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Samsung Predicts a Smartphone, OLED and Touchscreen-Rich Future

Kit Eaton — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:01:33 -0400

Samsung, with its suite of successful smartphones, is in a better position than most mobile phone makers to know about the future of the devices--and it's betting that in just three years 29% of all cellphones sold will be smart ones. That represents a growth of over 100% on the current global smartphone market.

2009: The Year Gadgets Stop Being Life Add-Ons?

Kit Eaton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 08:06:42 -0500

I was reading about Vuzix's new VR projection glasses--actually looking pretty snazzy, versus a prop from Star Trek--when a thought struck me. It seems that the gadget as a nice-to-have bolt-on to modern life is dead. Instead, the gadget as a ubiquitous, fully-integrated, seamless augmentation to modern life has been born, and 2009 is when the transition may become complete.

Let me start with the technology.

Microsoft Zune Outage Caused By Leap Year Glitch

Kit Eaton — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 06:20:38 -0500

February 29th is a cool date. Whenever it rolls around, it's kinda satisfying to be experiencing a day that you only get every four years (except on millenia.) But for Zune owners earlier this week, Feb 29th 2008 was a big problem.