HP released my favorite netbook the Mini-Note 2133 in April but my one problem with it was its price. For $499 you get a 1GHz VIA C7-M processor, 512MB of memory, a 4GB flash drive, and Linux and although the build quality almost makes up for it, I wouldn’t purchase it because it’s a little [...]
Eee PC 901 Available for Pre-Order on Amazon for $399
Computers, Mobile, Notebooks, PC No Comments »Amazon has just made an “Asus Eee PC 900 16G” available for pre-order on their website. Well, if you know anything about your subnotebooks you will now that this actually isn’t the 900 but is the 901.
I guess Amazon is having trouble keeping their Eee model names straight (I am as well). Amazon also has [...]
Apple Diverting iPhone From Canada to Europe
Apple, Cell Phones, Mobile, iPhone No Comments »Daniel Smith claims that Apple has diverted a large number of its initial iPhone 3G Canadian deliveries to Europe in retribution for Roger’s expensive rate plans. Some Canadian stores may only receive 10-20 iPhones each and are being told not to promise ample stock on launch day.
Since the story broke over the weekend neither Rogers [...]
iPhone 3G Guided Tour and iPhone 3G Pricing Details
AT&t, Apple, Cell Phones, Mobile, iPhone No Comments »Today Apple posted a guided tour of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 software. iPhone pricing has also been announced.
AT&T retail stores will open at 8am local time on July 11, existing customers who don’t qualify for an upgrade will have to pay $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Customers [...]
The Eee PC 903 and 904 Have been “Unveiled”
Computers, Mobile, Notebooks, PC No Comments »Asus has been shoving a lot of new Eee branded products lately and here comes another couple. The Eee PC 903 and 904 are very similar to the 901 except the guts are in a 1000’s chassis. That it is a notebook with an 8.9″ display in a case that was built to hold a [...]
My Favorite Fire Eagle Applications
Beta, Mobile, Yahoo! 2 Comments »After writing my post yesterday about Fire Eagle I recieved an invite from Chad Dickerson (thank you very much) and have spent the past day playing around with some of the applications that use the service.
I’m only going to mention two of the applications that I use because I don’t really have a use for [...]
How Yahoo is Way Ahead of the Curve in Location Based Services
Beta, Mobile, Rants, Yahoo! 6 Comments »Many people think that Yahoo isn’t that good at putting new products infront of users and monetizing it, and they’re right. But, what they don’t realize is that Yahoo is way ahead of the curve in location based services and they don’t have to put it infront of users because other developers will.
The product is [...]
Rogers Reminds Me That Data Plans in the US Aren’t That Bad
Apple, Cell Phones, Mobile, iPhone No Comments »Rogers has announced the pricing for the iPhone plans and it is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever seen.
So what they’re saying is that the absolute maximum amount of data you can use without paying horrible overage fees is 2GB!
Come on now Rogers, I don’t even live in Canada and I’m offended by this. There [...]