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Entries Tagged as 'Gadgetry'

Why I Don’t Have an iPhone (but might someday)

June 10th, 2008 · 42 Comments · Gadgetry

As you probably know, Apple released iPhone 2.0 yesterday. Watch Steve Jobs’ WWDC Keynote Address if you haven’t already seen it.
I watched it live on MacRumors, and when it was over I Twittered this:

That comment solicited quite a reaction from my Twitterverse. Two examples:

As a designer and gadget geek, I’m constantly asked why I don’t [...]

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My Cell Phones: 2000 – Today

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Gadgetry

Alex Rainert just posted this great piece on his blog Everyday UX showing the evolution of his mobile phones from 1998 to now.
I was inspired to post my own, though I have to admit I’m not sure if I have the exact models right. Thanks to GSM Arena for having photos of every mobile phone [...]

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My BlackBerry Wishlist

March 17th, 2008 · 3 Comments · User Experience

RIM, Mike Lazaridis, if you’re out there, listen up. Here are my recommendations for improving the BlackBerry user experience:
1- Provide the ability to “Add To Existing Contact.” I don’t want to have to copy a new phone number or e-mail address from a message and paste it into the entry in my address book. That’s [...]

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TwitterBerry was mean to me

March 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments · Gadgetry, Twitter

I’ve got a thing for Twitter and I own a BlackBerry, so naturally I use TwitterBerry. It’s a downloadable BB app that lets me post updates, get replies, read my friends timeline and the public timeline — all without having to load Twitter in the mobile browser.
It isn’t perfect, but it usually works pretty well [...]

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links for 2008-02-27

February 27th, 2008 · No Comments · Linkage

clash flowchart
Song lyrics meet flowcharts, Via Livlab: http://twitter.com/livlab
(tags: flow diagram infographics fun music)

Touchpad for iPhone
Turn your iPhone into a wireless mouse for your computer. Via Gizmodo
(tags: Apple howto wireless hardware mouse hack iphone)

Macworld | Master your image library
Explore hidden powers in iPhoto ’08
(tags: Apple photography iphoto tips)

Ironic Sans: Keming
Via Core77
(tags: fonts funny design typography)

Super Screenshot!
Enter [...]

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