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You might’ve not guessed it, but when he’s not drawing creepy zombie families or batshit crazy scenes, Gizmodo’s Contributing Artist Sam Spratt is working on some serious projects and producing fantastic art—like these amazing covers he drew for Game Informer:
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Android continued its triumphant march forward during the third quarter of 2010 by capturing an impressive 44 percent of US consumer smartphone sales.
As expected, Android’s significant gains (11% since Q2) came at the expense of RIM and its corporate-oriented BlackBerry handset.
“Apple, Google and RIM have traded barbs over activations, apps, openness and other contentious topics; however, it’s all been more about positioning than prospering up to this point,” said senior NPD exec Ross Rubin.
“The reality in the US has been that all these companies have enjoyed the fruits of a booming smartphone market.
TomToms new GPS releases are trying to keep your hands on the wheel where they belong instead of on the device with the GO 2405 and 2505 GPS devices.
In 1979, Sony introduced a little device called the Walkman, a portable way to listen to audio cassette tapes. Today, 30 years and countless innovations later, all remaining threads on the Walkman’s lifeline in Japan have been cut.
Yes, Sony has decided to pull the plug on the gadget that first made it a household name in audio electronics. The company has sold more than 220 million Walkman units worldwide.
Today’s announcement marks the end of production for the device in Japan, the market where it was introduced and became the birthplace of today’s environment of portable music players.