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It seems Bell Canada up in the Great White North leaked some information on the first ever EV-DO Blackberry on its business site. According to the leaked specs, the 7130e is a phone-style CDMA Blackberry with the same squished keypad and Bluetooth as the rest of the 7100 series. Plus it also has a 65k…
LG Electronics just announced the CE500, a clamshell phone with a built-in MP3 player. Cingular’s the carrier, and Best Buy will be the exclusive retailer for a limited time. The CE500 comes with a TransFlash memory port, dual speakers with 3D stereo sound, a VGA camera/video recorder with flash, tri-band and EDGE capabilities, a POP3…
If you miss stuffing yourself into one of those curtained booths to take photos that always came out looking awful, you’ll really appreciate the My Photo Booth Polaroid camera ($35). Of course, it’s really made for kids, but you don’t have to tell anyone if you really dig it. It’s got a little mirror and…
If you’re into nature and walking around outdoors, even jogging, the lightcap is the ultimate gadget for you. I go jogging at night a lot and don’t like lugging a lot of crap around, but sometimes I go down streets without streetlights and it gets annoying after tripping over so many branches and bushes. The…
Today’s DAP Headlines: A bit of a quiet day in DAP land, this fine Wednesday. Sony presents an expensive version of their successful NW-5/6 concept, the NW-608 SI (Special Edition) and we’ve encountered two rare DAP species: Gacme’s GM-X600 and a panda bear-shaped MP3 player (made by a company called “Kiwi”). Sony’s NW-608 SI (or…
Feast your eyes on the newest Swiss invention: Coffee-beer, a “fermented coffee beverage” that has been patented in every major market around the world by Nestac (part of the Nestle empire). The beverage is basically a super-caffeinated liquid that pours like a beer but smells like coffee. No alcohol included. To make it, coffee beans…
The HTC Muse is the latest HTC phone to come out and pack a huge punch in traditional HTC fashion. Designed as a music phone, the Muse will be running Windows Mobile 5.0, will be triband 3.5G (EDGE, UTMS, and more), and will feature a 65k color 240×240 screen. Aside from the lame screen, you…
Arvel Corporations will be releasing a new groundbreaking product. They managed to take the two most overcrowded gadget categories and combine them into a sick twist deformed bastard gadget child. It is a combination wireless mouse and USB flash memory. The receiver acts as both the USB flash drive and also the receiver for the…
Gizmodo is pleased to introduce its new Tokyo bureau chief, Yongfook. Many of you may be familiar with his work as a crappy Japanese snack food critic. He will now be turning his tastebuds to consumer electronics. His first report is from the opening the Xbox 360 lounge in Harajuku. As part of the Xbox…
So there’s a $29.99 PSP mod chip out there that lets you play any UMD movie, hook up a USB hard drive, and it makes girls like you. All it requires is for an intrepid modder to crack the case and put the chip in without even soldering anything. Anyone who has tried to chip…
Nice work by i4u in bringing us video of the N92 AKA the TV one. Looks like a cute little bugger. Live Video of Nokia N92 DVB-H TV Mobile Phone [i4u]
As DIY projects go, this is one of the oddest I’ve seen in eons. The fellow pictured above didn’t like the sound quality of his Skype connection, and apparently didn’t want to buy a good $30-$60 headset. So he took a pair of Grado headphones, which are the ne plus ultra of consumer ear cans.…
Stuff like this JackPC is a little high concept for the average hAX0r but it seems like an interesting little tool. It’s basically a thin client PC with USB and VGA-out as well as some audio jacks. Plug it into an Ethernet port and it basically can be used as a virtual computer in a…
This isn t too spectacular of a gadget, but it is definitely handy. As a man that uses an iPod with the FM transmitter in transit this could definitely be useful. Finding a place to sit my iPod that will not disrupt the signal and allow easy accessibility while I’m eating dinner, shaving, brushing my…
The Logitech QuickCam By Brendan I. Koerner The Pitch Various real-life folks—as opposed to actors—teleconference with the aid of Logitech’s QuickCam. In one spot, a father and daughter make playful farting noises while mommy, presumably on a business trip, semi-disapprovingly watches on her laptop; in another, an aging frat boy reluctantly takes yoga instruction from…
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Just when I thought nothing could ever top the Swiss Army Knife with the hybrid USB key, Swissbit has come up with the s.beat, a Swiss Army knife with a built-in MP3 player. It’ll be available in 1, 2, and 4GB capacities, and support MP3, WMA, even OGG Vorbis. As if that’s not enough, there…
Now that next generation DVD is a reality, Hollywood is getting even more nervous about piracy. So it’s no surprise that a new technology for copyright protection has been floated at a conference held by the international DVD Forum in Paris. The new system actually works with the soundtrack of movies rather than the video…
The iLounge team never ceases to amaze: they have created a 106-page, glossy magazine quality iPod gear guide. The hefty PDF download is worth it, because it covers everything — headphones, speakers, cases, docks, batteries, voice recorders and wireless add-ons. There are a few pages worth of sneak-peeks like a funky Klipsch iJam boombox and…
The original plan was for Dell to bring its direct-to-consumer, low-cost selling kung-fu to consumer electronics retailing. Uh, time for Plan B now that traditional CE stores like Best Buy and Circuit City have categorically schooled Dell in the art of selling digital cameras, music players, and TVs. [Wall St. Journal (reg)] A group of…