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EPISODE 148

Look at this f**king hipster

This Death Star cookie jar is fully operational

Cassette tape lamps light up your nostalgia

NES Controller Business Card shows you mean real geek business

Casio calculator watch. For realz. (Thanks, Sparkman!)

The iPhone’s best neo-retro game: Space Invaders Infinity Gene

Good Vibrations

The Vibrator Museum

A propos (of) nothing

Japanese auto-fogging glasses prevent eye strain

What the hell?

Microsmores (thanks, Sheala)

Kill Me

Wi-Fi scale notifies the internet of your lapsed diet

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Originally posted at Gadgettes, the blog

It’s not really that surprising given its investment in Clearwire, but Time Warner Cable is now ready to join in on the WiMAX fun. The company plans to resell the mobile broadband in four US cities by the end of the year, but so far it’s only revealed two of them: Charlotte, North Carolina, and Dallas, Texas. Meanwhile, cable competitor Comcast has already opened up its WiMAX shop in Portland, Oregon, and plans to hit Atlanta, Chicago, and Philadelphia by the end of this year. No word on prices, but we don’t expect it to stray far from the current $20 to $50 monthly fees. We’re also a bit in the dark as to when we can expect the rollout this year, so if you’re in one of those two markets and have a strong itch for 4G wireless, better start filling up that piggy bank now, just to be safe.

Filed under: Wireless

Time Warner Cable reselling WiMAX later this year in Charlotte, Dallas, and two mystery markets originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Did you know that waking up by natural light is a lot less stressful than doing it with sound? Yes, apparently your toast tastes better too. Philips has long been a proponent of light alarms and, in an effort to stay hip with the kids, it’s added a detachable iPod / iPhone dock to its latest offering. The HF3490 might never serve as your music station, but it tries hard, bringing an FM radio and some soothing sounds along. With 30 different levels of brightness and a “dusk simulator,” this device has enough tweaking options to ensure you wake up just the way nature intended — with birds chirping and soft sunlight on your pillow, all simulated by futuristically ugly electronics. If you can get over the $199 price, you can pre-order one for delivery on August 22.

[Via Coolest Gadgets]

Filed under: Household

Philips HF3490 Wake-up Light is also a bedside lamp, iPod dock originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The IDR350m comes with interchangeable color caps.

(Credit: Scosche)

If you don’t want to shell out $80 for the Apple In-Ear Headphones, but still want the convenience of an inline remote, Scosche has a solution for you. The accessories maker just introduced the IDR350m Increased Dynamic Range earphones with …

Originally posted at iPod accessories

LG BL40

(Credit: LG)

We’ve already told you that LG is releasing a new Chocolate phone in Europe under the BL40 moniker, and on Thursday LG decided to make it official. Indeed, the LG BL40 is skinny and long, much like a universal remote, and it has a stunning 4-inch display with the 21:9 wide-screen ratio we’d heard rumors about. The high-definition “Real VGA” LCD supports a 800×345 pixel resolution and boasts a cinema-like experience in your hand. LG also says that it has a Dual Screen UI that can display two different types of content at the same time. The screen is made out of a curved, tempered glass. Of course, this is strictly a Europe/Asia product (LG has yet to release a GSM Chocolate to a U.S. carrier), but perhaps we can get a slightly different version of it here courtesy of Verizon. We’ll see. In the meantime, you can drool over these official pictures of the LG BL40. It’ll be out by the third quarter of this year. More photos after the break.

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