Samsung’s sexy printers, launched earlier this month at IFA, are to be sold exclusively in Apple stores. The ML1630 and SCX-4500, (above) costing $199 and $299 respectively, will be available at both online and physical stores until January 2008, when they will be available from other retailers. Press release is below.
AU: No idea if this is a US exclusive deal or whether we’ll see similar when these arrive here. Will keep an ear out. -SB
If you have successfully unlocked your iPhone, you may have discovered already that the voicemail button doesn’t do anything at all. It won’t give you visual voicemail, but you can easily get the voicemail button to work using any carrier following these steps:
When I was a kid and a dinosaur popped out of a book it was one of the most joyful experiences of my life &mdash now if only that dinosaur was a glowing lamp. Takeshi Ishiguro’s Book of Lights is a coffee table book that, like every good book, has no real content &mdash all it has is pop-up lamp that’s powered by a low voltage adapter. The lit lamp, using three .06 watt LEDs, isn’t exactly the brightest light source in the world but this is an exercise in style, not functionality. [TreeHugger via Artecnica]
We’re starting to see a very welcome pattern on TV right now. As show seasons kick off in the USA this time of year, it seems our local networks are finally aligning a few of the big draw shows with the overseas schedules – instead of the tradition of making us wait six months before we get to see them here. Damages, Dexter, Heroes, and plenty more have started or will start locally in coming weeks.
Are you going to show them some love and watch on TV instead of download? Or PVR instead of download? Or will you stick to your regularly scheduled download routines? I for one plan on showing some love, though it will be interesting to see what happens when we hit summer non-ratings time. The US shows usually take a break over December too, but if we never fall too far behind I might be convinced to set my IceTV rather than my Torrents. Should a major cliff hanger pop up, though… -Seamus Byrne
I’ve always wanted my bathtub to look like it’s flying through time, luckily, so does Tetsuya Nakamura. The designer has released a wildly-painted bathroom set that includes a pair of sinks, a tub, a step for a stairwell and a decorative column. The units are all made from sculpted fiber-reinforced plastic and will almost definitely attract wild animals.
IBM has released a free download of its office suite, called Lotus Symphony. The package includes a word processor, a spreadsheet program and a presentation builder that can be downloaded on IBM’s website. Take that Microsoft Office. [IBM Symphony via Wired]
Logan at Kotaku AU shares this link to a great time waster suited to most any mobile. Called ‘Dweller’, it’s a Rogue / Nethack style game that should beat the hell out of your umpteenth run at Tetris, Minigolf or Snakes. Not that they’re bad – they’re good. But we all need to mix it up now and then, and Dweller sounds like a great way to accidentally miss your bus stop. -Seamus Byrne [Dweller via Kotaku AU]
Reader Derek Jenkins was disappointed that he couldn’t find a good unboxing of the very sexy Fujitsu U1010 UMPC. So he bought one and did it himself. How can we dony such commitment to the demands of unboxing tech pr0n?
A few of his findings on the local release: - No leather flip case for APAC, but a neoprene slip case - Battery real world about 2h 25m - Wi-Fi sensitivity is kick ass
Check out his full take over at his Facebook gallery [Fujitsu U1010 unboxing]
An apparent FCC filing hints that the HTC Kaiser may be coming to T-Mobile’s American network. Unconfirmed by any of the companies involved, the filing has several hints, including referencing t-mobile.com, the company’s American URL and clear mention to myFaves. [BoyGeniusReport]
There’s going to be something else you’ll get besides slightly lousier graphics when you purchase Star Wars: The Force Unleashed on the Wii instead of Xbox 360 or PS3: a lightsaber mode. LucasArts developers just announced that they’re adding a Duel Mode into the game, which lets WiiMote users use their sword just as Miyamoto intended—to cut off people’s hands and make declarations about their parentage. How well the rest of the game holds up with these controls is almost irrelevant if LucasArts can deliver this WiiMote control correctly. Here’s hoping. [Kotaku]
