Infotix -- A Technology notepad

See how to charge your iPod for for around 15-20 min using electrolytes and an onion. I always knew that an onion held fantastic amounts of untapped potential energy. Especially when it squirts death-ray juice in my eyes. This experiment is done by Household Hacker. Enjoy the video.

So,finally Apple introduces new iPod Touch, iphone similar gadget.By the look of it, it’s like iPhone, just slimmer. It’s basically an inheritance of iPhone except the phone/text function. It’s got all the touch flipping, images viewing we’ve seen in iPhone. Here’s more inside iPod Touch:

• Multi-touch user screen
• WiFi supported
• Safari Browser
• Google and Yahoo Search
• Direct songs download
• Youtube
• Calendar
• Clock

iPod Touch comes in 2 different prices, 8GB/$299 and 16GB/$399. Battery life last like 22 hours on music or 5 hours on videos. And unlike iPhone, it is shipping worldwide. Both will be shipping this month. If you are still waiting for the arrival of iPhone, this new iPod might just quench your thirst.You can catch all the details at Steve Job's site.

IPod, iPhone and now iCar - the rumored product of Apple and Volkswagen cooperation.The report -- available via Google translation -- claims that Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn recently flew to California where he sat down for a brainstorming session with Apple's Steve Jobs.
Though still in the early planning stages, the two firms reportedly plan to cooperate on the development of a new generation of Volkswagen compact cars that would include several Apple tie-ins.
Apple presently works with several automakers, including BMW, for iPod and iPhone integration. There have also been rumors that the company has teamed up with another German automaker, Mercedes-Benz, to develop a radically new dashboard navigation system due out next year.

I got this in a forwarded mail, so I don't know the authenticity of this. But should be fun to check where your mobile was manufactured and how good it is.

• Press *#06# (IMEI number)on your mobile phone.
• It will give you a 15 digit number.
• Note down that number.
• Check the 7th and 8th number.

If the 7th and 8th digits are :

• 02 or 20 - mean it was assembled in the Emirates which is very Bad quality.
• 08 or 80 - means it was manufactured in Germany which is not bad.
• 01 or 10 - mean it's manufactured in Finland which is Good.
• 00 - means it was manufactured in original factory which is the best Mobile Quality.
• 13 - means it was assembled in Azerbaijan which is very poor quality and potentially very dangerous to your health!!!

So go ahead and check yours.

Apple cut the price of the iPhone from $599 to $399 today. They also introduced a whole new line of iPods including the new “iPod Touch”, basically the iPhone but without the calling features. For more up to the minute updates, read here.

In Japan young people have the iPod but the elderly have the i-Pot or “information pot”(not to be confused with i-pod) from the Zojirushi Corporation.

Aimed at the elderly who live alone, the i-Pot not only boils water (for tea or soup) but it also records the times when that elderly person pushes the button that dispenses the water. A wireless communication device at the bottom of the i-Pot sends a signal to a server and users of the service can see recent records of i-pot usage on a Web site.

Have you seen this yet? A 300 page iphone bill.
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Could this be the new iPod Nano? According to several sources Apple has stopped sending shipments of old generation iPods, thus preparing for a shipment of new iPods? Plus Apple is notorious for September/October launches. Plus it’s just that time for a new iPod right? Could this be the new Nano? Maybe.