Category Archives: Embedded Systems & Mobile Devices

13 year-old uses Walkman for a week, doesn’t know tape has second side

By Nick Morrisson | Published: 20 September, 2009
An interesting piece from BBC news begins, “When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week.” It took me three days to [...]
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AT&T Launch Rube Goldberg Wi-Fi for iPhone

By Nick Morrisson | Published: 30 October, 2008
I got an email from the AT&T this morning that started off well: AT&T is now offering free AT&T Wi-Fi access to our iPhone™ customers. That means free AT&T Wi-Fi access at thousands of hotspots nationwide, including Starbucks®. Hotspots are available in cafes, bookstores, airports, hotels and universities nationwide. Fast net access at no additional charge? Nice. [...]
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iPhone Camera & Keyboard

By Nick Morrisson | Published: 28 March, 2008
I just got an iPhone. This thing is pure user experience: it doesn’t let you do anything you couldn’t already do with other mobile phones before (except being able to interact with voicemail messages individually, which is great), but it makes using those features easy, intuitive, and fun, which in my opinion is why people [...]
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