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Finally! Tree-destruction-less reading without inky fingers! Even though i find the keyboard too big and spacey the device is a full win in my humble opinion.
Paperback size, 10.3 ounces, e-paper display for minimum power consumption and maximum readability even in bright daylight, dog ear support, bookmarks, automatic saving of reading place, qwerty keyboard, wireless connection [...]
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If you happen to speak German and enjoy bitter sweet comedy you might enjoy this.
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=87696D9637A9F5B8
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Filed under: INTERNET
Finally, software developers are building a filter that blocks unintelligible comments.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/12/100954554/index.htm?postversion=2007110712
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Filed under: INTERNET
UPDATE:
Give 1 Get 1 is only available to US and Canada residents. What’s that about?!
15 days, limited stocks, so if you happen to live in the US or Canada, hurry to give 1 and get yours soon.
ORIGINAL POST:
The OLPC (1-laptop-per-child) campaign is already producing the $100 laptop and shipping them to Uruguay as the first [...]
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Filed under: HARDWARE
Apple released firware 1.1.2 overnight for iPod Touch and iPhone.
The iPod Touch firmware has already been jailbroken, next in line iPhone.
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/09/1-1-2-ipod-touch-jailbroken-before-its-official-release/
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Filed under: iPhone
Do something about it … at least from your computer:
# http://www.pangeaday.org/
# http://www.avaaz.org/
# http://www.climatecrisis.net/
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Filed under: iPhone
UPDATE 12/NOV/2007:
Works fine, no worries then.
UPDATE 09/NOV/2007:
10am: works fine still.
ORIGINAL POST:
Third degree rumor! Through a friend I’ve heard from a source within O2 that they intend to run online checks on their network to decline those iPhones the use of the network that have not been properly activated and registered with O2 in the UK [...]
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According to an interview with O2 UK chief Matthew Key, the 3G version of the iPhone is due in the second half of 2008. This piece of information is coming from his negotiations with Apple for securing the exclusvie UK deal for the iPhone.
Here’s the interview at Macworld UK:
http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=19584
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OK, so it is somewhat official. Apple is bringing out a new firmware version for the EU launch of the phone.
It will include international keyboard support, a fix for the TIFF exploit (thus rendering the jailbreakme.com solution useleee) as well as other security updates. Oh, and of course it will attempt again to brick any [...]
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Filed under: iPhone
Here’s a funny one! If you receive a text message from some service that sends its name in the sender/originator field, the iPhone doesn’t show you the message content, yes sometimes it does not even show you the full name.
Why, you ask? It would appear that the SMS app is not able to properly interpret [...]
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Filed under: APPLE, iPhone
