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  • Apple Hopes to Infuse iPhone with Wii Windfall

    I bet some of you forgot about the iPhone.  No?  Well, for those that let one of the most exciting products of 2007 slip into your subconscious, the handheld should be launching in the next four to six weeks.  So, what’s the word from Apple?  Perhaps taking a page out of competitor Microsoft’s book, the Cupertino-based ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Brando on May 15, 2007
  • Microsoft Xbox 360 Technology Reportedly Coming to Handhelds

    As with any gathering of this magnitude, the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco (which wraps up today) is becoming a hotbed for gaming rumors and the like.  We’ve seen impressive Q&A sessions with Miyamoto, Cliffy B, and Peter Molyneux.  Heck, there’s even been the announcement of a new Nintendo Wii Mii channel.  ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Brando on March 9, 2007
  • Nintendo Gameboy, grizzled veteran of Gulf War and still playing

    I found this story originally on Gizmodo where they linked to it from the TechBlog. This Nintendo Gameboy was damaged in the original Gulf War but still works. There is even video proof below showing it fully functional. They don’t make portable gadgets like they used to. I remember back in the day you could take your Gameboy to war, leave ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Wayde on January 3, 2007
  • Video: PS3 Release - Campers and Speculators

    Another major console release has come and gone already. How time flies! It seems like only yesterday I was standing out in the cold wishing I could get my hands on Microsoft’s gaming machine. Here are some highlights of the area’s PS3 release madness.   See GizmoCafe's full PS3 vs. Xbox360 head to head comparison   See More ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Wayde on November 22, 2006
  • PS3 Gets Destroyed!

    These guys really have it in for hyped up consumer electronics devices. Here they take out their frustrations on a PS3. Shot in downtown Toronto by the people that brought you SmashMyiPod, here's SmashMyPS3.
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Wayde on November 22, 2006
  • Creative Xmods Your iPod

    Tired of music files that sound like a pocketful of change?  For some, the quality of sound produced by your typical 128 kb/s Mp3 is simply not good enough.  Considering the fact that most compact discs provide a much superior resonance, when listening to a file burned from a CD and one downloaded from iTunes, the difference is sometimes ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Brando on October 4, 2006
  • PSP Hacks: Back up Your UMDs

    There are advantages to backing up your UMD games for the PSP. For one, you'll always have the game at the click of a mouse. Two, you might want to downgrade your PSP to play those wonderful homebrew apps and games. But earlier firmware versions won't allow you to play that new game you spent your hard earned dollars on. If your PSP is ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by xntrk on September 15, 2006
  • Xbox Vision Release Date Unclear

    Microsoft's camera for the Xbox 360 is coming soon, with an official release date set for Sept 19th. However, there have been reports on the Internet of the camera landing on store shelves a little early, at retailers like Toys ‘R’ Us. The Live Vision camera package apparently includes the camera you see here, plus a headset and ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Wayde on August 25, 2006
  • T-Mobile’s Kickin’ Sidekick3

    The Sidekick 3 is the latest iteration of the wildly popular Sidekick gaming phone carried by T-Mobile networks. The previous model, the Sidekick2 made by Danger INC, has been boosted by celebs. Paris Hilton swears by hers as a way to constantly stay in touch and play games to periodically escape from reality - err… wherever it is she resides. ...
    Posted to Gizmo Cafe Blog (Weblog) by Wayde on August 11, 2006