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Big Apple Tuesday

Oct 14. 2008

In case you live in a cave, I am happy to tell you that Apple made some big announcements today. (I followed the live blog at Engadget, which seemed to have some good pictures of the event. As such, the following pictures come courtesy of Mr. Topolsky at Engadget, unless otherwise noted.) The new MacBook Pros and MacBooks are cut from solid blocks of aluminum like the MacBook Air: That chunk of aluminum in the picture above is cut with (frickin) laser beams to form this: In my opinion, the biggest announcement of the day came when Steve Jobs spoke of the integration of the new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M chip with the laptop lineup: It is a chipset and GPU in one! It is capable...

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Would You Dump Books to Go Digital?

Oct 07. 2008

Sony announced a new Reader Digital Book last week. What sets the PRS-700 from the popular Amazon Kindle is that it has a touchscreen (for easy highlighting and annotating) and the ability to read in landscape mode. (images from the PRS-700 press release)   The very next day, pictures of the Amazon Kindle 2 made its way to The Boy Genius Report. (What impeccible timing! Did Amazon "accidentally" release the photos?) Me rikey the new design! As much as analysts tout e-readers as "the next generation of books," I'm still not sold. Don't get me wrong - I love technology and new gadgets. I've seen the Kindle live, in action, and think it's pretty dope. However, nothing can replace the tactile feel of a book....

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Acme Made Camera Bag

Sep 30. 2008

There are bag hags and shoe whores. I am definitely the former. J doesn't understand why I have an entire section of the closet devoted to my numerous bags. He still doesn't get the concept of dust bags - "Why do you need a bag for a bag?" "To keep my lovelies dust-free, silly." "Can you at least sacrifice one shelf for my comic books and toys?" "No." Ain't marriage grand? With my love for handbags and gadgets, it's a no-brainer that I love bags for my gadgets too. When I got a new MacBook Pro earlier this year, I searched high and low for a laptop bag that would stylishly house my baby. My top choice was The Minimalist by Zegari: As much as I wanted to...

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Hello Lover!

Aug 27. 2008

The HTC S740 was announced today. HELLO GORGEOUS! I'm such a sucker for sleek, minimalist designs. The specs, according to BGR: 116.3 x 43.4 x 16.3 mm GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz WCDMA/HSDPA: 900/2100 MHz (we’d guess there is a 850/1900MHz UMTS/HSDPA version in the works, supports HSDPA 3.6Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps) 2.4″ QVGA screen 3.2 megapixel camera Qualcomm® MSM7225, 528 MHz 256MB flash ROM, 256MB RAM microSD slot 140g 1000mAh battery Wi-Fi b,g aGPS Bluetooth 2.0 FM radio Pretty sweet, if I do say so myself. The only downside is that it runs on Windows Mobile 6.1 which isn't my favorite mobile OS. However, the design and specs more than make up for it. The HTC S740 is slated to be released in Europe next month. Damn you, North America, for having some of the worst selection...

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