Talk about tawdry. Looking like every Swatch Watch ever made mixed together, the Casio G-Shock Man Box has got to me to most cornea confusing watch there is. At $225, it’s hard to imagine what kind of trustfund raver would throw down the cash for these when they could easily by a palette of glow sticks for the same amount.
Available only in Japan where it would look like everything else in downtown Tokyo.
You may have seen the very bloody UK-made PSA about the dangers of typing text messages while driving, but some people just could not help it. In the United States, texting while driving is more popular than calling despite being banned in 19 states. Good thing researchers over at Clemson University in South Carolina have developed an alternative way to send text messages while keeping your eyes on the road.
The school’s Human Centered Computing Lab has created an app called VoiceTEXT, which allows drivers to speak out over at the phone that sends the voicemail message as an audio file or converts it into text message. Read the rest of this entry »
Technology should adjust to the times, but this one can either be taken as a parody or an insult to our intelligence. Because the Internet generation gets confused with the traditional QWERTY keyboard layout, one company comes up with a “fast finger” keyboard wherein the letter keys are arranged alphabetically. No need to hunt where the A is placed or wonder why the letters are arranged in QWERTY in the first place . After all, people are typing in three- to four-letter acronyms while on the Internet.
The Fast Finger Keyboard has even made acronym typing easier with its shortcut keys for the most common short-hand expressions like ASAP (as soon as possible), BRB (be right back), BTW (by the way), CYA (see you), FYI (for your information), HOAS (hold on a second), HRU (who are you), IMO (in my opinion), L8R (later), LOL (laughing out loud), THX (thanks), and TTYL (talk to you later). Read the rest of this entry »
Puma Phone
The Puma Phone , the collaborative effort between sports apparel company Puma and luxury smartphone manufacturer Sagem , has been given a rightful introduction at the Mobile World Congress. This “active” smartphone is custom-designed to fit the Puma brand, featuring an integrated solar cell for charging on the go.
On the outside, we a 2.8-inch QVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen display and a 3.2-megapixel camera with LED flash and 6x zoom. Read the rest of this entry »
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