Terry Daidone, the founder of Certicell, has apparently traded 17-year-old George Hotz three locked 8GB iPhones and one Nissan 350Z to get Hotz’s unlocked iPhone unit. The trade teaches our children two things — the virtue of patience and how hacking an iPhone can get you ridiculous amounts of stuff. [Engadget via Jtag]
If there’s one thing the world sorely needs it’s some sort of place where robots can go to chat, find love, and make plans to destroy Humanity. Luckily, South Korea is well-aware of their plight and has announced plans to build “Robot Land” — a city entirely created for the robotics industry. The city will feature facilities for research, development, and production of robots — it’ll even have a stadium for robot-related competitions, like the much-heralded “Who Can Malfunction And Kill Everyone First” contest.
The project will cost $530 million dollars and will begin construction sometime in 2009 — which is also the year North Korea begins construction on their very own “Crazy Killer Robot Land” — a land that may or may not have nuclear weapons. [WaziWazi via SciFi]
PinStack.com has posted new pictures of the upcoming BlackBerry Pearl 2, as well as some new spec information that will make your eyes bleed in profound joy. According to Pinstack, the new Pearl 2 will have a slew of improvements — from a better email layout and display to improved voice control software. It’ll also have a WiFi-browser, an external entry MicroSD, a 3.5mm headset jack and the 4.3 OS installed.
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Still not much information on pricing or a release date, aside from the Thanksgiving rumor, but we’re definitely liking the slimmer body — it’s something we could really see ourselves settling down and starting a family with. [Pinstack]
In CEO-orgasming news, Pano Logic announced their network-based Pano Device, which, using a main host, virtualizes a copy of Windows XP and Vista without the need for an actual PC. Coming equipped with an Ethernet jack for the network connection, along with three USB ports, a VGA port for the display and audio I/O jacks for dedicated speakers and microphones, the tiny Pano promises to cut Total Cost of Ownership by 70%.
The Pano Device requires a Pano Management Server that hosts copies of XP or Vista and will cost $20 dollars a month per Pano device attached to the network. The server and device will be available in September and will bring a tear of joy to a business owner’s eye. [Panologic via Electronista]
A guy claims that he’s figured out how to use the iPhone’s accelerometers to do wacky stuff and games such as the ones shown in the video. Real? Or fancy video editing? We’ll find out soon, since he promised to post the source in his blog. [Medallia]
Well, if the papers want to finger us for dumb stuff, we’ll poke them right back.
In yesterday’s Herald Sun, a story on the latest iPhone unlock (you know, those unlocks we’ve covered here every which way over the past umpteen weeks) they leak some clearly confidential news that Apple has sold off that part of the business to Microsoft.
Haha. Suck it, News! We’re so much better than you. When we typo shit like that, we can come straight back in and edit history. Print is forever (though so too are screen grabs and the Wayback Machine, I guess…) -Seamus Byrne [iPhoneMojo]
According to an internal employee email, the year-and-a-half old ad campaign from AT&T that claims they’re the network with the fewest dropped calls is reportedly over. This decision comes from JD Power giving T-Mobile the most dropped calls award in most markets, as well as Consumer Reports rating AT&T at the bottom of their lists for reliability and satisfaction. So what will the Death Star Network use instead? “More Bars in More Places”, apparently (to the detriment of AA members everywhere). [DSLReports via Wired via Consumerist]
This might look like a normal, albeit outdated, landline phone, but it hides a whole lot more than that behind its unassuming exterior. It actually contains a motion detector that’ll give you a call and allow you to listen in on whatever’s happening in the room. It’s perfect for listening in on, uh, robbers. Yes, that’s it, robbers. [Product Page via Product Dose]
Yeah, I loves me some pancakes.
Hey, movie quote trivia – where’s this from: “Where is pancakes house?”
Record broken for 5GHz Wi-Fi distance. Italy to Sardinia in 5Mbps. Whooosh!
Sanyo LP-Z2000 enters cheap 1080p projector battle. And we all know who wins this kind of battle… you! Yes, YOU!
Sony VAIO LT HD PC/TV is a mini entertainment centre. Would be great in student housing, if a student could afford one.
Video of Frucci playing Xbox 360 on that boring little Panasonic TV. Okay, the stunning 103-inch plasma. Yeah, I’m jealous.
