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Sprint CEO: Android Is Not Good Enough for Sprint (Yet) [Android] 25 October 2008 at 3:30 pm by admin

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/500px-android-logosvg.png” width=”494″ height=”494″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /CEO Dan Hesse, whom you may remember from those classy black-and-white commercials on the teevee, recently told the National Press Club that as it stands, he doesn’t think Android is “good enough to put the Sprint brand on it.” Sure, he probably just meant that he’d like to see a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5068743/t+mobile-g1s-pop3imap-email-is-down”Android’s kinks/a ironed out before Sprint puts out a handset of their own, since he a href=”http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gphone/analysis-googles-android-phone-and-the-four-carriers-319127.php”has committed/a to support Google’s OS in the future. It’s a little surprising coming from Sprint, given their close ties with HTC, but once Android gets a little more polished, we’re sure Sprint will jump into the fray. [a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/mediafile/2008/10/24/sprint-android-not-good-enough-yet/"Reuters/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ DSi Camera and Sound Demoed, Found Strange [Clips] By admin 25 October 2008 at 1:15 pm and have No Comments

pobject width=”494″ height=”417″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/l4–c8RJXyshl=enfs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/l4–c8RJXyshl=enfs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”494″ height=”417″/embed/objectThe new a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5057873/nintendo-dsi-boosts-screen-size-adds-camera-and-audio-player”DSi /awill not only feature a camera and SD-based music player, but some robust supporting software known as DSi Camera and DSi Sound. Demoed in these two clips, what can we say? Apparently, the only thing that’s been missing from the DS Lite was a way to turn an attractive Japanese model’s face into Sloth from emThe Goonies/em./p pobject width=”494″ height=”417″param name=”movie” value=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W11N3R3yM0khl=enfs=1″/paramparam name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”/paramembed src=”http://www.youtube.com/v/W11N3R3yM0khl=enfs=1″ type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”494″ height=”417″/embed/objectIn all fairness, the photo features seem like they could be fun, especially for the younger demographic. But is the core Nintendo fanbase really clamoring to listen to music at 20X speed and frequencies that only a dog can hear properly? [viaa href="http://gonintendo.com/?p=60736" GoNintendo/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ R/C Pinball Probably Sounded Like a Good Idea [Pinball] By admin 25 October 2008 at 12:30 pm and have No Comments

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/techball.jpg” align=”left” hspace=”4″ vspace=”2″ style=”display:block;” /We’re not sure that there was anything particularly broken about pinball, but this Remote Controlled Upright Pinball machine attempts to reinvent the genre. Featuring LEDs and “hidden tunnels,” you play the game through an R/C remote from distances up to 20 feet (…if you can see the ball from that far away). But in spite of the wall-mountable space-conscious design, the longer we stare at the machine, the more we realize it’s a cheap abomination of the pinball tradition. If the game rocks your world, it’s $120. [a href="http://www.hammacher.com/publish/75899.asp#"Hammacher Schlemmer/a via a href="http://www.geekalerts.com/remote-controlled-upright-pinball/"Geek Alerts/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ Microsoft Still Has a Vista Problem [Microsoft] By admin 24 October 2008 at 7:30 pm and have No Comments

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/microsoftvista.jpg” width=”494″ height=”273″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /Microsoft’s earnings were surprisingly solidmdash;another reassurance the world isn’t quite melting to the coremdash;with a revenue of $15.1 billion (beating Wall Street’s expecations) and profits of $4.37 billion. Notably, however, it’s still not selling enough Windows Vista./p pSure, more people a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5052051/microsofts-im-a-pc-ad-beats-seinfeld-but-not-hodgman”might be PCs lately/a, but they’re other, less profitable versions. Microsoft makes about $70 per Vista PC, but less than half of that on a netbook Windows license, which now makes up more of the Windows mix than ever. So the Windows division actually saw a 4 percent drop in operating income for the quarter. And it’s likely not going to get better with a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5067298/windows-7-to-debut-by-mid+2009″Windows 7 looming/a so conspicously on the horizon. [a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/microsofts-vista-problem-by-the-numbers/"Bits/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ Surprise: Microsoft Surface Costs More Than Expected [Surface] By admin 24 October 2008 at 6:50 pm and have No Comments

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/tableexpensive.jpg” width=”494″ height=”332″ style=”display:block;float:none;” /When Microsoft announced a href=”http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/touch-me/microsoft-surface-confirmed-touch+sensitive-10k-minority-report-table-264338.php”its Surface multitouch computer/a, we knew it’d be a toy for a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5068137/snl-giant-election-touchmap-shows-giant-maverick-cat-taking-over-midwest”well-funded, respectable news outlets/a long before Joe the Plumbers, since it was going to cost $10,000. Turns out, it actually costs more like $13,500. That’s with a 10 percent discount! Microsoft is still expecting good ol’ economies of scale to kick in to help fulfill its dream of fancy coffee tables a href=”http://gizmodo.com/5063541/microsoft-survey-hints-at-oahu-surface-multitouch-table-at-consumer-prices”in every home/a, but uh, you might want to hang on to that iPhone or something if you want the multitouch future anytime soon. [a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10073929-56.html"Cnet/a via a href="http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39529036,00.htm?r=3"ZD Net/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ Thunder Stun Gun: 750,000 Volts for 13 Bucks [Taser] By admin 24 October 2008 at 6:30 pm and have No Comments

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/thunder-stun-200000_01.jpg” height=”227″ width=”250″ align=”left” hspace=”4″ vspace=”2″/You know, there are certain things you just shouldn’t cheap out onmdash;headphones, condoms, HDTVs, and I’m guessing stun guns. But since it’s emprobably/em more of a risk for the guy you’re zapping, why not? The Thunder Stun delivers 200,000-750,000 volts for just 13 bucks. I’m sure it’ll be fine, really. What could possibly go horribly, horribly wrong? [A href="http://www.surpluscomputers.com/Thunder_Stun_200_000_Volt_Stun/CES11442/partinfo-id-348178.html"Surplus Computers/a via a href="http://www.geardiary.com/2008/10/24/dont-tase-me-bro-thunder-stun-200000-volt-stun-gun-13/"Gear Diary/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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+ BlackBerry Web Signals: NYT, Fox News and Other Objective News Pushed to Your Phone [BlackBerry] By admin 24 October 2008 at 5:10 pm and have No Comments

pimg src=”http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2008/10/bbsignals.jpg” height=”334″ width=”200″ align=”left” hspace=”4″ vspace=”2″/Announced a couple days ago at the BlackBerry Developers Conference, BlackBerry Web Signals drops customizable push content on your phone from most news sources under the sun: New York Times, Fox News, Reuters, Accuweather and more. Once you’re set up, Web Signals will push news straight to your BlackBerrymdash;since you know, news the economy is actually in great shape could arrive at any minute. [a href="http://www.mobile.blackberry.com/"BlackBerry/a via a href="http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/24/blackberry-web-signals-launches/"BGR/a]/p br style=”clear: both;”/
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