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What The Fuck Is Wrong With HP (and Everyone Else)
HP is a company I have always loved, whose products are well engineered and who have some of the brightest minds in Silicon Valley. So just what has got into HP and all the other computer makers, except Apple? The recent news that HP has dropped the TouchPad a month after the US release and four days after the Australian one, the effective dropping of WebOS and the plans to follow IBM into a software and service future by offloading their PC business has amazed so many, me included. If you believe the commentary going on, part of the blame is that companies like HP have very low profit margins on PC gear, whereas Apple does much better. And this might be the reason, but, if it is, no one has learned … Read entire article »
Filed under: Apple Mac, Business, Communications, Computer, Consumer, Creativity, Design, iPad, iPhone
Cell phone photography exhibition
New photography exhibition uses mobile phone technology to sample the travelling life Press Release, followed by exhibition review Cameras built into mobile phones reached a new level oflegitimacy today with the opening of Impressions, a photographicexhibition by Melbourne-based artist, Laurie Davis. Theexhibition – at Collingwood Gallery – tracks the artists journeythrough Europe, with images captured on Sony Ericsson’s new 2-megapixelcamera phone, the K750i. The use of mobile technology allows images to be sent to the Galleryand produced for hanging in mere hours, potentially enabling exhibitionvisitors to share Laurie’s experiences almost in real time. Professional camera phone photography is a relatively new phenomena,but one that is steadily growing in popularity as camera phones becomemore and more sophisticated. Sony Ericsson’s new K750i takesimages up to 2-megapixels and includes auto focus, 4x digital zoom andPhoneFlash … Read entire article »
Filed under: Photography
