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Sony Design Studio has re-intepreted Sony’s original 1962 “micro TV,” the world’s smallest and lightest portable set at the time, for the 21st century. The concept reflects a product landscape that addresses the need for greater emotional and sense satisfaction, rather than pure practicality and efficiency: Sets projecting images that reach you like the song of a little bird by your pillow. They are a form of “senseware”; small, round, and soft reinterpretations of products that feel nice and have character.
The micro TV set fits in the palm of your hand, dons a fabric-covered casing and features all standard capabilities. [Sony Design Studio via Yanko]
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We tuned in for Woz’s grand Segway polo match today. Aside from the simultaneously eerie and warm feeling we got from Steve Wozniak’s shirt bearing a striking resemblance to our old high school’s band booster wear, we weren’t able enjoy much of the very short broadcast of the match. In fact, we have no idea who won, cried, made out with Kathy Griffen or anything.
Though, we’re sure Woz won. I mean, the guy is Woz, after all. Here’s a clip we did manage to catch in which Woz pitches you Segway polo with enough fervor to light your heart on fire…he offers to train you and everything.
Canalys has produced a report showing the iPhone has grown massively in North America. The study looked specifically at smartphone market share statistics in Q3, and the iPhone, in a surprisingly short time span, has managed to grab second position. A 27% market share is nothing to scoff at; what Apple has done in a few months, others have failed to do in years. Smartphones running Symbian, Linux and Palm OS all fall behind Apple’s iPhone. This is ever more stunning because the iPhone is only available via one carrier, in contrast, the other platforms can be procured from various cellular networks. This dramatically increases their market penetration. From the perspective of a business model, these figures are simply astronomical. Who’s running scared? Apparently, Symbian is:
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In case you missed it, the iPhone with 1.1.2 firmware has been confirmed to run unlocked with a couple of new SIM cards in addition to the TurboSIM, which we already knew worked fine: the StealthSIM and a new one called SonicSIM. We have not tested these, so proceed with caution. [hackint0sh and iPhone World]
The X835 digital camera from BenQ has an 8MP sensor, packs in a 3x optical zoom and can handle sensitivities of up to ISO 2000 during still image capture. The ISO sensitivity during video capture is set at a maximum of 6400. The addition of such functionality comes at a price; the noise in the captured images will probably be enough to cause an avalanche in the Alps from an 800 kilometre distance.
According to the IT staff at Morrisville State College, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console—without the use of a Wi-Fi adapter—seems to be interfering with 2.4GHz signals like Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on campus. Aside from loads of anecdotal evidence of computers not connecting to the school’s wireless LAN network and Bluetooth headsets needing to physically touch phones to pair, the started analysing the 2.4GHz spectrum and made an interesting finding. When studying the signal in problem areas, they noticed a peculiar, strong signal that jumped all over the 2.4GHz band…that their diagnostic software labelled as “unknown emitter.”
Now this is a sad story…if it’s true. According to this alleged school report, one student received a detention for using Firefox—as opposed to IE or Safari, we assume. And while there could be plenty of explanations for why the school would want to control student browsers, we loved the teacher’s write-up of the event:
OK, hear us out. We know this video is a few days old, but we just spotted it, and we think it is remarkably well done. The video shows a potential Super Mario Galaxy for the DS, and although we are inclined to believe it’s a fake, Camp Gizmodo is a little divided. Check the video out and then jump to see what we made of it. The debate raged on behind the scenes, here’s what the weekend team made of it:
