Yikes.
Sinéad, from the Irish Brekkie Club Sydney (on tour) and in Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, writes:
” Thought readers might like to feast their eyes upon this thing of kitsch beauty. Spotted the other day on Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. Anyone happen to know who made them originally or where they can be bought!?”
A historical series of nesting phones by UK artist Kyle Bean celebrating four decades of the mobile phone.
In early April 1973, engineer and inventor Marty Cooper made the first mobile call on a Motorola DynaTAC 8000x to rival engineer Joe Engel at Bell Labs.
Just trollin’.
The Verge Interview: Marty Cooper, Father of The Cellphone (The Verge)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXYxZ6ed70E#!
A Japanese inventor showcases his Taxi Driver-style quick-draw iPhone answering system.
Nails it.
The Nokia ‘brick’ 3310, still going strong, possibly 12 years on.
It’s even older than Enda’s.
Kudos, sir.
(Thanks Jackie Fox)
Official garda figures provided to RTÉ News show that between the start of January and the end of July, 5,989 phones were stolen. That compares to 5,002 in the same period last year and represents a 20% increase year on year.
The average value of the phones taken was approximately €250, nearly double the average value of the handsets taken during the same period last year, reflecting the increasing popularity and cost of smart phones.
According to gardaí, around 20% of mobile phones that are stolen are snatched from the owners. More than 30% are stolen from a vehicle, while one in every six is stolen in restaurants, shops or pubs.
