1. Best for budget buyers
Palm Pixi PlusThe Palm Pixi is a well-kept secret that’s great for apps, has a superb touchscreen, and a snazzy operating system. Palm has the best interface apart from the iPhone, cleverly mixing contacts, Facebook details and multiple calendars.
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2. Best for the stylish
Samsung Omnia 7
The metal-clad Omnia 7 will turn heads. It has a dazzling display and is a great fit in the hand. It’s another handset using Microsoft’s surprisingly appealing Windows Phone 7 interface, which integrates contacts from Facebook.
Free on £35 monthly contract
3. Best for IM addicts
BlackBerry Curve 8520
You can send unlimited instant messages on BlackBerry Messenger to other BlackBerry users at no cost. Suddenly it’s not just a business phone ? thousands of teenagers are using it. Also great for email and you know… calls.
Free on £20 monthly contract
People tend to ignore these warnings.Companies can not afford to be more forthcoming than conveying the information in fine print for, if you have to keep cell phone away from your body too much, the purpose of cell phone is defeated.
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Consider the little-noticed bit of legalese that comes in the safety manual for Apple’s iPhone 4: “When using iPhone near your body for voice calls or for wireless data transmission over a cellular network, keep iPhone at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) away from the body, and only use carrying cases, belt clips, or holders that do not have metal parts and that maintain at least 15 mm (5/8 inch) separation between iPhone and the body,” the warning reads.
Similar warnings against carrying cellular and smart phones in a closely sewn pocket show up throughout the industry. The safety manual for Research in Motion’s BlackBerry 9000 phone tells users that they may violate Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guidelines for radio-frequency energy exposure by carrying the phone outside a holster and within 0.98 inches (2.5 cm) of their body. The safety manual of the Motorola W180 phone tells users to always keep the active device one full inch away from their body, if not using a
According to the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG), this popular Blackberry is one of the worst phones in terms of radiation emission, with an absorption rate that comes close to the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission.
As cell phones make and take calls, they emit low-level radio-frequency (RF) radiation. Stronger than FM-radio signals, cell phones’ RF waves are still a billionth the intensity of known carcinogenic radiation like X-rays.
The two spent eight months researching and testing their homemade craft, which was made of a weather balloon and a styrofoam case for the iPhone, before launching in Newburgh, NY.
The phone apparently braved winds of 100 miles-per-hour and temperatures as cold as 60 below zero (the iPhone was smartly packed with hand warmers).
The recorded video shows the phone reaching a height of 100,000 feet before the balloon burst, plummeting the contraption back to earth, where it landed 30 miles from the launch point, in a tree, where the father and son found it in the dark because of the iPhone’s LED light.
I haven’t had a microwave since Clinton was in the White House. Sure, on occasion I’ll miss the opportunity to melt down butter without burning it on the stove. I’d just rather give the counter space to something more deserving, like cookies. Or cupcakes. Or brownies…
2. Electric wine bottle openers
Waiters can open a bottle of organic wine, at the table, with just a mere flick of a wrist and cork-screw. Mentally raising a cork out of the bottle with special brain powers would be cooler, but for now a simple corkscrew works fine. And gives good strength training!
3. Bread machines
Sure, bread machines can be an awesome way to get perfectly-shaped loaves of steamy, fresh bread. But allow us to face the delicious reality of fresh bread. If you’re taking the time to make fresh bread in your bread machine, you probably have the time to bake fresh bread in your oven. Hard realities, folks. Hard realities.
4. Neck creams
It’s become casual sport in Hollywood to guess an actress’ age by her neck, which still remains hard to control by Botox or a lift. So now there’s a whole industry of creams dedicated to the neck. In reality, you should just use the same creams and treatments on your neck as you do on your face. Moisturize tone, mask – just bring it down a few inches lower than your jaw line.
5. Beauty products tested on animals
To which we and super cute-bunny-that-fits-in-a-hand say – really? Products like said Botox are continually tested on animals with appalling results. There’s a whole world of products, beauty or otherwise, that are cruelty-free. You can find them here.
6. Hand sanitizers
I’m not saying medical professionals should go without, or that we should immediately start diving into gas station bathrooms to dance around barefoot. But washing your hands will kill germs just as easily as hand sanitizers. Sanitizing your paws every time you touch a door knob will kill most bacteria. But the tough ones that survived will multiply and will be stronger than the cousins you killed off. (Read more about that here.)
7. The latest product from Apple
iPods are fun. As are iPhones and yes, even iPads are kind of cool. Do they get more fun as the latest updates cycle through every year and/or month? (As giant UFOs bearing the Apple insignia lower into our horizons.) Sure, maybe we all need the ability to instantly play music/record/brew latte with our phones. But why not let your old apples actually fall from the tree before you replace them?
8. Automatic toilet flushers
One of the greatest questions of our time is obviously – do toilets really need to flush on their own, causing us to flee to the other side of the stall to avoid splash back? And repeat.
9. Motion-Activated Anything
Recently, I saw an advert for a motion-activity candy dispenser. (Because obesity isn’t enough of a problem in this country. Yes, I’m waving a cranky cane right now.) Motion-activated devices are fantastic for people with disability issues. But how many wheelchairs do we see on escalators? We also opened doors for centuries without the power of electricity.
10. Throw pillows
When you’re lost under a gigantic pile of plush, you have no one but yourself to blame.
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