EMI Reneges, Says DRM Here To Stay
If you listen closely, you can hear all the goodwill that EMI accrued in recent days by considering dropping DRM go down the drain. Yup, the smallest of the Big Four music corporations just said that DRM is here to stay. Recently, EMI had been hinting that it would sell music online without any DRM,…
Samsung Lily: Only Teenage Girls Need Apply
We haven’t really looked at the Samsung E420, aka the Lily, because, well, it’s a girls’ phone and if you couldn’t already tell, girls intimidate us. Be that as it may, the dames over at Shiny Shiny took a super in-depth look at it and came away unimpressed, calling the camera "dreadful," saying that the…
Microsoft Sponsors Frat Party To Make Zune Cool
While most of the Free World has already written off the Microsoft Zune as being way too little, way too late, that didn’t stop the Redmond behemoth from desperately trying to make its Little DAP That Couldn’t appear to be “cool” at U Penn. The company sponsored a Sigma Alpha Epsilon frat party last weekend,…
Ogo 2.0: Kinda Like Sidekick, But Only Europe Likes It
The Ogo cellphone, which nobody here liked, is getting a new baby brother to play with: Ogo 2.0. (Was the naming guy on vacation?) Sharing the same basic shape as the original, Ogo 2.0 tries to better itself by including a higher resolution display (QVGA this time), built-in stereo speakers (was mono before), and a…
Excubo Sleeping Jacket: For Those Brave Enough To Sleep On the Subway
Should, for some reason, you choose to sleep on public transportation, you’ll appreciate this weird jacket thing that recently won an industrial design competition. Dubbed the Excubo, the jacket has a what I can only describe as a really big popped collar that’s used to cushion and hold in place the wearer’s neck. Mr. Big…
Spare Battery Cellphone Strap: There When You Need It
The only thing I don’t like about thin phones is the perpetually run-down battery pack. We’ve seen fuel cell, solar, and USB battery packs for your phone. But this remote cell charger is guaranteed to present when you need it, by virtue of its strap. And I’d like it a lot more if it came…
First Apple iPhone Adwatch: Hello Oscars
I’m snowed in, up at Tahoe, and even worse, my friends are making me watch the Oscars. Which only turned out to be cool after seeing this Apple spot for the iPhone. The first ever, I believe. Simply many actors, 28 actually, from many eras, saying hello on the phone, and then an image of…