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Ford has called in the big boys from Nokia to give their Mustang beast some serious connectivity options. Apparently, the vehicles exterior and performance based specifications remain unchanged, but the fun starts on the inside, with Nokia dropping N series goodies in every hole they could find. The rear passenger seats both have access to…
The BEAM Bot Club is offering a gift service that will provide the recipient with a new DIY BEAM Bot, once a month, for four months. The robots are part of the Biology, Electronics, Aesthetics, Mechanics (BEAM) range and are composed of basic analog circuits. The subscription cost $170 and includes solar and battery powered…
Edit: Engadget Mobile has an insider at Verizon that gave them the revealed image. Seems like the phones are, starting from the left, the Samsung U470, the Pearl 2, the LG VX8800, and the VX10000. The new names are Samsung Juke, BlackBerry Pearl, LG Venus and LG Voyager. – JC [Engadget Mobile] https://gizmodo.com/samsung-sgh-x830-swivel-cellphone-coming-to-verizon-298274 Original Post:…
Rest your beating hearts and collect your pennies, the official pricing and dates for the Rock Band game have been announced. Both the PS3 and the Xbox 360 versions will be priced at $169.99 and will ship on November 23rd 2007. The price shall net you a guitar, a microphone and a drum kit, which…
The girl in the picture may look like she has just let one rip, but she is in fact enjoying the heat emitted from Thanko’s USB Warmer Cushion. In case you are in any doubt about what the USB Warmer Cushion does; it is a cushion that you connect to your powered USB port, which…
If you love the great big skies as much as we used to love the iPhone (oh, it hurts) then you may be interested in Meade’s mySKY Personal Guide. The mySKY is a tool to aid you in all your galactic gazing; it contains 30,000 unique items it can identify up in the great spacious…
Markus Stoeckl just broke the World Speed Record for series mountain bikes, hitting an incredible 130.7mph, on a freaking mountain bike, people! Mr. Stoeckl is nicknamed “Hercules,” not only because he drank the milk of a lion when he was younger, but also because he is 6’4″, weighs 220lbs and travels at 130.7mph on a…
I was interviewed by Katie Hafner of the NYTimes for a piece, Altered iPhones Freeze Up. The NYTimes gets how important this is to us. [NYTimes]
Click to viewAfter a Gizmodo reader sent us a photo of his amazing Star Wars-meet-CTU-meet-Firefly computer setup at the end of his LEGO Collectors Millennium Falcon unboxing images, we thought it could be a good idea to do a mini-contest to know what kind of cool rigs do you have. See the results and vote…
If you’re like us, you’ve been eagerly awaiting the arrival of Microsoft’s “Falcon” Xbox 360s, well, now they’re here. Apparently. The guys over at the Xbox official forums have noticed that the Halo edition 360s may just be the Falcons we’ve all dreamed about. The Falcon Xbox 360, by the way, has a 65nm CPU…
Earlier this month, it was rumored that the HTC Juno would be on its way to T-Mobile and today Boy Genius Report confirmed it. T-Mobile is ready to release the Juno, branded as the T-Mobile Shadow. More pics at BGR. [Boy Genius Report] https://gizmodo.com/htc-juno-headed-to-t-mobile-299141
In light of all the recent iPhone update problems, we wanted to ask readers what you think Apple’s intention was with the update. Do you think it was a malicious disabling of phones, as in Apple knew it was going to render unlocked iPhones unusable and didn’t do anything to avoid it? Or do you…
We all have to pitch in to save the Earth from slowly burning to death – luckily, now we can — one power strip at a time. The USB Ecostrip is a power strip that connects to your computer via a USB cable. When the strip senses that your computer is off, it’ll turn everything…
No no no! The deal was to make robots clumsily—and harmlessly—lumber along like the Honda Asimo, not spry and limber like this Japanese jumping frog robot. Mowgli, or as we call him, Death Jumper-kun, can hop about 50 cm into the air, effectively putting them at slightly under crotch height. Its creators at University of…
You guys seem to like the idea of a Gizmodo vs. Kotaku Halo 3 match, and with the Halo 3 recording feature, we can actually export a movie and post it onto our sites, mocking the losers (Kotaku) with dialog recorded afterwards. Now, we just need to come up with the rules. Is it everyone…
It’s hard to tell what this SonyDrive website is, partially because it’s in Japanese, and partially because the product doesn’t really look like anything we’d use. Judging from what’s behind the bow, this can either be an industrial paper cutter, a 1980s electric typewriter, a gigantic notebook that can withstand a nuclear explosion, a scale…
Although coming from a no-name manufacturer, this Posdata G100 may sound like the next Gizmondo, but the upcoming Korean handheld gaming device has some interesting features going for it. There’s the WiMAX, Wi-FI and Bluetooth, which allows it to be connected on yakuza levels, and the 4-inch touchscreen LCD, which brings interesting gaming options as…
Want to get in shape, keep charged, and watch a bunch of movies on the go? Then enter our Energi To Go Contest, where you can win an Energi To Go iPod Charger, an iPod nano, an iPod classic, and a Nike+iPod Sport kit. Hit the link to see how you can enter. https://gizmodo.com/contest-win-an-ipod-classic-an-ipod-nano-a-nike-ipod-302141
As mentioned back in August, Motorola is releasing an updated version of its Motorizr Z6 slider, dubbed the Motorizr Z6tv. You have three guesses as to what the new addition is. Give up? Yes, it’s loaded up with V CAST Mobile TV, allowing you to watch Verizon’s walled garden of “TV.” It’ll hit on October…
Here’s a video of a guy named Jean being surprised to find out what we learned earlier in the week: Any sort of iPhone app installation, unlocked or not, won’t be supported by the warranty Indian Givers at Apple. No Service for You! What brings the whole situation home for me is to see the…