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A shot of the new LG VX10000 was recently posted in the forums, revealing what could be the successor to Verizon’s enV branded phone. Other than a slightly sleeker design and what appears to be a larger screen, not much information is known. There is no word yet on pricing or availability. [The Boy Genius…
The July 31, 1970 Honolulu Advertiser ran an article by Jane Evinger about Hawaii becoming a destination for education rather than just recreation. The piece quotes heavily from the preliminary report of the Governor’s Conference on the Year 2000. Both the article and the report work under some interesting assumptions about the future, such as…
These first shots of the Motorola Rokr E8 from zol.com.cn shows the unique keypad that Moto went with. Instead of regular keys, they’ve got little nubs that need to be back-illuminated. When you’re dialing, all the keys are lit; but when you’re playing music, the numbers are dimmed and only the music controls are bright.…
The most startling thing about the new Bose SoundDock Portable is that it’s bigger than its forebear (though thankfully not heavier). The least startling thing about it is that it sounds better than the original. https://gizmodo.com/new-bose-sounddock-portable-arrives-at-our-door-294601 If you look at the profile, especially, you can see that the SoundDock Portable stands about half an inch…
Those manufacturers of multitouch devices of the high visual quality and resilience of the iPhone’s might have another option from Sharp. According to Impress, the LCD veterans have made a 3.5 inch, 480 x 320 screen, capable of multitouch. These can be made up to 12 inches in diagonal size. Perfect for a portable. Somehow,…
Here’s a tip. If you’re not really skilled at hardware hacks, don’t try to hardware unlock your iPhone. If you accidentally touch the wrong thing or screw up, this will happen. The user says: “We were so happy, all the software part was done, so we started opening the iPhone. The antenna cover was a…
While many of the wrist/arm based multimedia devices are improving, none of them can hold a candle to Danillo Mangini’s Lobster. This oddly named prototype involves an LCD base unit about the size of an iPod Shuffle (or presumably a lobster tail) that straps on to your arm or wrist, but what sets the Lobster…
The Post says they’ve got confirmation that Apple will start selling ringtones to iPhone users using iTunes. Although they couldn’t confirm pricing, they could say that you will probably be able to make any song you buy from iTunes into a ringtone. This means you can set each contact’s ringtone to a separate track from…
FROM JALOPNIK—BMW is the first car manufacturer to offer Google local search straight from the in-dash navigation system. This supplements their “send to car” from PC to GPS setup. Oh, Germany only, for the time being. More at Jalop. [Jalopnik] https://jalopnik.com/its-official-bmw-gets-google-local-search-and-its-avai-295626
Slashgear has a hands-on with the KU990 touchscreen phone and the LG KS20, the HSDPA WM6 Prada phone.
This is a commercial for a horrifying Japanese robotic kitty called Yume Neko Smile. It’s just like a real cat, except it won’t leave dead birds on your doorstep, won’t scratch up your furniture and doesn’t have a soul. Buy yours today! [Akihabara News]
We reported earlier that NBC had decided not to renew its contract with Apple to sell their shows online. We thought that they might do something similar to Universal and do a short-term contract to keep their content up. No dice. Apparently, NBC wanted Apple to start charging a whopping $4.99 per episode for their…
After yesterday’s Blu-ray press conference, Toshiba fired back…over the course of two very, very long hours. And by “fired back,” we really mean gave a bunch of presentations that were too long. So we’re giving you a fast forward version of the conference…that still feels a bit like slow-mo, but here is the meat of…
A forum member on PPCGeeks patched up a version of Windows Mobile 6—complete with HTC’s fancy home screen on the HTC Touch—for the aging Sprint and Verizon 6700 phones. It’s not compatible with the 6800 (the Sprint Mogul, which already has WM6), so don’t install it there. But if you want to get some extra…
Griffin, winners of our Battlemodo Dock-off with their Amplifi, had us going “Ooh!” and “Aaah!” this afternoon at their latest sound-system, the Evolve. You can configure as many speakers to the dock as you want, simply by placing them on top of the dock briefly to add them to the network. All the details, plus…
We just stopped by Casio’s booth to get our eyes on the new Exilim we told you about earlier today. Shooting a drool-worthy 60fps bursts and 300fps of VGA video, it’s a beefy camera—definitely heftier than my Rebel XTi (from what we could see through the glass). https://gizmodo.com/casios-exilim-cam-lets-you-shoot-300-frames-per-second-295491 Something you won’t see in the press…
Those Xbox 360 Halo 3 accessories are all coming next week, and with it comes the Xbox 360 Messenger kit. The accessories are two controllers, one Master Chief and one Covenant Brute, and a limited edition Master Chief figurine by McFarlane toys. The Messenger Kit is that QWERTY keyboard add-on that lets you type without…
If you’ve always wanted to see the view from a skyward rocket, but lack the physical and mental prowess to be an astronaut, there are ways to get a really crappy approximation of the experience. One is by launching one of these Estes Astrovision Digital Video Rockets. It’s got a camera in the tip that…
UPDATED On the web page for Shure’s newly announced SE110 earphones, the new lowest rung of the successful SE line, the price is listed as $119. But according to a press release that came out today at IFA, these babies will cost $99 when they appear. It’s a very low stoop indeed for the makers…
The Yamaha NX-BO2 provides wireless streaming audio from any Bluetooth-enabled device. Utilizing the Enhanced Data Rate standard, it provides the fastest Bluetooth 2.0 connection available. Powered by either A/C adapter or 4 AA batteries, we doubt it will rock your socks off, but Yamaha claims their 2x5W amplifications sounds pretty good. We’ll support the product…