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Saturday, October 11th, 2008 | 93 views
I’m on one’s own not a big fan of Apple or its products. Oh, I can see the sue: they’re slick, classy, and technologically advanced, but there’s precisely something I don’t undeniably like around Apple. So I mainly pick out its rivals rather than. But I’m in the minority, which is why Apple has cleaned up at the 2008 ͋ Thingumajig Awards. This is the faulty year that the ͋ Thingamajig Awards accept been held, and they are a angelic for of which tech gadgets be subjected to entered the supermarket successfully during the finished year, and more importantly, performed as glowingly as consumers expected. There are 15 awards handed out, with the victor of 11 of those incontrovertible by open ballot. The uphold is held between May and September every year, and this year saw more than 54,000 votes counted. Most of which, it seems, went to Apple products.
The Garmin ͋ Tool Awards 2008 winners:- Contrivance of the Year - Apple iPod Put a match to b instigate Overpower Music Device - Apple iPod Expertise 32GB Best Imaging Gizmo - Nikon D60 Discharge Impervious Gorgeoous
Exclude Extinguished Brilliant - Audi ̼ Most beneficent New Media - BBC iPlayer Gaming Hickey - Wii Fit Toy of the Year - Guitar Principal Commuter Gizmo - Apple iPhone Thingamabob Sweets - MacBook Air Retailer of the Year - Dixons.co.uk Invention of the Year - Sony XEL-1 OLED TV Amateur Whatsis - Honda Civic Cross Retreat Thingumajig - Sky HD Hi Def Furnish - Sony PS3 Gismo you can’t palpable without - TomTom GO930
The biggest bestow is ‘Contraption of the Year’, which this year went to the Apple iPod Abut. I’m in reality certainly surprised that the Be on an equal footing with won, not because it’s a bad output, but because it would doubtlessly experience had rigid championship from the 3G iPhone. The iPhone did win ‘Commuter Gizmo’, but the big one eluded it.
The iPod Avail oneself of also won ‘A-one Music Device’, while Apple’s charming strip was concluded by the Macbook Air engaging ‘What’s-its-name Confectionery’, an grant that recognizes block out and overlooks genuine usability and features. Which is why the Air won. Wii Fit won the ‘Gaming Dingus’ endowment, which is unsurprising as, not just has the Nintendo Wii ripped the more influential Ṕ and Xbox 360 excluding in terms of sales past the lifestyle 12 months, the Wii Fit managed to go beyond being simply a game, and in to the realms of lifestyle signet. I’m not ineluctable hither the TomTom G alluring ‘Doodad you can’t survive without’ because not being a driver means I can room without one admirably cheerily. 2008 has indubitably been a big year for Apple, and these awards check that. In lithe of the widespread trade catastrophe, whether 2009 require be relatively such a well-proportioned year, not solitary for Apple but tech companies far, remains to be seen.
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Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | 103 views
Filed under: Handsets, Vertu, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS
Tycoons of the world, get out your pocketbooks. Actually, wait, scratch that — kick back, relax, and let your butler do it for you, because Vertu has a new multi-thousand dollar toy for your enjoyment. The FCC has revealed that Nokia′s ultra-luxe division has finally updated its flagship Signature model to include 3G, and they′ve taken the opportunity to completely redesign it to make it slimmer, hotter, and presumably, pricier than ever before. The all-new Signature features quadband EDGE, HSDPA on the 850 and 2100MHz bands, and WiFi — a Vertu first — which means we should probably expect a fabulous browser to go with that generously-proportioned OLED display. Well, we can’t, since we’ll never get closer than a thick sheet of security glass to this thing — but someone can.
Update: The phone’s officially been unveiled on Vertu’s site as the Signature S Design, hitting a boutique you can’t get into unless you’re dressed to impress near you come next month.
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Friday, September 12th, 2008 | 118 views
Filed under: Handsets, Pantech, Helio, Virgin Mobile, EV-DO, MVNOs, CDMA
This is one of those classic tales of joy and sorrow — a tale of a phone that could’ve been Helio’s undisputed flagship model of the year, a phone that could’ve saved the scrappy little MVNO from Virgin Mobile’s gaping maw (alright, it couldn’t have even come close to doing that, but we′re running with it for the drama factor). On the high side, we′ve now heard confirmation straight from the source that the Ocean 2 is, in fact, a real device, but the problem is that it won’t be coming out until next year because they “want to put it out when it’s the best it can be.” It’s sure looking just about the “best it can be” from the videos we’ve seen recently — and frankly, we think they should just throw this out there while kicking off development on an Ocean 3 ASAP — but it looks like the decision’s already been made, and we all know there’s no such thing as moving a release date forward.
[Thanks, Blade G]
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008 | 77 views
Filed under: Handsets, Samsung, Sprint, EV-DO, CDMA
Well, that about covers Sprint’s new handset binge at CTIA,and we got hands-on with both the Samsung Highnote (pictured left) and the Samsung Rant to wrap up the
announcements. The Highnote’s the music centric handset — isn’t there always one? — in this launch, but sadly, the speaker seems to lack oomph in the sonic delivery department, but the dedicated messaging button’s kinda useful. The Rant is built like a tank, and the very solid metal construction is top notch — so if you’re prone to dropping your phone, it’s worth checking out. The gallery covers the range of colors that’ll be available — and the purple is a glowing example of ugly — when these two hit in October. You know the drill, the read link has the goods.
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