stephen fry

Thursday, May 21, 2009
Gadgets

Infallibly Polite Alarm Clock Wakes You Up With The Wit Of Stephen Fry

7:40AM Sean Fallon | I currently employ a Squeezebox Boom to gently wake me up with classical music—but I feel that the subtle wit of Stephen Fry might better prepare me for my day. More »
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Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Online

Stephen Fry Was Trapped In an Elevator

9:29AM Matt Buchanan | Stephen Fry was stuck in an elevator for 45 minutes! He tweeted about it and you could follow it LIVE. Isn’t Twitter great? [Stephen Fry/Twitter] More »
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Monday, December 8, 2008
Software

The Unflappable Stephen Fry Becomes Quite Flapped Over Vista

9:30PM John Herrman | Stephen Fry is many things to us: a brilliant comedian, a font of great wisdom and knowledge, and most importantly, a prolific gadget writer. But last night, he lost it over Vista—luckily for us, on his Twitter. More »
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Friday, November 28, 2008
Phones

Stephen Fry Slams the BlackBerry Storm

2:19PM Jesus Diaz | We have a soft spot for genius comedian-actor-writer-gadget-juggler Stephen Fry here at the Giz. He speaks things as he sees them, as an end user, with his usual wit. Lately he has been playing with a BlackBerry Storm and, like our review, he thinks that it’s no you-know-who killer. In fact, he completely smashes it in his condensed Twitter review: More »
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Gadgets

Stephen Fry Expands his Online Life with “Podgrams”

10:18PM Gizmodo US Edition | Gadget-loving actor Stephen Fry has added podcasting to his digital repertoire, though in quintessential Fry style he’s dubbing them “podgrams.” Issue one is out on his site now, detailing his recent arm-breaking disaster. We hope it heals soon Stephen, so that in future podgrams we can hear more of your thoughts on cool new gadgets! [StephenFry.com] More »
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Friday, December 28, 2007
Gadgets

Stephen Fry Reviews Oral B Professional Care Triumph, Loves It

6:40AM Jason Chen | Some of us may dabble in being funny to go along with our tech knowledge, but professional comedian Stephen Fry actually knows a thing about both fields. Today he reviews the Oral-B Professional Care Triumph, which has a special tech that allows it to wirelessly show how long you’ve been brushing each corner of your mouth and rate it according to what dentists recommend. He loves it. He also loves the idea of turning something mundane into something exciting via technology, and wants it to go further. More »
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Friday, September 21, 2007
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Comedian Stephen Fry Blogs Spectacularly About Smartphones

5:30AM Jason Chen | British comedian Stephen Fry is awesome in a way similar to Ricky Gervais or Hugh Laurie (his previous showbiz partner), but writing 20,000 words about smartphones just put him over the top into living idol territory. You can’t tell from his public persona, but he’s apparently a huge nerd, knowing intricate details such as how Xerox PARC helped develop the basis for much of our current computer UIs, how the Palm Foleo was horrific, how comparing Windows Mobile to the iPhone is faulty at best, and how you’re supposed to use the Missing Sync to sync your phones on the Mac (holy crap). Besides just having as deep a knowledge of smartphones as most gadget bloggers we’ve seen, he also offers many, many, many insights only a comedian of his calibre can. These choice quotes were picked by Wired and BB Gadgets: More »
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