iPhone 4 sales success, du in talks to bring it to UAE

Many of us thought that it would be hard for Apple to keep up the tremendous success they have had with their line of iPhones, going back to the first one in 2007. Today Apple pretty much silences anyone thinking that so far iPhone 4 hasn’t been a success saying that they’ve sold 1.7 million [...]

Radio 2010-06-22: Season finale

Over 24 shows we’ve covered almost 100 different gadgets, divided as follows (if we split out iPod/iPhone accessories that’d be about 10 or so of what is now in Accessories). Note that I compiled the list in a hurry so I’m probably missing some items:

Computers: 11
Cameras: 9
Printers: 1
Monitors: 1
Camcorders: 2
Webcam: 2
Mobile phones: 15
Accessories: 38
Hard drives: [...]

All about Canon compact digital cameras and printers [audio]

In this podcast episode we talk to two guys at Canon in Dubai about some of the things they offer in digital cameras and printers.
First we talk to Jason Rego, Product Manager DSC & Selphy, about Canon’s lineup of digital compact cameras. He picked out a few particular models to talk about but we also [...]

Radio 2010-06-15: MacBook Pro and lots of iPad stuff

First, a few stories we talked about:

Updated Mac mini
USB Typewriter for iPad

MacBook Pro 15-inch (left over from last week)

2.66GHz Core i7
4GB RAM
500GB HDD
Gorgeous notebook
Has a build-quality and feel like no other notebook
1440 x 900 pixels (optional 1680 x 1059 display)
GeForce GT 330M discrete graphics processor (512MB VRAM) and integrated Intel graphics, switches automatically
Apple claims 8-9 [...]

First look at Sony Alpha NEX cameras

This afternoon I had the good fortune to be able to try out two upcoming Sony cameras: the NEX-3 and NEX-5. These are camera bodies in the size of compact digital cameras but they take exchangeable lenses. It’s a bit of a weird combination that takes some getting used to because, at least with the larger [...]

Demo of BMW in-car electronics [video]

We spent a few hours at the Dubai showroom of AGMC, the agency for BMW. They’ve just launched an iPhone app, more on that in another article, but we were there to get a guided tour around all the electronics inside one of their latest 7-series models. First however, Mamdouh Khairallah, Regional Manager Sharjah and [...]

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