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    Palm's Going To Have Something at CES, But What?

    Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

    Is CES Still Trying To Seduce Apple?
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/16/09

    In reply to Palm's Going To Have Something at CES, But What?
    Apple, HP, Dell, Sony, Toshiba all attempted to make a succesful PDA or smartphone, and failed again and again. Palm/ Visor invented the smartphone as we know it.

    Microsoft took 10 years and 2 complete rewrites to make a viable mobile OS, while Palm was selling PDAs and phones that did what people wanted.

    Palm haters make me laugh. Plenty of people have made these same stupid pronouncements about Apple, RIM, and even Motorola.
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    12/16/09

    @Jack_Burton: Apple failed to make a successful smartphone? Don't get me wrong, I'm a Windows using Blackberry man, but I don't think you can class the iPhone a failure.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/16/09

    @You ate my cake!: Newton.
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    12/17/09

    @Jack_Burton: Ok yeah I'm with you on that one. I liked the Sony Clie serries though, they were pretty functional, advanced devices for their time.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/17/09

    @You ate my cake!: But, the Clie ran Palm OS.
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    12/17/09

    @Jack_Burton: Oh really? Ha! I was only a kid when they were around, I just remember my teacher had one and I thought it was damn cool. A memory card you can plug in that gives you wifi?! Intense.
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    Image of fryhole fryhole
    12/15/09

    In reply to Palm's Going To Have Something at CES, But What?
    In my worthless opinion they really need to get their phones on more carriers, more so than new hardware. I can't imagine it's very easy to compete against the Goog and fruit with the backing of only one US carrier, and that whole choice thing in Europe.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment fryhole was starred fryhole was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/15/09

    @fryhole: I'd actually say that's the best opinion. Palm simply doesn't have the clout to manage a closed-system following like Apple does. And so far, Google's destroying them on the multi-phone, multi-carrier front. I think there's still room in this market for a third consumer-friendly platform, but dangit they need to quit stalling.

    Sidenote: every dang time I see your profile picture, I think of this.
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    Image of fryhole fryhole
    12/15/09

    @OCEntertainment: If I start thinking of that every time I come to Giz...

    On a lighter note...oh man.

    Agreed.
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    Image of Jack_Burton Jack_Burton
    12/16/09

    @fryhole: Yep. They have a GSM version of the Pre in Europe, they should be selling it here too.

    Video camera function would be a good thing to pimp right now too. And better power management/speed-step for the processor. Alternatively, a mature IDE that can crank the apps out.
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    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    That's great, but... my $5 flashlight has a handle on the bottom that flips out, and if you crank it for a few seconds you have a half hour of light. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    A 20-year battery, and a lifetime supply of ugly. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: flashlights don't need to be pretty as long as they shed light on the pretty things. 20 years of no battery purchases certainly would be worth it to me, but I won't buy one to be honest. It IS a 250.00 flashlight after all. ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    @Faslane's avatar is squished: Read the article. The battery only lasts 20 years if you never, ever use it. It's like my car that gets a million miles per gallon as long as the engine is never started. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @AmishJohn: oops. RTFA to me. Faslane FAIL! LOL

    cheers ;-) #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    Porsches are for cocks. Jeremy Clarkson is right on this point #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Xeno promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @RT100: Whats the difference between a Porsche and a Cactus? With a Porsche the prick is on the inside.
    Bam! #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

    I'm so pissed at that flashlight that I wanna go cut someone with the Porsche Type 301 knives! #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    ........the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use...Rather, when not connected to terminals, the battery will still be able to provide power 20 years in the FUTURE as they figured out some way to eliminate erroneous power dissipation. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of bselnick bselnick
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Actually, there is a mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed. This membrane is what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life. Once activated, you get typical battery life.

    [finance.yahoo.com]
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment bselnick was starred bselnick was unstarred
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    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton:

    If only some people would read the article.. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @bselnick: What the hell...Are my speaking Greek? What I said AGREES with what you said. Your explanation of there being a "mechanically actuated membrane that separates the electrolytes until needed" merely agrees with my less specific "they figured out some way". And my "....the battery doesn't LAST for 20 years of use" agrees with your "....what gives the battery a 20 year shelf life". #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @I_have_something_to_say: Read my response above. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Sadly, the ability to read does not confer comprehension, nor the ability to make inferences based on context clues. The upshot is that the rampant act-first-look-later conclusion-jumping (typically involving an egregious sens eof self-righteousness) gives us plenty of fodder for irony-based meta-llurgy with which to catch them at the bottom. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @met2art: Okkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk then. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: "Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery" - My beef. In case any of you didn't implicitly understand that. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of uttc16 uttc16
    11/12/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: that was a hilarious sequence of comments... you just made my day #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    11/12/09

    @uttc16: Thank you kind sir. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    That's a poor design, from an ergonomic, engineering, and cost perspective. And the flashlight doesn't stay on for 20 years, it just supposedly stays available for 20 years in case you want to use it. I'd much rather have a $5 motion-induction-recharged flashlight that will last 100 years... oh wait, I do. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    Porsche to economy: Screw you. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Scratic Scratic
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery

    Sorry, I've resolved not to spend more than $70 on a flashlight unless it can cut off Ponda Baba's arm in a bar fight. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of OtisCabeal OtisCabeal
    11/12/09

    @Scratic: Its a more eligant flashlight for a more civilized age
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/12/09

    In reply to Designed by Porsche, This $250 Flashlight Has a 20 Year Battery
    I can not see any flashflight now without thinking its actually a Fleshlight. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Danny Allen Danny Allen
    11/12/09

    @Curves: lol #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @Curves: You know, I thought the same damn thing when it came up on my screen... "20 year Porsche Fleshlight? Hmmm...*click*" Just imagine my disappointment. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of B-low B-low
    11/12/09

    @met2art: Imagine Mr Frucci's disappointment. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    met2art promoted this comment B-low was starred B-low was unstarred
    Image of met2art met2art
    11/12/09

    @B-low: Poor Frooch... enduring the endless Fleshlight jokes. I say bravo, to the bold Frucci, for having the courage to do that article, jokesters be damned! *bows head respectfully* #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09


    @met2art: Courage would be laying with this hot puppy. Incidentally also designed by Porsche.
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    Image of bleek bleek
    11/12/09

    @B-low: He could cheat and insert a fleshlight into that hole :< #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09


    @B-low: Don't judge me!
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    Curves promoted this comment Edited by bleek at 11/12/09 10:23 AM bleek was starred bleek was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    11/12/09

    @bleek: I just snorted coffee out my nose after seeing that photochop. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of bleek bleek
    11/12/09

    @Curves: Hey, I tried. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @bleek: Yes, you did and it earned you a heart click. Well played, Sir. #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    11/12/09

    @Curves: Well thank you miss, I'd tip my hat to you, but it would probably fall off and it's really hard to put on :< #mpoweremergencyilluminator
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/22/09

    In reply to Is CES Still Trying To Seduce Apple?
    Because an exclusive, Mac-centric expo is unnecessary, now that Apple's pretty much picked itself up completely out of the river of shit that they swam through in the 90's.
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    05/22/09

    In reply to Is CES Still Trying To Seduce Apple?
    Because CES is the Consumer Electronics Show and Apple is THE name in consumer electronics. And a large part is crap for the Apple ecosystem.
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    Image of Todd Bernhard Todd Bernhard
    05/22/09

    In reply to Is CES Still Trying To Seduce Apple?
    I've been to MANY CES shows, and Comdex before that, as a journalist.


    Apple or not, CES is dominated by iPod accessories, and with the success of the iPhone, this is a no brainer. This is about the "i-ecosystem" whether Apple participates or not.


    Here's what I posted from this past CES:


    [www.iphonelife.com]

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    05/22/09

    @Todd Bernhard: Please don't flog your blog, especially from a Facebook account. If you have a blog, put it in your profile.
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    Image of Dillinger23 Dillinger23
    05/22/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Please check out my blog www.google.com
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    05/22/09

    @dillinger23: Your blog is Google?


    Are you Larry or Sergey?

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