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  • Daily Crunch: Wine & Music Edition

    Daily Crunch: Wine & Music Edition

    Mmm, sexy designer LED desk lamps iPhone cassette tape case is retro-practical So it begins: The iPhone 4 shatters like a mofo Your disposable wine glass, monsieur CrunchGear contest: keep that old iPhone 3GS alive and useful

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  • iPhone 4 gets its first unboxing [Gallery] (Update: More pics!) (Update #2: And video!)

    iPhone 4 gets its first unboxing [Gallery] (Update: More pics!) (Update #2: And video!)

    As handfuls of iPhone 4s begin to slip through the cracks and into the grabby hands of hungry phone fans everywhere, the first batches of unboxing pictures are starting to go live as we type this. (You mean these people aren't waiting to open up their phones with the rest of us chumps on Thursday mornings? Jerks! You guys probably peeked at your Christmas presents as a kid, too. [Just kidding, of course -- tear those things apart.]) We're keeping an eye out for galleries as they go up; if you're amongst the many hundreds of thousands waiting on the edge of the seat, join as after the jump for these last minute teases.

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  • Review: Toy Story 3

    Review: Toy Story 3

    We don’t do many movie reviews here at CrunchGear, mostly because we’re into gadgets and movies are, in a way, the anti-thesis of the physical. Semantics aside, Toy Story 3 was great. The story is simple: Andy, the toys’ owner, is leaving for college. His toys, resigning themselves to a life in the attic, prep themselves [...]

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  • Review and contest: Vizit, the first two-way, fully interactive digital photo frame

    Review and contest: Vizit, the first two-way, fully interactive digital photo frame

    We've reviewed a number of digital picture frames here at CrunchGear, and they each strive to fit a slightly different niche. Isabella's new Vizit Frame brings some interesting new features to this crowded space. It sports a gorgeous 10.4" touchscreen, 3G wireless connectivity, and the ability to send pictures from the frame to someone's email address. It's probably the best digital picture frame I've reviewed yet, but still has a couple rough spots.

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  • Daily Crunch: Shelved Edition

    Daily Crunch: Shelved Edition

    Finally, a worthwhile use for all those old National Geographics Junaio Augmented Reality browser comes to Android. Junaio Augmented Reality browser comes to Android. Earthworm Jim HD — It’s Earthworm Jim in high definition CrunchGear and Dolby’s amazing post-holiday giveaway: Three HP Pavilion Laptops with Dolby Advanced Audio

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  • CrunchGear and Dolby’s amazing post-holiday giveaway: Three HP Pavilion Laptops with Dolby Advanced Audio

    CrunchGear and Dolby’s amazing post-holiday giveaway: Three HP Pavilion Laptops with Dolby Advanced Audio

    Just when you thought things couldn’t get any better, we spring this on you. HP and Dolby would like to give you one of three HP Pavilion dv6t Select Edition laptops complete with Blu-Ray player and Dolby Advanced Audio. Here are the details: To celebrate HP’s recent launch of its new Pavilion laptops all of which [...]

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  • Contest: 10 free copies of Armored Core: Last Raven for PSP

    Contest: 10 free copies of Armored Core: Last Raven for PSP

    ARRRRREEEE YOOOOOU REAAADDY TOOOO play a copy of Armored Core: Last Raven on the PSP? Well I have 10 free download codes. I’m going to pick five winners at random and pick another five Twitter folk. Isn’t that so Raven? So I’m picking five commenters, below, and I’ll tweet a first-come-first-served code to twitter.com/crunchgear or twitter.com/johnbiggs [...]

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  • National Photo Month contest winners!

    National Photo Month contest winners!

    Next time I run a contest on CrunchGear, I am definitely not going to commit to selecting a random winner. The submissions for our National Photo Month contest were great! They were clever, artistic, and truly enjoyable. You guys outdid yourselves, and I really wish I could reward everyone who entered with a prize. But alas, I committed to selecting three random winners. Click on through to see the winners, along with a few honorable mentions.

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: Sega Nomad

    Gadgets of days gone by: Sega Nomad

    This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. I was always a Sega kid. Not exclusively, mind you — [...]

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: Sony MiniDisc recorder

    Gadgets of days gone by: Sony MiniDisc recorder

    This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. Back in 2001, I got a surprise Christmas present from my [...]

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: 10 Gaming Commercials from Days of Yore

    Gadgets of days gone by: 10 Gaming Commercials from Days of Yore

    10. Master Rob the Video Robot This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. In no particular order except I [...]

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: The Game Boy

    Gadgets of days gone by: The Game Boy

    This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. My Grandma Sadie bought me my Nintendo Game Boy in the [...]

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: Kodak DC50, my first digital camera

    Gadgets of days gone by: Kodak DC50, my first digital camera

    This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. In 1999, I was into photography, but not seriously. I’d had [...]

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  • The Newton Messagepad that got away

    The Newton Messagepad that got away

    This week at CrunchGear, we’re looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys… those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. Back in college there was this guy Joel who was always [...]

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  • Gadgets of days gone by: Palm III

    Gadgets of days gone by: Palm III

    This week at CrunchGear, we're looking back at some of our favorite gadgets from the not-so-distant past — old phones, computers, media players, toys... those devices that still stand out in our memories despite their obsolescence. Feel free to contribute some of your own nostalgia. The Palm III was the first truly portable computing device I ever owned. Oh sure, I had a laptop at the time, but it was hardly something that could be considered "portable" in anything but the most literal interpretation of that word. The Palm III, though, slipped in my pocket, and went everywhere with me. Its clamshell design gave it its own protective case for the screen, so I didn't need to invest in fancy third-party protective gear. The Palm III traveled with me pretty much around the world, and it never let me down.

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