We always feature amazing architecture here in Gizmodo. Sometimes truly spectacular. Sometimes intriguing. Sometimes minimalist and perfect. Sometimes simply beautiful. This horror from China doesn’t fall into any of those categories.
Acer said they’d churn out one Android phone by the end of the year; that was all the way back in April, and they’ve since taken their relationship with Google’s OS to the next level. (But not too far!) It’d be far from crazy, then, for the company to hit a September release date, as is now being claimed by Digitimes. Anything new exciting and new to report about this phone, guys?
We’re usually excited to get clued in on new product launches, but this vague tease from Sony Ericsson doesn’t help us out much. Is it the Rachael? The Kiki? Release dates for some boring old feature phones? Something else entirely?
Presumably aimed at tweens who want one of those cool all-touch devices without paining their parents with a data plan, the Samsung Highlight features an admittedly cute design and a teeny touchscreen.
God knows how the people at Latestbuy managed to convince the clenchers in Canberra that selling a gun which shoots shots of alcohol was a good idea. But they must have, because they’re selling it now.
Everybody Loves a Corpse-Eating Robot…Nobody Loves 1.8″ Hard Drives…Everex Is Dead (Wait, Who?)…Guns N’ Roses N’ Piracy Don’t Mix…
David over at Kotaku has a great interview with Xbox Australia’s marketing manager Jeremy Hinton about Microsoft’s upcoming 1080p Video Marketplace. Considering we’ve been waiting for years to get a video on demand service for our Xbox, it sounds like it’s going to be an awesome service, provided we can get those data restrictions from ISPs sorted out…
Cory Doctorow has a piece in The Guardian explaining why it’s awfully dumb for a theatre to confiscate mobile phones at a preview screening: Nobody’s pirating movies with a mobile phone, and real leaks come from inside the industry.
I think I and quite a few others have had this idea before, but some crazy Russians have actually built a 10-foot, stationary hamster ball for humans that translates movement to on-screen action.
I’ve spent the morning being interviewed by Toyota for the new Prius website. It was fun, but it meant that the Wrap sort of became a lunch thing. So here’s today’s lunch wrap:
Google Plans Three More Android Updates This Year, Named After Decreasingly Popular Desserts Mmm. Donuts and Flan…
Lightning Review: Panasonic Quadraphonic Turntable And GE 8-Track Receiver Wow, that’s a blast from the past.
Microsoft Outlines The Rules For Windows 7 RC Upgrading And guess what? It won’t be easy. Thanks, early adopters!
Apple I: The Start Of Something Huge No, that isn’t a refernce to Jobs’ ego.
Ballmer Goes Nuts Again, Confused As To What Type Of Venue He’s At Man, I love this guy.
