Sunday, October 5, 2008
Phones
Official BlackBerry Storm Documents Leaked
12:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | The sneaksters over at Boy Genius Report have somehow gotten their hands on an official Powerpoint presentation of the soon-to-be-released BlackBerry Storm. This is evidently a Verizon property, since the wallpaper on all the Storms is their signature red V, but no mention of price or release date. Still, some good shots and a lot of info, including new stuff on media syncing, touch typing, and more, for those waiting for the touchscreen wonder. [BGR] More »
Peripherals
Beer-Filled USB Drive Raises Disturbing Questions
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Gadgets like this Beer-Filled USB Flash Drive really make me question the basics. More than my first-year university philosophy class did, anyway. Existential angst, the downfall of western civilization, and “customisable floaties” after the jump. More »
Computers
Apple’s ‘Brick’ is a Revolutionary Aluminium Manufacturing Process?
10:12AM Jason Chen | 9to5 Mac has gone on record as saying that the rumoured Apple Brick isn’t a product, but a manufacturing process that can make high quality aluminium shells. The “brick” part comes in because the supposed technique carves these MacBook casings with lasers and high pressure water jets out of bricks of aluminium, making for a seamless and screwless design. Whether or not it’s true is still left to be seen, but one benefit would mean that there would be no need to bend metal (which creates weak spots). Again, no idea if this is legit, but 9 to 5 Mac has a fairly decent track record, which they conveniently point out at the end of their post. [9 to 5 Mac] More »
Online
T-Mobile Launches G1 Emulator to Pass the Time until October 22nd
10:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | If you can’t wait for the T-Mobile G1’s release, or just couldnt figure out if it’s available or not and missed your chance to pre-order, T-Mobile has released a pretty full-featured emulator to play around with. It doesn’t have everything (GPS is missing and a few functions just give an error message) but it’ll give you a good taste of what’s to come on October 22nd. [Cell Phone Signal via Engadget Mobile] More »
Games
DSi Will Peacefully Coexist with the DS Lite on U.S. Store Shelves
9:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The recently-announced Nintendo DSi will not, as confirmed by a Nintendo spokesperson, replace the DS Lite in the U.S. Her reasoning? The DS Lite is in half of all Japanese households, but only a fifth of U.S. households. Apparently this kind of whirlwind success actually means there is “huge untapped potential” for the Lite, so Nintendo is going to let the two brothers sit side by side, at least for awhile. [Kotaku] More »
Home
Panasonic Smart Home Probably Won’t Try to Kill You like HAL 9000
8:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Panasonic demoed their Smart Home concept at CEATEC this week. Smart Home seems to be an integrated system that controls the electronics in your house, from lighting to air conditioning to multimedia. Even the television will slide to follow you around, which actually looks sort of creepy and desperate. More »
Software
Giant iPhone Display Runs OS X (This Time, At Least)
7:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Eagle-eyed reader Phelipe Hamoui snapped these shots of the giant iPhone display in Hong Kong running Mac OS X. This marks a nice change from that embarrassing little slip-up that revealed a U.S. display was running (gasp upon gasp!) Windows XP. So take a deep breath, Mac Army. Everything’s gonna be okay. [- Thanks, Phelipe!] More »
Screens
Pioneer 3D Floating Vision: Half Wii, Half Surface, All 3D
6:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | Pioneer showed off their new Floating Vision technology at CEATEC this year. It’s a system of layers: first, an LCD with built-in computer, then an array of 3D lenses, and finally the “space sensor,” or virtual screen, where you can wave your fingers around and watch the 3D animations react accordingly. But the space sensor can also distinguish between and interact with different objects, like the Microsoft Surface: hold your phone under a falling object, say, and it’ll appear on your phone’s screen with a coupon for that item. Second video after the jump. More »
Weapons
Slow Motion Tank Shot Shows How Its Destructive Power Works
5:00AM Jesus Diaz | This terrifying slow motion video shows the destructive power of a tank canister shot, blazing across an entire battlefield. It’s so spectacularly crystal-clear that you can easily understand why it is one of the most feared weapons by infantry soldiers. The canister shot is not new, however. This simple and incredibly effective technology has been wreaking havoc in ground fronts since the Napoleonic Wars. More »
Hardware
