Archive for May, 2010

Lufthansa’s new A380’s Take’s First Class To A Whole New Level

For a few of the lucky ones reading that have enjoyed the luxury of flying first class/business know that it’s pretty sweet, especially when traveling for more than 3 hours. However, German airline, Lufthansa, plans on kicking it up to a whole new level. Their latest Airbus A380 jet will have the world’s quietest first class cabin, an extremely lavish bathroom with separate wash, changing and toilets.

The seats are capable of being fully extended to create a bed and all first class passengers get a lockable closet. Pretty pimp. The only pitfall here is that on a Boeing 747, first class has a totally separate floor.

The airline will use their first A380 from Frankfurt – Tokyo starting on June 11 after taking the German soccer team to South Africa. Once they get an additional few, they’ll be used between Beijing to Johannesburg.

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Frequent The Gym? You Need A Quirky Fit Kit

If you’re a geek that gets high off lactic acid, a Fit Kit might suit the bill. It’s a case that’ll wrap around your arm and will hold your phone, cash, credit cards, keys and headphones! I for one hate carrying crap in my pockets when I’m at the gym. As of right now there is a limited production run of 875 and about 10% of them are already gone.

If you want one, pick it up for $25 here

RIP Nokia Flagship Store in NYC

So it turns out the Nokia Store in manhattan was just for show after all. There has never been ONE time where I’ve ever seen anyone buy something from that store. It was a beautiful store, but who on earth would be crazy enough to pay retail prices when it was so easy to save a hundred bucks or two by hopping on the internet?

The store on 57th between 5th and Madison Avenue has permanently closed their doors as of May 24, 2010. Sad day, but I don’t see anyone crying. So when is that new iPhone coming out again? LOL.

Future Automotive Mall Will Have A Rooftop Race Track

So you’re thinking about purchasing a new car. The typical thing to do in is to search through websites such as edmunds.com and carsdirect.com for information on pricing and the different available options available. Then you’d probably set aside a few days to visit car dealerships, arrange for test drives, figure out financing terms, etc. All in all, it’ll end up taking a few weeks of your time.

How about adding the simplicity of a mall? At a shopping mall, you can very easily buy a designer bag, cough syrup and a birthday card all under one roof. This is the vision that Autopia Europia has.  The 708,661 square-foot Autopia Europia in Istanbul, Turkey is currently under construction, but they’re planning on housing 200 individual showrooms, 48 service stations, 42 insurance companies and 24 banks under one roof! SWEEEET.

Read more about it here

AT&T To Soon Lose iPhone Exclusivity? Raises ETF’s from $175 to $325

Seems like AT&T is planning on raising the early termination fee on all their smartphones to $325 on June 1st. That’s $150 bucks higher than what it used to be! To make things “OK”, this amount will go down by $10 for every month that goes by. In addition to this, the ETF’s for standard phones will be reduced to $150 (25 dollar savings).

Most claim that this whopping increase may have something to do with AT&T losing exclusivity of their precious gem, the iPhone.

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You’re Optical Drive/ Cup Holder Can Now Double As An iPod Dock!

I’m sure you’re all familiar with the once popular “free cup holder” link that everyone was sending around. If you’re not familiar with it, what would happen is you click on a “get a free cup holder” link and it would pop your optical drive. Clever huh?

Someone noticed that their DVD drive wasn’t getting much attention anymore so he decided to take matters in his own hands and turn it in to something useful. A few hours later, you have a pretty nifty iPod Dock

If you’re interested at all, take a look at the instructions here

White iPhone HD Spotting!

Apple.pro has released a photo of a white iPhone HD. What does this mean exactly? Another poor employee over at Foxconn is probably going to jump off a bridge. You’ll notice that there is a front facing camera and there seems to be a gap where the “white” meets the “silver”. I’m assuming the device is not fully assembled yet.

Read more about it here