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Though the service officially launches tomorrow, Starbucks and Apple gave us a chance to test out the caffeine-fueled Wi-Fi service today. Using the T-Mobile HotSpot wireless network with your AT&T iPhone (irony, anyone?), you can now access the iTunes music store. You can also access it with an iPod touch or a laptop, regardless of…
We’ve seen those ironic retro handsets that work with cellphones before, but this could be the first one we’ve seen that works on an actual computer for VoIP capabilities. The Yubz Talk Online phone is a USB phone that looks retro on the outside, but actually supports pretty much any VoIP program you have (Skype,…
According to BetaNews, there’s going to be a Zune Event in Redmond tomorrow to launch the next-generation Zune. Bill Gates and J Allard are supposedly attending, but supposedly it’s just an announcement, with the players only being available in November. Not much else is known now, including whether there’s going to be just a flash-based…
Tipster Steve just sent this site in to us, showing that the AT&T Tilt is just slightly this side of being officially announced. Check out our previous coverage of the phone to see what’s up, but it seems like the Windows Mobile 6 smartphone should be out any day now. [Tilt Your World]
During its announcement party, HTC gave word on two new handsets launching in Europe later this month and in November, the S730 and P6500, respectively. The WM6, Office Mobile-loaded S730, which appears to be a sequel to the Vox, sports Wi-Fi, HDSPA, auto-slide QWERTY keyboard, 256MB of flash memory, and the usual HTC works. Up…
Like carrying pictures of your kids around but have way too many kids? This Wallet Pix credit card sized picture viewer lets you take out 58 wallet-sized photos in digital form, all in a package you can fit easily into your wallet. It has auto-shutoff and auto-resizing, and works with newer Windows machines. And at…
If you’re like us, you might use a cordless screwdriver once a year, long enough for its charge to trickle away. But get this: The Coleman FlashCell Cordless Screwdriver will be ready for you in a jiffy, charging in 90 seconds or less. That’s because it’s not charging batteries, it’s charging a large capacitor, sucking…
Attention shoppers: Toshiba just announced refreshed specs on four of its Satellite lines, including A205, U305, M205 and P205, along with Qosmio F45. Most are feature bumps like faster processors and bigger hard drives, but the A205 is the first 15.4″ to get an HD DVD-ROM drive. [Toshiba]
The HTC Shift, a UMPC that runs Vista and has a slide-out keyboard, just got re-officialized again today. Still no US launch date. [HTC]
The HTC Touch Dual, which we previously called the Touch Slide, is now official. It’s got the same front face as the HTC Touch, but is slightly thinner and has a slide-out keypad. The keypad isn’t SureType like we saw before, but just a standard T9 interface. But it does have a 2-megapixel camera, 3G…
While real-life Donkey Kong looks fun and real-life Tetris looks silly, playing this version of The Sims, which was set up at this weekend’s Picnic 2007 in Amsterdam, just looks dumb. Unless you can make those two get their white underwear off, that is. [vpro] https://gizmodo.com/real-life-donkey-kong-shows-human-stupidity-in-8-bits-302203
The long-awaited Gotham Home Theater Subwoofer G213 from JL Audio is finally shipping, and judging from its formidable spec sheet, it might be worth the wait if you feel like simulating an earthquake that can be felt within a radius of a half-mile. Billed as “The Mother of All Subs,” to call this a powered…
This week on episode 105 of the Coolness Roundup, Stephen and Charlie rant about Apple’s iPhone firmware update, and get their hands on the just-released Slingbox Solo. They also find time to bash Hello Kitty, and place their bets on the Blu-ray vs. HD DVD battle. [Free Podcast on iTunes or at Coolness Roundup]
We wrote about this Wave LED Coffee Table back in July, but we just came across a video of it in action that really makes it look awesome. To recap: this $2,500 table reacts to motion across it with LEDs, creating a living piece of furniture. I want one. [Product Page] https://gizmodo.com/the-wave-led-coffee-table-provides-motion-seeking-light-278959
Don’t forget that Apple’s Boot Camp beta, the software that lets you install Windows on a Mac, will expire this month upon OS X 10.5’s release. No worries though, all you have to do is upgrade to 10.5 and you’ll be safe.[Apple]
Hunting season’s coming up, and a lot of guys are getting sick and tired of looking at each other’s ugly mugs, longing for a woman’s touch. What better way to attract those lovely ladies to the hunting festivities than a pink shotgun? Offered for the first time this season exclusively by sporting goods and gun…
RIM finally announced the long-rumored CDMA EV-DO-happy BlackBerry Pearl 8130. Details include: • A 3.38-oz body that’s just .55″ thick • 2-megapixel camera with “enhanced flash” • Built-in GPS with BlackBerry Maps and local search • Bluetooth stereo profile a 3.5mm for standard earphones • External microSD/SDHC memory card slot • Sideload music and video…
Sit back and enjoy the Does-Nothing-o-Matic, an incredibly elaborate Rube Goldberg machine. It’s the most complicated and imaginative we’ve ever seen. [College Humor]
Fun fact about the 2.5Ghz spectrum Sprint and Clearwire hotly desire for their WiMax dreams: two-thirds of it is classified “EBS,” meaning it can’t be owned directly by businesses, so it’s in the hands of schools and non-profits. To make use of the EBS spectrum, which they need to make good on the coverage maps…
Last weekend, Mark was making his way back from his awesome adventures in Tokyo, so you were all stuck with Jesus and I. Here is what went down: • Hercules hit 130.7mph on a bicycle. • Rock band got official release details. • We discovered how to unbrick iPhones bricked with firmware 1.1.1. https://gizmodo.com/hercules-hits-130-7mph-on-a-bicycle-305161 •…