Ipod and Taxes

2 things are certain in life. Death and taxes. I can imagine some country collecting taxes on music downloads since Ipod is one of the most popular gadgets this decade. See below

IF YOU were planning to set copyfighters alight with righteous anger it's hard to imagine a better scheme than proposing a surcharge on the amount of storage in MP3 players. This very thing is being suggested by the Dutch foundation Stichting Thuiskopie, previously an apologist for the levy on blank CDs and DVDs.

Let's even leave aside the essential absurdity of a proposal that would create such an utterly uneven market within what is supposed to be a common European shopping area that everyone would be importing iPods and other music players from Belgium, France, the UK…anywhere that was within the EU and wasn't the Netherlands. Unlike blank CDs and DVDs, which are recurring purchases, MP3 players are things that people buy only occasionally. If you're faced with an extra charge of €3.28 per gigabyte (that's €65.60 for the Archos) your gadget doesn't have to get all that capacious before it suddenly seems logical to spend the added tax on a short vacation instead. Especially given that the contents of any MP3 player change with some frequency. In the life of an iPod, a user could shuffle through terabytes of music.

Via Inquirer

Nokia 6255i Review

Nokia 6255i Review

The Nokia 6255i is a multimedia phone featuring a built-in MP3 player, integrated camera with flash and digital zoom, a video recorder, the ability to receive streaming video and audio, and removable MMC memory support. The 6255i features Bluetooth, speakerphone, voice dialing and command, and PC synchronization.

Nokia 6255i Phone Features

Voice

* Integrated speakerphone allows for convenient communications
* Record memos and conversations
* Voice dialing and commands
* Speakerphone

Multimedia Messaging Service

* Record voice clips and send them along with your photos and videos
* Create, send and receive messages with image, video, text and voice clips
* Multimedia card for storage of video clips, photos, MP3's and other multimedia files
* Text messaging - perfect for silent communication during meetings

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PocketBreeze 4.3 for Pocket PCs

PocketBreeze 4.3

SBSH has just released version 4.3 of their 'Pocket PC Magazine best software awards finalist' PocketBreeze.

PocketBreeze- a Today screen plug-in for Pocket PC devices allowing you to view appointments, tasks, and email accounts status directly on your Today screen. Giving you a more intuitive interface to manage your daily agenda with up to 30 days agenda display, appointments and tasks in a joint display, advance tasks management and your contacts' birthdays and anniversaries. PocketBreeze integrates seamlessly with Agenda Fusion, Pocket Informant, and the default PIM.

Check it out ! It's worth a download.

Alarm clock that rumbles

This is simply cool. I used to have a cat that wakes me up at 7am by licking my feet.

Aaron Tang’s Anemone Clock rumbles when the alarm goes off, eventually shaking its way all across your room, forcing you to get up to stop it. But that’s not all — it keeps shaking when you pick it up, making it a frustrating exercise just to find the off button. Tang didn’t say if the clock had a snooze button so you can repeat this process a few times each morning.

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