In this week's Wired Gadget Lab Audio Podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen, and I talk about how the economic recession is forcing retailers to jump start their Black Friday deals on televisions and why this is mainly a good thing for consumers. We also go over the reason why people shouldn’t worry about losing out on even bigger deals down the road if they buy a TV this week. In addition, we discuss the dirty trick that Apple is currently pulling with their new MacBooks. Mainly, they secretly slipped in some copyright protection that prevents people from fully enjoying...
Yesterday's list of Five Gadgets That Were Killed by the Cellphone proved rather popular. It also provoked a lot of response, some in the more traditional form of hate mail* and some offering suggestions for yet more victims of the cellphone's relentless growth. Here are few of the things we didn't include, yet have certainly been clobbered by the gadget widow-maker that is the mobile phone. Photo: artzy.viva/Flickr (The Pager The most popular suggestion was the pager. 5 gadgets? How could you forget the ubiquitous pager? In the not too distant past no drug dealer would leave home without...
In this week's Wired Gadget Lab Podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen and Priya Ganapati talk about flexible displays being developed by the U.S. Army. Using e-Ink technology, these displays are 100 times more power efficient than LCDs, are touch-compatible, and could eventually allow you to roll up the whole Google Earth inside your pocket. In addition, they will go over Brian and Charlie Sorrel's netbook hacking competition, which is destined to end up as an Apple fanboy-style fight with little claws of fury. Finally, they will go over two of the week's best reviews from our new Product Reviews...
In this week's Wired Gadget Lab podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen, and I review the HTC G1, the first phone with Google's Android software. We'll go over the reasons why the phone's fine operating system mostly overcomes the odd hardware design and why we should expect better phone applications from the Android open source community in the future. In addition, we'll discuss why it's a bad thing that Apple's new MacBooks are not tiny netbooks, and we'll go over the Stormtrooper-like A2B Electric Bike. Finally, I'll go over the psychology-focused story I recently wrote that explains why people see...
In this week's Wired Gadget Lab Audio Podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen, and I talk about one of the best products we've seen in awhile, the Lenovo S10 netbook, which has the biggest screen of any tiny netbook and is also the best benchmark performer netbook of them all (for now). In addition, we will go over today's Apple event and wonder whether the company will ever release an affordable, super-small notebook, despite what the rumors say. And we will also talk about the upcoming phone that will finally match the iPhone's touch user interface, the Blackberry Storm. Finally,...
After teasing us with videos and a vague web site, Research in Motion has finally decided to come out of the closet with full details on its touchscreen handset, the BlackBerry Storm. Those following the smartphone market are aware that the word touchscreen has become a synonym for "iPhone competitor." So we've compiled a chart comparing the two handsets' specifications below the jump. You'll be very entertained to see that in terms of hardware, the Storm is much more competitive with the iPhone than the underwhelming T-Mobile G1. Behold: Those of you who have been itching with curiosity over...
In this week's Wired Gadget Lab Podcast, Daniel Dumas, Brian Chen, and I talk about the first Google phone, the HTC G1 from T-Mobile. We go over the pros and cons of the handset, from our first look at the hardware to the logistical issues that face the operating system. In addition, they will go over the week's best reviews, including the Nikon D90 DLSR, already gaining notoriety for its monster image sensor, as well as the Motorola VE 20 RAZR cell phone. Finally, they will preview the Canon 5D Mark II DSLR, which was recently used by a...
T-Mobile is just about to announce the world's first-ever phone based on Google's open-source Android operating system. Known as the T-Mobile G1, aka the HTC Dream, this phone promises to turn the wireless industry on its ear. Or will it? Join us as the Gadget Lab crew -- Danny Dumas, Jose Fermoso and Brian X. Chen -- discuss Android's prospects and the upcoming T-Mobile G1 launch. Plus: reviews of the Sony Alpha 900, a top-end, full-frame digital SLR; and of the Slacker 2 media player. If the embedded player above doesn't work, you can download the Gadget Lab podcast...
