Archive for the 'Gadgets' Category
Zune EPIC Fail!!! Tattooed fanboy buys iPod.
0 Comments Published by admin July 29th, 2008 in Fun with PR, Gadgets, Microsoft, Zune, fanboys, social media.I’ve never been a fan of the Zune, back in November of ‘06 I laid out 10 reasons the Zune would fail and was surprised by the number of Zune fans that told me I was dead wrong. Of course the ultimate expression of Zune fandom was when Steve Smith’s got himself tattooed with the [...]
Musical Condoms Boon to Rhythmic Coitus
0 Comments Published by admin February 9th, 2008 in Device, Digital Orgasms, Gadgets, Research, condom, sex.Are you rhythmically challenged? Does your guttural moaning and expletive laden calls for incestuous relations with a parental figure ruin your bi-monthly night of passion? If so, then a force-sensitive sound-playing condom might be just what you need to set the mood. The inventor of the musical cock-ring and the burping, peeing doll you played [...]
Musical Condoms Boon to Rhythmic Coitus
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 9th, 2008 in Device, Digital Orgasms, Gadgets, sex.Are you rhythmically challenged? Does your guttural moaning and expletive laden calls for incestuous relations with a parental figure ruin your bi-monthly night of passion? If so, then a force-sensitive sound-playing condom might be just what you need to set the mood. The inventor of the musical cock-ring and the burping, peeing doll you played [...]
Greenpeace Wags Its Finger at Apple’s iPhone
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello October 16th, 2007 in Apple, Fun with PR, Gadgets, Steve Jobs, iPhone, ibuzz.I should have known by the tepid headline that there really was no story here but I got sucked in nonetheless. The headline screamed “Scientific tests reveal iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials“. Not exactly what I want to hear about such a beautiful product, but I bet the phones radiation kills me before its [...]
Greenpeace Wags Its Finger at Apple’s iPhone
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello October 16th, 2007 in Apple, Fun with PR, Gadgets, Steve Jobs, iPhone, ibuzz.I should have known by the tepid headline that there really was no story here but I got sucked in nonetheless. The headline screamed “Scientific tests reveal iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials“. Not exactly what I want to hear about such a beautiful product, but I bet the phones radiation kills me before its [...]
Research Tuesday: Research from around the web
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello June 28th, 2007 in Conjecture, Gadgets, Long Tail, Market Research & Intelligence, Online TV, Quantification, Research, Research Summary, SMF, Tech Musings, Technology & Entertainment, TrendSpotting, User Generated Content, Web Resources, Zune, horrible headlines, mobile, mobile phone, social ideas, trend, video.Ok, so research Tuesday became research Wednesday Thursday.
Males Love Video Long Time
It’s been a reading week for me. Lots of great stuff to mull over and help shape ones thinking about digital media. Lets start with a report by consultancy Frank N. Magid & Associates with the irresistibly tantalizing header “80% of 18 - 24 [...]
I got this email from Apple today thanking me for signing up, 3 months ago, to get news about the launch, 2 months from now, of their $600 phone, that I wont be buying. Do I want an iPhone? Yes. Did this email remind me of that desire and further stoke those flames? Yes, again. [...]
Gadget Goodness: Radio with 37GB Harddisk
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello February 28th, 2007 in Gadgets, Tech Musings, Technology and Gadgets, TrendSpotting, Web Resources, trend.Our friends at Akihabar News ran a blurb on a very interesting product from the folks at Olympus. I have long since given up listening to radio, with its overly repetitiously play list, its canned DJ’s and its monotonous pop drone (can Mos Def get some airplay?). Anyway, while the radio isnt that interesting by [...]
Steve Jobs Steals My Math and uses it to Smacks Detractors
1 Comment Published by Siddiq Bello February 6th, 2007 in Apple, Device, Digital Music, Free/Open Source, Gadgets, Steve Jobs, copyright, drm, iPod, iPod/iTunes.People have been belly-aching about Apple’s iTunes DRM for months, complaining that it’s somehow more restrictive then says Microsoft’s brown brick, the Zune. Steve (El Capitain) Job’s has been largely silent. Until now. Today Apple’s CEO came out swinging. In a letter posted on the Apple site, not only does he [...]
Zune Gets Blasted on CNN
0 Comments Published by Siddiq Bello November 15th, 2006 in CNN, Digital Music, Fun with PR, Gadgets, Reviews, YouTube, Zune.I came across this YouTube clip on Spicy Gadget Roll of a Zune review on CNN. All I can say is OUCH! Its supposed to be one of those normal softball reviews TV networks are famous for and it starts off well enough but by the end Soledad has her iPod Shuffle out and they [...]
