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Apple

Video of the New iMac, Keyboard, and iLife's Best (Plus a Round Up)


Here's a video I took in Cupertino today of the new Apple keyboards, iMacs, and what I consider the best features of iPhoto and iMovie: skimming and...skimming. As for the rest of the day, here are the highlights: more »

11:57 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY BRIAN LAM
5,155 views, 14 comments


The Great Outdoors

Magellan's Triton GPS Features Touch Screen, National Geographic Maps

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Unleash your inner explorer with the adventurous Triton handheld GPS from Magellan. There are six models in total, all sporting QVGA touch screens ( 2.2"or 2.7") that are waterproof up to one meter. Some feature expandable memory via an SD slot alongside a 2-megapixel digital camera and digital audio player. The top-of-the-line Triton 2000 has a 3-way electronic compass and a built in barometer. All the Triton models can be enhanced with National Geographic's own topographical maps, which have never been commercially available on a GPS unit.


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9:36 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY KARSON THOMPSON
1,478 views, 6 comments

Latest by timeywimey: should have called it kryten (or kryton to be different) because I thought kryten was funny on red dwarf!... more


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iPod Gets Mario's Pants

FROM KOTAKU.COM: This is just bizarre, but bizarre in a cute way. The $6, hand-made iPod case has an obvious inspiration in one overweight, Italian plumber, but I just don't like the idea of dressing up an iPod in people clothes.

9:00 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
674 views, 8 comments


Xbox 360 The Halo 3 Limited Edition Xbox 360 console will emerge in September for $399.99. [ Press Release]


Whale Ship

Aeroscraft ML866 Flying Yacht

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Set to be launched next month, the whale-looking Aeros ML866 uses a combination of buoyancy (like a blimp) and lift (like a plane) to cruise comfortably through the air with over 5,000 square feet of interior room, it has more lounge space than some houses. It can take off vertically, without taking up runway time at crowded airports. And although this thing is designed to fit a "business center" with video conferencing, I'm actually thinking it deserves a swimming pool with adjoining hot tub, and a few of those 103-inch plasmas from Panasonic. The downside is a rated 120 knots of top speed, which means a world tour on this baby wouldn't be nearly as quick as it would be roomy. [ GizMag]

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8:31 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY BRIAN LAM
6,141 views, 41 comments

Latest by Balance_In_Life: Top Level Specifications: Maximum Speed 155 mph - - - 250 kmh Cruise Speed 0-120 mph - - - 0-193 kph Operating Altitude... more


Cellphones

Nokia Prism Line Is Official, Still Goofy Looking

nokiaprismsbig.jpg I don't know how carving a bunch of geometric lines in a phone helps a company "tap into the cultural zeitgeist," but that's what Nokia is claiming their now-official line of Prism phones does. The lower-end 7500 is your basic multimedia phone complete with music player (MP3/AAC/WMA), 2-megapixel camera and Opera Mini for web browsing via EGPRS/GPRS. The 7900 improves on its predecessor by offering dual band 3G/quad band GSM, a 2-inch OLED screen with "living wallpaper" that morphs based on your usage pattern and 1GB of internal storage. If mounds of triangles do it for you, you should be able to snag a 7500 for about $290 or a 7900 for $550. [ Nokia Prism Collection via CrunchGear]

7:51 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY KARSON THOMPSON
1,779 views, 14 comments

Latest by calaverasgrandes: ok all you guys can "get down" to some Dave mathews in your eddie bauer ford explorers, but I actualy... more


Rumor Digitimes is predicting a video-playing flash iPod in September. Digitimes, being based in Taiwan, does have easy access to manufacturers, but their track record is mixed, as are all of ours. We'll see soon enough. [ Digitimes]


Apple iPhones already have the "Send to Gallery" feature in the photo menu, but you need iLife 08 to take advantage of it, and you have to have a .mac account on your handset. [ TUAW]


Not for sale

Xbox 360 Input Machine Has Gamer Playing Halo 2 With Wiimote


It's impossible to ignore the unique brand of fun the Wii brings to the table with its motion-sensitive controller, but if you aren't into minigame fests, you don't have a lot of options for taking advantage of it. That's why one dedicated gamer decided to meld the power of the Wiimote with the game library of the Xbox 360, producing what he calls the Xbox 360 Input Machine ( XIM). As you can see in the video above, Master Chief is running around the Halo 2 world, jumping and firing via instructions from the Wiimote (including motion-sensing swings). But can you realistically expect to be plugging your Wii into your 360 any time soon?
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6:49 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY KARSON THOMPSON
6,056 views, 14 comments

Latest by Karmageddon: @banmojo: I'd stake my reputation plus all my money on it. You have yourself a bet. So how much do your... more


Apple Apple adds Gigabit Ethernet to their Airport Extreme units, finally resolving one of the biggest gripes we've had with the router. [ Apple ]


Smartphones

HTC Advantage Available Now For $899

htcadvantage.jpg The HTC Advantage, HTC's not a girl, not yet a woman smartphone/ umpc hybrid is available now. You can pick one up on Amazon and CompUSA for $899, and take it wherever people don't stare at you funny for using a big phone with a keyboard. The specs, to refresh: more »

5:57 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY JASON CHEN
3,180 views, 22 comments

Latest by OddManOut: "Not fast enough for skype and bluetooth though." Huh ? I've skyped over my Ipaq 2215 and a Sigmarion III, both... more


Smartphones Motorola announced MOTOMAGX at Linuxworld today, their Linux and ALL CAPSLOCK OS. MOTOMAGX promises openness, flexibility and support for third-party applications." That includes JAVA and web 2.0 apps. Awesome. I'm glad that the company is a) spending money on software and b) will have an alternative OS to Windows Mobile. [ CNN]


Real-Life Jason Bourne

DARPA Wants to Engineer "Kill Proof" Soldiers with Hardwired Animal Characteristics

jasonbourne.jpg The gang at DARPA — you know, the ones working on invisible, shoot-through, self-healing armor — want to create kill-proof soldiers that have characteristics of animals that can survive in extreme conditions. They're researching things like allowing soldiers to redirect oxygen demand throughout their bodies to allow them to stay underwater for hours. Dammit, DARPA, didn't you see the Bourne movies? This isn't going to end well for you. more »

4:43 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY ADAM FRUCCI
5,562 views, 49 comments

Latest by bazdeluxe: that's crazy---absolutely nuts. I do like the connection made between DARPA and Jason Bourne. What ever happened to... more


Video Editing

Apple Rolls Out Redesigned iMovie 08

imovie08xx.jpg Steve Jobs announced an updated version of the video editing application iMovie to go along with iLife '08. Calling it "a completely new way of editing video," the Apple CEO called it "startlingly better." Jobs says it's designed to be able to put together a movie in 30 minutes. It has a completely new user interface, too. more »

4:20 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY CHARLIE WHITE
3,460 views, 3 comments

Latest by iPhoney: Adding the new supported recording formats is a nice move - iMovie was falling behind the latest HD camcorders. I see... more


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Gibson Pops a 180 with Awesome Reverse Flying V Limited Edition Guitar

Attention guitar players: Gibson just turned the guitar world upside down with its Reverse Flying V electric guitar, installment number 29 in the company's Guitar of the Week series. It'll be built in a limited edition of just 400 instruments. Even though purists who still worship the classic 1958 design might be soon calling this the Perverse Flying V, we kind of like the way the thing has been flipped around in a way that makes it look like a cursor on a computer screen. more »

4:00 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY CHARLIE WHITE
5,296 views, 19 comments

Latest by zjgz: so, the sweatshop workers messed up on 400 guitars, now they can charge twice as much?... more


Apple

New Apple iMac and Keyboard Gallery: Slim, Glass, Metal and Super Grope-Worthy [UPDATED]

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[UPDATED: Many, many more photos]Here's a gallery of the sleekest iMac ever, with its sightly retro but ultra-futuristic Star-Treklook. The new keyboard is not only as razor-cool as expected, but it also feels quite good as Jason has discovered in his hands-on .


3:07 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY BRIAN LAM
14,189 views, 62 comments

Latest by androgenous_wombat: After reading the comments, I must say the problem isn't with the Apple Kool-Aid, it's with the Apple "hooka."... more


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3:02 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
93 views, Comment


MelKarmazin.jpg Satellite Radio

Silver-tongued rhetoric can't mask flaws in Mel Karmazin's plan

FROM VALLEYWAG.COM: Mel Karmazin, now CEO of Sirius Satellite Radio, started in the radio business at age 17 and rose to the top by being the glibbest and most persistent ad salesman. But his able patter hasn't served him as well in recent years. more »

2:56 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
430 views, 5 comments


Apple

Hands-on With the Slim Aluminum Apple Keyboards

IMG_1035.jpg We just played with both the new Apple keyboards, both wired and wireless, and found them actually quite good. It's no longer mushy, like the old keyboards, but almost exactly like the keyboard on the MacBooks now. They have the same space between the keys, and pretty much the same tactile feel when you press down on them. Which is great if you like laptop keyboard keys (like us). more »

2:52 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY JASON CHEN
11,783 views, 50 comments

Latest by androgenous_wombat: Come to think of it-- I haven't been reading Gizmodo for the past few days (because I've been too busy... more


Advertising

New iMac Commercial Features an iMac, Not Much Else

Here's the new iMac commercial, which features some of the hottest slow-rotation action I've ever seen. It is pretty nice looking, I've got to admit.

2:50 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY ADAM FRUCCI
21,132 views, 45 comments

Latest by steinah6: The new iMac is the ugliest design I've ever seen from Apple. I'm a complete fanboy but the 2-tone black... more


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Worst. Keynote. Ever! Shirt Still Available, Topical

Just so you guys know, the "Worst. Keynote. Ever!" shirt from WWDC is still available for purchase. I'm just saying, you know, if you think it's pertinent… And hey, you dorks who bought one a few months ago finally have a reason to wear one again! You can thank Steve for that, at least. [ Product Page]

2:47 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY ADAM FRUCCI
4,096 views, 12 comments


macmini_notdead.jpg It's alive!

Reports of Mac mini's Demise Greatly Exaggerated

Steve Jobs said the Mac mini is not dead yet, telling the assembled gathering at today's event he's extending the life of the tiniest 'Tosh. When asked the question, "How is the Mac mini doing? And are you updating it?" he responded, "We are refreshing the Mac mini and making it even faster. It's already in the online store." The upgrade is basically a speed bump. more »

2:35 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY CHARLIE WHITE
18,512 views, 22 comments


surprise

iWork'08 on Steve's Dock, Adds Numbers, New Versions of Pages, Keynote

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[UPDATED: Confirmed, it's Numbers, we were right. Keep reading for full info on iWork'08.] As you can see in this image early in his presentation, there's the new iWork: from left to right, a new icon for Keynote, Pages and what may be is the equivalent of Excel, the fabled Numbers. We will discover it soon in our liveblog.

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2:30 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY JESUS DIAZ
6,520 views, 31 comments

Latest by Havok154: BTW, where did you guys see a video of Numbers in use?... more


Web Integrated

Steve Jobs Announces iLife '08

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iLife gets its long-rumored refresh in iLife '08, with iPhoto adding a new feature called "Events." It takes photo albums and organizes them as "events" automatically. "Instead of looking through 5,000 photos, you're just looking through 100 events," said Steve Jobs at the Apple event today.

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2:29 PM ON TUE AUG 7 2007
BY CHARLIE WHITE
2,529 views, 3 comments

Latest by PhotoMan: Yep noted - they're pushing the Intel thing hard now Can't blame them - you'd want to take full advantage of... more


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