Never Not A Nerd

Google and HTC’S  ‘super-phone’ the Nexus One is upon us.  It is currently available from T-Mobile with a 2-year contract for $180.  You can also buy it unlocked for $530. Be careful if you’re looking to buy it unlocked to use on AT&T because it doesn’t support 3G on AT&T.

For people like me who have Verizon it will be available for us sometime later in 2010. It’s also supposedly faster than the Droid and it uses Android 2.1 (while the Droid uses 2.0), so Verizon users thinking about upgrading might want to wait a little while.  Unless an actual keyboard means that much to you.

If you’re interested in all of the technical specs you can find them here.

As anyone who has turned on their Xbox 360 since Tuesday is most-likely aware of, Xbox Live has new features.  Just like Felicia Day showed during E3 this past summer, Facebook, Twitter, and Last.fm have arrived. But are they worth your time?

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The news broke sometime in the past week or two that Netflix was making its way to the PS3.  The only downside is that instead of using an application to watch streaming content like you can on the 360, Netflix members with a PS3 have to request a disc that needs to be in the tray whenever they’re using the Netflix service.

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There is a new release coming from Apple Corps and EMI Music regarding The Beatles.  Soon there will be an apple-shaped USB that contains the entire Beatles catalog.  The tracks will only be available with purchasing one of the 30,000 limited edition apple-shaped USBs.  The only problem is that you only have a stereo option, and the USB costs more than The Beatles Stereo Box Set.

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This is the LRRY-1,  a robot dog built out of scrap parts.  It’s powered by a 26 horsepower Citroen engine and is steered by motorcycle handlebars.  It only moves 0.6 miles an hour, but it does breathe fire, so watch out.  Video after the cut…

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Do you like playing video games while standing AND drinking while you do it, but live too far from a Dave & Buster’s? Well, the Arkeg might be the answer to all of your prayers.  This is a full video game cabinet with dual joystick/6 button set-ups and a slide keyboard with a kegerator built into the bottom.  The spout is conveniently located on the first-players side for intense one player sessions, just don’t get mad at your friend during two-player games if he keeps asking you to refill his beer because you’re closer.  This baby will only set you back a cool four thousand dollars for the standard version.  You can find more information here.