So, I know it’s only January 1, but I already have a new favorite toy for the year!! Nokia sent me their new tiny, fierce Booklet 3G and it is AWE-SOME. Seriously. I love this thing. At first I wasn’t sure because most netbooks are way too small and the keys are smashed together and there’s some bulky piece sticking out somewhere and the battery dies after 3 hours.
But this thing is sick! I love it. It’s super light and I carry it in my purse everyday. And even though I left my charger at work, I used it for 2 days straight because it’s got 12 hours of battery life.. I know!
It’s great for me, because I’ve been super busy and it’s hard to blog and Twitter and email, but I’m using the 3G service from AT&T (it also does Wi-Fi and Bluetooth) and it makes my life so much easier.
And since I know you’ll ask anyway, here are the other specs: 10.1-inch HD-ready display, front facing camera for video calling or Sex Skyping or whatevs! Annnndd.. my favorite part? .79 inch design with NO WIRES.
Honda just made a new unicycle-type device (called the U3X) that works like a segway- you lean to make it move and stop. It’s kinda stupid looking… but I still want one!
We were all waiting for Apple to announce a TABLET, we didn’t even see the awesomeness coming from Microsoft. But it’s not a tablet, it’s a BOOKLET.
The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive pad. They say it’s in the “late prototype” stage.
Watch the demonstration below.. In the meantime, I’m calling Microsoft to try and get my hands on one now!
The launch of the Space Shuttle Discovery made this awesome image in the sky. I love rainbows, and I love Shuttle Rainbows even more!
NASA’sExplanation: Just one minute before midnight EDT, Friday, August 28, the Space Shuttle Discovery began a long arc into a cloudy sky. Following the launch, a bright and remarkably colorful trail was captured in this time exposure from the Banana River Viewing Site, looking east toward pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. On STS-128, Discovery docked with the International Space Station Sunday evening. The 13-day mission will exchange space station crew members and deliver more than 7 tons of supplies and equipment. Of course, the equipment includes the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill (COLBERT).
