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Concept Apple Car

Ruslan Ulanov — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:48:45 +0000

I found an interesting concept car a-la Apple from Anthony Jannarelly – a student at MA Automotive Design Coventry University. It’s actually a transport robot called iMo. It could carry up to three people. There’s no pedals or steering wheel present on board — the car moves by itself — you just have to tell it where [...]

The new Kindle has arrived

Ruslan Ulanov — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:18:18 +0000

Kindle 2 – Amazon’s New Wireless Reading Device has arrived! Now it’s thinner, has longer lasting battery and sharper screen. The shipping starts on Feb. 24, but pre-ordering is already available on the site and will be processed on first come, first served basis. Though owners of the original Kindle will have priority handling if they [...]

iPhone 2.1 Software Update

Ruslan Ulanov — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:01:01 +0000

iPhone 2.1 Software Update is up. This time Apple provided a list of fixes in the update. iPhone version 2.1 contains many bug fixes and improvements, including the following: decrease in call set-up failures and call drops significantly improved battery life for most users dramatically reduced time to backup to iTunes improved email reliability, notably [...]

Free ringtones for iPhone

Ruslan Ulanov — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:38:27 +0000

For a while now I was desperately searching for a way to bring to iPhone 3G all my favorite MP3 ringtones that I’ve used for years in my other cell phones. Unfortunately, iTunes Store would not let you convert your own MP3s. It wouldn’t even let you use songs you already bought from Apple (unless you pay some extra for every [...]

Best Buy to sell iPhone 3G

Ruslan Ulanov — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:13:54 +0000

TUAW’s rumor has partially been confirmed just now when Best Buy officially reported that iPhone 3G’s sales at its retail locations will start on September 7th. Best Buy has been after the iPhone for some time, but the report indicates Apple was reluctant to do business with the retailer over concerns about the potential for creating [...]

iPhone breaks Moore’s law

Ruslan Ulanov — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:31:56 +0000

Jon Peddie in his blog is trying to figure out why iPhone is so expensive. And why its price goes up with every new release instead of falling down as it is common in the consumer electronics world. My new phone cost more than my PC or TV I’m getting ready to buy the iPhone. [...]

Smartphones are growing in popularity

Ruslan Ulanov — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:20:11 +0000

Russell Shaw of ZDNet reveals results of a recent study which shows that “the march toward PDAs and related smartphones will quicken in the next six months”. Read the full article at ZDNet blogs.

Merging technologies makes a fun business

Ruslan Ulanov — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:56:02 +0000

What do you get by merging a half-a-century-old technology (as in rotary dial phone) with a modern technology (as in GSM)? You get a Portable Rotary Cellular Phone or Port-O-Rotary for short. And this is what guys from SparkFun offer at a modest price of $200 (or $250 for a fire-brigade-red model). They describe their invention [...]

Motorola Z8 Ferrari Limited Edition

Ruslan Ulanov — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:58:26 +0000

What do you do when your are way behind your rivals in current mobile phone offerings, constantly loosing your market share, bleeding money and are late with the production of your next flagship (which still is a generation worse in some features then offerings by others) for more then 2 months?I’m talking about Motorola and [...]

Samsung F310 Serenata – dare to be different

Ruslan Ulanov — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:24:56 +0000

Well, they say “tastes differ”, so some might like it, and some will not. But we’d have to admit that it’s different. F310 Serenata is a result of Samsung’s cooperation with Bang & Olufsen (B&O) – a Danish company known for its “out of the box” thinking when it comes to design of consumer electronics, be it [...]