Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Phones
Giant HTC is Just a Joke, Just Like We Thought
11:47PM Gizmodo US Edition | So it turns out that the huge HTC Magnum actually is, of course, a prank cooked up by the guys at Pocketpt in Portugal as a Carnival stunt. Built from an HTC X7500 and a boring old HP monitor, it seems it got a lot more attention on the intertubes than originally intended. [Pocketlint] More »
Gadgets
Iron Man Uses Dell Servers, Tony Stark Drinks Too Much Bourbon
11:30PM Jesus Diaz | Here’s a batch of 13 new images from the movie about the greatest gadget tinkerer and playboy of all time: Tony Stark, aka Iron Man. And while all of them are great and make our legs shake in anticipation, there’s something wrong going on in there. Let’s review: More »
Peripherals
Intempo BTA-01 Adapter Makes Your iPod Speakers Bluetooth-able
11:25PM Gizmodo US Edition | Slot Intempo’s little dongle into your speaker’s iPod dock, and you can stream music to it from your Bluetooth-ready phone, PC or non-iPod MP3 player. The 61 x 51 x 10mm BTA01 is compatible with any Bluetooth v1.2 device and speakers with standard iPod dock, and has a range of up to 10 metres. Handy if you need a remote music system or if somehow you’ve got an iPod speaker, but no iPod. Available now for £39.99 ($87) [PocketLint] More »
Entertainment
Is This the Ultimate Outdoor Home Theater? Answer: Yes
11:12PM Addy Dugdale | Nestled in the hills above Hollywood is a glass house that boasts one of the coolest open-air home theaters I’ve ever seen. You can flop on one of the sofas and watch a movie on an enormous screen, one of the outer walls of the guesthouse of the Hagy Belzberg-designed Skyline residence. A couple more mouthwatering pics after the jump. More »
Screens
Sony Makes Tiny 3-Inch Bravia TV XDV-D500, Won’t Allow It to Travel Outside Japan
10:16PM Gizmodo US Edition | Sony’s latest, smallest member of the Bravia LCD TV family is, sadly for fans of multicoloured rabbits, destined only for Japan. Shame, as the XDV-D500 sounds good. Find out just how good under the gallery. More »
Announcements
Early Morning Intern Needed For US Site
10:14PM Jesus Diaz | We are looking for an early morning intern, which means someone from Europe or Asia. This is not a writer’s job, although super-interns may eventually become Giz writers, if they are good. Read on for the job description and the requirements: AU: This is for the US Giz site. If you think you’ve got what it takes to cut the mustard, send ‘em your details. More »
Gadgets
Business Card Design Animates With Sliding Trick
9:59PM Gizmodo US Edition | Dutch student Chung Dha Lam (as far as I know, no relation to Blam) has tried to solve the problem of unmemorable business cards by animating his designs with a simple trick. Using a jacket with printed vertical stripes and cards with some cleverly sliced-up images printed on them, Lam’s gizmo animates as you slide the card out of the jacket—easy and effective, as you can see from the video below. More »
Phones
Garmin nuvifone Scenario Video Shows Fabulousness of Phone, Creative Fatigue of Nuvi Marketing Team
9:48PM Addy Dugdale | The nuvifone won’t be available until the third quarter of 2008, but Garmin has already dropped a couple videos showing its product off. One of them is a bit dull, you know the sort of stuff, portentious voiceovers talking about “putting more power in the hands of the people.” The other one, however, is marketing genius, showing three typical Garmin customers, John, Joey and Suzi, and how they would use their phone. GYAC, it’s not John or Joey spending their time shopping and lunching. [NaviGadget] More »
Entertainment
JB7 Digital Jukebox Lets You Rip Your Tunes Without a PC
9:40PM Haroon Malik | 3ga has just announced the JB7 digital jukebox, which allows the user to directly rip CDs to its internal HDD, negating the use for a PC. Standard rip time is less than five minutes, and the JB7 is available in either 40GB (US$586) or 80GB (US$625) flavours. Other features include alarm clock mode, USB connectivity, 30 watts per channel amplifier, remote control and support for various music compression storage formats. Sure, the JB7 is neat, but at those extortionate prices? We think not. [Tech Digest] More »
Peripherals
