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Just got the 770 here at the ranch and I’m tooling around a bit with it. At first glance, it’s a bit bigger than I expected, about 5 inches across. It’s very thin and light and very austere—not too many buttons, not too many ports. There’s a power port on the bottom, a mini-USB port,…
Can you gift me now? By Carlo Longino It’s that time of year again when gadget lust can be easily justified simply as hankering to fill a holiday gift list. In case you’ve had any trouble coming up with any suitable suggestions from the mobile realm, or can’t think of anything for that cell-crazed person…
Straight outta Korea is the MPker, a mobile phone speaker set that packs a nice little punch and has a sexy silver design. The MPker starts off more like a flat rectangle then expands to reveal the dock and speakers. It fits what looks like Samsung phones and some other models as well. Controls are…
This mockup of an Apple iPhone was conceived by Isamu Sanada, a Japanese graphic designer and Mac fan. But hell, if you ask me, it looks like a 2-year-old could snap this thing in half and use it as cymbals. Sure, it’s sleek, but I’m kind of tired of using that as a constant adjective…
Kotaku’s Japan editor Brian Ashcraft is still giddy from having attended the Digital Interactive Entertainment Conference where he hobnobbed with Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and Nintendo demigod Shigeru Miyamoto. There wasn’t much news out of the conference, but Bushnell did let the world know he thinks Nintendo’s going in the right direction with the Revolution,…
You know it’s ugly out there when these pictures count for big news. These particular blurry re-pros are from a flyer that will be distributed at the Creative Festival Sales in Singapore, December 9-11, showing a “hip” guy messing with a green and white player that may (or may not) be the already-reported Creative digital…
Freeline Skates are quite the interesting hybrid. Take a skateboard, snap it in half, make the halves into skates, and you’ve pretty much got the idea. The skates allow you to move in a way that is a cross between skating and rollerblading. You stand on them like a skateboard, yet move your legs like…
This is the holiday season. Tech industry news is just about dead this week, and we’re seeing a serious lack of cool widgets and wadgets out there. To prove this, we found a story from the Agence France-Presse which states, in no uncertain terms, that we ‘Mericans like to do it in the can. By…
After much chatter and anticipation, Panasonic has finally started production of dual-layer 50GB Blu-ray discs. Ok, so actually, they’re calling it a “pilot production”—but hell, if something gets made and they can call it rabbit hunting I’m fine as long as it’s in high def. This tech miracle is taking place at the Japanese company’s…
This is by no means in production, going into production, or being developed, but it’s a big concept and we like it! The Ecocycle is a hybrid utility vehicle that starts off as a garbage truck with recycling capability. Then it can convert to either an ambulance or a fire truck. No, it’s not a…
This leaked last Friday, but we wanted to regurgitate it for all you little birdies to munch on. Looks like the FCC has cleared the Nokia 6305i, the first of it’s EV-DO products for the US market. A slider phone with 1.3 megapixel camera and stereo speakers, it doesn’t seem to come with the usual…
Looks like someone has been playing “A Boy and his Blob” for Nintendo a little too much. This speaker was designed by David Ellis for Kitty EX in Japan and looks like the result of a sexual union between Hello Kitty and a deformed marshmallow. Either way, the speaker is tuned more for fashion than…
This is the HS-RSS, a concept for cellphone photo printing. Add one of those telephoto lenses and you’re a 2-megapixel Ansel Adams. Seriously, though, let’s say we start getting cellphones that take pictures worth looking at (image stabilization would help). Would you print photos from a cameraphone? https://gizmodo.com/telephoto-lens-for-your-phone-141114 Too cool for your phone [Gadget Madness]
Made by Winzz, the iFace takes after the hugely popular changeable faceplate movement which started with cellphones back in the day. (Admit it, you had your huge Nokia phone with the butterfly faceplate that you used to play snake on.) iFace costs $25 for the initial black case which isn’t too bad for a decent…
You kind of liked the idea of that TEAC turntable that could rip vinyl right into a CD (though many of you seemed to wonder why it took so long for the combo to be marketed together), so you may also want to take a looksie at ION’s ITTUSB. This USB turntable is being touted…
Robert Byers probably didn’t play through one whole game before bringing a class action lawsuit against Microsoft’s Xbox 360. This Chicago man’s proposed class action claims: The company was so intent on releasing the Xbox 360 before competing next-generation machines from Sony Corp. and Nintendo Co Ltd. that it sold a “defectively designed” product. Basically,…
The iTunes Music Store keeps coming with the hits lately. NBC has added a ton of old shows to the catalog including Knight Rider, Adam-12, Dragnet, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Looks like NBC is offering a show from each decade from the 1950s on, just to make sure Dad gets his Dragnet, and your older…
Do you have trouble remembering to pop your pills? Unitech has created a drug dispenser that sends a warning signal saying, “Here is your medicine. Don’t forget to take it.” And it keeps saying that until you take the correct dosage out of the tray. Obviously this is a handy device for elderly folks who…
This is a photo from the Xbox 360 launch event in Korea. Where did those badass case covers come from? See the one with the astroturf and soccer ball on top of the power button? Scoooorrrreee! [Thanks Jimmy!]
NTT Docomo is launching the SH902i on Dec. 9th, earlier than expected. It features a 3.16-megapixel CCD camera and automatic focus. The electronic payment wallet function includes face recognition security. And as with most new phones in Japan it has the full browser NetFront to view standard websites (file download maximum 500KB, picture upload up…