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No, seriously.
From Vertu, Nokia’s ‘Tim Nice-But-Dim’ luxury subsidiary.
Boing Boing’s Bob Beschizza sums it up with admirable restraint:
As the European cellular industry’s supernumerary nipple, Vertu has long specialized in calculator-display brickphones that look like dragon poo rolled in gemstones. It lumbers along the dried slugtrail of progress, having just announced its first touchscreen Symbian handset – sure to be an LG Prada-killer!
Slim USB drives from Victorinox: waterproof, shock-resistant storage for the wilderness geek.
4GB to 128GB from around €28 to €245.
Not to be used for removing stones from horses’ hooves.
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Evangelical Christians in Brazil have reportedly banned the use of USB connections after claiming the technology is the mark of Satan-worshippers.
The evangelical cult “Paz do Senhor Amado” (“Peace of the beloved Lord”) in the interior of Brazil forbids its followers to use any USB technology by contending that it uses a symbol that shows sympathy for the devil.
According to its founder, the “Apostle” Welder Saldanha says that this is just another symbol of Satan, which is always present in all Christian homes.
“The symbol of that name (a name which he doesn’t even like to pronounce) is a trident, which is used to torture souls that go to hell. Use only a symbol of those shows that all users of that vile technology are actually worshipers of Satan” – explains the” Apostle”.
USB – Satan’s Data Connection (Guardian)
No, just a bunch of new iPods actually. But the abomination above is no mere sight-gag. It’s a fully operational USB typewriter.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EozwYbMTtS0&feature=player_embedded
Available now at USB Typewriter. Well, duh.
Killer tagline: ‘A groundbreaking advancement in the field of obsolescence’.