Ever have been frustrated by the mobile network – especially the 3G network? We have. Well We now learn that even mount Everest has now 3G cover. A station has been completed at 5 200 meters, it will allow people who climb mount Everest to call and surf the web. I guess this is targeting the lucky rich people touring [...]
We went to a Motorola press event Tuesday, where the company presented us the Defy, a super resistant smartphone (Gorilla glass, water proof (at a limit of 1 m), ..). So We were quite curious about this phone, cause it is a pretty good looking device too. We have been able to play with it during a few minutes, We didn’t [...]
Burger King, “only two steps away” Do You see this ad? Well it’s all over Paris. If You don’t live in France, You won’t find it weird. But Burger King is no longer in France for more than 10 years. So what the hell are they talking about? Are They back in France? Did They create a machine to go [...]
Universities are like butterflies or snowflakes. One of the very enjoyable aspects of being a proud science nerd is to be able to read about so many different universities doing so many different things. Yeah yeah yeah, Harvard got Facebook, but let’s talk about a little more than Ivy Leagues ok?
Thursday, LG was presenting its first WP7 phone: the Optimus 7. We had some very good impressions concerning the Optimus One, so We naturally were expecting a lot from this new phone. Well the hardware looks very very nice (aluminium and a lot of black), and I like the size of that device. Like the HTC Trophy, this phone is [...]
Napoléon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) is a famous dude, You won’t deny that fact. But in the US and moreover in UK, He is known as an heartless ruler, who destroyed and killed thousand and thousand of men to build his empire. Well all those facts are true, except that He was a great soldier and a great leader. In [...]
I had the amazing opportunity, this week, to go to Versailles with a small group of journalists, and to walk around with almost no-one around – We were 5 journalists and some security guards and staff persons were with us. The palace of Versailles is one of the most beautiful architectural creation on earth. It is also one of the [...]
Yesterday We finally got the chance to see and play with Windows Phone 7 and one of the WP7′s launch phone: the HTC’s Trophy. We’ll talk first about WP7. This new OS, developed by Microsoft, is not a revolution to me, cause it is using some well known functionalities and applications (pictures, etc.), but it is fresh and beautiful. I [...]
During almost a week, We had a LG’s Optimus One at home. This Android device is a mid-range affordable smartphone – it will be sold almost free with a 2 years contract here in France. It is running Froyo, it has a Qualcom 600mhz core, a 3,2″ LCD touchscreen, a 3 MP camera, wifi 802.11b/g, GPS, and Bluetooth. Basically, it has everything [...]
Yesterday was a big day for Microsoft. This huge company was launching its Windows Phone 7 OS, after almost 6 months of speculations, rumors and discussions. I have to admit that I was quite skeptical about this new OS version – which is actually almost a brand new mobile OS -, even regarding early previews and demonstrations. But at the end [...]
