Droid Does. Does what exactly?
It’s been about a year since those Motorola “Droid Does” commercials were peppered all over your TV and radio, and the big talk of many new phones often involves the word Android. Even some major news outlets seem to mix apples and oranges (like this one here) when talking about cell phone handsets and the [...]
Rare Earth Elements – your iPhone depends on it!
So you’ve seen it in the headlines — the U.S. has uncovered an estimated $1 trillion worth of minerals in Afghanistan. Besides iron and copper (largest mineral deposits discovered), there are deposits of niobium, a soft metal used in producing superconducting steel, lithium, gold, copper, and rare earth elements (REEs).1 If your chemistry is as [...]
iPhone 4 sports video chat, new camera, better screen & battery
In case you missed it, Steve Jobs unveiled the newest iPhone yesterday, dubbed iPhone 4, and it looked just like the one acquired by Gizmodo in April. As expected, it’s a step up in battery life, screen resolution, camera, speed, etc. The “big” thing introduced is video chat (but only between new iPhones via wifi), [...]
Amusing Apple Anecdote
Apple is in the news all week (and seemingly every week) thanks to a record quarterly profit, a “lost and found” conspiracy with an iPhone 4.0 prototype, and the ubiquitous iPad articles. Rather than rehashing the same lines of “hey, you know what is great/stupid about the iPad,” try this little anecdote instead: If every [...]
Apple’s new tablet is called… the iPad
In geeky gadget circles, Apple’s tablet has been hyped for months (years, by some) with speculation about it’s name, the operating system it will use, how it will get us to Mars quicker, etc. As a Dinner Topics reader, though, you just want to know what it does, what it costs, and well… what it [...]
Google Phone
Last week, Google released their own phone called the Nexus One, although many people just call it the “Google Phone.” Why is yet another smart phone a worthy subject? Because Google is selling the phone directly, like Apple does with the iPhone. BUT, Google attempts to take things one step further by offering an “unlocked” [...]
RadioShack – Dropping the “Radio” but Adding iPhones?
Trying desperately to stay up to date with this century which started almost a decade ago, RadioShack announced in August that they will slowly be transitioning the “Radio” part out of the name. While the naming launch occurred over two months ago, every store I have passed by recently still has the “Radio” part on [...]
iPhone: Unofficially Uncool?
As of 12/28/08, Wal-Mart began selling iPhones. That’s right, after picking up some sweatpants, Cap’N Crunch, and perhaps a couple radial tires, you can load Steve Jobs’ former wonder gadget into your cart. I’ll leave the snarkiness to the other blogs, but there’s no denying that offering a product at Wal-Mart certainly takes the mystery [...]
