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CeBIT Remainders: 8 Reasons We Didn’t Go [Remainders]
Mar 6th
Every year, Hanover, Germany hosts hordes of tech journalists, analysts, and PR people for CeBIT. It’s like CES, sort of, except further away, and more boring. We decided not to go this year; it ends tomorrow. Here’s what we missed!
To be clear, these were some of the bigger stories of the conference, at least for American audiences. We’ve written a few other CeBIT stories up as well, which you can find here, but by and large, the event just sort of came and went. So, this is what was Read more ...
Apple Doubles 3G Download Cap for iPhone to 20MB
Feb 18th
iLounge discovered that Apple has stealthily doubled the limit for iPhone over-the-air 3G downloads from it’s Read more ...
Mobiado Sticks With Rivet-Like Buttons For Classic 712ZAF Phone [Phones]
Jan 29th
At least Vertu can point at its concierge service as one of the reasons its phones are so damn pricey. Mobiado can’t even claim its phones are stylish.
Still, the Classic 712ZAF candybar handset is made from aluminum, stainless steel, sapphire crystal and a ceramic coating, so at least it can withstand being dropped when you’re pummeled for being such an expensive jerk.
Don’t expect much more than a 2.2-inch QVGA screen, A-GPS, 5.0-megapixel camera with LED flash and noise cancellation via the two microphones. It comes in six different colors—namely, black, black satin, silver, grey, blue and red, with the price not yet known. Read more ...
BlackBerry Pearl and Curve Trackballs Being Replaced For Free At T-Mobile [BlackBerry]
Jan 29th
T-Mobile is replacing the antiquated trackballs on BlackBerry’s Pearl 8100 and 8120, and the Curve 8320 smartphones for free from the 15th of February, to any customers who are having problems with them. It’s one of the reasons RIM moved from trackballs to optical trackpads, so if you aren’t having problems yet, mark my words: you will. [ TMO News via Read more ...
Stephen Fry’s Thoughts On The iPad: All 2,180 Words Of It [Apple]
Jan 28th
British wit and tech maestro
Stephen Fry has—rather predictably—
scribed a 2,180 word essay about the iPad, after we spotted him skulking around with the whiskey-drinking Jonathan Ive. If only he’d written it on an actual iPad.
Infamously purchasing the second Mac to be sold in the Read more ...
