The Tablet, It’s Apple, You’ll Love It

Apple is being typically tight-lipped about their new Tablet. Steve Jobs watched too many Alfred Hitchcock films when he was a kid. It’s all about the suspense (and you’ve got to do a cameo).
Early mockups seem to fit right in with my “work while sailing around the Croatian Islands” plan. A little big to fit [...]

Re: Your Bedtime Request

We had a dinner party on Saturday night, and the one very junior member of the gang took a great liking to our electronic pepper grinder. Which I think is how it goes with kids. Why would you want to play with Elmo when you can play with the same cool toys the big kids [...]

Why Am I Complaining About My Phone Instead Of Buying A New One?

Well, the short answer to that question is that I’m waiting for something even better than the iPhone to be released.
I shouldn’t really give this away, because I was hoping to not have to sit in a queue overnight watching kiasu geeks playing Magic.
But you’re friends, so here’s the skinny…
Behold, the Pomegranate NS08!

How fruity is [...]

Hold The Phone, Doesn’t It Cost More To Give You Less?

I’ve got two Motorola handphones. I know, I’m a capitalist pig, what can I say?
It’s not like I carry them around one in each pocket or anything. One is an old, beaten up Razr that I still like quite a lot, and the other is a newish W208, which is so far down the Motorola [...]

I’m Dreaming of Rollerblading Dwarves

Is that header politically correct? Should it be “Small People on Small Wheels”? Apologies to any vertically challenged people reading this if I’ve offended you.
Anyway, moving on…
If you’re a designer you’ll undoubtedly spend some time on the Getty Image site. You might end up buying your stuff from iStock Photos, but you get what you [...]

Darwin’s Theory Of Payphone Evolution

It seems rumours of the death of payphones have been greatly exaggerated.

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pics by creativespark

It Costs A Little More, But That’s Because It’s Special

Is it just me who suspects that sometimes retailers mark things up over the correct price so they can offer discounts? We have a teak furniture retailer here in Singapore who’s been having back-to-back “hurry, last 3 days” sales for at least 4 years. I doubt they’ve ever sold anything at the marked retail price [...]

Even Your Products Are About To Get More Social

Far be it for me to make myself out to be a technology reporter. I seem to have some kind of reverse-Midas touch when it comes to gadgets, killing anything I put my hands on. Still, I always think it’s fun to have a bit of a Wow break.
If you’re one of the trillion people [...]

Is My Camera Making You Horny Baby?

 

In my travels lately, and that includes my walks into Chinatown for lunch (because there’s no shortage of tourists there to watch), I’ve noticed that big black cameras are the new must-have fashion accessory.
People used to carry normal cameras, and for a while the trend was the-smaller-the-better, but these days they’re kitted out like modern-day [...]

We Might All End Up Feeling The Pinch From Apple

We all get a bit sucked in by brand, and some companies, like Apple and Google, have worked hard to project a benign and benevolent image.
Last week I was writing about multi-touch, and how it was changing the interface of gadgets and would soon do the same for computing. Wired now reports that even though [...]