blending the mix

I got wind of this yesterday evening whilst in a sub-notebook Mac and UMPC frenzy and was utterly surprised at just how innovative it was:

When Bill said this week that touch was the future for Microsoft (but didn’t Ballmer say online advertising was the future?!) he probably underestimated just how far things have come […]

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So, Day 1 of the competition and I was pleased to see two great ideas come in over the blog and several more via email.
The winner? The Calsonator - Anna Carlson of Nixon McInnes.
Anna does exactly what I do and I like Nixon McInnes, they are my kind of people so I am glad to […]

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So it was Steve Clayton in his review of the phone, who got me thinking seriously about the LG Viewty. I had seen the ads and was in the market for a new phone anyway. But the N95 seemed the obvious choice.
I like taking pics wherever I go but don’t want to take along […]

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The gadget show (on Channel 5) provides an exclusive preview of the upcoming show on You Tube.
A project we have been working on recently has been how we take conventional TV viewers and engage with them on the net.
This is a great idea:

Tags: gadget show, you tube, tv, internet

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Thanks to Grigs for the image
WOW - what a shocking product.
It’s white, it has a screen, it even has keys, but an Apple it is NOT.
Did Amazon forget to think about how the Kindle would look? Commodore 128 is NOT too far from the point.
So not only are they charging for content we can […]

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It seems that with Broadband, unlimited doesn’t ACTUALLY mean unlimited.
3 (whose marketing approach I actually really like despite all the negative press they receive) when promoting their new mobile broadband device, tell me "they don’t like the unlimited tariffs that rap you on the knuckles when you find out they are limited". So WTF is […]

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Damien Mulley posted a great competition from Science Week where entrants can win a Nintendo Wii if you post your answer and you are lucky enough to be drawn at the end of the day.
So, in answer to today’s question, "What was MY favourite invention from my childhood?":
The Acorn Alectron.
The WHAT I hear you say?
From […]

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Let’s look at the facts:

The cost of the phone:
US 8Gb iPhone: $399 (£198.19)
UK 8Gb iPhone at launch: $541.50 (£269.00)
UK Data Plans:
£35 ($70.46) - 200 minutes, 200 SMS
£45 ($90.60) - 600 minutes, 500 SMS
£55 ($110.73) - 1200 minutes, 500 SMS
US Data Plans:
$59.99 (£29.80) - 450 minutes, 200 SMS
$79.99 (£39.73) - 900 minutes, 200 SMS
$99.99 (49.66) - […]

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…well, not quite.
Steve Rubel points to the future…

thanks to iphoneunboxed for the image!
Tags: iphone, apple

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thanks for the montage erniea
I, like mobile crunch, decided not to comment on the iphone yesterday (just to get myself some cheap traffic from technorati) until I had digested its features and capabilities, but one thing stands out above all else:
IT IS THE ONLY PHONE APPLE PRODUCE
Consider the wider mobile phone market. With at least […]

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