-1 to keyloggers, +1 to pioneering TV, -1 to collegiate education, +1 to privacy and, of course, a big old +1 to robots, too. Not sure what the preceding means? Read on and learn all about it in this, our milestone twentieth edition of Wins and Fails This Week in Geek. WIN: +1 Google receives [...]
The iPhone 4 Contenders
Posted on September 20, 2010 Written by 4 Comments
Apple’s fourth iPhone (iPhone 4) is just as popular as – if not more popular than – the first generation iPhone. Three years and four versions later, the iPhone has been immensely improved, but with a growing price tag. For the die hard Apple fan – and perhaps for those who simply must have the [...]
Samsung Corby Pro is filled with win, except for one thing
Posted on January 29, 2010 Written by 9 Comments
I couldn’t put my finger on what I found disturbing at first: the Samsung Corby Pro is a sure winner for 2010. It has filled the niche for an el-cheapo phone that comes with QWERTY keypad layout and WiFi … all this for about USD $200.00. SO why was I so averse to it when [...]
5 Uses for Samsung's Transparent AMOLED Screen
Posted on January 7, 2010 Written by 5 Comments
Samsung raised the bar for innovation this CES 2010, bringing us one step closer to the floating digital interface we see in Avatar and Minority Report. So it’s baby steps with transparent screens. If you think about it though factors like sunlight glare and privacy will easily compromise usability. Here are five uses for the [...]
Ape updates Facebook in captivity, takes photos, has lots of fans
Posted on December 10, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
That’s a self portrait above from Nonja, an ape raised by a stock broker in 1976 and now resides in the Schönbrunn Zoo. Her daily routine is pretty much the same as any orangutan: eating, sleeping, gallyvanting, playing with the kids (sometimes spitting water at them from the cage), and updating her Facebook wall with [...]
Samsung joins the e-reader gang
Posted on March 27, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
A little late in the game but it’s a good thing, everyone likes options, options, options. Samsung’s upcoming reader, The Papyrus, is creating such a stir in the industry these days as most major gadget/tech blogs have written a lot about it. It has been told that the Papyrus has office applications like the calculator, [...]
Chicago residents play on world's largest working cell phone
Posted on March 12, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
While it’s a blatant marketing plug for Samsung and a wireless company, there’s something cool – and “Big” – about this oversized cellphone that’s been set up in Chicago. An exact working replica of the Samsung Messenger, it stands 15 feet long, 13 feet high and 3 feet deep, and is on its side to [...]
Samsung YP-P3 Media Player
Posted on February 15, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
It might say on the box that it plays MP3s, but it sure does a lot more than that. The Samsung YP-P3 is as you can see an attractive player and is arriving in the UK later this month. There’s a wonderfully high resolution display that has haptic (touch screen) to acknowledge your finger presses. [...]
Samsung Introduces “Blue Earth”
Posted on February 15, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
You’ve heard the line “don’t leave your electronics out in the sun, specially in your car on a bright sunny day… otherwise, it’ll just “fry” up”. With the recent announcement of Samsung‘s “Blue Earth” the line is now “make sure you leave your phone in the sun to charge up! :) It’s not a flip [...]