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Sources have confirmed to Think Secret that the new, “true” video iPod will be featuring a 4-inch display rather than the 3.5-inch display that has been previously speculated. This iPod is being rumored for a late-March or early-April announcement, but this could be pushed back pending Apple’s negotiation with the movie industry to include full-length…
Valentina Vuksic has taken one out of the Gizmodo book and has created a sound mixer that gets its beats from dying hard drives. If you recall, Gizmodo had a Hard Drive Dying Track Contest back in January. Vuksics project, called Harddisko, involves special microphones being attached to the heads of decased, defective hard drives.…
As an avid iPod fan and beanie wearer I shall give this product a seal of approval. This acrylic beanie stores the Shuffle and the cords neatly inside. And because the beanie will cover the ears of most wearers, then you will get a barrage of people talking to you without knowing you can’t hear…
As if there weren’t too many iPod speakers around already, such as this one, or this one, or this one, or this one, IXOS has released the Round Sound Stereo System. It’s packing four speakers and is compatible with all iPods except for that poor, lonely shuffle. Besides its striking good looks, it s cheap,…
Remember the Logic 3 Keyboard attachment for the PSP that we mentioned damn near a year ago? After a year of little to no development the project has been canned. Logic is saying that Sony did not provide enough information regarding the command protocols for the PSP. Regardless, a good quality keyboard accessory is still…
As the absolute last day of PMA dawned, our intrepid PMA Live reporter said goodbye to the big camera-fest and what he called the Land of the Giant Rat. Back home at a fancy mid-town venue, TiVo s CEO flogs another idea to censor kids in their parents absence. Smiles all around as Low End…
Toshiba New Zealand let Craig Pringle take their new M400 Tablet PC out for a spin last month and he’s posted a detailed hands-on review on his blog, complete with photos. Pringle says he’s been using mostly tablets for the past year so he should know what he’s talking about; he’s pleased with the M400…
Taiwan’s Antig Technology and AVC Corp will be showing off a fuel cell for laptops at next week’s CeBIT Trade Show. They’re saying their fuel cell is production-ready and can go into laptops by the second half of this year. While we here at Gizmodo love the idea of anything that allows us to stay…
What is it with luxury today? Here we have a $3,500 gold- and diamond-encrusted USB key for the U.A.E. Sheik who has everything. Made by White Lake, this monster will come in sizes of up to 1GB, but that really doesn’t matter, does it. “This product will open new markets for us,” said White Lake…
The V570 costs $399. The V570 with diamonds costs $20,000. I’m thinking I’m sticking with the Best Buy price. Apparently, they’re giving these out at the Oscars to the Best Actress Nominees including Reese Witherspoon, Charlize Theron, Keira Knightley, and Felicity Huffman. Stars aren’t like us. They have diamonds embedded in their cheap consumer electronics.…
Who need an Apple Hi-Fi? It can’t even go in the bathtub with you. This waterproof box has small speaker and a connection for the headphone jack to turn your iPod into a small boombox. Even though it does actually float I would still be reluctant to toss my beloved iPod into the water. It…
I keep seeing these things at all of the trade shows, but DLMag took a moment to really try them out. They even shot some video. The Z800 creates a virtual 105-inch display in front of your face and includes stereo earbuds. The next product is the X800, a headset designed for 3D and gaming.…
Car kits are a tricky thing. Nobody wants something in their car that looks like a hunk of electronics and nobody wants wires and cigarette lighter dongles webbing up the seats. Luckily, many manufactures, including Nokia and Motorola, have made some nice progress in creating good-looking car kits that won’t look like a hunk of…
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The “Calvin Klein” of cellphones, Frank Nuovo, is ceding to Alastair Curtis as Nokia’s head designer. Curtis currently heads the emerging markets handset design team for Nokia. Nuovo created Nokia’s original designs, including many models with interchangable face plates and hidden antennas. Analysts believe that the move was spurred by increased competition from Sony Ericsson,…
If you’ve always wanted a pink phone to call your very own but for some reason neither the hot pink nor baby pink editions of Motorola’s clamshell RAZR V3c did it for you, maybe you’ll like the candybar goodness of the pink SLVR L6. It’s super thin, has Bluetooth and runs iTunes, but alas, only…
Chris Seibold of Apple Matters points out that today is the 19th anniversary of the launch of Apple’s groundbreaking Mac II—it was the very first Mac with color capabilities! The basic model came with a floppy drive and shipped for $3,898; you could get the fancy pants version (1 MB of RAM, a floppy drive,…
Hybrid Technologies has almost finished building what it calls the Hybrid Living Home, a concept house that shows off hundreds of energy-saving and smart-home features. Using wind turbines, solar energy, earth tubes and high-tech electrical storage, the house is designed to be completely self-sufficient, achieving that holy grail that’s known as being off the grid.…
If you ve snoozed through one-too-many alarms and then way overslept, Bim Bam Banana s Puzzle Alarm Clock will give you a quick intelligence test that is bound to wake you up before it will stop its incessant honking. As soon as you can assemble the four puzzle pieces that are popped up into the…
A standout at CES was Belkin s CableFree USB Hub, which the company said would be available in April, but now says that release has been pushed back to early July. Belkin attributes the late release to general manufacturing delays. Enabled by Freescale s ultra wideband (UWB) technology, it was to be the first shipping…