, presumably so Sony doesn’t have…
The 30-inch ultra-high-rez (2560×1600) monitor derby heats up even more now with Eizo jumping in with its SX3031W-H display, to be released first in Japan December 19th and maybe even making its way to US shores before too long. If so, it’ll have to compete against 30-inchers at that same resolution from Apple ($1,799), Dell…
Addy and I are going to the Maldives next week to scuba dive, and we are already packing stuff for it. Dive computers, underwater cameras, waterproof GPS and even one of these Klikk thingies, an almost-flat camera stand that can rotate up and down 18 degrees. There are two models to support different compacts and…
We don’t know whether these phone fingers are real or not, but until the USB trouser press goes into production, these miniature, teatless, not-for-procreating-unless-you-lost-your-willy-in-a-freak-accident-and-had-a-rodent-penis-transplant condoms are my favorite useless thing evah. What else do you think they should be used for, though? Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader,…
It was bound to happen: the 40GB PlayStation 3 previously announced for Japan and Europe will arrive in the US in November 2 with a $400 price tag. The 80GB model will get a price cut too, going from $600 to $500. Both versions are still more expensive than its Microsoft and Nintendo rivals. [WSJ]…
Sony appears to be making a consumer-server play, introducing the $400 80GB HDMS-S1D “photo album” for the high-def enjoyment of up to 50,000 still images. You can import photos via Memory Stick slot—but also SD, CF and xD! (Way to go, Sony!) You can connect the HDMS-S1D to your TV via HDMI, and navigate slideshows…
It appears that iToner is now playing nice with the iPhone 1.1.1 firmware thanks to the folks at Ambrosia. The beta fix is now available as a full-fledged update on their official website. [Ambrosia via TUAW]
Today Western Digital announced that it has achieved 520 Gb/in2 areal density in an actual demonstration using its own perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR)/tunneling magneto-resistive (TuMR) head technology. For those of you who are counting, that makes it the highest density ever reached using continuous media. A density of this magnitude produces a 3.5-inch hard drive…
This eatmefresh cereal bowl is probably the best non-gadgety way we can think of for keeping your cereal nice and solid despite being submerged in milk. The trick is the shelf at the bottom that blocks up to 70% of the cereal from being in contact with the cow juice, allowing you to scoop down…
A PlayStation forum poster claims that a Sony customer service rep told him his broken PS3’s warranty was voided because he plugged the console into a surge protector and not a wall socket, and that he’d have to pay $150 to fix it. When reached for comment, Sony said this wasn’t the case and that…
Last week at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers in Boston, UC Irving researcher Carsten Mehring showed off a new kind of remote control for the iPod that allows users to control the device with finger movements. Actions like skipping tracks and adjusting the volume can be performed wirelessly by simply touching the fingers together.…
Yes, Toshiba Matsushita has developed a full-color round LCD display. But before you get too excited about the possibilities, keep in mind that the viewable area is only 62mm (2.44″) across with a contrast ratio of 600:1 and a resolution of 240X240. So, at this point it is not quite ready to be part of…
It looks like Verizon and AT&T’s recent “Hey, we’re not total assholes” moves might’ve been to preempt such “fairness” from getting some legal teeth, as a bunch of rowdy Senators are looking to make the mobile industry play just a bit nicer with a mobile bill of rights for consumers. https://gizmodo.com/at-t-decides-to-play-nice-takes-the-teeth-out-of-termi-311316 The Cell Phone Consumer…
A Sam’s Club in Murfreesboro, TN is selling Apple TVs at clearance for $153.01—it’s unknown if other locations are also selling it at that price, so YMMV. [TUAW]