Archive for June, 2007
IPhone SF Campout: Videos of the iPhone’s Guts, Both Academic and Destructive
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in GadgetsHow can you cure ADHD? See what this air pilot did - for himself and his two sons! Get the best books - you can do it too.
Don”t kill your kids with Ritalin or Strattera - go NATURAL instead! My recommendations for best info. >>>>The first video includes an iPhone and a Hammer, and speaks for itself.
The Second video shows the iPhone for more academic reasons.Not too surprisingly, the phone has components you’ve seen in other handsets.
>>>>Namely: It has the same […]
A couple months ago, we were excited about robotic chickens; now, Sega Toys announced that they’re coming out with three new robotic animal types for their highly popular Dream Pet series: a short-haired cat, an owl, and a parrot.
I can’t wait ’til they all hit the market so I can finish building my […]
Ripoff: Breaking: Several AT&T Stores Forced Customers to Buy Accessories With iPhone
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in Gadgets>Following up on the launch difference between AT&T and Apple stores, we’ve got three separate accounts of people reporting that AT&T is forcing them to buy accessories along with their iPhone at three different AT&T stores. This was definitely not the case at Apple stores, and for AT&T to decide this on their own to […]
Minutes after the first time I typed on an iPhone, I realized a trick that bumped accuracy to almost 99%. Instead of hunting and pecking, I’ve been sliding into place, letting the popups tell me what letter I’m on before releasing the key and triggering the keystroke. It’s been good training. I’m still not typing […]
Here are the top five most useful iPhone apps we’ve come across so far.
• iPhone AIM Chat: No iChat? Use Web-based iChat. AIM only.
• The Gas finder app and OneTrip shopping list: Save money and time
• Digg: An interface to browse digg. Great until Digg makes an iPhone-friendly version of their site.
• Chess: No […]
Apple: LG Prada vs iPhone Comparisons Imminent, Stupid
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in GadgetsGet ready for an onslaught of LG Prada vs iPhone comparisons. They’re both touch screens, but the only way an LG Prada phone can beat an iPhone is if the iPhone is a papercraft model. I’m not going to honor it by doing a side by side. My comparison last month, based off of previous […]
We Wish We Could Do More: The iPhone Superfans, A Tribute
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in GadgetsThere are Apple fanboys—they run around with mommy and daddy’s credit card, wear earbuds, occasionally write for Gizmodo and will defend touchscreen typing to the death minor injury. Then there are the superfans—these Great Beings will go months without food or water, living off of the occasional sprays of Jobsonian phlegm that’s carefully rationed between […]
A Tale Of Two Companies: iPhone Launch, AT&T Vs. Apple Store
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in GadgetsOne of our readers, Frank Beacham, wrote in this morning after experiencing the iPhone launch first-hand in lines at both AT&T and the Apple. We thought his piece was well-written and quite telling about the difference in customer service between the two companies, so we posted it after the jump.
Last night, at the last minute, […]
No Waiting: iPhone Shopping Trip Quite Different Today
0 Comments Published June 30th, 2007 in GadgetsAre you pondering a purchase of an iPhone, but all that Day Zero gnashing of teeth and marathon line waiting is holding you back? Well, the experience today, one day later, is quite different.
We departed Gizmodo’s Midwest Test Facility today at 1:15 p.m., heading to the Apple Store at our local mall for an […]
If you are, you’re probably familiar with the image above. You’ve probably seen it about 100 times while pawing hungrily at your $650 paperweight while waiting for that activation email from iTunes/AT&T. It’s not your fault, it’s AT&T/T-Mobile/Sprint/Verizon’s. Join the club. Post your grief in the comments and we’ll all have a pity party.
Originally Syndicated […]
