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Designed by Simon Kingston and James Rennick for German appliance ber-maestros Miele, this modular kitchen is perfect for those long hours we Giz worker ants have been putting in this week as we bring you all the iPhone coverage* as fast as our sweaty little paws can type. With spaces for either Miele gear or…
This is John Shepherd-Barron, the Scottish guy who invented the first ATM. First installed 40 year ago by Barclays, it worked with Carbon 14-impregnated cheques, the same radioactive material that is used to date fossils. But fret not: not only it wasn’t radioactive enough but they were soon replaced by cards and now even dogs…
The news is that T-Mobile is rolling out a three-tiered HotSpot @Home strategy: • First, there’s a pair of $49.99 phones, the Samsung t409 and the Nokia 6086, that can jump from the cellular GSM network to the Wi-Fi network in your home or Starbucks then back again. • Next, T-Mobile is giving anyone who…
Hitachi has long been a respected member of the plasma posse, so it was pretty wild to learn today that it was adding some high-quality Korean-built LCDs to its lineup. (Does this mean the end of plasma is nigh?) All told, Hitachi added three new series of flat panels. The funny thing was, the LCDs…
The second part of the February 12, 1923 article, “Thinking Men and Women Predict Problems of World Century Hence,” focuses on motion pictures. Written by David Wark Griffith (D.W. Griffith) the piece provides some great insight into the hopes and dreams for this new medium. While he has some spot-on predictions, Griffith couldn’t have been…
Edison’s film from the 1900 Paris Exposition is amazing, but it leaves you wondering how that moving sidewalk ….well, moves. Wonder no more. This French website answers a few questions via these great illustrations. See also: Moving Sidewalk (1900) Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900)
Heavy weather and an unexpected overnight stay in Pittsburgh gave Newsweek tech whiz Steven Levy ample time to play around with the iPhone. How’d he spend his time? Doing what anyone would do, really: e-mail, get help negotiating downtown, check the weather, keep tabs on some sports, listen to music, and, of course, check out…
• Songs as Ringtones • Games • Any flash support • Instant Messaging • Picture messages (MMS) • Video recording • Voice recognition or voice dialing • Wireless Bluetooth Stereo Streaming (A2DP) • One-size-fits-all headset jack (May have to buy an adapter for certain headphones) Stuff we already knew it didn’t have • 3G (EV-DO/HSDPA)…
Those of you in the San Francisco area may be familiar with CBS 5’s partnership with the makers of the Slingbox. Since late April they have been Slinging live footage from the field to the station, and now that cozy relationship is getting hot and heavy with Sling/3G wireless webcams going up all over the…
So you’re not blessed with an Apple store in your home city—tough cookies. Since Apple stores are closing at 2pm on Friday anyway, perhaps you should make other arrangements to snag your new phone. AT&T has updated their Find-A-Store webpage up to locate nearby AT&T stores that will be selling the iPhone starting Friday at…
If you didn’t know about it already, anyone looking to pick up a really unique and inspired watch looks no further than Tokyoflash. Barcode Black, now available to the rest of us outside of Japan, is no exception to Tokyoflash’s standard of rethinking how to tell the time. Could be that you’re sitting there right…
Zune fanatics, keep your eyes wide open as July approaches. Word on the web is that Microsoft is getting ready to roll out an 80GB model of the Zune, codenamed Scorpio. Precious little information is currently available, but it seems that Microsoft is gearing up for a holiday release. Whether or not Europe will get…
The Seattle World’s Fair of 1962 brought us Seattle’s most iconic structure, the Space Needle. Also known as the Century 21 Exposition there is much to examine for those interested in the paleo-future. The image above is the cover to the Official Souvenir Program. We’ll be taking a peak inside over the next few weeks.…
Pogue’s review in the NYT had a slideshow on the iPhone’s camera. What were his findings? Well, if there’s plenty of light and little to no movement, the iPhone’s cam works wonders. If you’re in the dark or the subject is in motion (even you’re outdoors), pictures turn out blurry. Seems pretty similar to other…
Mossberg gets Steve Jobs to talk iPhone. Except when he asks about version 2.0. Those questions are forbidden. The rest of the questions are important ones. Like will we see this on other carriers? Why no 3G? Will you include GPS? Will there be lower cost versions? Aaaaand, Jobs dodged those, too. An old lesson,…
Today only: free red BlackBerry pearl with two-year contract at AT&T. Wonder why they’re cleaning out their other smartphones. [Product Page – Thanks Brent!]
Mossberg’s lost the funky music in the intro, and compared to Pogue’s video, he’s all business. The interesting bits left out of the text review are here, like, in regards to the keyboard, "I wanted to throw it out the window after 3 days". (Of course, he came around eventually, comparing it in speed to…
This is why we love Pogue. He reviews it, goes meta, and gives Mossberg a poke. And btw, he hates AT&T’s EDGE network. [NYT]
Of all the Mac vs. PC ad spinoffs, we like this rap version the most. Mac or PC [Thanks Pez!]
Mossberg and Boehret review the iPhone, 3 minutes after Pogue at the NYTimes. In a nutshell: Our verdict is that, despite some flaws and feature omissions, the iPhone is, on balance, a beautiful and breakthrough handheld computer. Its software, especially, sets a new bar for the smart-phone industry, and its clever finger-touch interface, which dispenses…
