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Loading ...A handset with a stunning feature
I was getting a little jaded with the mobile device scene this week. Nothing new, nothing original, nothing revolutionary. (It says something about the industry when you expect a revolution every week.) Nokia sent along the new 6070 handset, and though I haven’t given it thorough investigation — that’ll have to wait for next week — it just seems like a well-spec’d tri-band handset.
Yawn. We’ve come to expect new features every iteration of the mobi, and after messaging, integrating video cams, calendaring, Web browsing, e-mail, well, what’s left to jam into your cell phone?
Then, devoted technophile Kathleen Sibley brought my attention to this: The Stunster. Read the rest of this entry »
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(2 votes, average: 9 out of 10) Loading ...Survivor: Dave’s Place
Out of the blue last week, a parcel arrived bearing Corsair’s Flash Survivor, a ruggedized 8G USB key in a blister pack with a camo-screened cardboard insert with GI-style stencil logo. In fact, the Corsair Web site describes the Survivor as “ultra rugged,” which is a challenge if I ever heard one. It’s days like these that make me regret opting for the enclosed sunroom instead of the open balcony.
Does it seem rugged? Damn straight. The drive screws into a CNC milled aluminium tube with a seal the company claims is watertight to 200 metres, and if you’ve got a flash drive in your pocket in more than 200 metres of water, you’ve got more pressing issues than whether you can recover your data. So yeah, it looks tough. But tough enough to survive a weekend with me? A weekend when I have to do laundry? Read the rest of this entry »
