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Rejoice! Italians have made something else good that’s not an exotic sports car or food. Presenting Sebatiano the pencil holder. This hunk of plastic comes in the form of a fat man lying down getting pencils jabbed into him. Your pencils can now be held by impaling them into his gut where they will stay…
Microsoft is saying thank you to Xbox Live users with the Xbox Live Diamond Card. This cute piece of plastic wil apparently net you discounts in participating stores and restaurants such as McDonalds, Ticketmaster, and Timberland. It’s 100% free to those Xbox Live users who have already prepaid for one year of service. The card…
Looks like Motorola wants a phone that looks like the PEBL and RAZR had a kid on steroids. The A1200 is still in development stages, but it might be released as soon as January. Some features include a nice 2MP camera, business card scanning abilities, POP3/IMAP4/SMTP email, and a 2.4″ 240 320-pixel QVGA TFT screen. This…
Samsung unveiled the SPH-H1000 DMB/WiBro phone at an exhibition in Korea. Not only is it a wireless broadband receiver, but it can handle VOIP, too. The screen is a 2.2-inch QVGA 262k, and along with received DMB satellite broadcasts there is a TV-out port for connecting to a larger screen. The camera comes in 2-…
This beast is essentially a WiBro-compatible PDA with a DMB satellite TV tuner and what appears to be a pituitary problem. It also has video out. I’m not sure if this is PDA or a PMP or maybe… just maybe… this is a convergence device. WiBro is a wireless broadband technology that’s rolling out in…
This Sharp AQUOS 20-inch flat panel TV is just waiting to be awarded to the person who builds the best gingerbread-inspired edible Gizmodo house. Trouble is, we have received just 3 entries. Now, I have no problem with those odds—but given the huge response to contests Gizmodo has run in the past for much less…
As we see from this picture, even the old and infirm can enjoy a fine gaming chair. This white-haired man and his bare, sad feet, is actually ensconced quite comfortably in a DIY driving chair. The creators pulled a 1996 Diamonte passenger seat and built a steel chassis. They painted that bugger, slapped on a…
This Japan-only Dragonball Z game hooks straight into the TV and has a small camera that picks up hand motion, thanks to these grey strips called Dragonhands. It looks kind of like DDR, only for very emotive people. Hold your hand in an open palm to block, make a fist to punch and place both…
Reader Ken saw the story about the indestructible audio player and wanted to share his own amazing experience. https://gizmodo.com/estarlabs-monolith-premium-mx7000-takes-a-beating-and-t-144692 One morning, Ken woke to a horrible sight: his Dalmatian went MAD—MAD we tell ya!—and chewed up an iAudio X5, resulting in the damage you see before you. What horror! What pain! Will they put the…
This thing is actually a rebadged Pentax * st DL but it’s proof that Pentax and Samsung are in cahoots and will be making some very interesting products—first for Korea and then, hopefully, for the rest of us punks. Not a lot of info yet, but let’s keep our eye on this. Maybe some of…
We’re usually cold, heartless, and snarky over here, but today is the day before Christmas Eve, so here’s a tearjerker for you from reader Jason proving that even enforced scarcity can’t beat down the spirit of giving: Grand Rapids, Michigan — 12/22/05 After reading the post about the next Best Buy shipment, I decided to…
What’s the holiday season without your favorite carols rendered as vintage Moog synth sounds? Or French synth composer legend Jean Jacques Perrey (who gave us the music for Disneyland’s Electric Light Parade) dressed up in a Santa suit? It’d be a sad holiday, indeed. Now show these crazy kids today with their video iPods and…
Lenovo is taking over where IBM left off with Thinkpads, taking them to the next level by designing these crazy things with the contemporary techie in mind. The laptop has a detachable keyboard and a screen that can be flipped around to different angles to replicate standard laptops. Pointless? Pretty much. Still looks cool, though,…
If you can get over the name, you might actually get some really good use out of this little gadget. The USB Phonebook Flasher plugs one end into your mobile phone and another into a USB port for one-touch backups for your address book. It’s probably the most valuable tool ever for someone who uses…
At first glace this appeared to be one of those keyboards designed for kids so they can have a grand ol’ time smashing the keys, but after further investigation, this keyboard appears to be for adults and has a new layout. It’s the same 53-key keyboard that showed up earlier this year, but apparently the…
Are you a toilet poweruser? Do you eat chili twice a day just to get your scat on? Then maybe this toilet seat will appeal to you. Newcomer Brondell has created a $549 toilet seat with shitloads (teehee) of features. Heated seat, washing mechanism to clean your rear, warm-air dry, and remote control are some…
Aving has some pictures of this new Samsung phone that’s taking the world by storm. Actually it isn t taking the world by storm, but it has a hell of a lot of features that are pretty unique and could make for a bomb, or a flop. Get ready for the official name, this is…
Have you ever heard of Shaking Baby Syndrome for Adults? Probably not, because it hasn t been invented, until now. eDimensional is releasing a set of force feedback headphones that will fulfill your desire to be punched in the head and have your brain bounced around the inside of your skull like a pinball machine.…
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Asus may be a bit behind but the company is finally coming out with its very first slider phone. This is the Asus V70, an MP3-enabled slider phone that supports MPEG4, 3GP, H.263, MIDI, 1.8-inch TFT screen, 1.3-megapixel camera and has an integrated FM tuner. The phone costs 360 bones straight up, so hopefully it’ll…