iPhone growth rate highest in 25-50K income level

While still only representing 15% of the total ownership of the iPhone, the 25-50K household income group is experiencing the highest level of growth currently at 48%. The next highest income group growth is at 16% in the 100K+ income range.  http://www.itworld.com/personal-tech/57039/low-income-users-latch-iphone

As the article linked suggests this can either mean the smartphone market is increasing its marketshare against traditional cellphones or it could indicate that the Apple Market Fad engine is working really well in that demographic.   Either way bringing better communication devices to the lower income crowd should be a good thing for this country.

Almost Transformers

Almost Transformers - Humans in appliance disguise ;)  Fairly funny little clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma_Cwh9VW1E

Outdoor Fabrics

Just because

http://www.owfinc.com/

HTC Touch Pro to include composite video out

I thought I'd share an interesting little tidbit about the new HTC Touch Pro phone having a video output.  By buying a special $20 cable, you can clone the phones 640x480 display out to an NTSC compatible video source.  Thus you would be able to present PowerPoint, play movies, web browse, etc on either a TV, VCR, or composite compatible projector.

More info and pics here: http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=730

Smartphones Comparison Matrix

I am looking to buy a new phone so I created a quick matrix of features for the models that are recently available ( Touch Pro, Diamond, I-Phone, and T-mobile G1).  I included the HTC Titan (Mogul) as I already own this phone.

Matrix here:

http://www.sharpee.com/cellphonecompare.html

Gas Crisis - Charlotte, NC completely out of gas

Ever since Ike came rumbling through the Gulf, Charlotte has been stuggling with gas.    It all started about two days before Ike's landfall in TX when gas prices soared from $3.79/gallon to over $5.00/gallon at some stations.   Panic ensued and the gas supply has been hit hard ever since.

The Governor and the Mayor have been promising a "large supply of gas" on Thursday, then Friday, and now promising its arrival by the end of the weekend.  Well that gas delivery hasnt been made yet and I spent the last remaining "comfortable" amount of fuel left in my car in search of more gas.  After checking with seven stations in the area, expending more than 18 miles of fuel, I couldnt find a single gas station that was selling.

Not really sure what to do at this point.

10 Alternative OS's

There is more to life than Windows, OSX, and *Nix after all:

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/26/10-amazingly-alternative-operating-systems-and-what-they-could-mean-for-the-future/