My friend got me a IQ test last night. A simple question: What is breaking when an elephant climb up to the tree? Leave your answer in comment. LOL.
Tags: elephant, trees, iQ test,
Comments (No responses yet)
This is the new Ford Focus RS that comes with turbocharged Duratec 2.5-liter inline-five engined, producing between 280 and 300 hp, 300+ lb.-ft. of torque, a front wheeler mated with six-speed gearbox equipped with a Quaife limited-slip differential. With all that, it makes RS boosts to the 60 in less than six seconds. More pictures after the break.
[via Techeblog]
Tags: Automobile, automotive, car, ride, vehicle, transportation, 2009 Porsche 911, Ford Focus RS
Comments (No responses yet)
Remember the LG phone with removable Bluetooth headset? A mobile phone called Decoy from LG, with 2.2-inch QVGA screen, 2.0-megapixel camera, Bluetooth, and a microSD card slot, measures 102 x 50 x 17mm. Now get your a** down and watch the video after the break.
[via Techeblog]
Tags: mobile phone, cell phone, handset, handphone, phone, communication, lg decoy, lg vx8610
Comments (No responses yet)
Cisco has announced the Linksys WRT610N dual-N band router. It is capable of using 802.11n WiFi on both 5 and 2.4GHz at the same time.
Needless to say, the higher throughput, shorter-distance devices can obtain the highest-speed 802.11n access at the same time as the rest of your devices can get the usual, more compatible 2.4GHz access they look for.
The Linksys WRT610N router is available now for $200.
[via Engadget]
Tags: Linksys, WRT610N, dual-N band router, router
Comments (No responses yet)There are dolls, and then, there are DOLLS. When Lisa from Kidstuff PR emailed me about KidsGive and their amazing Karito Kids dolls, I showed the images to Kaitlyn and asked her what she thought. I didn’t try to guide her towards any one doll, and she pointed to Zoe and said, “can you get her for me?” So, I asked, and Kidstuff came through! I want to thank them right up front, because this is not an inexpensive doll, people. At our local educational toy store, this doll sells for $99.00. I’m going to tell you and show you exactly why that is not too much money to spend on one doll. Meet Zoe:
The Karito Kids World Collection launched in summer 2007 with five doll and book sets:
• Zoe and book “The Manhattan Menace” • Wan Ling and book “Shanghai Secret” • Lulu and book, “Nairobi Nightmare” • Pita and book, “Mexico Mystery” • Gia and book, “Florence Fiasco”
• A sixth doll, Piper from Australia and her book, “Sydney Scandal,” joins the collection in 2008.
Karito [`ka-ree`-toe] noun. Etymology: from the constructed international language, Esperanto, a universal second language created to foster peace and international understanding. 1: charity, 2: love of one’s neighbor
Zoe is dressed in the height of Manhattan kid fashion (or so the box says), and comes with a hardback book and her own passport. The only problem we have is that her hat won’t stay on. But look at how beautiful her hair is:
I love her beautifully detailed face, although her joints are so moveable that her head rotates around on her neck. One night we were sitting on the couch, Kaitlyn, Nathan, myself, and Zoe, and Nathan suddenly says “MOM. I swear that doll just turned it’s head and LOOKED at me!” More likely he just bumped the doll and the head rotated, but his reaction was kind of funny 
Here’s her sweet face:
From the press release:
Karito Kids® World Collection is an award-winning new line of ethnically authentic international dolls and books, designed to empower kids to become globally aware and participate in helping other children around the world. Parent company KidsGive believes that children are naturally charitable and only need to be given the opportunity. They approach this goal through a methodology that can be summed up quite simply as “the more you play, the more you give.”
Kids need no instructions to teach them how to play house. Playing “world” is a little different, so KidsGive has created a simple yet effective way to help teach children that every purchase helps another child. When a child gets their first doll, book or accessory, they receive a special code and are invited to “activate” it on the Karito Kids website, www.karitokids.com. Next, the child can read about four charitable causes that KidsGive supports through Plan USA, a children’s focused charity that delivers an impressive 80% of all funds directly to programs. After learning what life is like for children in other parts of the world, they can choose the cause they want to support. KidsGive donates 3 percent of the retail price of all products to Plan USA.
So, your child gets an amazingly detailed doll to play with, and a chance to directly help a child in another country. And while Kaitlyn chose the doll from Manhattan and not one of the world dolls, I’ve been talking to my boys about it and they are going to help me decide which charity to support with our code. The donations that the four charities have received so far are just amazing:
38% of children who “voted” on their favorite cause through the Karito Kids website directed funds to aid the “Health Project” in Kenya. This money can now buy 15,720 mosquito nets helping children in 357 remote villages.
24% of children directed funds to aid the “Food Project” in China. This has helped children in 13 rural schools which can now purchase 4630 chickens and the eggs they produce for food.
23% of children directed funds to aid the “Homes Project” in Honduras. This can help families live in enclosed homes by building 12 mason homes to be clean, safe and healthy.
15% of children directed funds to aid the “School Project” in Mali. This can now purchase 1,925 textbooks for 976 kids in Mali.
See? Amazing! I am so proud to be helping spread the word about the Karito Kids World Collection of dolls and books. I urge you, if you have a child to buy a gift for, or for your own child, to consider purchasing a Karito Kid doll to not only have a beautiful doll, but to have a chance to make a difference in the life of another child. See www.karitokids.com to learn more about the company’s products and online games, or visit www.kidsgive.com to learn more about the company and its charitable mission.
AT&T has released the pricing plan details for the Apple iPhone 3G, for which you can eagerly throw your cash at the shop assistant on July 11th who will then hand over your brand new highly loved iPhone 3G so you can suitably drool all the way back home.
With the AT&T Apple iPhone pricing structure there isn’t a great deal that is surprising, fairly much what everyone has been expecting and what has been floating all over the net for god knows how long.
New iPhone 3G customers and those who are eligible for upgrade will be able to acquire an Apple iPhone 3G for $199.00 for the 8GB and $299.00 for the 16GB version, while “early upgraders” will have to hand over $399.00 or $499.00, and all on a two year contract and of course an $18.00 upgrade fee.
Apparently the telco says there is a no commitment version of the Apple iPhone 3G available for $599.00 and $699.00, although that will probably come after the launch. As expected AT&T seem to be leaning towards the unlimited packages, however there are other option should you not wish the unlimited.
The basics of the AT&T structure is, iPhone 3G will be available for $199 (8GB) and $299 (16GB) for iPhone customers who purchased an iPhone prior to 7/11, customers activating a new line with AT&T and current AT&T customers who are eligible for an upgrade. Existing AT&T customers who are not currently eligible for an upgrade discount can purchase iPhone 3G for $399 for the 8GB model or $499 for the 16GB model. Both options require a new two-year service agreement. Up to 3 additional iPhone lines can be purchased for $39.99 apiece or $129.99 each on the unlimited plan.
Oh, and to finish off we have thrown in the AT&T “iReady” video, so enjoy.
Source – engadgetmobile
Yes folks it finally looks as if Sony Ericsson is getting round to manufacturing an ultra-thin candy-bar mobile phone that surprisingly lacks the famous Walkman branding, which no doubt will be music to the ears to those any music under the sun hating people, only joking, well about the music haters anyway.
We recognise that the Walkman brand mobile phone isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, so this new Sony Ericsson Walkman-less mobile, called the “Remi” may just suit those down to the ground. So if not Walkman, what can we expect from the Sony Ericsson Remi?
Well there is a 3.2 megapixel camera, HSDPA, with a slim 10mm thick casing, 105mm in length and 47mm in width, but other than that it is much along the lines of its cousin the W890. The mobile phone next to the Remi is the T610, a mobile phone that holds a very special place in the Sony Ericsson history as the mobile phone that marks a turning point for Sony Ericsson.
It is fairly obvious that the Sony Ericsson “Remi” is trying to evoke memories of the T610’s era, and maybe bringing out a new Sony Ericsson with the Walkman branding is marking another turning point in Sony Ericsson’s mobile phone history. Either way, we will bring you any further information as we get it.
Source – se-nse
Apple has worked extremely hard to bring so many countries into the world roll out of the Apple iPhone 3G, but as yet the biggest obstacle has been cracking China. China for the most part wants no deal with the Apple revenue sharing scheme, thus keeping Apple out of a huge chunk of mobile revenue.
However, there is good news on the horizon as the new IPhone 3G will not be sold under the same terms as the original iPhone, so that will be minus the revenue sharing agreement, and without that hurdle Apple may well be able to get Telos, China’s top mobile operator to sign up to the iPhone 3G shooting star.
China Mobile spokeswoman, Rainie Lei, says: “Apple is no longer insisting on a revenue-sharing policy, so the biggest hurdle for China Mobile to bring in the iPhone has been cleared, but there are practical issues still to be resolved.”
As for those “practical” reasons, maybe it’s because China doesn’t have any WCDMA networks, which will raise the question no doubt, just how is the Apple iPhone 3G going to be marketed in China?
At the present though China Mobile are still saying there is no schedule to bring the Apple iPhone 3G to the Chinese market, and we know from experience that Apple won’t say anything until they are ready, so for now we wait to see if Apple can actually crack the China nut.
Source – unwiredview
Not many days to go until the floodgate open and a tsunami of hot and sweaty Apple iPhone 3G hungry bodies assault the doors of every supplier throughout the world, eager to get their grubby hands of the latest most exciting mobile phone to hit the mobile world.
A matter of days before people in their millions pitch tents, camp out in sleeping bags and line the streets waiting patiently for the first signs of life, the shop assistant with the keys that will unleash a tirade of fevered beings upon the mobile phone shop assistants, and all in a pandemonium for their new sparkling Apple iPhone 3G handset.
Streets will become deserted as the masses all happily play with their new iPhone hugging it lovingly to their breasts, knowing they are the proud owner, and have lined Apple’s bank account willingly for the latest in technological marvels.
Convinced?
Well if you have made your mind up to give an Apple iPhone 3G a loving home, or if you are still pondering whether to do so, we have a little Apple iPhone 3G walkthrough/tour video for you. I’m guessing Apple put out this final video in a last attempt to convince you to part with that hard earned $199.00 they are asking.
So if you are still undecided, how dare you be, take a gander at the video, it may help you make up your mind.
Source – mobilewhack
Slipping out of hiding for the first time is the second mobile phone in Motorola’s new ZINE range, the Motorola ZN200 slider mobile phone. We say slipping out of hiding because Motorola hasn’t afforded this new mobile handset much fanfare at its arrival.
And well there is a reason at the lack of Motorola fanfare, the Motorola ZN200 is far from a spellbinding highly attractive design that has been created to draw the mobile consumer in, in fact it’s rather unremarkable for a mobile phone.
The only two standout specs are its somewhat low 2 megapixel camera and without any Kodak branding, and the onboard 30MB storage. That is about all the Motorola ZN200 has going for it, oh Motorola do throw in a 1GB memory card if you purchase the ZN200 for 499 reais which is roughly $311.00.
The Motorola ZN200 should be available in pink or black and launching in Brazil alongside the Motorola Z10. That is it, the announcement of the Motorola ZN200 mobile phone is so low-key it is almost nonexistent from Motorola. It is almost as if they are ashamed to be associated with their own designs, one would have thought with all the problems Motorola are facing in the mobile arena they would start pulling their socks up and begin getting back in the game as a major mobile fighter.