Friday, April 17, 2009 - Page 2
Mobile

Kyocera’s Folding OLED Phone With Shape Shifting Buttons Definitely Does Not Exist

Kyocera’s EOS phone concept is chock full of outlandish features. From its tri-fold OLED design to its unique method of using kinetic energy, the EOS is just what we like to see in a concept.


Entertainment

Entertainment Geekly: They’re Making An Astroboy Movie Now?

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I remember I used to watch Astroboy as a kid. I don’t remember what it was like, but I have vague recollections of watching him die. Or maybe that was just the free-to-air networks killing another show that I enjoyed.


Mobile

Sidekick LX 2009 is a Lean, Mean Twittering Machine (With a Better Screen)

T-Mobile’s new Sidekick LX 2009 isn’t a radical new departure from past models, but it brings a beautiful, 3.2-inch, 854×480 screen to the table along with Twitter integration. It’s also the slimmest Sidekick to date.


Software

Microsoft Launches Exchange Server 2010 Beta Today

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Windows 7 may be Microsoft’s biggest public beta to date, but today they’ve launched the public beta of their next Exchange Server software. I somehow doubt it’ll do the same kind of numbers as Windows 7…


Acrylic Cowboy Revolutionizes the PC Case by Eliminating the PC Case

This is as barebones as PC cases get: A small piece of plastic with just enough room for the essential PC guts. Observant types will notice that sides and a top are not included.


Cameras

Friendly Dragonfly Streetlamp Helps You Forget Big Bro Is Watching

Its wings are covered with an array of bright LEDs, its head, a video camera. You see that it sees you, about to commit some misdemeanor. But it’s too cute—there’s no way you’re in trouble.


Nokia’s Earnings Fall 90%, Keeps Bleeding Against iPhone, BlackBerry

Not only Nokia’s earnings—world’s mobile phone power house #1—have dropped a whooping 90% and won’t recover next quarter, but they have lost 10% of the high-margin smartphone market to the iPhone and Blackberry. Not good. [Bloomberg]


Concept Hard Drive Provides Intravenous Therapy for Peace of Mind

I wonder, if I shared this IV with any of my friends, do you think I could get any strange viruses? Is exchanging data anything like exchanging fluids? If so, no thank you. [Core77]


Handmade Playlist: The Greatest Mixtape I Ever Made

In 1994, I painstakingly crafted the greatest hip-hop mixtape cassette I would ever make, comprised solely of songs on the radio at the time. I was 8.


Computing

Words Can Explain Dell Design Only So Well

This is Dell’s VP of Consumer Design, Ed Boyd. It all makes sense now.