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How do you say “bling bling” in German? [Blich Blich, Mutterbumser – ed.] I don’t know, thankfully. But I think Minox does – the “MINOX DC4211 Gold” is indeed plated with real 24 karat gold. If you thought that was over the top, Minox even went and added three 0.2 karat diamonds to the grip…
NTT DoCoMo has launched a newer, uglier version of their Premini phones, this time called the Premini-S (for elephantitiS, I think). Although a little bigger than its predecessor in size, the new Premini-S weighs about the same—the main difference seems to be that it’s a cheaper “consumer” model. It’s too bad, too, because the original…
Thank god this day finally came. Not only does SpaceShip One win the X-Prize, but the trio of “boy blogs” published by shadowy Dr.Claw-type Nick Denton—my boss and mortal enemy—have finally launched. Seriously, it’s been like nine years since they said they were going to launch them and I’ve had to keep all extra quiet…
Hey, this guy got a Motorola V3 Razr for just $40! Pretty amazing, but he’s got proof—you can see it right there in the… picture… I took. Hrm, maybe that’s why he took down the auction already. I wonder if anybody got snookered, and more importantly, how much of that money do I get? (Thanks,…
I4U reviews an odd little flash player, the Truly MP301, which looks a lot like a PDA, but as you can tell from the picture, isn’t nearly the same size (although that hand does look sort of ginormous). That 1.5-inch color screen can’t do a whole lot, but can display BMPs and JPGs, which could…
Eric Thauvin tries out the Nokia 7610—an import, but we’ll see it here soon enough (on Cingular I believe)—and comes away fairly impressed, although he admits right out that he doesn’t have a lot of experience with previous Series 60 phones. It seems the 7610 is very much oriented around Nokia’s LifeBlog software, which isn’t…
Although the article sort of tromps all over the place, taking the whole ‘gadgets as fashion’ angle, the leader in this NYTimes bit is a new line of MP3 players from Damon Dash, the man behind hip-hop syndicate Roc-A-Fella Records. Called ‘Roc Digital,’ one of these first products will be the ‘Rocbox,’ a black (or…
Looks like a new trend in hotels and resorts is to offer up a pre-loaded iPod for guests to use during their stay. Some places, like the Las Ventanas al Paraiso in Los Cabos, Mexico, gives poolside guests loaded iPods for maxing and/or relaxing, while a hotel in Hong Kong hands out iPod minis to…
The Chatterbox XB1 looks like a seriously useful audio communications hub for motorcyclists. Not only can you route most any audio device into the XB1, including audio-outs from GPS units and cellular phones, but stereos and Push-to-Talk devices as well. And the best part? You can pair the XB1 with one of the newly-announced Bluetooth…
There’s a new Portable Media Player from PuMP/Digital-Square/Digital Cube (seriously, I have no idea) called the i-Station PMP-1000, a hard disk-based unit that can play back a variety of video and audio formats, including Xvid, OGG Vorbis, and AAC. Not only that, but the 3.5-inch video screen is also touch-sensitive, so that’s nice. I wouldn’t…
Topobo is an experimental building system developed by Hayes Solos Raffle and Amanda J. Parkes at MIT’s Media Lab that adds motion with memory to traditional building blocks. After ‘teaching’ the forms you build how to move, the blocks will memorize the movements and repeat them back, allowing you to create a kinetic sculpture with…
Looks like Best Buy is getting into the rebranding game, with plans to sell an in-store brand of LCD televisions, PCs, DVD players and more detailed in this article on CNet. The new brand will be known as “Insignia,” an inspired name if I’ve ever heard one (BADGE—A Name You Can Trust to Mean Something).…
I’m sort of surprised nobody else has made something like these SmartJoy FRAG adapters to let you use PS2 and USB mice and keyboards on your Xbox or Playstation 2. The thing is, I’m fairly sure that each game will have to have mouse drivers included—I don’t think they’re inherent to the game consoles themselves.…
JVC has announced a new Interlink sub-notebook, the MP-XP741, with a ultra-low voltage Pentium M processor, tri-band Wi-Fi (a/b/g), and a 1,024 by 600 pixel screen. Edit: The Pentium M is at 1.1GHz, not 733MHz as I had stated earlier. Hello, coffee! Should be available in November via your favorite Japanese import shop. Press Release…
The world-famous Gizmodo Buzz Index this week compares AT&T Wireless’ ogo, Motorola’s A630 and IMfree, and the Sidekick II. While these devices vary widely in price and implementation, I went ahead and compared them on the grounds that they all have those small keyboards—thumbpads—and sell themselves heavily on the merit of their instant messaging abilities.…
Good morning, internet friends. PalmOne announced the Tungsten T5 this morning, and while it’s definitely got some interesting features, it is sort of disappointing on the whole. The new T5 ditches the slider form factor of the T3 for a more traditional tablet, simply because sales of the non-slider Tungsten E have been better—their best-selling…
Do-it-yourself home security gurus will likely be frothing at the mouth when they hear about Sanyo’s new “Hovica” series of webcams. Though Sony had a similar announcement earlier in the week, but the “Hovica” series offers features far beyond those of the Sony, and even at a cheaper price. On the Hovica, you of course…
I was paging through the winners of this year’s “Good Design Mark” award, and I happened upon this unannounced Panasonic MP3/WMA player. Since it hasn’t been announced by Panasonic yet, details are slim about the “SV-MP500V” and “SV-MP510V.” But we do know that they will be available in 128MB and 256MB capacity, and have a…
The “Official” UK Playstation Magazine has what they think is the inside scoop on the Sony PSP pricing structure. I’ll say this: it would be very good of them to offer a $200 version. No official word from Sony, though, so salt liberally. A strap with built-in headphones is interesting, though, as is the removable…
Monday September 27th, 2004 Toshiba Announces 60GB Gigabeat with Color Screen Bose SoundDock for iPod AT&T Wireless OGO Officially Announced Mad Catz Announces First DS Accessories Olympus Evolt E-300 DSLR and More HP iPod Content Week Two https://gizmodo.com/toshiba-announces-60gb-gigabeat-with-color-screen-22075 Tuesday September 28th, 2004 Pollsters Ignore Cell Phones Epson P-2000 Photo Fine Player Kenwood Fineline VRS-N8100 Ships…