You know what’s in just over a month? We’ll tell you: Valentine’s Day. You know what’s coming up this Thursday? Something ” new ” from Palm. Now, we won’t go so far as to say that a pink Palm Pixi is definitely in the cards for a CES unveiling, but a pink Palm Pixi is most definitely showing up in Sprint’s internal systems (according to this graphic, anyway). So, what say you, readers — is a new hue of webOS just around the bend, or are we just lovestruck?

Lifechanger is a new section on Gizmodo in which we laud the everyday objects that make life oh so better. In its debut, we’re going to talk about a classic culinary icon: Pyrex Colors mixing bowls. Around 1900, way before silicone spatulas and carcinogenic lids, there was a company named Corning Glass Works. They made a low-expansion glass lantern for use on the railroad—specifically solving the issue of a hot lantern shattering when struck by cold rain or snow. Apparently, the lanterns were so durable that demand waned and Corning Glass was forced to diversify. Then in 1913, when an engineer’s wife spotted the glass’ culinary potential and baked a cake in a half-sawed Corning Glass Works battery container, the company realized their new direction.

Hey, kids. We got your attention? Good. Remember those pink and blue Wii controllers that were quietly launched in the Land of the Rising Sun back in October? Yeah, well it seems that both of those gems are coming to the United States, but it’ll be well after Christmas before you can get your hands on either (without a good importer, anyway). Starting on February 14, 2010, the blue and pink Wiimote will be on sale on US soil, and both devices will come bundled with Wii MotionPlus dongles.

This isn’t the first time the concept of color-changing electronic skins has been tossed around , but Philips is a big name, and they have big plans that extend beyond your portable gadgets. Electronic paper (e-paper) looks like conventional paper and the bright wash of color it generates uses the ambient light for rendition, just like conventional paint, so no backlight is needed. Which means that the vividness of the color is maintained, even in bright outdoor conditions. Philips’ technology allows different colors of ink to be built into one layer with each color controlled separately. This means the layer can be transparent, the same color as any one of the inks or even a mixture of multiple colors. Moreover, the saturation of each individual color can be controlled accurately – so any shade can be produced.

This isn’t the first time the concept of color-changing electronic skins has been tossed around , but Philips is a big name, and they have big plans that extend beyond your portable gadgets. Electronic paper (e-paper) looks like conventional paper and the bright wash of color it generates uses the ambient light for rendition, just like conventional paint, so no backlight is needed. Which means that the vividness of the color is maintained, even in bright outdoor conditions. Philips’ technology allows different colors of ink to be built into one layer with each color controlled separately.

You Yanks won’t be getting your paws around this without a buddy in Japan ready and willing to ship it your way, but those camped out in the Land of the Rising Sun can soon jockey for an opportunity to grab the most colorful Pentax K-x DSLR of all time . The Korejanai K-x — which was engineered by the same folks behind the ‘ Self Destruct Button ‘ USB hub — looks as if it had all of its panels painted a different hue, and as diehard lovers of the iconic 1996 Volkswagen Harlequin Golf, we can’t help but drool here. Only 100 of these will be sold, and it’ll be bundled with a matching Korejanai Robot Model . Of course, the camera itself is identical to the standard version save for the paint job, but somehow we’re guessing you’ll appreciate this one just a wee bit more. It’s set to sell for

Rumors of a rainbow-splashed Wii and Wiimote lineup have been running for just about ever now, and while we’ve seen Nintendo cave and offer a black Wii , blue Wiimote and black Wiimote in select locales, the company has yet to push colors in a big way as it has on the DS lineup. Hopefully, all that’s gearing up to change. At a small, quaint retailer event over in Japan, the Big N revealed that a blue and pink Wiimote would hit the Land of The Rising Sun on December 3rd, though pricing on the new hues remains undisclosed. In related news, a few new Japan-only Wii console / game bundles were also made public, and while the Samurai Warriors 3 package will indeed include a glossy black Wii, you’ll need a round-trip ticket to Akihabara in order to claim one as your own. For shame.

The Exilim EX-H10 superzoom looks just dandy in its minimalist black exterior , but Casio has decided to furnish its Japanese customers with a couple more options. To be fair, our far-Eastern brethren have had to choose between a less classy silver affair and a zany pink number , so they’ll probably welcome the newfound diversity. The specs remain the same, of course, with a highly competent 12.1 megapixel sensor, 10x optical zoom and 720p video recording being the highlights, so we wouldn’t expect the as yet unannounced prices to differ either. The blue version above will be joined by a gold variant (picture after the break) when the two are released on October 9. [Via Akihabara News ] Continue reading Casio Exilim EX-H10 gets new blue and gold outfits Filed under: Digital Cameras Casio Exilim EX-H10 gets new blue and gold outfits originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:46:00 EST.

With eco-friendliness on everyone’s mind, it’s no shock to see more and more progress being made in the realm of solar . Shortly after hearing that boffins across the way were swapping carbon nanotubes for silicon, a Tel Aviv-based startup is now hoping to push its colored panels into the mainstream thanks to their ability to work sans direct sunlight. Granted, the tinted cells have only shown a 12 percent efficiency rate in testing, but they can reportedly be produced for around half of what a conventional panel costs. In essence, the cost savings comes from the dearth of silicon within, as GreenSun Energy has discovered that power can be generated by simply diffusing available sunlight over the whole panel and allowing nanoparticles to handle the rest. We’ll invite you to visit the links below for the science behind it, but we’re just interested in helping Ma Earth while replacing every windows in our apartment with a stained glass alternative. [Via Inhabitat ] Filed under: Science Colored solar panels work without direct sunlight, double as PAR Can filters originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:36:00 EST

Well, here’s something interesting. According to tipster Josh S, a perusal through the Zune Software source files will net you pictures of four as of yet unknown Zune HD palettes. From left to right, we’ve got pink, magenta, purple, and “atomic.” We’re still looking through the source code ourselves to confirm. It’s not like early adopters wanted anything other than platinum and black anyway, right? Filed under: Handhelds , Portable Audio , Portable Video New Zune HD colors found in source files: pink, magenta, purple, and atomic?