Interesting page over on the expansys site which I grabbed just now. They are selling what they describe as an Apple iPhone 3G S (EU, Black 32GB) which is: supplied network-unlocked, i.e. you can use this device with a SIM card from any UK or European GSM network (e.g. Vodafone, T-Mobile, O2, etc.). It is [...]
I have been using the Nokia 5800 Xpress Music since February and have had Nokias since Ericsson became SonyEricsson and things went off the deep-end. In the end, I picked up 32GB iPhone 3GS, this is what I have used in my comparison between the iPhone experience and the Nokia experience. I had been resistant [...]
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FastCompany published a good analysis of the netbook phenomena where they argue that the netbook as a growth item is over and has now just become another class of PC. This makes sense and we have seen it with other devices in the past, such as the Palm PDA. I think however that the netbook [...]
I was reading the WSJ blogs and came across Andy Jordan’s article on ‘crap apps’ iPhone applications that are the code equivalent of the whoopee cushion or the paper hat that you get in a Christmas cracker. In ‘The Trucker Hats of iPhone Apps’, one of the people interviewed rationalises these applications as ‘…add users [...]
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Palm made its final grasp for relevance earlier today with the launch of a new operating system and device. The Palm Pre looks as if it has been defined by the iPhone. In fact it reminds me of when I was younger and would go out with my friends. I or my friend would find [...]
Given its out-of-the-box ability to work with Exchange servers as well as coping with IMAP and POP home email, the iPhone has become popular amongst some of my colleagues. They have expressed surprise, especially given my tech-forward leanings and devotion to Apple Inc.’s products that I haven’t dashed out there and purchased one already. Its [...]
Back in February 2008 I reviewed the Sonim XP1, which restarted up the toughphone segment when it was launched around about the same time as the Samsung Solid. You can read the earlier review of the phone here. Just in time for Christmas, Sonim have put out review copies of the XP3 which is an [...]
A while ago I shared the unboxing pictures of The Flip camcorder that I got sent by Weber Shandwick. I’ve had a chance to play with it and here’s my inital thoughts. The device is pretty robust and has been perfectly happy to float around in the bottom of my messenger bag the past number [...]
My old colleague Jonny Rosemont, now a digital guru Weber Shandwick have sent me The Flip a simple video recorder for the YouTube generation for me to review on behalf of from Flip Video UK as part of their blogger outreach programme - in his own words ‘We’ve got a handful of units available for [...]
Wandering around the Time Square complex in Causeway Bay yesterday gave me some food for thought: Personal wellness here is big business – there is a couple of shops dedicated to mechanical massage machines. Some were like white leather lazy boy chairs, others looked like a foot bath. Add to that at least six shops [...]
Filed under: marketing, consumer, design, business, consumer behaviour, electronics, technology — renaissancechambara @ 10:28 pm Commodore Vic 20 Originally uploaded by renaissancechambara. I got forwarded an interesting link from AdAge.com ‘Americans Spend an Average of $1,200 Annually on Gadgets — but Don’t Understand Much of the Tech They’re Buying‘ that highlighted research about consumers and [...]
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