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We first heard whispers of this in May, but it appears things are shaping up at RIM. Their new gadget, super gadget nicknamed the “Electron,” is on its way. The form of the new gadget will be the same, but the Electron will support EDGE, EVDO GSM and CDMA technologies, plus it will include integrated…
Evildoers beware: cellphone vigilantes are taking back the streets. [Globe and Mail] The iPod Nano: is there anything it can’t do? [New York Times (reg)] The iPod accessory market isn’t too shabby either. [Sacramento Bee] iTunes snuggles up to video podcasts; iPods still don’t get to play. [Wall St. Journal (reg)] The LA Times has…
Pimp out your brand new iPod Nano with the Griffin Tunebox for the iPod Shuffle. This hack shows how the Nano fits snugly into this speaker system originally designed for its slimmer, screen less cousin. One great use for this that’s already been tried is to turn it into a bedside alarm clock. Since its…
Combining two rights sometimes makes a wrong. This Israeli designer united a table with a computer keyboard to create the “CompTable”. C’mon the name is even boring. This project is the true amalgamation of the “desktop” with the computer, even to the point where the screen is too unimportant to be included. Its white finish…
With this new fangled Apple nano device some questions are beginning to arise. Is large format flash the new storage solution? Some people, including Chang-Gyi Hwang, president and CEO of Samsung, believe so. Mainly, Hwang wants to cash in on the flash craze with his 16 Gbps NAND chip that can hold up to 32GB.…
This is too easy. It’s like taking candy from a baby. Having nuclear weapons just a couple of blocks up the road have obviously made the South Koreans a little dodgy in the head. Because, I tell ya, as much as I’ve been searching for a portable bidet in general (and look, it’s called Charming),…
The iPod nano hasn’t been out a week and already there are a kajillion third-party cases for the tiny player. Speck, maker of the iGuy, just announced a grand total of nine cases—just for the nano, making them the largest seller of cases for the iPod nano so far (they claim). Here’s the skin-filled lineup:…
Look out Intel, Airgo Networks Inc. says it has developed a new wireless chip that is four times faster than the WiFi chip you are using right now. Being touted as a sort of silver bullet to the wireless world, Airgo’s MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) chips could actually exceed the speed of wired networks,…
Let’s consider the following events: Gillette has created a razor with 5 blades and we discover a blog dedicated to shavers and shaving. Both of these items are unusual, at best, but the conjunction of both of these at the same time is like watching a solar eclipse—if I didn’t have two millennia of scientific…
Samsung has recently announced what seems to be a humongous Blu-Ray compatible machine with — check this — a 400GB hard drive. And if that’s not enough to get you drooling, it’ll also apparently have wireless 802.11G for all that lovely video streaming you’re likely to do over the home network. We wish we could…
I could have done without ViewSonic’s “Go XTREME” tagline in their introduction of the latest 19″ VX series LCD monitor, but I can’t blame ’em either —the average video response time for the VX924 is an amazing 3ms, allowing for smooth full-motion video perfect for movies and gaming. The monitor also features 1280 x 1024…
Man, kids today have all the luck (and I’m not just saying that because I feel old and crotchety). First they get tailored-for-kids cellphones and video cameras, now we have Hasbro churning out an entire entertainment system that’s kid-friendly. We’re talking a fully-working projector with built-in DVD player here people. The Hasbro Zoombox DVD Entertainment…
Okay, so we were off by a few days — the official launch dates for the XBox 360 has been announced and here’s the scoop: It’ll be out in the U.S. on November 22, in Europe on December 2, and in Japan on December 10, which is definitely timed right for the holiday season. Some…
People always say smoking isn t cool, but if you are using one of these ashtrays you are definitely a hipster in my book. Those crafty new age designers over at 366cm designed these trays out of old phonecards.That way when you are dying of lung cancer you can flatten the tray and make one…
I am a man that loves his toast browned evenly, no burnt edges. The one thing severely plaguing my toaster experiences is the dead silence, as I sit and wait on the toast, butter in hand, saliva pooling in my mouth. Well somebody out there in the electronics manufacturing world really loves me and has…
Having clothes made out of pine cones would be sweet, and painful at the same time. Well, this clothing isn t made out of pinecones per se, but the idea of how pinecones work. The University of Bath and London College of Fashion are researching and designing biometric clothes. When it is cold and/or raining…
I just love that this handbag is made out of those crazy old pneumatic tube transport things that banks used to use when you rolled up to do a little business. The ATM has made them all but obsolete—actually, it’s made them completely obsolete—and designer Carrie Scott decided to buy up a bunch of them…
Figured you would want to see these high-fashion PSP cases. They go on sale in europe next month—for those who can afford such extravagance. The picture above is of the Lulu Guinness lipstick clutch. More photos after the jump… Adidas/Missy E. Anna Sui Calvin Klein L.A.M.B. Maharishi Peter Som Tommy Hilfiger Fendi
Bidding on the Gizmodo items in the Hurricane Relief Auction is now closed. But there are plenty of other great things on the block—including an i-mate JAM and a rare white Samsung P207 that you cannot buy in stores. We’ve raised over $4k for the Red Cross so far! Head over to Phonescoop for all…
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