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Does n e 1 know what this gadget is? Sun, 2009-03-22 12:01 | by Carles
Photo by Lookbook


Yall, I was tweenhunting on lookbook, and I came across this beautiful young woman with some sort of gadget by her face. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to tell if this is some sort of 'retro gadget' or if it is like a cutting edge new wave gadget. H8 the modern world, and how I can't even stay 'up to date' with new consumer technology blogs.

Is this gadget
a) a vision test machine
b) an iPod shuffle
c) Oakleys with an MP3 player built in
d) a digi camera
e) an iPhone
f) an iPhone shuffle
g) a mixtape player
h) a muxtape player
i) peeping tom binoculars
j) an RSS reader
k) Am Appy X-Ray goggles
l) the new Macbook Lite
m) a smart car
n) Wayfarers
o) shuttershades
p) slanties
q) Wall-E's decapitated head
r) a tamagachi
s) a polaroid camera
t) a lomography camera
u) Choose.Your.Own.Response

??????

Just trying 2 stay modern. Might use a Best Buy Gift Certificate 2 buy 1 of them if it turns out 2 be the 'must-have' item of 2k9.5.

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HRO ALT GADGET WATCH [Tecknologie News] Thu, 2008-10-02 17:37 | by Carles

Yall, I'm trying to be a better blogger, and gain a very wide audience so that people feel like they can come to HRO instead of going to CNN.com, the HuffingtonP0st, Gizmodbro, your RSS reader, or even your local newspaper's poorly configured site.

In order to bring u more content, I am introducing more tecktonicology coverage so that u can stay in touch with the latest gadgets that appeal to ur altLifestyle. Whether it's an iPhone, gPhone, or Dell desktop, technology helps u take ur personal brand to the next level. TCHNLGY also makes our lifeses' better cuz we can use the internet more to consume information, products, and services almost every minute of the day.

I'm usually used to blogging about music+trends+altdom+teen issues, so I would appreciate ur feedback, and maybe some interesting technological products/services that I can blg abt.

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I just bought a new GooglePhone, but I kinda regret it. Even though most technological improvements are based around getting smaller, faster, and more portable, this new phone seems like it is trying to tap into some sort of 'authenticity factor' by being bulky and wired.

[Photo by Pregnant Goldfish]
Should I buy this HUMAN PHONE? It would be hard for me to go back to a phone with a cord. I'm not sure if the phone-human would match my personal brand either. Maybe if it came with a lot of customization options, and it could perform daily tasks like 'balancing my checkbook/debit card' and 'buying stuff @ my local organic food market.' It has to come with the game "SNAKE" or else I would not be interested at all. I'm not sure if I would want an AZN model or maybe a girl-with-gladiator-shoes+kute-bangs model would be fine. Only after that would I consider giving up my blackBerry, and switching to the Human Phone.

Since I'm p00r, I would also appreciate if they had a pay-as-you-go option.
Do yall know what u do with the human when u r done with using it as a phone?
Technology is great, but it does have it's downsides, yall. Gotta think about 'the big picture' if u wanna get into a Top 20 university/Top 50 Art College.

xx BONUS unReleased Product Images xx

Can't tell yall where I got these, but these are what the next iPhones are gonna look like. They look kinda 'retro.'

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Sony Walkman ‘outsells’ iPods in Japan, AZNs stay brand loyal 2 Sony, h8 Apple Thu, 2010-09-09 09:06 | by Carles
Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100902/tc_afp/japanuselectronicstechnologycompanysonyapple


I have always wanted to move to Japan, because I feel like I can be a true alternative spirit, eating healthy fish-based meals, playing video games, and becoming an authentic tech gadget early adopter with the rest of my country. Might even get a digipet/gigapet since there isn't really space to raise a real animal.

Anyways, the 'news' came out that Japan is so alt that they buy more Sony Walkman than iPods. Maybe Japan still has 'national pride' and h8s America since we nuked them during WWXX. Not sure if they want to support Apple, even though Apple designs 'sweet ass products.' Just staying brand loyal to Sony.

In a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey showed Thursday.

Sony's share of the Japanese market for portable music players stood at 47.8 percent last month, ahead of Apple which had 44.0 percent, according to the Tokyo-based marketing research company BCN Inc.

Sony has faced stiff competition in recent years from the huge popularity of the iPod and other products that rival its own, such as Nintendo's Wii video game system that has challenged Sony's PlayStation console.

Which brand do Japanese ppl 'love' the most: Nintendo, Sony, or Toyota?
Are iPods 'going down the shitter'?
Are iPods overrated from a user-experience standpoint?
Do you have an iPod or an alt mp3 player?
Did yall have an original Sony Walkman?

Do u only listen to cassette tapes, and use a vintage Sony Walkman?

R u afraid 2 buy Apple products because they just update them 4 months late?

The result demonstrated "consumers' reluctance to buy iPods ahead of the launch of a new iPod range in the United States," he said.

"Sony's strategy to market relatively affordable products may have also contributed to the turnaround in the ranking in market shares," he added.

Wonder if my Walkman can sync up 2 my iTunes and play all of my purchased songs + movies.

Is the Discman more alt than 'the walkman'? Are CDs 'more alt' than 'tapes'?

Miss u vintage Walkman

The launch of the Walkman three decades ago revolutionised the way people around the world listened to music and helped transform Sony into a global electronics powerhouse.

But in recent years it has struggled to match the success of Apple, which sold 100 million iPods in less than six years after its 2001 launch, making it the fastest selling music player in history.

What mp3 player do u own?
Are iPods irrelevant because of the iPhone?
Do u use android or Apple?
Do AZNs <3 Apple as much as Americans do?
r u worried about the new nano/shuffle?
Do u want to move 2 Japan?
Do AZNs <3 gadgets more than Americans?
Should I buy a Zune/KIN [via Microsoft]?

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