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laptops

Kids Are Tearing Apart The OLPC Laptop's Keyboard Rather Easily

You'd think a laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project would, I don't know, account for the fact that it's being used by a child? A child that likes to tear crap apart? Stuff like keyboards? No? Which is why people are seeing keyboards being ripped up rubber piece by rubber piece. A few of the commenters in the forums (no doubt just regular folks buying them for their kids) say that their units were developing rips within days. If this is happening in the relatively safe conditions in the US, how are these laptops going to fare in the harsh conditions they were supposedly designed for? [Laptop.org]

6:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Jason Chen
3,475 views, 22 comments

Latest by twreckx: @HeartBurnKid: Them African kids, who probably already work, know the value of whatever currency they earn. The shit will get kicked out of them if those things broke. more »

apple

Schadenfreude: iPhone Dropped 1 Second After Opening


What would you do if you opened up your iPhone box and dropped your precious phone before you could even look at it? We'd cry like a toddler that got kicked in the nuts, but Shawn is a braver man than we could ever be. Good on you for keeping a straight face, Shawn.

Thanks Ray!

12:00 PM on Sat Jun 30 2007
By Jason Chen
11,839 views, 24 comments

Latest by rmaxtorres: just making sure everyone had a chance to go to the original YouTube Channel where there is a follow up video about the iPhone: Shawn's Interview more »

apple

iPhone Stress Test: Scratching and Dropping

PCWorld is sadistic. To simulate a couple months of usage (read: damage), they threw an iPhone into a plastic bag with a set of keys and jiggled it around like crazy. They then rubbed the two together next to a table, to simulate when you'd go and rub your crotch next to a table—what, you don't do that? More »

11:20 AM on Sat Jun 30 2007
By Jason Chen
21,232 views, 24 comments

laptops

Dell Bundles LoJack Anti-Theft Service With Inspiron Laptops

The word on the street is that laptops get stolen. A lot. That's why Dell's announcing that customers who buy their Accidental Damage plan (CompleteCare) with their laptops will receive a Computrace LoJack system as well. Bundled with select Inspiron notebooks, this laptop-LoJack allows the company to track down and recover your computer. More »

8:00 PM on Tue Feb 6 2007
By Jason Chen
1,617 views, 12 comments