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Digital TV Change Over Date Moved to June 12

Brian Lam — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:02:02 +0000

It’s official: The digital TV change over date is now June 12. [B&C]

Looking for Australian iPhone pricing?

Chris Janz — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:00:00 +0000

Here’s the lowdown on Telstra, Vodafone and Optus (Caps, Post-paid and Pre-paid). Tonight Nick cover the world’s first sales from Auckland, while Seamus will be at the Sydney launch.

Verizon Offers Discount Bundle to Those Who Don’t Want a Landline

Sean Fallon — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:20:00 +0000

There are few reasons to maintain a landline phone these days, which is why Verizon will offer a US$8 to US$12 discount per month to landline-free wireless customers who sign on for internet or TV service with their new Flex Double Play bundle. Wireless customers that tack on DSL service with downloads at 3 Mbps and FiOS at up to 20 Mbps are eligible for the discount. Futhermore, adding FiOS TV to the package increases the savings by another US$8 per month. The plan is set to roll out next week. [Eagle Herald]

Giz’s Memorial Day Cameraphone Photo Contest

Adam Frucci — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:40:00 +0000

This weekend is Memorial Day, so you know what that means: an extra day off from work, grilling meats and getting drunk in the early afternoon. Yes, the beginning of summer is a beautiful, beautiful thing. But we want to give you a little challenge for this weekend, which looks set up to provide pretty great weather over much of the country. We’re going to have a little photo contest, challenging you to take the best outdoor/summer shots you can using only your cameraphone.

We’re looking for either nice compositions in the artistic sense or something that will make us laugh. The only rules are that the pictures have to be taken outside and they have to be taken with a cameraphone. Send your best pics to contests@gizmodo.com with “summer shots” in the subject line and I’ll run a gallery of the best entries next Tuesday, providing a bright spot on an otherwise horrible, hungover day of work. Get to it!

WiMax Mobile Phones From Sprint Later This Year

Matt Buchanan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:00:34 +0000

During the earnings call where Sprint got to chat about bleeding $29.5 billion this past quarter (thanks to the Nextel merger), CEO Dan Hesse confirmed that they’ll be releasing dual CDMA/WiMax handsets sometime this year—the first solid word they’d be packing WiMax in phones. Question: Do you care? [mocoNews]

Xbox 360 HD-DVD Player Now Just $50

Nick Broughall — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 05:02:03 +0000

I know we reported on this earlier, but Logan over at Kotaku AU has confirmed that Australian Xbox 360 HD DVD drives are now just $50 here as well. That means we still get it cheaper than the US, what with exchange rates and all. I hope Apple is paying attention to this turn of events…

[Kotaku AU]

Vista SP1 on February 15th?

Sean Fallon — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 01:00:23 +0000

A DRAM spokesperson from a company called Nanya believes that Vista SP1 will hit the street on Feb. 15th. PC World followed up with a phone call to Microsoft but they only confirmed a Q1 release. [Digitimes and PC World]

iPhone Already Set for SDK-Baked Apps

Brian Lam — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:49:00 +0000

iPhone dev Nate True took a looksy inside the iPhone’s most recent firmware, and found that version 1.1.3 is already ready for SDK-developed applications, including widget support. Makes sense, but it’s good to know, too. [Cre.ations.net]

Gizmodo US Edition — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:25:13 +0000

Our sister site Jalopnik is ripping through the Detroit Auto Show with diesel in their veins. Check ‘em out.

Off the shelves

Adrian Covert — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:22:54 +0000

Sprint halted sales of the LG Rumour due to a firmware update that inadvertently reveals a data-erasing debug mode. Spring is offering free repair to those affected, offer over the air updates to unaffected owners, and resume sales when the firmware issue is fixed.