I can certainly understand that the print publishing industry is taking a beating with the poor economy, and many marketers moving ad buys online. I get that the print industry needs to sell issues to stay afloat. What I don’t get is the rationale behind charging more for a cheaper-to-produce digital edition of the publication than the print version costs.
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Apple announced on Monday that it has sold over one million iPad devices over the internet and in its retail outlets, following the Friday release of the 3G version of the device, which can connect to the internet via cellular data networks in addition to WiFi. Naysayers who jokingly derided the device as a large iPhone with no phone function have been proven wrong about people not wanting exactly that — a testament to the powerful allure of these devices, which sit in a new category of computing somewhere between the smartphone and the netbook. “One million iPads in 28 days — that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs. “Demand continues to exceed supply,” he claimed, “and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.” This 28-day figure doesn’t seem quite as impressive if you correlate the 3G iPad to the iPhone, and the WiFi-only iPad to the WiFi-only iPod Touch, because the iPhone and iPod Touch reached the combined one million mark about as fast as the iPads did. In addition, Apple said it shipped 500,000 units of the WiFi-only iPad within the first week, so sales have slowed since then, relatively speaking, even with Friday’s introduction of the 3G model.
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The new Philips Xenium X510 is another device from Philips with dual Sim capabilities. This slider phone will be marketed in Russia, China and some other parts of Asia. Other features in this low-to-mid range phone include a 3.1-inch QVGA touch sensitive display with Philips handwriting recognition, a 2-megapixel camera, built-in java games, media player, Bluetooth, email, dual-band GSM connectivity, and also an expandable microSD memory card slot
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Today Deutsche Telecom AG’s CEO Rene Obermann said during its annual shareholder meeting that Deutsche Telecom AG is still committed to T-Mobile USA. And despite admitting that he’s not been “fully satisfied,” with the company’s performance in the U.S., he said that “it is making us a great deal of money.” In February rumors surfaced that Deutsche Telecom could be shopping for a buyer for T-Mobile USA, or may be preparing an IPO, but then in March the company said it had no plans to sell the carrier. Read the full story here.
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This amazing origami model, which appears to be a skull when resting on a mirror, was designed in the late 90s by renowned paper-folding artist Herman Van Goubergen , who seems to have no web presence of his own. The upper model was made and photographed by Flickr user M_V_origami . Instructions for folding the model are included in OrigamiUSA’s 1999 annual collection , which is available for sale here . More: Super skull roundupalooza Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Paper Crafts | Digg this!
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Origami model + reflection = skull
It is time for this weeks Geeky Gadgets giveaway, this week we are giving away another brand new iPod Shuffle, and the lucky winner can choose which color iPod Shuffle they would like as their prize. The contest is free to enter, and it is open to Geeky Gadgets readers from anywhere in the world, just follow the instructions below on how to enter. How to Enter If you want to win a 2GB iPod Shuffle, all you have to do is subscribe to our RSS feed, and leave a comment below. Please state in your comment which color iPod Shuffle you would like, the colors available are silver, black, blue, green and pink. Full details on how to subscribe can be found on our Free Newsletter page
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If you’d rather not be sent to slave away at the Spice Mines of Kessel, this R2-D2 Pepper Mill from Star Wars Shop may be more your speed. Just fill this trusty astromech droid’s body with pepper and twist his dome to add a dose of spice to your meal. This R2-D2 stands 4.3 inches tall and is made from ABS plastic. … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: Kitchen Gadgets , News , Spotlight Gadgets Tagged: Food related , Star Wars Spice up your next meal with this droid originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 3, 2010 at 12:15 pm.
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Ryan at Make:NYC writes in about this special Make:NYC lab meeting : You asked, we’re delivering. We’ll be covering various casting and molding, materials and techniques in this very awesome Make:NYC. We’ll be focusing on small object replication for rapid prototyping. Participants will be making their own rubber molds and casting resin parts with provided materials
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Section: Computers , Peripherals , Mice / Keyboards Coming a little while after we saw the pre-orders go live, and after an unboxing —but still, the Asus Eee Keyboard has finally been made official. The “official” comes in the form of a press release which was posted on the Asus website offering the complete details including specs. That said, the Amazon listing we mentioned last week , is still listed as a pre-order at this time. Keep reading to check out the full release below… Read [ Asus ] ASUS Launches the EeeKeyboard PC It’s a Stylish Keyboard on the Outside, a Smart PC on the Inside Taipei, Taiwan, May 1, 2010 – ASUS today continues to deliver on its promise of cutting edge technological and design innovations with the launch of the EeeKeyboard PC—a fully-functional PC concealed within a svelte and stylish keyboard
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Asus officially unveils the Eee Keyboard
The New York Post is reporting that the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are, “locked in negotiations over which of the watchdogs will begin an antitrust inquiry into Apple’s new policy of requiring software developers who devise applications for devices such as the iPhone and iPad to use only Apple’s programming tools.” The Post, claiming to have “sources familiar with the matter,” goes on to say that the two government agencies, “are days away from making a decision about which agency will launch the inquiry.” The Post speculates that the inquiry is a byproduct of Apple’s hard-line on Flash, however, 9 to 5 Mac speculates (probably more accurately) that the inquiry is driven by Apple’s recent ban on third-party “rapid app development tools” and restrictions on “unauthorized programming code” as mandated by the iPhone Developer Program License Agreement . Whatever the reasoning, it looks like Apple’s General Council will continue to earn their keep. What do you think? Should Apple have the right to exert totalitarian control over their development ecosystem… or, should they play nice and let others join in the fun
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DOJ and/or FTC may launch antitrust inquiry against Apple for developer policies
LG has just confirmed the existence of LG Ally , the company’s first Android smartphone for the US market, which will most probably be available via Verizon. The Ally is part of LG’s Iron Man 2 marketing campaign, launched together with Marvel Entertainment
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LG Ally (for Verizon) gets official while LG announces Iron Man 2 marketing campaign
Reminder: today is your last chance to enter our Nerdy Mega Prize Pack giveaway from Stupid.com ! The final review in our six part Nerdy Mega Prize Pack series is the Kitchen Magician. In a nutshell, it’s supposed to be the Swiss Army Knife of kitchen utensils, but falls a bit short of that goal. Here’s a breakdown of the 20 tools you can use, straight from the box description: coffee filter pepper shaker sugar scoop whisk salt shaker knife roasting fork basting brush strainer/grater/spatula masher ladel/measuring cup corkscrew can opener bottle opener tongs peeler By my count, that’s only 19—unless you count the carrying case as a “tool.” At any rate, the Kitchen Magician is a jack of all trades, but master of none. Well, it’s halfway decent for the basic stuff, like spatulas, bottle openers and whatnot—but I can’t see you using add-ons like the salt and pepper shaker or the coffee filter unless you are in some sort of camping situation
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Final Stupid.com Prize Pack Review: Kitchen Magician
Click To Enlarge Apparently, these mints offer “a burst of flavor reminiscent of processed cheese and spices.” MMMMMM! Fake processed cheese flavor. It’s kind of like having sex with a balloon instead of a blow up doll…you know what I mean? Product Page ($2.50)
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First presented in January and launched on April 3, the Apple iPad was sold in more than 1 million units until now – only in the US, since international shipments have been postponed due to high demand. As previously reported, 300,000 iPads were sold in the first day of availability. Apple also announced that iPad owners have downloaded more than 1.5 million ebooks from iBookstore, and more than 12 million apps.
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Apple sells 1 million iPads (only in the US)
Today Palm announced that the webOS powered Palm Pixi Plus smartphone will be available on Vodafone in Spain beginning on may 10th. The device will be available with the Palm Touchstone wireless charger as well as the Palm Pixi Artist series back covers. Pricing for the device has not yet been announced
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Palm Pixi Plus headed to Vodafone Spain on May 10th
LG has announced a special edition of the GD880 Mini , called LG Mini Tiësto Edition. The phone is launched in collaboration with Tiësto, one of the most popular DJs in the last few years, and obviously comes with Tiësto content. The content includes Tiësto’s Kaleidoscope album, 10 exclusive remixes, two video clips, wallpapers and ringtones – all preloaded on an 8GB MicroSD card. Of course, the LG Mini Tiësto Edition also features a 3.2 inch WVGA touchscreen display, 3G, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, access to social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter), 3.5mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth, and a 5MP autofocus camera.
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While many of us are still trying to get our hands on our first USB 3.0 device , PQI is releasing a second revision of their thumb drives . The newest version improves on the older with a 10% speed jump and a revised look
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PQI Already Releasing 2nd Generation USB 3.0 Flash Drive
Nokia recently launched a new product called App Wizard Beta. The software allows you to create your own application for Nokia’s Ovi Store in just a few minutes, and for free. It doesn’t require programming skills, instead, you can create an application out of an RSS or Atom feed, allowing you to share your blog or website with the world
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Create your own apps with Nokia’s App Wizard beta
Tweeting is getting more serious, and becoming more mainstream. What was once passed off as the latest fad is fast becoming an important way of keeping in touch and keeping up to date with friends and people of interest. And that is one of the points about Twitter that makes it so successful, the diverse range of people that actually use the service, anyone from celebrities to journalists to Bishops and loads more, too. As we use our phones more often for things like web surfing to viewing videos and taking pics, services like Twitter make it even easier to share as we go
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Twitter launch Official Android App
The LogicBUY deal of the day is a HP TouchSmart tm2t 12-inch Convertible Tablet for $949.99 . Price starts at $1,399.99 – $150 off – web-use stackable $300 coupon code = $949.99 plus FREE shipping. Plus 50% off 4GB memory upgrade, $100 off 6GB memory upgrade from 4GB, 50% off 500GB Hard Drive upgrade, 50% off two 6-cell batteries and FREE shipping. Deal ends 5/4 or … [ visit site to read more ] Filed in categories: News Tagged: Deal of the Day Deal of the Day – HP TouchSmart tm2t 12-inch Convertible Tablet for $949.99 originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 3, 2010 at 8:20 am.
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On Saturday Motorola announced that a new firmware update for the Motorola CLIQ XT for T-Mobile USA is rolling out. The company provided no details on exact timing, but the firmware description page suggests that the update is very much like the one CLIQ users received not so long ago. Read the full story here.
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