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Is this another ordinary, cheap MP3 player? No! Actually, it is absolutely amazing and I’m not talking about its color LEDs inside or any of its passable, ordinary features. This is the only MP3 player in the world that has buttons to force people to move left or right while you are walking down the…
As expected, Sprint announced its own RIM BlackBerry Pearl 8130. Along with typical EV-DO services, Sprint’s will support PowerVision music downloads and video streaming. Like Verizon, Sprint hasn’t revealed the price, though we’re thinking somewhere between $199 and $299. [Sprint] https://gizmodo.com/rim-reveals-rumored-cdma-blackberry-pearl-8130-305648
How does it feel, Darth? From Ruler of the known Universe to kiddie flashlight. How far you have fallen after 30 years of over-merchandising. How do you work? A kid squeezes you, your head pops an you light up. Seriously? Do you like that, Darth? When the kids squeeze you? Oh how the mighty have…
Get an old-style iPod nano, refurbished, for cheap: $20 less than before with free shipping. the 4GB model is $99 and the 8GB is $149. That’s $100 off its original retail price. [Dealhack]
We had our doubts about that Mountain Dew that glowed like a lightning bug when the guy in the video you see here added a bit of baking soda and peroxide. Sho’ ’nuff, it turns out to be a hoax. The intrepid mythbusters at Snopes.com (in addition to many of our Giz readers) tried the…
These giant LED of LED Lamps are twenty times bigger than real light-emitting diodes. They look exactly like the real thing, using 12 normal-sized LEDs inside, two typical long metal legs and a clear acrylic head, which shows a beautiful lightning effect on the wall and ceiling: Too bad they are not for sale, even…
Earlier this month, we ran a story about AT&T’s Terms of Service. Specifically, we said the language should “horrify the consumer public” because it essentially stated that if you talked bad about AT&T, AT&T could terminate your contract. Even to those of us who are not lawyers and/or barely read, the language was harsh (you…
Phil Elmer-Dewitt, voice of the newly relocated Fortune Apple 2.0 blog, published Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s latest report, a survey of 980 teens that reveals: • 3% of students surveyed own iPhones • An additional 9% expect to buy an iPhone in the next 6 months • 4.2% of surveyed adults also had iPhones…
I know this video shouldn’t make me laugh because the Vocal Joystick—software that allows you to control your mouse using eight vowel sounds and the “sounds k and ch simulate clicking and releasing the buttons”—is amazing for people with disabilities. But I can’t help it, I just find it hilarious. Its developers at the University…
You are on an espionage mission; you whip out your portable keyboard, but cannot see a thing because of the night vision (NV) goggles you are wearing. Enter iKey’s LED keyboard, which will not only show you your peripheral with glorious back lighting when it gets a bit dim, it will also illuminate your keys…
AppleInsider claims MacBook Pro chargers are soon to be refreshed due to current design flaws. [AppleInsider]
A couple of Chinese guys spent $8,000 on building a Transformer out of a Citroen. Weighing in at 1,322 pounds, there are a couple more pics after the jump. I like what they did with the car doors. [17173 via CNET Asia]
According to readers, links for downloading the new Radiohead In Rainbows album were distributed early this morning to people who pre-ordered it. [Thanks Rahil] https://gizmodo.com/radiohead-offers-new-album-for-whatever-you-want-to-pay-305566
Samsung has launched three music phones that are “100 per cent music, 100 per cent phone,” according to the Korean electronics giant. We’ve already seen the i450 which slides to reveal a speaker, and the skinny swivel-stick design of the F210, but this is the first time we’ve seen the F330, which has a full…
This Japanese pricing of 8,800 Yen ($75) for the WiiFit should give you a good idea of how much that Nintendo Wii balance/exercise/yoga board is going to cost in the US. It’s going to go on sale December 1 in Japan, and if Nintendo wants to cash in on any kind of holiday sales at…
This USB drive holds 512MB of doggie data like pictures and its favorite diet, which is perfect for attaching to an actual dog so whenever it gets lost, people can use it to figure out exactly where to return the dog to. Of course, a slip of paper with your address and phone number would…
The summer Xbox 360 HD DVD promotion that offered you five free HD DVD movies of your choosing (out of a pile of their choosing) has been extended to February 28, meaning you can still get in on this free film deal if you’re planning on going high def for Christmas. Bettter yet, they’ve added…
Sony offered details on their updated PC Blu-ray burner today, with 4x speeds that can write 50 GB in 45 minutes. The BWU-200S connects to the motherboard via SATA and will burn HD formats to standard DVD as well. The drive also burns to DVD at 16x (one of the first Blu-ray drives to do…
According to AppleInsider sources, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard has been finalized and is well on target to make its rumored October 26th ship date. However, MacRumors’ sources say that Gold Master hasn’t been declared yet and “builds are still progressing.” This comes in addition to the news that Apple has finished two new builds…
U.S. technology services company EDS has a shopping cart concept that promises to read each product’s UPC code and return information about calories, nutrition, ethical sourcing and the environment. It could also warn people if they are buying too much junk food—thereby reducing our need for nutrition fact labels. [Reuters]