April 30, 2009
Government Designed PDA
My greatest argument for freedom with young people is to talk about cell phones and iPods as products of the free market, then compare them to some devices and services that are more heavily regulated.
What if the government designed cellphones? Wonder no more. BoingBoing has the goods on the "craptastik" 2010 Census device.
The device she had strapped to her hand was a Harris HTC, which looks either like the ugliest cellphone you've ever seen, or a Palm Pilot designed by the US government. We scrolled through bad, inaccurate maps of the area, which looked like they'd been dumped from an early version of MapQuest, wondering how the ridgeline behind my house had magically been transformed into a navigable road, and talked about the device...But their health care will absolutely rock! Hat-tip: Insty Technology Posted by John Kranz at April 30, 2009 6:00 PM
The remote for my portable fan has more useful functions, and probably better encryption. But the fingerprint recognition wasn't an option.
I'm betting this kludge also has all of Obama's speeches in MP3 format, pre-loaded, just like the iPod he gave the Queen.
Posted by: Keith at April 30, 2009 7:02 PMI can't believe that's real.
It looks so shitty.
It's like something 1974 would come up with.
Posted by: AlexC at May 1, 2009 12:53 AMFour 'C' cells required (not included).
Posted by: jk at May 1, 2009 5:53 PMQ: What's the range on that thing?
A: Depends. How good an arm do you have?
Posted by: Keith at May 1, 2009 9:40 PM | What do you think? [4]