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Sony has officially released some details about the PS3, which include seven Bluetooth 2.0 compliant controllers, and six USB slots — of which you can plug in your favorite keyboard and mouse. With these two additions, Sony is definitely making a play at the PC gaming market; even the representative said something about being able…
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UberGizmo has the scoop on two new Navman GPS devices; the iCN320 and iCN550. They’ll be released in Europe in about two weeks, and the Europe-centric map on an included MMC card is reflective of that (if and when these make it to the US, we’ll assume that they’ll be replaced with US maps). Features…
‘Sup, y’all! What it is? Do you feel what I am sayin’ to you? Hitachi has informed us, yo, that mini-hard drives are the new ice, feel me? And you sportin’ mad-gigs on your jizeans will make you a big playa in da hood. And we also learn that electronics and cell phone resellers—ahem… Boost—…
Gizmodo reads reviews so you don’t have to. This week: the Kodak EasyShare V550 and Creative Zen Touch. Kodak EasyShare V550 Price: $345-$399 Sleek, stylish and easy-to-use, the new 5 megapixel Kodak EasyShare V550 “brings some much-needed style to Kodak’s line of point-and-shoot cameras.” For $400, you get a 3X zoom lens, AF-assist lamp, and…
With Rio finally out of the picture (RIP buddy) Sony may actually have a fighting chance to get some sells in the primarily Apple only MP3 player market. This is Sony’s fourth adventure into HDD based MP3 players, and it is actually a decent player. This is a 20GB model and has roughly the dimensions…
87 centimetersmillimeters! Can you believe it? That’s 3 inches—or 21 dog inches— of pure phone power. This wee Samsung E888 is actually a welcome return to the tiny phones of yore. It comes with a strange reversible 1-megapixel camera and the keypad pops out like the Nokias of yore. Quite a nice departure from the…
Today’s DAP Headlines: Ever wanted your iPod to boast a simple, elegant, and fruity look? Your wishes can come true with Griffin’s new Chameleon line of cases. We’ve reported on the 60 GB brick known as the Incoder HD E1, which shows that slapping a wheel controller on the front doesn’t automatically make it look…
Space is the place. But how can you get there on your tired drum machine or keyboard? You need the ElectroKraft Lunar Module, which features multiple photo-sensor light portholes for Theremin-like control. Wave your hands through the air, and you can play your instruments like never before. The box is a handmade creation of Long…
Only a sick freak named ‘Papa Bert’ would make something like this. The “Sippin’ Seat” is a stadium seat that contains a 750mL bladder to hold liquid. A spout allows for easy pouring so you don t have to take your sweaty rear off the seat to enjoy the nectar below. It may just be…
I guess Phillips decided to quit to making products like DAPs, Televisions, and DVD Players and decided to go all out with the pillow market. Researchers basically sewed a bunch of LEDs into a pillow without making it uncomfortable. When it recieves an SMS, the words will scroll across your pillow and you’ll be woken…
We all know that if you own a Mac and plan on becoming the next hip-hop star, you will need Digidesign’s award winning hardware/software combination: ProTools. Well now Digidesign is releasing the Mbox 2, a step up from their original entry level Mbox. It’s of course packed with features and inputs while maintaining simplicity. The…
Begging for an ass kicking from your pals? Grab the Doraephone. Based on the GIGABYTE gx-5 (not to mention the manga comic about a robotic blue cat from the future who has a pocket to the fourth-dimension in his stomach) this phone is decked out in all things annoying. Don’t fret though. Even if you…
The Canadian electronics store Future Shop is holding a “dorm room challenge” in which six strangers spend five days surrounded by gadgets. Before you say, ‘where do I sign up,’ note that the small box is made of glass and sits on the sidewalk in seven different cities. The winner takes everything in the box—flat…
In last month’s episode of “What odd thing is MIT making now” we discovered the jerk-o-meter that analyzed telephonic speech patterns to determine if your “friends” really care about your “life” over the phone. Well this month the crazy MIT kids are making life even more pitiful with one of those Sony robotic dogs. This…
Everything in life is better when it is free, especially torrents of your favorite fetish porn downloading at a blazing 50Mbit/s. Calm down you silly porn-loving American, this is only happening in Germany. Deutsche Telekom apparently has a pocket full of amphetamines. The project, titled Lightspeed, plans to have this new fiber line run to…
There are 480 x 272 reasons to love the PSP. But the well-hidden speakers that can be drowned out by the sound of a liquid-cooled PC are not one of them. That’s why it’s always a pleasure to see someone rigging a set of boosters to the thing. These new PSP speakers by Princeton are…
Awesome news for those stateside who are fidgeting to get their hands on the Nokia 770 “coffee table” PC; the FCC just gave the go-ahead for the Nokia to go into production here. Here’s a brief review of the specs on this thing: the Nokia 770 is sort of like a toned-down tablet PC, made…
The latest launch date rumor for the Xbox 360 is November 25. Yep, that’s the big Black Friday when over-fed consumers everywhere try to burn off Thanksgiving dinner calories by going berserk at malls nationwide. Which probably means this console will sell out faster than you can say Master Chief. Apparently Microsoft delayed the launch…
Mitsubishi’s latest home cinema projector is now available at Best Buy for a kickoff price of $2995. The Home Cinema HC900U has more than 1500 lumens and can project an image of up to 300″, for those larger-than-life moments of your favorite NFL team scoring a touchdown. The press release we got said that it…