Archive for September, 2009

Apple Genius Bar: iPhones’ 30% Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

5c9eea3d42genius Apple Genius Bar: iPhones 30% Call Drop Is "Normal" in New YorkHow utterly shitty is the iPhone on AT&T in the New York area? The average iPhone drops 30 percent of all calls. And that’s considered acceptable by Apple.

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Leaked Courier Video Shows How We’ll Actually Use It

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

b38dbb2c2fiii 01 Leaked Courier Video Shows How Well Actually Use ItMicrosoft’s Courier booklet was surprising, mostly because it was so far outside of what everybody now expects from a tablet. This internal video shows how Microsoft thinks we’ll use Courier.

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Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords With Wireless Charging

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

cabf46fdb2latz8 Dell Latitude Z Hands On: Kills Cords With Wireless ChargingSomeone at Dell must have tripped over some wires and after cleaning up the bloody gash came up with the $2,000 anti-cord Latitude Z: It has wireless charging and wirelessly connects to displays too.

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Bluetooth Headphone Battlemodo: The Best Isn’t the Best

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

5749c170ccbttop Bluetooth Headphone Battlemodo: The Best Isnt the BestChances are, your phone—yes, even your iPhone—supports Stereo Bluetooth, but not that many people actually use the feature. We’ve gathered up the best A2DP headphones to either a) figure out why, or b) ask, why not?

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PSPgo Review: PSP Goes Nowhere You Haven’t Been

Monday, September 28th, 2009

2c12447995g 6936 PSPgo Review: PSP Goes Nowhere You Havent BeenFour years ago I got married to the most wonderful woman in the world. The evening before the wedding she knocked on my hotel room door and handed me a surprise wrapped package. It was the original PSP.

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AT&T’s iPhone MMS Carrier Update Is Live

Monday, September 28th, 2009

ee2530d349update AT&Ts iPhone MMS Carrier Update Is LiveThe AT&T iPhone update to enable MMS just hit for us, so check your iTunes to see if you have it too. Just plug in your iPhone and hit the “Check for Update” button.

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Waking Up On Mars: Australia’s Bizarre Dust Storm

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

216127c1d2tstorm Waking Up On Mars: Australias Bizarre Dust StormI woke up Wednesday (Tuesday U.S. time), to a scene from Total Recall. Sydney had been blanketed by an apocalyptic glowing red dust storm. Red from iron-oxide: rust. And if I couldn’t breathe, my tech gear wouldn’t like this either…

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Giz Gallery ‘09 Walkthrough: What You’re Missing

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Gizmodo Gallery ‘09 is in full swing in NYC, open regular now through Sunday. If you haven’t swung by—or just can’t because it’s too far away—here are some of the attractions and interactions that you’re missing:

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The Week In iPhone Apps: Happy MMS Day, Everyone

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

687745ebdctopszz The Week In iPhone Apps: Happy MMS Day, EveryoneLet’s take a second to reflect upon how far we’ve come, from phone owners without the near-decade-old service that people don’t really use that much, to people with it. That far! In other, slightly more scheduled iPhone news: some apps!

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iRex DR800SG Hands On: An Ebook Reader, Unchained

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

b23d6e64c9top 01 iRex DR800SG Hands On: An Ebook Reader, UnchainedAs more and more companies roll out more and more ebook readers, it’s becoming clear that this isn’t really a hardware game. Sure, the iRex DR800SG is a slim, minimalist 8.1-inch e-reader, but it’s the software that’ll make it great.

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