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Gadgetry

 

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I have a N800 and can relate to some of Om’s feedback on Nokia’s UI and overall usability. It sounds as though the OS has improved, but I still find I’m generally uncomfortable poking around a Linux-based OS. Creature of iPhone (and Windows) habit I guess.

 

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Recently I bought a charger (original Tweet here) for my iPhone.  The packaging was  easy enough to  open, unlike some of the other hard plastic cases I’ve had to use  crowbars for in the     past. 

So as  I checked out, I was able to quickly pull out the  device  and offer back the packaging so the store (Fry’s) could theoretically re-use it,  or at least allow the  manufacturer to re-use it. The checker pointed me to the trash can.  I clarified, “No, you should recycle this.” And she said “Oh!” as if she suddenly understood, “We don’t recycle.”

Come on Fry’s, surely all the packaging that goes through your big box stores could be reused and recycled.  Let’s match the technology innovations with some green initiatives.

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Apple has scheduled a March 17th event where it’s  reported they’ll debut the new iPhone OS 3.0. The company’s last major OS update (2.0) was about 8 months ago and it’s been 6 months since Apple missed its deadline for so-called “background applications.”

Besides something as obvious as cut-and-paste capabilities, personally I’d love to see some sort of video streaming a la Qik –without having to jailbreak the device. I’ve read there’s been at least a few video apps available for some time but Apple hasn’t signed off on platform deployment.

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