Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Software

Evernote, The Android Note App You Need, Is Here

7:50PM December 16, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

Even in beta, we highlighted Evernote as one of Android’s essential apps. It takes notes, recordings and photos, and syncs them online instantly so they’re available anywhere. It’s final and should be showing up in the Marketplace later today. More »


Software

A Crappy Apple-Approved Video Recording App For Old iPhones

7:28PM December 16, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

What’s this? Apple approved a video recording app for the iPhone 3G and iPhone OldGee? Like, for the App Store? Yeah, it’s called iVideoCamera and it’s $1.19. It’s pretty crappy. OK, really crappy. More »


Fake Steve Jobs: YOU’RE Irresponsible And Pointless

7:18PM December 16, 2009 | Fake Steve Jobs

Consider this fact: AT&T, a huge wireless provider in the United States, cannot reliably connect calls in New York City. [Fake Steve]


The Ice-Cream Sandwich Bench

7:06PM December 16, 2009 | Brian Lam

Jellio’s bench looks like an ice-cream sandwich, but is just a couch covered in brown canvas and white velvet. At 122cm long, it’s $US950. [Jellio via Core77]


Mobile

Blade Runner Estate Upset Over The Google Nexus One’s Name

6:45PM December 16, 2009 | Brian Lam

Google’s Nexus One has been interpreted by some press as a title inspired by the Nexus series of androids in the Blade Runner movie. Creator Philip K. Dick’s daughter, Isa, says, “We were never consulted, no requests were made, and we didn’t grant any sort of permissions.” She is consulting her legal counsel over the matter. [NYT]


Gadgets

Remainders – The Good, Bad And Ugly Things We Didn’t Post

5:00PM December 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

In today’s very special episode of Gizmodo Remainders, Microsoft admits to plagiarism, Comcast unveils a streaming video service, and stop reading this right now because you could develop nearsightedness. Plus, does anyone actually use McDonald’s Wi-Fi? More »


Cameras

Canon DSLR Suffers 900m Fall, Camera And Lens Still Work

4:20PM December 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

A photographer strapped a Canon Rebel XT to his helmet while skydiving, but instead of capturing some great airborne shots, it fell off his helmet and plummeted 900m to the ground. Unbelievably, it survived. More »


Mobile

Trade Your Old Phones For Chickens

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4:01PM December 16, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Yes, that’s right. Your old phones – the ones that are sitting around your home doing nothing but gathering dust – can be exchanged for live chickens thanks to MobileMuster and Oxfam. The catch is that you don’t get to keep the chicken – it’s instead donated to a family in Laos. More »


Beautiful Lego In Hoth Photos Have Me In Total Awe

3:50PM December 16, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

These are not the biggerest of Lego spaceships nor an impossible balancing act. It’s just Lego Star Wars perfectly photographed using a very clever, and deceitfully simple technique. This is how the expert Finnish photographer Avanaut did it. More »


Software

Official Bing App Hits The iPhone

3:00PM December 16, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Microsoft’s search engine Bing, despite its similarities to Arby’s, is pretty great – and now it’s come to the iTunes App Store to invade iPhones and iPods Touch. More »