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Gdgt launches: A community site for gadgets and gadget users
Engadget founder Peter Rojas and former editor Ryan Block are launching a new project today called gdgt. The web site isn't a gadget blog, but rather a portal for gadget specs, reviews, and other information as well as a social networking site that lets users create profiles with lists of the gadgets they have, want, or had. If you're not interested in creating a profile and sharing your gadget lust with the world, the site still serves a few purposes. It has a decent list of existing gadgets with detailed specifications and some pretty nifty comparison charts. You can also read professional reviews from other web pages as well as user reviews and comments about each gadget.
If you do create a profile, you can submit your own gadgets, which means that the site's already decent catalog of gadgets will continue to grow over time. Users can also add items to your have, want, and had list, and embed a personalized gdgt widget on your web page or social networking profiles.
It's also easy to miss items when you type them into the search box if you don't use exactly the right name. For instance, I tried adding an "Eee PC 701" to my "had" list, but it didn't show up because the gdgt name for this item is the "Eee PC 4G."
But since the web site is designed to be updated and edited regularly, I suspect that as more people begin using gdgt, the results will become more accurate and more intuitive. They're already pretty good.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, you can pronounce the site's name either as "gadget" or as "g-d-g-t." Ryan and Peter are cool with both pronunciations.
What do you think? Does the world need a social networking site for gadgets?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Joshua said 4:02PM on 7-01-2009
WAT. DID U BREAK THE SITE DOWNLOADSQUAD?
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DeoWulf said 4:02PM on 7-01-2009
Actually, I think it was Engadget. Either way, it's been flooded.
Money Mike said 4:02PM on 7-01-2009
...and BOOM goes the dynamite.
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Elias Iraheta said 4:02PM on 7-01-2009
Thanks for the info Brad. Just one thing, that maybe it's a little bit off topic. You mentioned that you have an Eee PC 1000H; and I just ordered a 1000HA a couple of days ago, but now I regret myself because I recently saw the Acer Aspire One D250, and man, that thing is really thin (1"), and now I'm thinking about selling my yet undelivered Eee PC 1000HA, so I can get the Acer.
This is just for the looks, because the specs are almost the same, but I really dig the Acer thin-ness. What do you think?
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Molly said 9:31PM on 7-01-2009
not to worry, you made the right choice. the Eee PC is just better.
p.s.: ASUS also does 'thin', and i mean REALLY thin:
http://www.hardware-observer.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/asus_eee_pc-1008ha_3.jpg
as for GDGT.COM, this page looks like some 'Apple-sponsored' playground. tons of iPod stuff there but no sign of the Cowon S9 (or any other of Cowons quite exquisite media players), a far superior product which also happens not to be crippled by DRM :)
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Peyts said 8:37PM on 7-04-2009
Whats your url so we can follow you.
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