The T-Mobile G1′s lack of battery life has always been a concern, especially after we learned about its data roaming issues. Seido’s new battery combats this problem without the need for a new cover.
Are you still watching television in standard def? How humiliating. Because Brother has just announced the world’s first sewing machine with a built-in camera to display your work on an “HD” screen.
According to The Nikkei, Toyota is working on more than just a Prius with a solar panel to run the A/C. They are designing a completely solar-powered car…though they intend to cheat a bit.
So much for biometrics and immigration security: A South Korean woman managed to fool a million-dollar fingerprint reading machine in Japanese border controls using a simple piece of tape stuck to her fingers.
The iPhone Dev Team has updated yellowsn0w, the iPhone 3G software unlock program, to version 0.9.4. It’s still a beta, but it has worked for me after some fiddling. Using Vodafone now. [Gizmodo coverage]
It’s no surprise that Kobe Bryant is a huge game film addict, but the LA Times’s look at the tech Kobe uses to feed himself massive amounts of video daily is a great read.
And we have come full circle: Nintendo puts games into watches, the march of technology replaces watches with mobile phones, developer sneaks classic Game & Watch apps onto the iPhone. Rejoice, but make it fast.
While I’ve always preferred encapsulating my hot dogs in a black crust of carcinogens prior to ingestion, there are others of you who prefer a slow roasted wiener…preferably involving a spaceship in some way.
In case your self-esteem has gotten too high, you should check out a small collection of work by Disney artist Stef Kardos—all of it made on the iPhone’s touchscreen.
Google has figured out that it can save money by getting product ideas from users rather than engineers. After all, you can’t pay engineers in “shout outs” on their blogs like their offering for users.
