http://www.sparwasserhq.org fail funny pictures, gadgets, internet Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:39:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.sparwasserhq.org/t-mobile-in-talks-for-a-sub-200-android-phone.html ]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/outline%c2%a0fail.html http://www.sparwasserhq.org/why-is-there-a-pony-in-the-apple-store.html We've been fans of Klipsch's Image line of headphones for some time now, so we welcome the latest updates with open ears. The ones I'm most excited about are the Image S5i Rugged. When you live in Seattle, you spend a lot of time worrying about whether you're going to get rained on, and it's nice not to have to worry about your electronics.]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/klipsch-shows-off-ruggedized-in-ears-first-over-ear-headphones.html ]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/park-name-fail.html Apple has been granted nine new patents, and I thought I'd take a look at the claims therein and see whether they match up to the descriptions, and whether they seem (to this humble blogger) like realistic items for which to gain exclusive rights. I've included links to all the patents, but the USPTO office is behaving strangely, and often returned an error when I tried to pull up documents. Those guys ought to claim a method to buy some new servers, whereby I don't have to submit the patent number five times before it comes up. I'm not going to get in the habit of analyzing in detail every patent that comes our way, but in light of recent lawsuits and all the noise being made about software patents specifically, it seems worthwhile to take a closer peek now and then.]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/a-closer-look-at-apple%e2%80%99s-latest-patents.html http://www.sparwasserhq.org/sd-card-association-flash-card-speeds-to-triple-by-2012.html http://www.sparwasserhq.org/klipsch-issues-first-on-ear-headphones-image-s5i-rugged-and-bargain-image-s3-earbuds.html ]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/delivery%c2%a0fail.html StealthArmor, the fancy skin for your iPhone or iPad, is now available in red, pink, blue, yellow, orange, purple and green. I know you've been itching for a green iPad. If you want the boring carbon fiber look, you can have it, but that's pretty old fashioned. We've got three to give away to lucky readers!]]> http://www.sparwasserhq.org/not-so-stealthy-stealtharmor-color-series-giveaway.html