Sunday, October 26, 2008
Phones
iPhone 3G Baseband Break-In, Unlock Closer
10:35PM Jesus Diaz | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/apple/iPhone_3G_Unlock_Close_System_Core_Broke_In'; Get ready, because the iPhone 3G unlock is coming to an iPhone 3G near you. The iPhone Dev Team have been able to break in the baseband processor. As you may remember from the first-generation iPhone unlock, this is big news because it means they have access to the core of the system, which gives them the ability to fully manipulate the iPhone 3G hardware and, therefore, unlock it. They gave us all the technical details and posted a demo of it in action: This is a video of a custom application running on the iPhone 3G baseband, which is big news. More »
Phones
Dear iPhone Users, We Somehow Still Don’t Know that You Want Cut and Paste
11:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | AT&T is circulating a survey among some of its longer-term iPhone users with a checklist of features they’d like to see. It’s a follow-up to a similar survey a few months back, and apparently also serves to judge reactions to the 2.1 firmware. Some of the most regular complaints make the list, including picture messaging through MMS, landscape mode for email, a user-replaceable battery, and the all-mighty cut and paste. The survey probably doesn’t imply any kind of imminent changes, but it’s nice to hear that AT&T is trying to listen to what we’ve all been screaming for so long. [AppleInsider] More »
Robots
NASA Working On a Robotic Space Psychologist, Astronauts in Grave Danger
9:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | NASA is set to begin work next month in Boston on a four-year, $US1.74 million project called the Virtual Space Station. The project is supposed to create a program that can independently counsel depressed astronauts by supplying solutions to their typed insecurities. AP writer Jay Lindsay insists that it’s nothing like HAL 9000, and he’s totally right: that was a movie, and this is terrifyingly real. More »
Phones
T-Mobile G1 Security Flaw Found, But It’s All Under Control, People
8:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | A group of security researchers, including former NSA computer security expert Charles A. Miller, has discovered a security flaw in the G1’s web browser. The flaw could allow a hacker to trick a G1 user into visiting a malicious website that could install some nasty bugs on the smartphone (or com). Google was made aware earlier this week, and is working to release a patch to fix the flaw, but Android’s architecture inherently limits such a flaw’s potential damage. More »
Music
Cowon O2 Hands-On: Will Play Your Most Rebellious Media Files
7:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | CNET got their hands on Cowon’s new flash-based PMP, the O2, and they think it’s one of the year’s best dedicated media players. The 4.3-inch touchscreen player has a truly ridiculous list of supported codecs, an SDHC slot to expand its internal 8, 16, or 32GB memory, solid (if not too flashy) GUI, and a surprisingly affordable price: only $US219, $US249, and $US299 respectively. More »
Phones
Sprint CEO: Android Is Not Good Enough for Sprint (Yet)
6:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | CEO Dan Hesse, whom you may remember from those classy black-and-white commercials on the teevee, recently told the National Press Club that as it stands, he doesn’t think Android is “good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.” Sure, he probably just meant that he’d like to see Android’s kinks ironed out before Sprint puts out a handset of their own, since he has committed to support Google’s OS in the future. It’s a little surprising coming from Sprint, given their close ties with HTC, but once Android gets a little more polished, we’re sure Sprint will jump into the fray. [Reuters] More »
Robots
Robot Nation Teaser Looks Entertaining, Maybe Even Poignant
5:45AM Mark Wilson | We honestly haven’t kept up with the television documentary Vanguard or its sponsoring Internet/Cable channel Current TV, but this trailer for their upcoming show Japan: Robot Nation has our interest piqued. We’re digging all of the robots, the ties of said robots to evolving Japanese culture and the overly dramatic score supporting the whole thing. The show doesn’t air until December 10, 10PM EST & 10PM PST on Current TV. But if you’ve got the channel, now might be a good time to set the DVR. Otherwise it’ll probably be viewable on the web at that time, too. Note: We’ve pasted the clip after the jump because the embed code messes with our site. More »
Music
Philips Luxe Bluetooth MP3 Player Is Simultaneously Bare-Bones and Feature-Packed
5:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | The sparkly, diamond-esque Philips Luxe mp3 player is a tale of contradictions. On the one hand, it’s an MP3 player with a mere 2GB of memory, a scant 10 hours of battery life, a one-line LCD screen, and an expected price of around $US90. On the other hand, it’s a feature-packed Bluetooth 2.1 headset, providing 100 hours of standby time, an FM radio, and excellent sound quality. More »
Games
DSi Camera and Sound Demoed, Found Strange
4:15AM Mark Wilson | The new DSi will not only feature a camera and SD-based music player, but some robust supporting software known as DSi Camera and DSi Sound. Demoed in these two clips, what can we say? Apparently, the only thing that’s been missing from the DS Lite was a way to turn an attractive Japanese model’s face into Sloth from The Goonies. More »
Toys
