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The Special Edition Sidekick 3 by LRG that we saw a few weeks ago, is finally official, and available for preorder on the 30th of October. There isn’t any special added functionality, just the same old browser, trackball, 1.3MP camera, instant messaging and killer QWERTY. You’re paying, of course, for the camo paintjob. Perfect for…
Thanks for the dolla bills, y’all. Without the help of Audi, Best Buy, Blackberry, Business Software Alliance, DICE, General Motors, Google Checkout, HD-DVD, Intel, Logitech, Maxtor, Mio, Nokia, Radio Shack, SV Supreme Vodka, Sprint Business, and Texas Instruments, there wouldn’t be any Gizmodo. Just a sad little Live Journal account and a gadget blogger. Keep…
Those Lumenlabs guys are smart. First, they gave us DIY instructions for making projectors that looked like baby carriages made out of LCDs and cheap lightbulbs. Of course, who the hell has time to muss around in their basement like that? And baby carriages are for babies, like CRT TVs. https://gizmodo.com/diy-home-projectors-183343 That’s why they’ve come…
As steampunk-ish as this sculpture/project looks, it actually works. There’s a working display, working keyboard, and working morse code input (wtf?). The creator was inspired by both the Apple Mac (he wanted to make something completely different) and Terry Gilliam. If you look at the back, there are working USB, serial, and a VGA port…
This window mounted fist sits on your rear windshield, just waiting for some jackass to flash you his high beams or honk his horn. At this point in time, you can slam on your brakes, let him rear end you, and sue him into oblivion. Or you can pump up the rubberized middle finger, and…
•Sony Intros Walkman S Series, Claims They’re the Best-Sounding Ever •Zephyr Elica OM Glass Range Hood Has a Way-Cool Remote Control •Palm Announces Low-End Treo 680 •Dyson’s Root 6: The Handheld Suck-Machine •Kingston’s Waterproof USB Drives For Aquaman’s Home Business https://gizmodo.com/sony-intros-walkman-s-series-claims-theyre-the-best-so-207061 Comment of the Day: Sun:2, Wii Sensor Bar:1 https://gizmodo.com/sun-2-wii-sensor-bar-1-207226 “I’m going to go out…
•Microsoft Vista stumbles at top digital show [The Inquirer] •Yahoo’s Pyramid Plan Crumbles [LA Times] •Libya buys laptops for schoolchildren [CNN] •Transmeta sues Intel claiming patent breach [Reuters] •Apple MacBook owners organizing class action lawsuit [Apple Insider]
Oprah’s reach stretches to New York, turning the 5th Ave. Apple Store red in celebration of the Red 4GB iPod Nano release tomorrow. I think this whole charity thing would be unnecessary of Oprah would just go over there and let people drink her saliva and bask in her Oprah-ness. https://gizmodo.com/bono-and-oprah-to-launch-red-ipod-nano-tomorrow-207249 Thanks Alan!
We doubt it’s necessary to pre-order a Wii now that there’s going to be two million Wii units available on launch day, but if you live in Sweaty Crack, North Dakota, where there’s only going to be five units, we suppose it’s good to reserve one. GameStop and EB Games stores will begin accepting limited…
Ok, amidst all the buzz of the new Palm device, I’m sitting here, googling and studying stat pages, wondering whether or not we should care about the Treo 680. Compared to the 700p, it has a similar processor, screen, OS, with double the amount of RAM (64MB vs 32MB), the same amount of internal storage…
Steam, the folks who distribute Counter-Strike, launched a Dynamic Weapon Pricing market for the game. They explain it best: The cost of weapons and equipment that you purchase in Counter-Strike: Source are now based on an algorithm that calculates the global market demand for various weapons. As more people purchase a certain weapon, the price…
Reader Pete was lucky enough to attend a presentation that Microsoft and Toshiba were giving about their respective HD DVD players—Microsoft with a production sample Xbox 360 attachment and Toshiba with their HD-A2 and HD-XA2 second-generation HD DVD players. Was he impressed? Can the Xbox 360 HD DVD attachment be used on a PC? When…
The two giant stars plan to unveil a 4GB red iPod Nano in order to benefit the Product RED charity. From each sale of the $199 iPod, $10 will be donated towards The Global Fund to help out HIV/AIDS sufferers in Africa. Rumors of a red iPod have been around since January of this year,…
This week at Uncrate: We learn how to be a resourceful blogger with the help of the MacGyver – The Complete Series Pack Gift Set, get you ready for the slopes with the Oakley Shaun White Signature Series A Frame, and shave a heap of ham with the Chef’s Choice Electric Slicer. We also post…
Designed by Microsoft’s Photo and Imaging Experience team (PIX), Slam is an app that lets you “social network” on the go. Built for Windows Mobile, the concept of “slam” is a group of people that you exchange messages and photos with. Whenever there’s a new message or photo for the group, the phone users will…
FON just released their second WiFi Sharing router, subsidized, for $5. Sharing?! Yea, remember? FON is that company that lets you hop other FON user hotspots, in exchange for making your hotspot open, too. Their new hardware, dubbed La Fonera, which literally translated means “The Winged Mallard Flies at Midnight.” We wrote about it a…
Made for cramped spaces like cars and NY apartments, the Dyson Root 6 takes Dyson’s special sucking power and transfers it to a handheld. Despite looking like something out of Ghostbusters, the Root 6 maintains suction like all other Dysons, and has a “one-touch emptying” system so you don’t have to get your hands (very)…
Contrary to our update that said the Wii does not have a sunlight problem, a company rep just said that the sensor bar in fact does have interference issues. https://gizmodo.com/sun-1-wii-sensor-bar-1-206901 Nintendo told Kikizo today that this is a known issue with the Wii. A company representative explained that the Wii sensor bar is affected by…
If you’re worried about losing your data to theft or water damage—Hurricane Katrina victims?—Kingston’s DataTraveler Secure should be right up your alley. Not only does it have 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hardware encryption, it’s protected by a titanium waterproof coating that protects your drive from agua for up to four feet. The drives are…
As expected, Palm has just announced the low-end Treo 680 for GSM markets sold unlocked in four colors: crimson, copper, arctic and graphite. In non-marketing speak, that’s red, orange, white and silver. Each of these phones come with a 320×320 color screen, 64MB of internal storage, 312MHz Intel PXA270 processor, quad-band GSM, EDGE class 10,…