Peter Chun

Testing this new app. Just updated wordpress to 2.5.1 just for this!

Posting from the iPhone and will test uploading pics in a bit as well.

Update - took pic with iPhone from the couch (watching olympics cycling)

Picked up these headphones about a week ago. Putting it through real life use and will post a review in a couple of days. I have pics of the unboxing and I’ll throw those up as well.

I’ll leave it with - one learns to appreciate apple’s simplistic design over time.

Wow this is super cool. We’ve all read “x” in a box but it’s always lacking in some way or another. While I can’t vouch for the construction of this stuff, I’ve been in and out of college. College kids is the target market that keeps giving. The founders of this company need help funding. Someone help them! Ikea buy’em out! The unpack takes ~10 minutes.

My buddy Q (facebook smackdown app fame) picked up the sidekick back when it had first came out - monochrome, clunky but the first to hit the mainstream with a qwerty device & always on IM. He absolutely loved it. As the hardware got better (software development moved like snails) I always loved the concept but felt execution was lacking. Maybe I wasn’t in the target market for it.

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While many may think this is sad…I was a complete and utter phone/device whore. I went through phones quicker then JLO went through dudes. That being said, the iPhone has ended my phone addiction. This is quite possibly the longest I have ever owned a phone. Too much time on my hands you ask? Absolutely. When the SDK is released in February and then the 3G version releases, I’ll be an iPhone user for a long time.

Here’s a run down of my past phones. It all started with the trusty SE t68i. Now that I think about it, it was really bluetooth that got me going.

• SE t68i
• Siemens s56
• Handspring Treo 600
• Handspring/Palm Treo 650
• Audiovox PPC 6500
• Blackberry 8700C
• Blackberry 8703e
• Motorola Q
• Apple iPhone

That was all in about 4 years. Why so many? I’m a grup who loves his toys.

So if you’re anything like the rest of the population, you’re still looking for that last “gift.” or multiple gifts. Luckily, MSN has compiled a pretty decent series of coupons in alot of various categories. Here’s a quick breakdown:

Books

Clothing & Shoes

Computers & Software

Electronics & Photo

Looks like good deals from overstock, attwireless, radio shack and KBToys to name a few. Check it out here:

So say…the company you work for has $15B in cash (straight chillin.)

They come out with really cool “ish“.

Their products get the Time’s Gadget of the Year award.

Their stock is killin it (overall trends that is…)

And…if you’re a really hard working tech guy? and your stock hasn’t hit a point that you can buy what real men really want? <insert what u like…just don’t share> Look to good ol’ Steve to hook you up and say - Happy Christmahanakwanzaka. Straight from our role models at Valleywag:

• New macbook
• New 80gb iPod
• “Rumorville” but this has been “unconfirmed” from a few folks I know out in Cupertino

Here’s to hoping a2dp gets unlocked through a software update. My take is a2dp will be unlocked when Apple releases their own version.

Nomad posted some pics on his flickr page that he sent over to TUAW.

It looks pretty svelte. Leave it to apple to make a plain black bluetooth headset look so good. FYI Steve - the Kool-Aid works.

TUAW states: ‘It’s packaged in a black, minimalist box, as expected. Inside is the headset itself, a combo dock (accommodates the iPhone and headset) with USB cable and a travel cable for the headset only.’

Image credit to Gizmodo

a) the merger goes through.

b) the merger goes through.

Caveat (all good deals have them) - this will only include a combo of 50 of their channels and a quarter to add another one.

According to various sources (I’ll quote the giz here because I’m using their nifty PS image.)
This should allow users to not have to pick and choose between NHL, Nascar and MLB or as I should restate - Howard vs. all.

Image credit goes to Gizmodo.

Mike Arrington and crew hot off of a spending spree has been in a gift giving Christmas in July mood.  TechCrunch is giving away 50 oooma units.  Hold on - I’ll explain what that is and yes Ashton Kutcher is the creative director for the company so stay  tuned for the viral vids to start rolling out…

Ooma is a new service set to kick off in September, where they use a peer model to make domestic calls in the US free.  No fee - just a hardware cost.  That will run you about 4 bones.  So hardware upfront - no hidden fees or fees on the backend.  Read more about TC’s post here.

Simply comment and if you have a funny story - one of 50 is yours.  I filled one out.

I’ll post unboxing pics and brief review if I win one.