Remember the $25,000 NWC gold cartridge from a while back? Well, this gamer offered $17,500 and was fortunate enough to win it. However, the journey wasn’t without a few bumps, as the first FedEX shipment was canceled (wrong address), and the seller reneged. Continue reading for one more picture. Here’s what happened after the seller decided to ship it again:
The next morning at 7:30AM the FedEx man comes to the door. I quickly open everything up half expecting some other problem. Nintendo World Championships Gold is neatly packaged inside with a custom built display case and looks just as good as I imagined it would.
[via Kotaku - Vgpricecharts]
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Made by Sonim and Land Rover, the S1 cell phone strives to be the most rugged handset ever, at least when you accidentally place it in a 300-degree oven, mud or beer. Continue reading for a video demonstration.
As for the specs, it has 1500 hours of battery and a 2-megapixel camera. And, most notably, it has an “extra loud” ringtone so you can hear it under elephants.
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At $36,000 on eBay, this Lamborghini Murcielago LP-640 replica is based on a Pontiac Fierro GT chassis and painted a slick black metallic charcoal. According to the seller, everything mechanical has been serviced or replaced on the donor car and it runs perfectly.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
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If you love self-portraits, and prefer hand-drawn versions, a self-portrait machine is probably your best bet. Put simply, it “snaps your photo and then forces you to draw your own face by dragging your bound hands around until the portrait is complete.” Video after the break.
Jen Hui Liao’s project is the result of an observation that “our personal identities are represented by the products of the man-machine relationship.”
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In part 2 of Top Gear’s Vietnam motorbike special, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond are “challenged to convert their hard working motorbikes into amphibious machines and find a bar in the middle of a Vietnamese bay.” Continue reading to watch — click here for part 1.
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Paying tribute to the late “King of Pop”, ScrewAttack takes a look back at Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker by SEGA. This game was released in 1990, powered by the SEGA System 18 hardware (arcade). Video after the break.
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It’s never too early to start Mega Man training, as you never know when the arm cannon will come in handy. The suit itself may even net you extra candy during Halloween. Continue reading to see it in-action.
Unless it’s 15 years in the future, and you’re the kid that stars in this video. Then, you’re horribly embarrassed and you hate your parents.
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If you’re looking to add to your Apple collection, this iPhone 3G S prototype on eBay is just for you. The seller reports that “the guy he got it from actually stumbled upon it at an airport, and rather than doing the nonsensical thing of hitting up lost and found.” Auction page. Click here for first picture in gallery.
According to the new owner, an Apple Genius has confirmed that it is an iPhone 3GS, but due to its prototype nature, they can’t help him get past the “Connect to iTunes” screen.
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Be warned, this is beta stuff and we haven’t been able to test it ourselves. However, a number of breathless tipsers and commenters are reporting a successful jailbreak and unlock of their iPhone 3GS. The magic begins with a 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot. See, George is fed up with the Dev-Team’s insistence on waiting until Apple releases iPhone OS version 3.1. As he puts it:
Normally I don’t make tools for the general public, and rather wait for the dev team to do it. But guys, whats up with waiting until 3.1? That isn’t how the game is played. We release, Apple fixes, we find new holes. It isn’t worth waiting because you might have the “last” hole in the iPhone. What last hole…this isn’t golf. I’ll find a new one next week.
Meeeeow. After performing the jailbreak, ultras0w should then take care of the unlock although we haven’t seen official comment on this by GeoHot or the Dev-Team yet. Good luck, backup, and kiss the children goodbye — it could be a long weekend if you brick your new iPhone. Now hit the read link if you must.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
iPhone 3GS jailbreak released by GeoHot ahead of Dev Team originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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The GSM version of Palm’s Pre looks all set for a UK announcement next week on O2. Now we get this, a Pre spotted on the support site for Dutch carrier Hi in The Netherlands. Fine, but what you may not know is that O2 and Hi (part of KPN) are also deeply intertwined with Telefonica — O2 being owned by Telefonica and KPN being an “integrated carrier” with a long history of Telefonica courtship rumors. So, putting two and two together might equal a September launch if that previous Telefonica rumor was true.
[Via Tweakers, thanks Harm H.]
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