February 7, 2009

Wtf is an integrated digitizer?

Filed under: Technology, Video — Tim @ 10:22 am

This ad is so confusing. A simple plastic pen leads to bow chic-a-wow wow.

Via Engadget.

Now that’s a fast smartphone

Filed under: Technology — Tim @ 4:39 am

I’m slowly catching up to all the stories backed up in the RSS reader. One story of interest: Toshiba will be releasing a Qualcomm-powered smartphone this summer.

The best geeky part, the CPU runs at 1 ghz. That is one fast ARM chip (ARM-derived chips power about 85% of all smartphones right now, including the iPhone and Blackberry). And the next iteration of that ARM chip will be a dual-core version, each running at 1.5ghz.

Anyways, while you can buy some cool smartphones out in Asia, I keep holding out in part because I’d like to see where the OS war heads (I’m hoping either Android or Symbian come out on top).

Or maybe I should be eyeing Tegra-powered Android devices…

See also: Comparison of smartphones

Sure they aren’t totally comprehensive or even completely accurate

Filed under: Video — Tim @ 3:35 am

… but they are quite funny.

First up is John Carney’s fruitful two-cow analogy of how AIG imploded. Worth reading if you like bovine illustrations.

And the now classic formidable opponent from Colbert:

See also: Stimulis