Tech and Amusing Stuff

• 3.5″ touchscreen.
• HSDPA (presumably compatible with AT&T’s 3G).
• Video and still camera with geotagging (resolution currently unknown).
• MP3/MPEG4/AAC support.
• GPS (obviously).
• Google maps with Google local search for online services such as traffic, weather, fuel prices and hotel discounts.
• Out Q3 of this year.

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The rumors were true, Motorola just issued a press release talking about they’re cellphone division:

“…exploring the structural and strategic realignment of its businesses to better equip its Mobile Devices business to recapture global market leadership and to enhance shareholder value. The company’s alternatives may include the separation of Mobile Devices from its other businesses in order to permit each business to grow and better serve its customers.”

Click through for the full press release.

WTF!!!!

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Troika has been commissioned by Artwise Curators to create a signature piece at the entrance of the new British Airways luxury lounges in Heathrow Terminal 5.

“In response, we created ‘Cloud’, a five meter long digital sculpture whose surface is covered with 4638 flip-dots that can be individually addressed by a computer to animate the entire skin of the sculpture. Flip-dots were conventionally used in the 70s and 80s to create signs in train-stations and airports. We were fascinated by their materiality, by the way they physically flip from one side to the other. The sound they generate is also instantly reminiscent of travel, and we therefore decided to explore their aesthetic potential in ‘Cloud’.”

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“Just how much does it cost to extend your stay on this planet? If you’re part of the HD-DVD camp over at Toshiba, the answer is a cool $2.7 million. The company that has been backing the HD-DVD Hi-Def format since day one has just dropped some serious cash on a Superbowl ad set to premier this Sunday. While Toshiba is hoping to spark some renewed interest in its format with a combination of new advertising and drastic price drops, we’re still pretty sure that come December of this year, we won’t be seeing much of the HD-DVD format…..” 

Via Boy Genius Report

“There is a possibility that Motorola, Inc. may exit the handset business and concentrate on becoming an enterprise and government company, Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura International, told clients a in note published on Tuesday. He added that speculation about Chinese vendors buying the company has risen again, but said a deal is unlikely as those vendors don’t have much of an idea how to fix Motorola’s problems, which he believes are related to platform and software more than hardware.”

Via MarketWatch

The Skyfire web browser is set to bring Flash to Windows mobile phones, it gives you speedy page loads, full audio, video, images, advanced Ajax, Java and more.

Click here to sign up for the beta

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