Sony Ericsson launches their First Windows Mobile Handset, XPERIA X1
Sony Ericsson has mainly been known for creating phones based on the Symbian operating system, that changed today with the launch of their first Windows Mobile phone, the Xperian X1 QWERTY smartphone. The X1 is the first product in the new Xperian line of higher-end smartphones. The X1 was announced just before the Mobile World […]
Shake it like a Polaroid picture… no longer
Polaroid announces the end of the Polaroid (shake em up) pictures to the dismay of OutKast. The end of the Polaroid film format means the cutting of 450 jobs, and the closing of plants in Mexico, the Netherlands, and Massachusetts. The photograph quality was never great… but this one hurts a bit. Who doesn’t remember […]
Casio launches $4,600 25th Anniversary G-Shock watch
Casio just released their 25th Anniversary “Limited Edition” G-Shock watch – the MRG-8000G. They plan to make only 200 units for sale for all of Japan, USA, Germany, and England. It will have an 18K Gold Ring, titanium bezel, and some additional gold bits.
Google phone prototype to be shown at Mobile World Congress
ARM will be showing their Android prototype “Google Phone” in Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress next week. As you may know, ARM manufactures the processors in many of todays phones. No doubt they are showing this off to show what their chip can do. {Source – Reuters, citing a “source” of their own}
Put your nuggets in your soda
Folks, yet another WTF moment… maybe we should make a WTF category. Inventions for the sake of inventions. Here goes… BBQ Chicken, a South Korea based fried chicken chain has come out with the Col-Pop. The Col-Pop allows the lucky user to have their chicken nuggets (or other items we suppose) on the top of […]
New 16GB iPhone and 32GB iTouch available now
Apple posted the 16GB iPhone and the 32GB iTouch today on their website. Both are listed at $499 and are available immediately.
Microsoft to borrow money to buy Yahoo… the American Way!
Looks like even Microsoft will be borrowing money to make their latest purchase. Assuming the bid is accepted and gets approval from the feds. In staying with the American trend of borrowing money for just about every purchase, Microsoft will be selling bonds and debt. This move clearly shows the desperation on Microsoft’s part to […]
Best Smoke Bomb hands down!
I love playing with smoke bombs. Not really sure what caused this addiction, but it is very real. I have tried just about every type of smoke bomb available from the ones you buy at firework stands to the ones you mail order that look like sticks of dynamite. In hunting for the best smoke […]
Microsoft makes $44.6 BILLION bid for Yahoo
Microsoft, again, makes a signifcant bid for Yahoo. Both Yahoo and Microsoft face steep competition from Google with regard to their internet business units. Even if Yahoo and it’s shareholders agree to the deal there is no guarantee antitrust issues will allow it to happen. Either way this story will play out over many months. […]
eBay raising the rates on the sneaky
eBay is raising the rates again! The best part is the sneaky way they are going about the increases. They are lowering the insertion fee (the cheapest part of the transaction) while raising the percentages for the final value fees. So you will save 5 pennies on the insertion fee while paying an increase of […]