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JVC 'Hybrid' Camera Shoots HD Video & Photos Simultaneously
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'Hybrid' is the buzzword in cameras this month and JVC's Everio GZ-X900 falls into this category, combining a Full HD camcorder with a 9MP camera. The party trick for the new camera is the ability to shoot Full HD video (1920 x 1080 pixels) and take 5MP photos at the same time. Photos can be shot at shutter speeds up to 1/4000 second without interrupting video recording. In terms of size, it's small and light - like a chunky smartphone - weighing 0.66lbs (including battery and a memory card) and measuring 2.6 x 4.88 x 1.46in. JVC contends that unlike other cameras that do video badly and camcorders that do average photos, the GZ-X900 can do both very well. Well, it would now, wouldn't it?
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Gizmodo, 05 Mar 2009
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Dumbest [And Most Expensive] iPhone Yet
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Recession aside, we have covered quite a few blinged iPods and iPhones in our time, many of which make Bernard Manning seem like the ambassador of good taste. This one though - possibly the most expensive one yet - takes gaudy to lows only accessible to the likes of Paris Hilton. Designed by luxury Austrian jeweller, Peter Aloisson, the 'iPhone 3G Kings Button' speaks for itself since it boasts a massive 6.6-carat diamond where the usual plastic button resides and costs a whopping £1.76 million. Yes, £1, 760,000 whole pounds. The iPhone itself is clad in 18-carat yellow, white and rose gold, while there's a ring of 138 brilliant diamonds around the outside.
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Gizmodo, 27 Feb 2009
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VIDEO: Blackberry Ad Blows Hole In Apple
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Apple's been having a fine time in recent years taking the mickey out of Windows-based PCs with its 'Mac Vs. PC' ads, but now the company is the butt of a new Blackberry Storm ad. The above ad pretty much speaks for itself, unlike the long warbly, existential ads from Microsoft's Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld. It probably cost peanuts in comparison and didn't even require the services of a cute Chinese kid. All you need is a gun, an Apple, and a steel-clad Blackberry and you have an ad that makes an impact.
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Gizmodo, 27 Feb 2009
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Smart Kids Use More Text Jargon, According To Study
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Kids tend to get a bit of stick from grumpy old folks (like us) for using too much nonsensical jargon in their text messages, but this might actually be masking a higher intellect than previously thought. There's nothing like a proper scientific study to quash ill-founded rumours and this area intrigued the British Psychological Society enough to run a test of their own to find out if 'poor' use of language in texts relates to poor reading and writing skills.
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Gizmodo, 26 Feb 2009
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Nokia Eyes The Laptop Market
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Not content with ruling the mobile phone market, it seems Nokia has set its world-conquering eye on the cut-throat laptop arena. It certainly seems like a strange move but when you have Nokia's clout, it's no idle threat, especially when it's the CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo talking. Speaking to Finnish national broadcaster YLE yesterday, Kallasvuo said: "We are looking very actively also at this opportunity. We don't have to look even for five years from now to see that what we know as a mobile phone and what we know as a PC are in many ways converging. Today we have hundreds of millions of people who are having their first Internet experience on the phone. This is a good indication." The photo above shows Nokia's new concept mini computer device, codenamed Sparrow, due in 2011.
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Gizmodo, 26 Feb 2009
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Sony's First OLED Walkman Gets UK Price
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We saw the first slinky Sony Walkman with a touchscreen OLED display at CES last month and it was indeed impressive. Now, it's been priced for the UK but, before you think this latest wannabe 'iPod Touch killer' will save you a bit of cash, forget it. This is Sony, after all, and the pricing is on a level with the Touch at £216 for a 16GB model and £283 for the 32GB model. Still, it is pretty enough and that 3in OLED display is very sweet, despite losing 0.5in to the Touch's touch LCD display.
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Gizmodo, 26 Feb 2009
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Germans Trial Street Lamps Activated By Mobile Phones
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German inventor Dieter Grote has come up with an interesting energy saving idea that involves switching off street lights to save power until they are actually needed. He's not plunging the German village of Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz into darkness however, since the system, called Dial4Light, allows pedestrians to switch the lights on using their mobile phone.
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Gizmodo, 25 Feb 2009
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LG's 'Phone Watch' Could Cost £1,000
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Oh dear. Remember the very cool LG Phone Watch, the recently unveiled GD910? Well, according to industry sources, Orange is planning to charge up to £1,000 for the sexy touchscreen device as part of a pan-European rollout. And you thought the iPhone was expensive? The price is broken down to around £500 for the phone and a 12-month contract priced at around £40 a month. That's shocking news for all of us James Bond wannabes, especially those of us not working for MI6 with a government expense account for super-cool gadgets built by Q. The GD910 is not the first watch-style phone device but it certainly is the best looking and the first to go into large scale production by a major phone manufacturer.
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Gizmodo, 24 Feb 2009
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