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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Phones

Teen Sends $US4800 Worth Of Text Messages, Dad Hammers Teen’s Phone

10:40AM Jason Chen | What’s worse than your teen sending 10,000 text messages, mostly during school? Her sending 10,000 text messages when you have no text message plan. More »
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Friday, November 14, 2008
Gadgets

Craftsman Electric Hammer Automates the Process of Us Never Building Anything

4:50AM Mark Wilson | Craftsman thought they had finally cornered the lazy-arse market with their 12V, lithium-rechargeable Hammerhead Auto-Hammer, but they made one fatal mistake: We’re way too unindustrious to build anything with or without electronic gizmos to back us up. Still, we can appreciate the design as this miniature jackhammer drives nails in at 35 strikes per second with a form factor that’s not so different from the original hammer. But haven’t we seen this idea somewhere before…namely from a certain Homer Simpson? More »
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Phones

‘World’s Toughest Phone’ Battered Live Online For Your Enjoyment

5:20AM Sean Fallon | The folks at Sonim have done just about everything in their power to convince potential customers that their XP1 is the world’s toughest phone. That includes running over it with cars and dunking it in beer baths. Their latest stunt involves hitting in with a hammer 24/7 until it breaks—and you can watch the entire thing go down online. You can even send it text messages to test whether or not it is working. More »
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