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Today’s DAP headlines: Dell introduces the Ditty, a very bland-looking flash DAP. Meanwhile, Tiger Telematics throws some “widescreen Gizmondo” pictures and specs into the arena, the JVC DAPpus anonymous (aka “XA-MP101B”) receives a spanking by CNet and finally the Frenchies were at it again – they’ve shot some pictures of Archos’ new AV500 and 402cc.…
Gear Live’s making some claims that due to a hidden video button in iTunes 5, there may be an upcoming video iPod announcement coming in November. We’ve speculated on video iPods for a couple years now, and frankly we’re getting a little tired of the boy crying wolf. But maybe, just maybe, we’ll get it…
The Moog PianoBar turns your acoustic piano into a MIDI-capable digital instrument. Fit the Scanner Bar over the top of the keys of your baby B sendorfer, and the $1500 device optically reads which notes you’re playing and how hard. It’s good enough for Herbie Hancock and Stevie Wonder, but lowly mortals have been slower…
The Rokr Re-up The Big nano Update Sony Recalls Slim-line Adapters Central Park Gets WiFi-nally Garmin Nuvi 250 Pine Cone Clothes Radio Toaster Gillette 5 Blade Razor Low End Theory: Shelf-Rockin’ Beats The Revolution Controller…finally https://gizmodo.com/the-rokr-re-up-125064
I don’t think I’ve ever coveted anything so badly from ThinkGeek. Anyone who has ever struggled with a typical 5-outlet power strip will tell you that one of their main hindrances is that you can only really fit two or three plugs on it, thanks to today’s bulky power adapters (I myself have two power…
Lifehacker – A Cure for the missing Cell Phone Charger Kotaku – Boomerang PS3 Controller Still “Concept” Screenhead – The Hot Cam Jalopnik – iPods for New Vehicles https://lifehacker.com/a-cure-for-the-missing-cell-phone-charger-126033
In this week’s review roundup: The Gillette Fusion five blade razor, and Nokia 6682 smartphone Gillette Fusion Release Date: Early 2006 Price: $11.99 That’s right my friends, five blades. Count em. FIIIIIIIIVE. Didn’t think it would happen in your lifetime did you? Well, neither did most of us. So how does everyone feel about the…
We Gizmodo geeks, while not unattractive, should not be modeling clothing. With that in mind, I hereby present to you my review of the SeV Sport Tec 4.0 and the SeV Lounge Pants complete with pictorial representations of my own fine ass wearing the latest in geekwear from the inimitable Scott E. Jordan. Warning—Fashion Week…
Today’s DAP headlines: The export-hungry company of Mpio/Digitalway comes up with two new players: the FY-700 and FL-400. Gateway seems to be ready to throw in the towel, DAP-technically speaking. In more uplifting news, Toshiba introduced two fuel cell DAPs – be sure to keep some methanol handy at all times. Closing the rows today…
TiVo has just enabled the video downloads feature on most boxes. It appears you will eventually be able to pay for content, but thus far it’s more of a “download this new music video” kind of stuff. Use this setting to enable a DVR to download TV shows, movies, and other video content from the…
Bathe yourself in hues of orange, yellow, pink, red, or a nice fluorescent white. While we can’t imagine anyone actually needing such a thing (unless you’re convinced of some kind of chromatherapy benefits), some fancy designers have gone ahead and created an LED-lit polyethylene (read: plastic) tub. You can even customize it for a multi-color…
I’m sure you’re all sick of iPod nano this and iPod nano that by now, but we figured this looked cool enough that it merited us talking about it. Colorware, as you all may remember, is that company that custom colors all your favorite Apple products, along with other things like game consoles. Well now…
The FCC recently approved the Nokia 6265i for release here in the states, which means it should be showing up in stores some time soon. The specs and looks of the 6265i is almost the same as the 6265: It’s a dual-band CDMA and AMPS phone with a 2 megapixel camera, 262k color LCD screen,…
As we all know, the hugenormousest news of the day is the new Revolution controller. What is it? A remote? A controller? A remote controller? I’m always wary of controllers with hard edges, but I guess the GBA taught us to embrace the straight line in gaming design. More as we find it. Nintendo Revolution…
The HTC Apache, otherwise known as the PPC-6700, has found a new home with the newly minted Sprint Nextel. They announced the phone today as part of their business lineup, and it packs quite a punch feature-wise. Sounds like the business version of the HTC Univ… uh I mean, I-Mate JasJar. It comes with Windows…
“Sega controls Panasonic” (Ibars 2005) Among certain fetishistic subcultures of the consumer electronics world, there seems to be a common credo: If it s not hackable, it s worthless. Putting this saying to the test is Roger Ibars, a designer-slash-researcher based in London. Ibars work involves hacking into and modding vintage console game controllers and…
Stuck in an airport with CNN yammering on and on in the background? Well, pop in the TerraTech USB TV Tuner and pick up reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond. The TerraTec is a self-contained tuner with software for watching TV on your PC. Interestingly enough, you can also record live video through the tuner and…
Arizona State University students think Verizon Wireless text-to-jumbotron feature is kewl; the race is on to see who can sneak something past the obscenity filter. [Arizona Republic (reg)] Stolen UC Berkeley administrative laptop recovered; 98,000 past and present students say ‘whew!’ [San Francisco Chronicle] Welcome to the 21st century, Hollywood: Disney becomes the first movie…
You can always count on Samsung to have a crazed-looking model holding up the latest in high technology. These phones, SPH-S3900 and SPH-S3950, are sliders with 1.3-megapixel digital cameras, dictionary, and mobile printing ability (?? I think it’s just Bluetooth) come in several frosty colors and are aimed at the more fashion conscious among us.…
Following the same aesthetic as their wireless speakers is Saitek’s new A-350 wireless headphones. It has neodymium in-ear speakers and looks pretty kick-ass with its soft-molded over-ear design. The wireless transmitter has a standard 3.5mm audio jack input and can be connected to any player or stereo, and will transmit up to 10m in range.…