View Large On Black 15/01/2010 15-365 SOOC, handheld, in the shade of the garden hut, my new phone on my agenda. I took this on a whim (seen so many pictures of Blackberrys and Apple phones and thought, why not my simple phone) and I

Internet wiseacres mock the new iPad's name. January 28th, 2010 more images more images Shiny gadget, icky name: iPad jokes fly on Web SAN JOSE, Calif. — You have to wonder whether there were any women in the room when the marketing

You have to wonder whether there were any women in the room when the marketing geniuses at Apple decided to call the company's new gadget the "iPad." Because the jokes about feminine hygiene products are flying.

Finally, I'll be monitoring new mobile web publications, and I'm thinking of instating an “iPhone Up Ass Award” for the mobile web development article that ignores reality most effectively. You have been warned. .. Far too many people are obsessing over the latest shiny gadget instead of focusing on proper cross-browser and cross-device compatibility. When I test in mobile devices, I test in as many as I can get my hands on. That's usually only a handful of devices,

You have to wonder whether there were any women in the room when the marketing geniuses at Apple decided to call the company's new gadget the ''iPad.'' Because.

Do you buy electronic gadgets because they fill a real use in your life, or do you buy them with an eye towards showing them off to your friends? Do you go out to dinner and pick up the tab because there's a real reason to do so (like Sure, in the short term, you can get their attention with something shiny and new, but they're fickle and they'll soon revert to their already-established view of you. Second, the only person that you always have to live with is you.