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If you recall, earlier this week we mentioned the Pimpstar LED Rims that can display any image on your rims, wirelessly. Well, the video of these rims in action has finally graced YouTube and word around da’ hood is that they will cost $12,000. https://gizmodo.com/pimpstar-led-car-rims-162990 Pimpstar LED Rims
If you thought the Hello Kitty USB Flash Memory Drive we showed you two weeks ago was cute but just not pink enough, you’ll be happy to know that IO Data is also selling this Charmmy Kitty 256 USB Flash Memory Drive. https://gizmodo.com/hello-kitty-flash-memory-drive-160737 And don’t even think of giving us the “Charmmy who?” line like…
Photo lighting systems range from massively expensive to outrageously expensive. I know there are a few other there for $99 and whatnot, but this entire system costs $75, a steal at twice the price. What we have here are a set of hot lights on a tripod with blue-tinted photography bulbs, a diffuser made of…
Nokia unveiled three new entry-level phones at the Nokia Experience Mobility 2006 event in Chongqing, China today: the Nokia 2610, 2310 and 1112. All three are candybars, have big keys and speakerphones but no cameras, as they’re all geared towards first-time owners in certain markets like China, India, South-East Asia and Africa where penetration levels…
Phone wallet functionality has been going strong in Asia for some time now. But here in the U.S. of A. it’s still a wish list item—or at least it used to be. Last week the folks from Obopay dropped by to show off their new app, which lets you access and transfer money from mobile…
Just in from the Messe, a sort of CES for European audio geeks, is a device that packs a museum’s worth of vintage recording gear into a cute, handheld FireWire unit. Plug it into your computer, and you can add 32 simultaneous channels of vintage compressors and equalizers into your mix. (So no more of…
Not quite sure what to make of this, but rumor has it that Palm is working on a Linux-based OS for their handhelds and smartphones, thereby confusing and potentially impressing us. The first clue was that Palm has been looking for Linux developers since last year and now there is a specific listing for a…
We could have told you this would happen a year ago, but people are just getting it into their heads that UMD movies are failing. While they are fine for video games—who cares what the media looks like?—they’re a horrible choice for movies. Movies, on the whole, are purchased once and played at home. Therefore,…
Oh, Newsweek, always on the cutting edge! Your “How geeky are you?” quiz in the latest issue did make us tittle, but here are some questions you missed after the jump. Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser. Gawker Media…
Private Labels: Scourge or Menace? By Brendan I. Koerner I don’t know “Navin R. Johnson”, the pseudonymous Gizmodo commenter who swiped his handle from the classic 1979 Steve Martin vehicle The Jerk. But I still love Navin like a fat kid loves cake, thanks to the comment he appended to last week’s column. Somewhat inspired…
Even if you didn’t get excited over the Disney laptops and MP3 players we told you about two weeks ago, you’ve got to admit these new Disney USB drive keychains are pretty darn cute. Donald and Daisy aren’t quite our style but we’d totally use the Stitch and Toy Story Alien ones if they ever…
Not long ago, taking a shower involved just turning the knobs on a couple of plumbing fixtures and waiting for the water to heat up. Now Kohler takes that simple task to the next level with DTV (Digital Thermostatic Valve), a waterproof control panel that lets you dial up the exact temperature of your shower.…
Samsung gets the right idea with the SBH-300 Anycall Bluetooth MP3 player. Its wireless headset can be used for phone calls, too, if you hook it up to a Bluetooth-enabled phone. The SBH-300 has 2GB of internal memory to store your tunes, plus you can slip in a microSD memory card for more. It also…
We love the World’s Smallest Dishwasher as much as you did and were considering ordering one, so we were extremely bummed to find out that it’s out of stock and no longer in production. Reader David was kind enough to forward the email he got from Christopher, the owner of goodcommonsense.net: https://gizmodo.com/worlds-smallest-dishwasher-163655 We would love…
Samsung announced the SCH-V850, a versatile cellphone that has GPS, a 1.3-megapixel camera, plays MP3s, can do EVDO data transfer, and records and plays back video. Oh, yeah, and it can make phone calls, too. Its GPS navigation system uses the NATE Drive service, which works like a navigation system in a car, helping you…
Well, there’s apparently a big to-do coming up this weekend. It’s Apple’s 30th Birthday and we’re starting to hear some rumors. First off, there’s the touchscreen iPod. Oh, ho ho. What a wonder that will be. This has a 80-85% chance of actually appearing, and is one of the things I would love to see.…
Nintendo’s upcoming Revolution gaming platform, which is rumored to be officially named “Go,” may not go as fast as had been originally hoped, at least if you believe the numbers that were dug up by ign.com. The website obtained updated documentation, showing the IBM “Broadway” CPU that powers the box will run at 729MHz. That’s…
There’s a bit of subtle humor in these hand-blown Sommelier Wine Glasses, replicas of those everyday plastic cups that are handed out at keggers and beer bashes in trailer parks and college campuses all over the world. Only difference is, these have a stem, and they’re intricately crafted in Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic of artisan…
Plextor helpfully tries to save you from yourself with its PX-SP portable hard drives, swathed in cushy silicone to protect them from life’s little accidents. They’re bus-powered via USB 2.0, and available in capacities of 80GB and 120GB. Comparable to slip covers on a vinyl couch, the drive’s protective silicone surface is protected with a…
“The new iGoatse is the definitive skin for your iPod. There are no words to describe it. And you know why.” Besides the angry pink you see above, iGoatse can also be seen in equally lurid shades of green and blue. Dull cream and gray also, but we feel that bright colors are best, to…
