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Yep, the rumored Xbox 360 price drops we’d read about in leaked retail flyers from Toys R US to Circuit City are true as of August 8th. The 20GB model will be $350, the Elite with 120GB of storage will be $450! And the core?! Right, no one cares about the core. The logic behind…
While it isn’t officially licensed Zelda merchandise, the Hero Pack is probably the closest you’ll ever get to swinging a Wii-enabled Master Sword without going the DIY route. This slightly miniaturized Hyrulean sword-and-shield combo is easy to assemble and designed to preserve all button and IR functionality. Live out your wildest Zelda fantasies in your…
The sun may be the bane of basement-dwelling geeks everywhere, but Sole Mio doesn’t care. Designed for office workers who have regular access to sunlight (via windows, etc.), this environmentally friendly mouse is currently undergoing testing to see if it can charge itself during normal daily activities. The designers admit its success is likely dependant…
This concept for a combination shower head/MP3 player definitely falls under the unnecessary gadgets category, but that doesn’t make it any less cool or imaginiative. The concept consists of a speaker/charging base/shower head holder mounted to the shower wall while the detachable shower head has control buttons for the MP3 device. While no specifics were…
The December 4, 1969 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) ran a piece by James MacDonald titled, “Food in 2000 A.D.” that examined the food of the future within the context of Jamaican beef imports and communal eating. It is interesting to note that the communal kitchen concept was very much in vogue in the late nineteenth…
The rumored Sidekick LX, otherwise known as the Sidekick 4, has been as hidden and stealthy as a ninja, but now it’s been outed by the FCC. There aren’t more details or images, but supposedly is a Sharp device (like the 3), has Danger OS v4.4, a 400 x 208 pixel screen, EDGE, and a…
If all those flyers are right, sometime this week, the Xbox 360 will be a few dollars cheaper. We’ll have to wait and see. [Xbox] https://gizmodo.com/unconfirmed-retailer-says-xbox-360-getting-price-cut-a-282391
Getting a UMPC with every wireless connection capability you could dream of will cost you. If that UMPC is Wibrain’s business-centric B1, that price will be largely social as your peers ridicule you for toting your goofy gadget around the office. 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1, GSM/GPRS/EDGE and HSDPA are all yours along with a 4.8″ touch…
A fresh app on Google Code claims to allow hacked iPhone users to play classic NES games. Based on the open-source portable NES emulator InfoNES, the emulator still has its training wheels on. Allegedly, games will run slightly slower than on an actual NES (or standard emulator) and you won’t get any sound output yet.…
AT&T subsidiary Alascom launched their WiMax service in Juneau, Alaska for $19.95 a month. We’re slightly jealous. [Broadband Reports]
With the success of the Wii being primarily due to its motion sensing controls, it would seem pretty logical for Nintendo to try it out on their portable line up as well. And it looks like they might do just that with the discovery of an updated patent filing by the big N themselves that…
iFuntastic 2.5 is out, and along with ringtone, carrier logo, and icon swapping, you can now browser the file system. This means you can swap out any images and sound file on the phone. Intel-mac only, for now. [iFuntastic at iPhone Alley]
Hey folks, just a reminder that you can still enter in the Flash Gordon home entertainment chair contest. Just head to the post to see the questions and how you enter. https://gizmodo.com/flash-gordon-contest-win-a-super-comfortable-gamepod-h-285878
The latest in Universal Remote Control’s line of (you guessed it) remote controls is the MX-980. It’s got a 320×240 LCD that supports custom images (BMP/JPG/PNG/GIF/Animated GIF) to represent devices, as well as RF, an on-board speaker, MSC-400 Master System Controller integration, RS232 and relay controls, a backlight, and a motion sensor to light up…
For the industrious type, there’s a new voice recording app called VRecord that you can hack right on your iPhone. [TUAW]
If we were to grade a hack or a mod on nerdiness, this NES controller iPod remote would definitely be on the Dean’s list this semester. Some guy took a PIC microcontroller, shoved it into the NES controller, and somehow got it to hook up to the 3G and 4G microcontroller port in Apple’s iPod.…
The classic 1956 book The Complete Book of Space Travel contains some amazing imagery. The book was targeted at young boys and had that unique blend of sincerity, wonder and confidence we so often see in 1950s futurism. As early as 1956 the question was not if we’d explore the moon and other planets in…
TO: Gizmodo Staff FROM: Brian Lam SUBJ: Labeling a Post a Rumor is Not a Free Pass to Write About The Gadget Equivalent of Unicorns We posted a tip yesterday, labeling it a rumor, that later turned out to be fake. That happens often. But what is totally unacceptable is that the source was 100%…
The .Mac homepage reveals that it’ll be intermittently up and down tomorrow, the same time as the Apple event. Does this mean that fresh .Mac upgrades or uses are part of tomorrow’s news?
MAKE’s got three different DIY kits that you can buy to build your own Nixie Tube clock. If you’re not familiar with Nixie tubes, you’re obviously not reading us often enough. You can buy your own kit for $150, which is a small price to pay for something that’s too bright and will keep you…
