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• 06.25.08
  Lamenting the Death of Helio Apple, Design, Hardware, Mobile | (0)

  photo credit: extraface I'm always one for the underdog, and I'd be lying if I said that wasn't a big part of why I chose to purchase a Helio Ocean last winter. At the time, I was looking for a slick smartphone that wasn't a Blackberry, had 3G (so the iPhone was out), and generally appealed to my geeky sensibilities. The Ocean, Helio's flagship phone, fit the bill quite nicely--so I eagerly made the jump. (Honestly, I was waiting for the release of Google's Android phones, but knowing that they wouldn't show up until the end of 2008 (at the absolute ...
• 06.15.08
  The iPhone 3G is a Call to Arms for Mobile Computing Apple, Hardware, Mobile | (0)

  photo credit: _Andrish_ The iPhone 3G announcement has come and gone, and it seems like the main take-away for many is the $199 price, along with the new 3G and GPS capabilities. Of those three, I think the surprisingly low price for the 8GB iPhone 3G is the most important. Let's face it, while 3G and GPS are new features to the iPhone, they're not exactly fresh technologies in the cellphone market. But while I'm all for a cheaper iPhone, I'm personally more interested in the iPhone software announcements from the WWDC than anything else. Everything from the SDK, to ...
• 03.16.08
  Quad Core Macbook Pros, Seriously? Why Quad Core Laptops Are a Joke Today Apple, Hardware | (3)

  9to5Mac is reporting that Apple may be rolling out Macbook Pros featuring quad core processors later this year--coinciding with upcoming quad core laptop chips from Intel. Let me repeat: Quad core CPUs, in laptops. Given that we're still waiting for quad core CPUs to be fully utilized on the desktop, the notion of bringing it to the mobile market seems utterly premature. I'm not denying that quad core chips will ever find a home in laptops, but as of today it seems we've got a long way to go before they're a viable option. Here are a few reasons why I ...
• 01.16.08
  Apple Air versus Asus Eee: A Comparison Apple, Design, Hardware | (76)

  I think we all agree: The Macbook Air is a gorgeous machine. During his keynote presentation, Steve Jobs whipped the entire Macworld audience into a fervor with his trademarked Apple enthusiasm for this new member of the Macbook family. With the Air we have an insanely light computer that still manages to fit in a 13.3" screen and a screaming fast Core 2 Duo CPU. But while it's undoubtedly a singular machine, is it really worth the $1799 price tag when you can get much of the same functionality with Asus's $400 Eee? I understand that the Air is more in ...

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