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2008 Fiat 500 Abarth

As far as small cars go I have to rate this right at the top. This car marks the return of Italian car maker Fiat to the world of compact sports cars getting away from the boring econovans and I have to say, what a pearl. It’s front engine FWD turbo I4 tapping out 135bhp [...]

Thoughts on the 3G iPhone announcement

Apple’s 3G iPhone announcement today was probably the minimum necessary to please the community. The real news was the things that weren’t announced:
–No tablet device (again).
–No major changes to the form factor of the iPhone.
–No other major product announcements.
Apple has made its Macworld and WWDC keynotes into a specialized form of performance art, complete [...]

Nokia goes for 1% market share in the US

Okay, I’ll admit in advance that this is going to be a pretty snarky post, but it never ceases to amaze me how badly Nokia handles itself in the US market. In Europe and most of the rest of the world, Nokia operates like a fighter jet, incredibly nimble and powerful. But in [...]

Adobe frees mobile flash: It’s about time

Today Adobe announced a series of changes to its emerging web applications platform. The changes include:
–The next version of the mobile Flash runtime will be free of license fees. Adobe also confirmed that the mobile version of the Air runtime will be free.
–Adobe changed its licensing terms and released additional technical information that [...]

Announcing a new survey of iPhone users

I think it’s safe to say that the iPhone is the most publicized new mobile product of the last several years, especially in the United States. But although there has been endless commentary on the iPhone, there hasn’t been much solid data on how it’s being used, and what impact it’s having on the [...]