http://premier-gadgets.com Gizmos,Gadgets & More. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:32:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to turn today's user-friendly gadgets into cold, utilitarian Soviet-era relics. It's probably for the best that these don't actually exist. First Place—Bobo the Teddy Second Place—Paul Vasco Third Place—Goodie to You Dot Com Read the original No related posts. http://premier-gadgets.com/17-modern-day-gadgets-dragged-back-to-the-ussr-photoshopcontest.html Even if you don't own a PlayStation 3, Heavy Rain is a game you should know because it re-imagines both videogames and movies, combining them into a new genre of Choose Your Own Adventure digital narrative. (Very minor spoilers ahead.) This is not to say Heavy Rain is perfect, but think ... http://premier-gadgets.com/heavy-rain-a-peek-into-the-future-of-movies-and-games-entertain-me.html These are the first photos of Microsoft's Project Pink phones, snatched from deep within the bowels of the Microsoft/Verizon industrio-complex —not the Turtle, but the larger, Sidekick-like Pure. This doesn't look like Windows Phone 7, so what is it? The shots come just hours after a leaked advertising campaign for the ... http://premier-gadgets.com/first-shots-and-specs-of-microsofts-secret-project-pink-phone-exclusive.html With HTC's upcoming crop of Androids, you'll be able to separate people into two distinct groups: those who spring for the brainier, better-specced Desire, and those who get bowled over by the beautiful, yet lesser-specced Legend. The Desire (or Nexus One) is the final word in the Androidsphere—it's a mark of ... http://premier-gadgets.com/htc-legend-review-frankly-it-feels-expensive-android.html Apple aired its first iPad ad during the Oscars last night, but it felt like something was missing, didn't it? It was a voiceover. So I went ahead and added one for them. You're welcome, Apple! Here is the original post No related posts. http://premier-gadgets.com/the-first-ipad-ad-brutally-honest-edition-humor.html Here's the story: I'm in love with the Wacom Intuos 4 Wireless tablet. Free from cables, it's the best graphics tablet experience I've ever had. Smoother Than the Smoothest Thing The Wacom Intuos 4 was quite a leap from the Intuos 3. It doubled the pressure sensitive levels, and it added multifunction ... http://premier-gadgets.com/wacom-intuos-4-wireless-review-the-joy-of-freedom-review.html We just finished watching Google's live announcement of the launch of the Google App Marketplace. Keep reading for information on what they're offering users and developers. Oh, and know that the Marketplace is live today. Updating. The event is called "Google Campfire One" and it's all about how easy it will ... http://premier-gadgets.com/the-google-app-marketplace-doing-it-all-in-the-cloud-google.html What happens when Gizmodo readers capture action at 3-5fps? Why, the results of this week's Shooting Challenge: Action Sequence Photography. Read on for the winners. Second Runner Up "Shot in my New England backyard during the lull in a snowstorm on February 26, 2010." Camera: Canon EOS 7D Lens: Canon EF 70-200 f/2.8L IS ... http://premier-gadgets.com/54-awesome-action-sequences-photography.html After the Windows Phone 7 launch passed without so much as a mention of Project Pink, Microsoft's other new phone project started to fade into memory. Today, we can confirm: Pink's coming, and Verizon's the carrier. UPDATE: First live shots. A tipster passed us a load of 3rd-party marketing materials, in ... http://premier-gadgets.com/leaked-documents-microsofts-secret-phones-coming-to-verizon-exclusive.html These fresh images and details of Microsoft's Courier paint a slightly different device than the one uncovered a few months ago—tinier seeming, perhaps less genre-busting, and a more direct iPad fighter. This take is built on the same mobile OS core as Windows Phone 7 and Zune HD, powered by Nvidia's ... http://premier-gadgets.com/microsoft-couriers-devolution-microsoft.html