Saturday, January 9, 2010

Mobile

Google’s Nexus One Costs $US174.15

9:55PM January 9, 2010 | Brian Lam

Google Nexus One Carries $US174.15 Materials Cost, iSuppli Teardown Reveals El Segundo, Calif., January 8, 2010-With its new Nexus One, Google Inc. has taken many of the latest smart-phone innovations and combined them in a single product that manages to be both cutting edge and cost competitive, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli Corp. More »


Gadgets

Happy Moments At CES

7:00PM January 9, 2010 | Brian Lam

Through the photonic assault, I saw a patch of green in a booth. I walked up and touched it. The grass, it was real, and cool and fresh for the moment. I could not have smiled more broadly. Happy Moments… More »


The Smallest World Map In The Planet

5:40PM January 9, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

Behold the smallest world map, created by the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University-IMEC. Its scale is one trillionth. That’s a 40,000-kilometer equator reduced to 40 micrometer, half the width of a human hair. More »


MSI Projector PC Beams Those Word Documents Out At 1080p

3:14PM January 9, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

MSI took the humble projector and added the guts of a PC, making – are you ready for this? – THE PROJECTOR PC. Connect it to a keyboard, chuck in a mouse, and beam your Excel on your dog. Or whatever. More »


Mobile

Touch Revolution Nimble Landline Phone: Android For Office Drones

3:00PM January 9, 2010 | John Herrman

Android in washing machines! Android in tablets! Android in… a desk phone? If you’re still plugged into a landline all day at work, your next phone might just run Google’s smartphone OS. More »


Online

Take Typeface Personality Quiz, Experience Self Discovery

3:00PM January 9, 2010 | Adrian Covert

I normally bristle at personality quizzes for their asinine generalisations and overall lameness. But I have to respect the creativity of this video test that Fast Company discovered. Helvetica nerds, this is for you. More »


Gadgets

The Best Stuff We Saw At CES Today

3:00PM January 9, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

We know it’s tough keeping up with all the CES craziness. To help you cope, we updated our recap of the coolest stuff we’ve seen at CES: [Gizmodo's Best of CES]


Computing

Notion Ink Adam Pixel Qi Tablet/Ereader Hands On

2:41PM January 9, 2010 | John Herrman

Housed in a wooden, painted prototype case, the Notion Ink Adam tablet is rough. But with Pixel Qi dual-mode screen tech on one arm and Nvidia’s Tegra 2 on the other, it’s one of the most exciting devices at CES. More »


Hands On: Phubby Wristband iPhone Holder

2:30PM January 9, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

Some people like to use those armband gadget holders that hit about bicep level. But what if you love your iPhone so much, you want it to feel your heart beating? You need a wristband holder. Thanks, Phubby. More »


Software

Apple’s Been Working On A Multitouch iWork

2:06PM January 9, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Interesting factoid from a former Apple designer, buried in a NYT piece about the tablet deluge at CES: Apple’s “spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork”. Man, would that make the Apple tablet unfun. [NYT]