Engadget’s secret sources report that Apple’s John Geleynse recently proclaimed the iPhone to be a “gaming console” and potentially a threat to the Nintendo DS.
Intel released survey results that attempt to measure the place of Internet access in both men’s and women’s lists of priorities, and found that it’s more important than any other nonessential purchase.
American Toy and Invention Co. is selling a kit that’ll let you build, implode, and rebuild a multi-story structure that looks strangely enough like the 5th Avenue Apple flagship retail space. I’m sure it teaches about the physics of demolition, but hey! Stuff’s blowing up! Stuff with iPods inside!
The ironists over at Formatmag have taken 20 classic hip-hop albums and Lego-fied them, making famous grumpy scowlers like The Game and Nas into everyone’s favourite tiny plastic figurines.
Engadget got themselves a United Keys OLED Keypad, which may remind you of a crappier Optimus Aux keypad. And, well, they found it to be a crappier Optimus Aux keypad.
Analysts Medialets found the top Android apps based on downloads, rating, and number of comments. It’s a slightly limited mix of games, social networking, and audio tools, but Android’s still just a baby.
This must take the record for the trippiest data-centre build anywhere, ever: It’s an old nuclear bunker 30 metres below central Stockholm, and its new conversion for one of Sweden’s biggest ISPs has made it truly 007-worthy. Check it: it has simulated daylight, greenhouses and waterfalls, there’re German submarine engines rigged as emergency backup generators, plus there’s 1.5 megawatts of cooling for the servers. Oh, and it can survive a hydrogen bomb attack. galleryPost('pionen', 3, '');
Apparently created for police detectives, construction workers, or anyone with zero sense of fashion and/or shame, the e-Volve Gadget Shoulder Holster is just that: A shoulder holster which, according to the manufacturer, “is designed to evolve and adapt to the reality of constant state of change in personal electronics by enabling you to wear your present and future gadgets”. Yes, it does all that. It has been engineered to “access your gadgets quickly,” like if your iPhone was Chuck Norris’ revolver. But make no fun of this, because this thing does it all:
You may have fond childhood memories of sitting around a campfire, telling ghost stories while cramming your mouth full of charry, molten sugar with little abandon. And you’d be right to reminisce. Roasting marshmallows around a fire is one of the few unornamented pleasures of this world. But tell me, dear reader: Does it really beat the sterile environment of an electrical laboratory? Here’s the clip:
newVideoPlayer("/chinaterm.flv", 506, 388,""); We’ve covered how companies in China borrow inspiration from gadget makers and architects, as well as how they can be prissy about obeying copyright laws, so I guess making copycat cartoons is kind of par for the course. Here’s the newest trailer of a Chinese TV series called Hyperwiz, a 3D vaguely anime-styled cartoon with cars, trucks and helicopters that transform into cars. Wait, don’t you mean?… Yes, it’s a ripoff of Transformers, complete with Autobots and Decepticons, and characters called Ironhide and Bonecrusher. Optimus Prime would not be pleased. [Youku]
