Unless you have been working with your head in the sand this morning you have probably heard that T-Mobile and Google finally officially announced the first phone to run Google’s open source Andriod operating system. Dubbed the G1, the dual branded phone is based on the HTC Dream chassis that includes a 3 inch HVGA (480×320) display, GPS, WiFi, 3G, a 3.1 megapixel camera and the ability to support up to 8GB of memory.
The phone is available for pre-order to current T-Mobile customers for $179 with a 2 year contract but it won’t hit the fanboys’ sweaty hands until October 22nd.
The G1 features two big industry firsts. The first is push Gmail. Simply sign into your Gmail account once and you will receive your email in real time along with being about to access all of the Google services you know and love. The second major feature is a built-in compass. This means that once you fire up Google Map’s StreetView the phone can tell you which way is north and it will automatically orientate the map on the screen as you spin around.
It’s sounds great and the gadget nerd in me is itching to get on the pre-order list but I don’t think I can do it. What’s cool about the G1 is not the HTC Dream hardware it’s the open source OS Andriod. Sure the G1 is the first but there are going to be many more Andriod handsets to come from probably every major cell phone manufacturer in the game. I’d love to see what the HTC in-house developers can do with Andriod after they have a few months to tinker. The G1 looks like it’s slicker than shit but I think I’m going to have to wait for the second or third Andriod device to be released before I make a commitment.
Check out T-Mobiles first offficial commerical for the G1 below and then hit read link for a more in depth walk through from a Google marketing guy.
“Keeping a cell phone on talk mode in a pocket can decrease sperm quality, according to new research from the Cleveland Clinic.”
Holy crap, really? I have heard rumors about this for years now, but once it hits the front page of CNN, that’s when I consider it real. So you are telling me that my last decade of cell phone use is the reason I have not slipped one past the goalie??? Hmmm, I guess that’s not all bad. But as a man I still want my boys to be able to perform in the clutch.
On top of that, my mom has been telling me for years I need to get a Bluetooth thingy because holding the cell phone to my head is going to give me brain cancer. So now I look like a total douche with that huge silver thing in my ear AND my boys are failures. Awesome. Just Awesome.
If you didn’t see my original post last Friday I’ve decided to shelve my Blackberry Curve and try to go back to a basic low end cell phone for the next 30 days. Not surpisingly most of my friends think I’m fucking nuts for even trying this. In fact one of them replied to me on BB messenger when I told him I would be shutting my BB down with the following, “That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard you say. I would like to slap you in the face right now”. Strong words.
I managed to survive the weekend without my trusty Curve and to be completely honest it was pretty nice. It was relaxing and liberating to not have my BB vibrating every 15 minutes just to let me know that I received another email from a prince/princess over seas that has so much cash they’ve decided to share some with little old me. Sure there were times that I missed the instant internet access. At one point on Saturday I found myself wondering what time the UW Huskies played. If my BB had been in my pocket I would have wasted a couple of minutes bringing up ESPN and checking. Without the BB I realized I don’t really give two shits about the UW Huskies to begin with and I wasn’t going to waste the time to find a newspaper or a laptop to check what time their game was on.
That being said there are still 27 days left in this challenge which means it is far to early to claim victory or success. I can already see a situation coming up this weekend where I am really going to miss the turn by turn navigation my Curve and bluetooth GPS receiver provides. Google Maps here I come.
“Dude, I can’t talk, I’m being chased by the police,” –Grayson Clevenger
Here is the kicker, it was the cops on the phone. The cops were on their way to arrest Grayson when they saw him leave his residence in a stolen Dodge Durango. Detectives tried calling Grayon who answered the phone and gave the above response before hanging up.
It doesn’t say how many miles the chase covered but it started in Minnesota then briefly entered Wisconsin before coming back into Minnesota. I guess technically the chase is still on because Grayson ditched the Durango and managed to escape on foot.
Again, our readers have spoken. And again, they have spoken incorrectly. I am starting to wonder if I am just an idiot. But then again, since I am writing this post and therefore making the final decision, this can’t possibly be true. Anyway, hundreds of people voted and over 65% of you said you would rather go without a cell phone for a year instead of having to deal with a 28k dial-up internet connection for a year. I have to admit, this is a tough one. The dial-up is absolutely miserable, no doubt. But I don’t even remember how to use a regular phone. Do they even sell those anymore? Let’s get to it:
Your Social Life:
Without a cell, you would be dead in the water. What, are you going to take that girls number from the bar and write it on a napkin? It’s already embarrassing enough to a take a number on any cell phone that isn’t an iPhone (f u Apple)…but the old napkin move would almost guarantee that fake number. Point: Cell Phone.
Your Work Life:
These days, the internet and the cell are both necessary. And a lack of either could get you fired from certain jobs. But, the cell though is like a ball and chain. You are always within 6 inches of your bosses next request, which makes me want to punch him/her. A quality internet connection, on the other hand, can allow you to surf with the best them at work during those “pretend work” times…30-50% of most people’s day. Point: Internet.
Personal Life:
In one scenario you get access to lots and lots and lots of porn. In the other, your significant other gets to know where you are ALWAYS. Point: Internet.
Shit. I guess upon further review I agree with our readers. Internet wins! Screw you crackberry.
So we are going to get serious now. In week one of Would You Rather we stuck to penis humor, but now it’s on to technology. Imagine going without some of the advances we have made since the mid-90’s. The list is endless, so we will start simple. Again, we will pose a few clarifications below, but submit any other questions you have in the comments. And remember to vote.
“Would you rather go without your cell phone for one year or only be able to connect to the internet via dial-up speed for one year?”
Mitch Martin: “Can you use a friends computer for high speed internet?” J Diggles: “No. Every computer you touch immediately becomes dial-up. And yes, you have to wait through the actual dialing and connecting.”
Baba Ganoush: “Can you get online via your cell phone?” J Diggles: “Yes, but not any faster.”
Mr. Wonka: “What kind of dial-up speed are we talking here?” J Diggles: “28K baby.”
Just like in California here in the great state of Washington a law went into effect on July 1st that makes it illegal to hold your cell phone in your hand and talk while driving. Yep, that means the number of jackasses wearing bluetooth headsets is going to quadruple within the next week and a half.
On the bright side with both hands free you will be able to get twice as much shit done while driving. As soon as I get my headset charged up I am heading out to make wood flute.
Unfortunately for one pervert the cops are a little more thorough than the Verizon guy. Jeffery Barrier, 41, was using his cell phone camera to snap pictures of at least one naked woman in a tanning salon. Apparently Barrier was using a chair to take pictures of a 35 year old woman that was “in the nude in a tanning room,”. The article doesn’t say who called the cops but when they arrived Barrier denied everything claiming that he didn’t even have a cell phone. The first search turned up nothing but during a second search cops found the Barrier had in fact hid his cell phone up his ass.
I am really foggy as to how this all went down. I need a time line of events or something. If he knew that someone had called the cops why didn’t he run? If he didn’t know the cops where coming why did he shove the phone up his ass? Is he too cheap for a belt holster? Even if some upstanding citizens prevented him from leaving the tanning salon until cops arrived how did he manage to get the phone up his ass? It’s a little baffling.
Crack. Injected. Hotcakes. I don’t know what they are but I kind of want them. I think IHOP might need to look into this. Fuck strawberries, blueberries, whip cream and that flavored syrup bullshit. I say go straight for the crack.
I found this ad in the sidebar of Uncrate. While the quote is from somebody at Wired.com the ad is actually for a new phone that Sprint is going to release called the Instinct. So somebody at Sprint or at the very least Sprint’s ad agency thought it would be a good idea to blanket the internet with a quote that contained “crack-injected hotcakes“. I am no advertising guru but I would have to imagine that there haven’t been a huge number of successful ad campaigns that directly referenced crack.
For those not up on the cell phone game the Samsung Instinct is Samsung’s and Sprint’s tag team effort to battle the iPhone. It has a 3.1″ touchscreen, haptic feedback and Sprint even licensed the visual voicemail technology from AT&T.
This is the kind of shit that makes me believe the human race isn’t going to survive much longer. People are so engrossed with their cell phones that the charity Living Streets has started to pad light posts around areas of London. Apparently a study in the UK found that 1 in 10 people are injured by running into shit while staring at their phone. Padding the posts just encourages this kind of dipshit behavior. Busting your shoulder on a metal pole should teach you to stop staring at your phone and watch where the fuck you are walking.
If the still picture isn’t enough here is some video goodness of the pads in action.
You didn’t think Pharrell was going to use that gold blackberry forever, did you? The man obviously has more money then God and he has to stay hip and trendy.
The goldmaster himself, Pharrell Williams, has upgraded from the BlackBerry 8800 we saw a little while ago, to a solid gold iPhone done by the one and only Jacob the Jeweler. 18k solid gold, and the best part? The black plastic piece at the bottom of the iPhone where the antenna is housed was not touched. What does this mean? Full service unlike the other gold devices. Let us know if you want help jailbreakin’ that bitch, P! One more shot after the jump!
Well it’s probably because the screen is obscured by fingerprints and grease. If the ladies can’t see your iPhone screen clearly how are they going to be mesmerized by it’s amazingness? Have no fear some genius foresaw this very problem and developed Phone Fingers. Just slide a couple of these bad boys on and your iPhone screen will be smudge free day after day. While other guys are trying to woo the ladies with their dim smudged displays yours will shine from across the bar like a beacon of light. Like moths to a flame the ladies will gravitate toward you.
Last shred of dignity, what? Who needs dignity when you have a smudge free iPhone?
This is a great shot. I can even imagine the train of thought that this camera phone weilding douche bag had before he snapped this shot.
Thought 1: Oh shit that hot chick is going to sit right behind me.
Thought 2: I wonder if I can snap a shot up her skirt? That would be awesome1
Thought 3: Be cool. Act like you are checking your email or something. Be cool.
Thought 4: Okay go for the fake yawn with the stretch. Be cool. Almost there.
Thought 5: Press the button! Yes! Close the phone and put it away.
And I will say well played by the young lady who wasn’t fooled by this douche bag’s seemingly clever ploy.
Sure this thing is illegal in the U.S. and I am not exactly sure what I would do with it but I think this would be a pretty fun little box to have handy. What does it do you ask? Simply put it blocks GSM cell phone signals on the 850-, 900-, 1,800- and 1,900 Mhz bands within a 30 foot radius. That means it will block the cell signals of your buddies or any other cell user here in the U.S. Maybe it is just me but I think it would be pretty fun turn this little bad boy on during a party and screw with all my friends. Or for a more practical application you could fire it up will you are enjoying a $9.75 movie at the theater and guarantee no asshole’s phone is going to ring. Sure it is illegal but for on $166 I might have to do some internet research and see if I can find an importer.
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