3GMS: HTC Pharos With GPS Available At the End of This Month
Published on February 12, 2008 to SmartphonesThe new P3470 HTC Smartphone, known as Pharos, will be available at the end of the month. Read more
Low-cost PC Market To Reach 13 Million Units In 2008
Published on February 26, 2008 to Desktop ComputersAs major PC vendors prepare to launch low-cost PCs in the second quarter, order volumes to Taiwan OEMs in the second half of the year as well as new product directions in 2009 are likely to be... Read more
PCB Makers Mixed Toward Low-margin Low-cost Notebook Segment
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Afghan Receives Death Penalty For Downloading and Distributing Women's Rights Article
Published on May 19, 2008 to Business & LawA 24-year-old Afghan student has been sentenced to death by hanging after being accused of downloading internet reports on women's rights, the Independent reports. Read more
Notebook Vendors Expect ODM Quotes To Drop
Published on June 13, 2008 to Mobility MiscellaneousWith notebook makers increasing their ODM quotes to reflect increasing costs, sources at notebook PC vendors think unless the makers reach an agreement over price, pricing competition should soon... Read more
Who Designed This Ipod Crap? The Cartoon That Says It All
Published on June 9, 2006 to Home TheaterCartoonist Jen Sorensen has captured the absurd essence of Ipod mania. Barry Gerber responds to Aaron McKenna's "scathing" attack on his Ipod column by waving her cartoon for all to see. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? Product Packaging, Where's My Chainsaw?
Published on August 9, 2006 to Desktop ComputersMobile computers and accessories are cool. However the way they're packaged is a real horror show, almost literally. With impenetrable shipping boxes and envelopes, as well as plastic blister packs sealed tighter than most tombs, it seems like vendors really don't want you to get to their products. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? The Great Ipod Scam
Published on April 3, 2006 to Home TheaterMany can no longer live without Apple's Ipods and Itunes? Some need a daily Itunes fix. Others lust after the money to be made by getting on the "I" bandwagon. Not Barry Gerber. He's fed up with Ipods and Itunes and argues the world might be a better place if they never saw the light of day. Revised 04/05/06. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? Smart Phones Stink, PDA Phones Rule
Published on May 16, 2006 to SmartphonesSmart phones are all the rage these days. Barry Gerber looks at two popular smart phones and a PDA with a built-in phone. His conclusions will surprise you and the telecoms that are making a killing every which way but straight up on smart phones. Read more
Who Designed This Crap? The Case of the 11 Pound Pencil
Published on March 5, 2006 to Notebooks and LaptopsWhen novices try to design a computer system the result is almost always both sad and laughable. Join us as we look at one of the most Loony Tunes IT implementations ever. See how a committee of the uninitiated turned a bunch of pencil and paper tasks into a cyber-nightmare of truly grand proportions. Read more




