Quirky Switch goes on limited sale, and it’s amazing
The Quirky Switch is one of those gadgets that are in need of your attention, even if you don’t really need it. What the Switch does is make the Swiss Army knife look like a child’s toy, and has 13 tools, one of which is a 1GB USB stick. By using a quarter you can “Switch” between:
A Standard Knife, Pliers, Scissors, Nail File, Tweezers, Thin Flathead Screwdriver, Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Eyeglass Phillips-Head Screwdriver, Eyeglass Flathead Screwdriver, Wood Saw, Serrated Blade, Corkscrew, Combination Bottle Opener/Flathead Screwdriver, Combination Can Opener/Wire Stripper, Pen, Magnifying Glass, LED Flashlight, 1GB USB Memory Stick.
It costs $68 and there’s only 1250 that will be made, and 149 that are officially sold. Awesome.
Source: Quirky Switch
The Blackberry Tour just got the boot by its new cousin (or brother, sister, or whatever. Phones don’t have family!). Starting off with extra RAM for a total of 512MB, and is a CDMA EV-DO world phone with support for HSPA and UTMS (2100 MHz) networks, Wi-Fi b/g, optical trackpad (that’s new), GPS, 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, the same 4.4” x 2.4” x .56” and 4.8 oz. footprint, microSDHC card support up to 32 GB, a 1400 mAhr battery, and the oldie BlackBerry OS 5 (hopefully an update to 6.0 is in the works). The 9650 also has CDMA and GSM technologies, so it’s a global phone, (as said before) something not unusual to Blackberries, and their only real purpose left as the competition rises. It’ll be in the U.S. in May, on CDMA-based carriers, meaning Sprint and Verizon. My take on this little guy is that I may have considered it over a Bold 9700, but at this point I’ll never consider a Blackberry if it doesn’t pack in OS 6.0. Get workin’ on it RIM! PR is in its usual place, meaning that you know where it is.
So here’s the Blackberry Pearl 3G, the latest outing by Research In Motion, for the upcoming WES (Wireless Enterprise Symposium) which is in Orlando and I have a desire to instead call it Blackberry Land, much like Disney Land. Packing in 3G wireless, a tracpad, 802.11n Wi-Fi, GPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera, microSD card slot, and access to the App World and such. Interestingly though, the Pearl 3G will have two keyboard options: the 9100 using RIM’s exclusive SureType keyboard, and the second (the 9105) using the 14-key T9 phone keyboard. Press release and photo of the Pearl 3G 9105 after the cut. My take on this handset is: I won’t need it. It’s just an update to the crummy Pearl line, thank you very much. Oh, and it comes out in May on multiple carriers.