AT&T always has pretty decent commercials, I especially like the father searching for his absent daughter at make-out point.  I love the irony of him “singing” Motorhead’s Ace of Spades while he misses the calls from his buddy trying to offer him Motorhead tickets, what a dillweed.  Not much else to say about this one really, so enjoy the spot I’m sure there will be others.

The internet is going crazy over a viral video posted last week.  The video has no ties to any marketing groups, but it does a great job of getting itself out to all the YouTubers in the world.

Honestly, who looked at that video and believed that it was real?  Cellphones cannot pop corn, let’s just make that clear.  To further prove my point here is Jenna Wortham’s post over on the Underwire blog, Physicist Debunks Cellphone Popcorn Viral Video.

A hotplate underneath a makeshift table [like they have in the video] is the easiest way to get the kernels to pop.  Sorry for those who didn’t think logically on this… I know the crappy camera handling makes it seem more realistic, but you’ve been had.

Go buy some Jiffy Pop and pop corn over your stove top, it should excite you for a few minutes.

A couple of weeks ago Apple announced plans for a new iPhone.  Word is that they filed a patent to have solar cells on portable devices.

Outfitted with such technology, Apple’s devices, like the iPhone, could have photovoltaic cells stacked underneath LCD touch screens, thus maximizing the area available for harnessing the sun.

You’ll be able to see your device’s solar cells performance information on the main screen next to the battery power, text message alerts and clock.

 

One related product is the 6.4-ounce Solio Mg, $200, from Better Energy Systems. Its three magnesium blades fan out to reveal solar panels, which can store enough power to charge most phones and PDAs twice; an hour of clear sun will give most cell phones 25 minutes of talk time or an iPod an hour of playing time. It takes ten hours of direct sun to fully juice the device. (See Off The Grid But In The Game)

Also, the world’s first solar bag–the Voltaic Systems’ Generator laptop bag–is covered in solar cells and can charge a laptop. It generates up to 14.7 watts after a day of direct sunlight, can carry a 17-inch Apple Powerbook and comes with adapters that allow other electronics, such as cell phones, to be charged.

 

So go off-the-grid with Apple’s new patent, which is said to be out on the market with their new generation of iPhones.

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Wow, that is quite the video there. This reports on Chrysler’s offer to cap gas prices, which have skyrocketed to a whopping $3.63 in my area recently, to $2.99 a gallon. Of course they have their stipulations, but who doesn’t.

Microsoft has signed a world wide deal with Kia and Hyundai so their customers will have the ability to use voice commands to control a number of different features with the use of their in-car software. For already is in the contract with Microsoft, but theirs will expire in November.

T-mobile has already launched their 3G network in New York, but now they have announced that Seattle is the next lucky city to get their 4x faster download speed. The new network launch will take place this fall, so get ready you Seattleites.

I don’t know many Zune people, but there are some out there, and this should excite them. Microsoft Zune fans will soon have the ability to download popular t.v. shows directly to their Zune!! At $1.99 each you can get shows like South Park, Battle Star Galactica, Heroes and my favorite The Office.

Webby Awards took place and guess who are the winners! That is correct, buzz travels fast, but Colbert is the Webby Person of the Year for connecting to his fans using the Internet. Will.I.Am of the Black Eyed Peas won Webby Artist of the Year for his music video supporting Barack Obama. A few others are

Best Political Blog - Huffington Post

Best Cultural Blog - Post Secret

Best in the Politics category - FactCheck.org

Best Community - Flickr

All that in one video, how informational! Enjoy!

Paradise by the GoPhone Light

AT&T Cingular used to advertise their prepaid wireless phone plan, the GoPhone.

Why is it that AT&T sucks, but their commercials rock? I was less-than-blessed with AT&T’s internet and cable service and hated it. Luckily I’m out of that situation now, and I have less problems with internet connection loss. AT&T cannot seem to keep their internet connection going, but how is their dropped calls? They advertise the “less dropped calls than our competitors” bit, but do they actually drop less calls? I only drop like 5 calls a year on T-Mobile, tell me AT&T users, how many calls do your drop?

Here is an older AT&T commercial that we posted back in August, Cingular AT&T Dropped Calls | Meat Dept., but still is popular today. So rock on Meatloaf’s AT&T Paradise by the GoPhone Light.

I know it is dangerous to text while you drive, but is it really that dangerous to do while you walk?  I read over on Engadget about the people in Brick Lane, London having padded lampposts to shield their noggins when they walk into them.  Apparently 1 out of 10 people have actually injured themselves when they hit the lampposts while texting.

That sounds a little pathetic if you ask me.  I text a lot, almost non-stop at times and I walk just fine.  If the padded lampposts end up helping prevent injury, “there are plans to roll out the idiot-proof system in Birmingam, Manchester, and Stupidton.”

These three chaps got together to make a gadget band using the Nintendo DS and the fine products by Apple.  The applications used are: iAno, Pocket Guitar and a game called Electroplankton for Nintendo DS.

Pretty neat so I posted, plus I had talked about the iAno yesterday.  These three consider themselves the first iBand, so challengers thinking they were first get out there and YouTube it!

Check out their homepage here.

Here is a simple video for one of Apple’s iPhone applications.  Pretty neat application, but there are far better uses for your $500 iPhone.

You can find more webapps on Apple’s website.

Sorry about all the videos here, just thought they were worth seeing if you haven’t already.

This particular one is David Lynch giving some iNsight on the Apple iPhone. He obviously is a writer, director, producer and many other things in the film industry, so you can see why he is not in favor of watching films on your “fucking telephone.”

I loved this video, it’s short and sweet. Plus his rude way of telling it how it is, just cracked me up.

I don’t know how many times I have surfed the Internet from my phone wondering how much it is going to cost me.

22 year old, Piotr Staniaszek , signed up for ’s cellphone service. His $150.00 a month plan included unlimited web browsing, but he did not know he was being charged per kilobyte. Staniaszek told , “I didn’t know what to think. I thought there was probably a mistake. I told them I wasn’t aware that I would be charged for hooking up my phone to the computer.” A spokeswoman for the company had said the company will adjust the bill to $3,243 as “a measure of good will.”

Staniaszek made a good point, “The thing is, they’ve cut my phone off for being like 100 dollars over,” he told CBC News. “Here, I’m 85,000 dollars over and nobody bothered to give me a call and tell me what was going on.” I know that it isn’t the company’s fault that he has so many charges, but you would think it would have been shut off, or put to a stop earlier in the game. $85,000, and even $3,243, is a serious amount of money for a phone bill.

Being aware of what you are charged on your phone is certainly important… Especially if it adds up like that. Now I do not personally hook my phone to my laptop acting as if it were a modem, but if I were charged $85,000 like this man, I would fight it too.

You can check out the original article .