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MobileTechReview fills us in on the new E-TEN convergence smartphone, the G500. With Windows Mobile 5, 128 MB ROM, 64MB RAM, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel camera, GPS and a MiniSD slot, this baby does just about everything you could want in a portable device. Well, everything except WiFi, which you could add using the MiniSD slot.…
The guys in charge of the DVD+RW standard have finally approved a dual-layer version of the rewritable DVD discs. The spec was ratified last week, but no official announcement has been made from the DVD+RW Alliance as of yet. Just like the write-once discs, these will support up to 8.5GB of data. Finally, you can…
Seagate announced a 15,000 RPM Cheetah 15K.5 that it calls the industry’s first 3.5″ hard drive based on perpendicular recording technology. Available in 300GB, 147GB and 73GB capacities, the big news is the speedy sustained data transfer rate of this perpendicular recording technology, up to between 73MB and 125MB per second. Whoa. That’s 30% faster…
Like a young D.C. intern at a House black-tie fundraiser event, TiVo is looking to be manhandled. Barrons released an article over the weekend detailing how the DVR company fits the description of a prime buyout candidate. Fresh from its recent patent victory over EchoStar, TiVo’s stock is up 12 percent from closing on Friday.…
How big will the market be for Ultra Mobile PCs? Will it be larger than Tablet PCs (on the high end) or PDAs (on the low end), or will it just be a small, niche market? No one knows, but iRiver is hedging its bets and releasing the W10, its first UMPC. Coming in iPod-white,…
Feature Tuning Fork https://gizmodo.com/tuning-fork-167626 Hands-On Reviews Miglia EvolutionTV Video Hands-On Hands-On: Matterinc Solar LED Numbers https://gizmodo.com/miglia-evolutiontv-video-hands-on-167751 News Marantz VP-1C1s1 1080p DLP Projector Blackberry 8700g Reviewed (Verdict: Excellent), Now Available On T-Mobile Ultimate iPod Stand Crane Adorable Humidifiers Magellan RoadMate on a Vespa Villa Sibi Modernist Doll House Plextor Shock Proof External Hard Drives Liquid-Crystal Switchable…
Looking for an affordable 1080p projector? This Marantz VP-1C1s1 isn’t it, because it costs $15,280. Available in June, this DLP puppy has a contrast ratio of 6500:1 and 10-bit color, along with a Konica Minolta lens, two HDMI and two component inputs and that sweet, sweet 1080p resolution. Now all we need is something that…
Less than three months after we first told you about the Blackberry 8700g’s impending arrival in Spain and the UK, it hit our very own shores today as an exclusive to T-Mobile, which is carrying it for $399—or $299 after a $50 instant rebate and $50 mail-in rebate. We hate rebates, but whatever. https://gizmodo.com/blackberry-8700g-hits-the-european-coast-150563 CNET…
Looking for some rich-looking house numbers that you can spot in the dark from 50 feet away? These Matterinc Solar LED Numbers can do the trick, and we know because we tested them. We put them on the west side of our facility for about five hours each day, and they stay lit well into…
Yeah, this thing may lack all of the extras like speakers, easy docking, remotes, etc. But this dock was built from the heart, with love for Apple. It was crafted out of steel, shaped like the traditional Apple logo and will conveniently hold the iPod video. There is enough room on the bottom to plug…
This is a nice, cutesy installation of the Magellan RaodMate 760 onto a 2006 150cc Vespa. Leave it to a scooter owner to even color coordinate the GPS unit with their scooter. It looks nice and clean but a couple questions still remain. How does the screen look under the direct sunlight and are you…
Tomboys in our youth, we always eschewed doll houses but would consider unearthing our Star Wars action figures to set them up in the exquisitely modernist Villa Sibi doll house by Wolfgang Sirch & Christoph Bitzer, made of birch with beech furnishings and plexiglass windows. We’ll probably never live in a real house as nice…
Plextor has announced a new line of what they are calling “shock proof” portable hard drives. There are two models available in 80GB and 120GB capacities with prices at $169 and $260. They have a specially designed silicon jacket bumper that supposedly prevents the drive from crashing when dropped. I’m sure this silicon jacket helps…
If film users didn’t have enough troubles with the digital explosion making traditional cameras practically irrelevant, now they’re going to have to pay more to take pictures. The world’s largest maker of photographic film, Eastman Kodak, said today that it’s going to hike prices on its consumer, professional and movie films to offset the high…
Photographers miffed at some of the bugs in the intriguing but ultimately disappointing Apple Aperture program can try again with the latest version of the application. Released last week, Aperture 1.1 includes a revamped RAW conversion engine that delivers “crisper detail and fewer artifacts,” according to Rob Galbraith of Digital Photography Insights. Along with improved…
As I mentioned before, I’m cleaning out the office and found something that I’ve been putting off for far too long. The EvolutionTV by Miglia is a very cool little device. It’s essentially a USB TV Tuner/DVR for OS X and it works extremely well. Is it a TiVo replacement? Absolutely not, but would make…
Jeff Bravo wrote in to tell us (and therefore you) about his wireless mod for the Guitar Hero controller: An improved upon idea: a redux of the wireless guitar hero controller, this time with perfectly functioning whammy bar, rechargeable NiMH pack onboard which can be charged from the PS2’s built-in USB ports (for charging, and/or…
OhGizmo’s Andrew Liszewski took the Phlash Universal Cameraphone Flash for a spin, using it to add flash capabilities to his Motorola RAZR. He says it works as promised, illuminating a meter outwards so you can do things like photograph your NES in a dark room (what he did, before and after above) or drunkenly take…
The next-gen console war is brewing! Can you hear the sweet percolation of multi-billion dollar corporations battling for marketshare? Such beautiful music. Here’s a slice of what happened at Kotaku this week. Sony’s PlayStation 3 is doomed for failure. In fact, I’m pretty sure they’re going to cancel it. Oh you want reasons? Well, first…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Memcorp are recalling 102,000 battery packs that are in Disney branded portable DVD players. The battery packs overheat and can cause property or skin damage. These crappy DVD players have a 3-inch screen and are sold at the Disney theme parks and the Disney catalog from April 2005 to…