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40 Million Tracked iPhones

starting with the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0, the iPhone will learn a number of new tricks, most of them software-based. one interesting area to watch are the micropayments which are supported by the new OS; it will be interesting to... Read more →

Sony Touchscreen E-Book

a little over a year after Sony released its last e-book update (the PRS-505), it now has released a new reader which is quite a bit more interesting than the rather small improvements of the PRS-505 over the PRS-500. the... Read more →

E-Newspaper? E-Book? What's the Difference?

the NYT reports that there is yet another e-book reader on the horizon (here's newsweek's coverage of it), but this time it's an e-newspaper reader (even making this distinction reveals the basic flaws in how people think about these devices).... Read more →

GPS and Altimeter

my current everyday watch is a suunto observer; it has a built-in altimeter, pretty basic stop watch functions but good enough for what i want, is not as hideously ugly as polar's creations of the past 10 years, and does... Read more →

XO & XP

Microsoft will be supporting the XO laptop, also known as the One Laptop Per Child (OPLC) laptop. so far, the machine only was available with linux and a user interface which, well, is not that easy to use, at least... Read more →

Ionos vs. Atmos

i just got a giro ionos for my easter present. nice! now i am finally up to speed again in the helmet department... i had an atmos before (actually, two of them), but of course a helmet with more visible... Read more →

iPhone vs. Android

so you want to develop cool applications for mobile devices? do you want a total of $10 million of potential support developing for non-existing phones, or a total of $100 million of potential support developing for the most successful phone... Read more →

Black Air

lenovo just released its latest and greatest thinkpad, the X300. it's like the macbook air in many ways, not quite as slim and sleek, but close (and it has a DVD drive and wired ethernet, both options are not available... Read more →

iTunes Software Purchasing Test

while the way how iPhone apps will be sold is still unclear, it is probably safe to assume they will only be available through iTunes. and the recent history of Apple software updates probably is a pretty good indication for... Read more →

iPod Touch 1.1.4 Software Update

together with the iPhone 1.1.4 Software Update, Apple released the 1.1.4 software update for the iPod Touch. it is a bit bigger than the iPhone update (165.5mb vs. 162.1mb), and like the iPhone update, it adds no noticeable features. the... Read more →