Archive for November, 2008

Awesome Video Game Tees for the Holidays [Stocking Stuffers]

Sunday, November 30th, 2008

If you only got $20, or the gamer on your gift list already has everything, or if you want to give a less-than-serious gamer friend something cool without obligating them to 420 hours of Resistance 2, Examiner.com dug up 10 great game-themed T-shirts. For my money the big winnah of all of these is there [...]

Hidden TV out features discovered in iPhone 2.2 SDK

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

So, get a load of this. While tinkering within the iPhone 2.2 SDK, ArsTechnica discovered a neat little tidbit that could lead to some pretty extensible applications. In essence, the MPTVOutWindow class enables your iPhone to beam out video to a connected TV rather than the built-in screen. Of course, dock-connecting iPods / iPhones have [...]

Apparent Xbox 360 “Jasper” spotted in the wild

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

We’ve had some false alarms in the past, but it looks like the first Jasper-equipped Xbox 360s may now finally be starting to make their way out into the wild. While there unfortunately still aren’t any pictures of the motherboard to completely put this thing to rest, everything else certainly seems to be pointing in [...]

On Virgin America’s inaugural GoGo WiFi flight: this post published from 35,000 feet

Sunday, November 23rd, 2008

So I took a little a break from working on gdgt to get on Virgin America’s inaugural Aircell GoGo WiFi party flight, posting this at altitude. If you haven’t already caught one of the early Aircell flights on Delta, American, or Air Canada, their now-active GoGo service provides in-flight internet. So far, as [...]

Rumor: Game & Watch DS Collection Coming To North America [Nintendo DS]

Saturday, November 22nd, 2008

Is Nintendo of America bringing the Game & Watch Collection to the Nintendo DS? A brand new E-rating for the anthology recently appeared at the ESRB’s web site, leading us to believe Nintendo may have plans to publish it stateside.
A collection was released under the same name in Japan last year, available only to members [...]

iPhone 2.2 firmware update available now, Google Street View and plenty more

Friday, November 21st, 2008

It’s here. Google Street View and over the air Podcast downloads from iTunes. Yup, public transit and walking directions too and the ability to share your location via email. Bug fixes, Safari enhancements, the ability to toggle auto-text correction, and plenty more… just like we heard in the pre-rumor run-up. Now get [...]

Roll-up mouse pad encloses a hub, speakers, and our hearts

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

While our minds know that today’s mice, particularly those with lasers, work just fine on virtually any (non-moist) surface, that doesn’t stop our hearts from missing the soft, forgiving feel of our home mousing surface while on the road. That’s partly why the traveler-friendly Roll-up Mouse Pad caught our eye. Sure, just about any pad [...]

In case you missed our BlackBerry Storm review…

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

The most anticipated BlackBerry of the year (sorry, Bold) is just a day away from release on Verizon — and naturally, we’ve got the full rundown. Want to know if this is the phone for you? Click the pic or the link below to get the scoop!Continue on to read the full BlackBerry Storm review
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Microsoft revamps Zune Pass: keep ten tracks per month forever and ever

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

There’s just nothing like the holiday season, folks. That warm, fuzzy feeling you get when spending your last dollar on a gift for someone you aren’t even that fond of — really, what else can compare? On second thought, maybe this can. Microsoft has just announced that, beginning today, Zune Pass users [...]

Sony Pictures celebrates NXE eve by… blocking Xbox 360 Netflix movie streaming

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Filed under: Gaming, HDTV, Home Entertainment

Just hours before the Xbox 360’s newest dashboard update hits tomorrow morning (10:00 a.m. GMT), our friends at Joystiq noticed the list of movies available for Netflix Watch Instantly streaming has suddenly dropped. The culprit? Sony Pictures Home Entertainment subsidiary Columbia Pictures, flicking previously available titles like Superbad, Bad [...]