I thought this info will be interesting for some "car enthusiasts" (yeah right)

A new application called Carman has been released for Maemo platform, which is used in two Nokia Internet Tablets: the N800 and the N770.

Link to download the software and more information:
http://carman.garage.maemo.org/






Video on YouTube about the Carman:



However the software was developed in Brazil I think they ment it for New Zealand.. :)
Go boy racers, go!

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Look at these two funny videos about iPhone. I couldn't resist not to post here.



First, Conan O'Brian made his own iPhone commercial:








The next, Colbert has some criticism about the iPhone:

This has nothing to do with technology. This is simply life.


I stopped blogging, because I had no time, but this story is worth to blog.
In fact I hope it will be read by many people in New Zealand.




The story in short:
I bought a Dinex 900 dining table at Danske Mobler at Mt Eden on Tuesday.
They have 4 or 5 stores in Auckland and some nationwide. They are not cheap.
http://www.danske.co.nz

So I bought the table and yesterday me and my wife went to their Wairau Park store to look for matching chairs, because they have a "big" furniture sale now. They are advertising as up to 50% sale, but to be honest 9 out of 10 product are just around 10-25% less then usual. You expect more, but this is the way of marketing.

Anyway, we found the matching chairs, however we were told by the salesperson Edward that there are only 4 available in their Botany store. At the other end of the city of course, as we were in Wairau Park.
Okay no problem, we told him to hold those chairs, because we would go there tomorrow.

But after leaving the store we decided to drive to Botany instead of going there tomorrow and this gave the twist in the story.

We arrived there and we called for Lindsay whose name was advised by the previous salesperson, Edward.
We found her and asked for the chairs.



Her words:  " Ummm. You supposed to come tomorrow.  The chairs are not here, because they were borrowed by our Manager for a Christmas party and she/he will bring back tomorrow.




Oh My God! We crossed the whole city to buy 4 brand new chairs (the last available ones) and we were told they've been borrowed by the Manager for a party! Can you believe it? In a store like this?

Are they doing it on a regular basis? Bringing home furniture from their stores and use them, then sell them as brand new? I have to mention again that they are not cheap.




Buyers be warned!





PS. The chairs' original price was 199NZD ea. They are on sale for 139NZD ea. When we asked them how much they would sell those "used" ones, they said probably for 130NZD. What a bargain for a used chair, isn't it?

Check out the beta version of the new Fring software for Symbian 60 devices.

http://www.fring.com

It communicates with PC based applications like Google Talk and Skype!

Use "Skype" now on your Nokia handset! And it works!




(BTW: the real Skype software for S60 devices is still under development..)



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Have you played with Google Earth 4 beta lately?
If not, try it, it's amaaaazing.

Why?

First of all on 8th and 9th of September the following map have been updated, including New Zealand:
(information according to www.gearthblog.com - a great site!)

US States

The Netherlands - the rest of the country in high res

Belgium - big areas have been added for Antwerp, and new data for Brussels

Japan - Takamatsu added, Also Also Nara, Chofu, Machi

Norway - Area in and around Bergen added

New Zealand - Auckland and Wellington with new data, other areas being reported

Germany - Munich, Dusseldorf, Karlsruhe, Gelsenkirchen, Erlangen/Fuerth, Ludwigshafen, Schwerte...

Puerto Rico - area around San Juan

Austria - area in southern mountains

Arkansas - unconfirmed NW corner

And what hi-res map mean? Well try to find the "topless sunbather" in Den Haag, The Netherlands
http://regmedia.co.uk/2006/09/21/topless_sunbather.kmz
To view this you have to have Google Earth 4 beta to be installed on your PC.


Or install 3DWarehouse Network and you will be able to download many buildings or objects in 3D or even you can create your own house in 3D then download it into Google Earth.
http://earth.google.com/earth4.html

Check out the famous objects like the Eiffel tower or the Statue of Liberty in 3D, it's just great.
Did I mention Sky Tower in Auckland in 3D? Or the Opera House in Sydney?
http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/

And so on, there are sooo many thing I can list here: 3D buildings in big cities like New York, Discovery Channel sightseeing feature, attached pictures and videos of famous objects, showing earthquakes in real time, track hurricanes, available on Linux too, etc

IMHO the time has arrived when Google Earth is starting to show it's real capabilities.
However the product is still on the beginning of the development path and has many features still un-locked.


Happy surfing!