2008 April archive at Premier New Product Center

April, 2008

Kickstart: Blackberry’s First Flip Phone [BlackBerry]

This fine piece of flip phone is Blackberry's very first clamshell, codenamed Kickstart. It's not overly attractive—it's got a RAZR-esque silhouette. The inside is Pearly, with a trackball and SureType keyboard. Boy Genius says that the internal LCD is "decent looking," but the shot of the external has a weird sheen over it, so it's hard to tell there. Sort of an odd choice from RIM, I think—was there an untapped demand for a flip Blackberry? No other specs, but expect it by the end of the year. Profile shot after the jump or hit BGR for the full five. [BGR]

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BIT Group Expands Global Field Services to North America

Global contract manufacturer of complex medical instrumentation has expanded its field services to North America. BIT Group's USA Field Service Center operates from Source Scientific LLC (Irvine, CA), a BIT Group Company. (PRWeb Apr 30, 2008)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891994.htm

BIT Group Expands Global Field Services to North America

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891994.htm

BIT Group Expands Global Field Services to North America

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891994.htm

HD DVD’s Death Hasn’t Helped Blu-ray Sales, Which Are So Bad NPD Won’t Talk About ‘Em [Blu-Ray]

You guys have apparently been listening to our warnings about not jumping into the Blu pool just yet. NPD says that even after HD DVD stopping peeing in it and lied down to die, not only have Blu-ray sales have only jumped a meager two percent (after falling 40 percent from Jan.), but they're so bad, they won't even release the actual numbers. NPD pegs price as one major factor, with the wait for BD-Live players as another. Course, it's more likely the deeply feared DVD problem: For most people, it's still good enough. [Yahoo, NYT]

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BIT Group Expands Global Field Services to North America

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891994.htm

BIT Group Expands Global Field Services to North America

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb891994.htm

Tangled Wires are Ugly, But What About Tangled Wire Lamps? [Design]

Exposed cables can be downright hideous or damn near artistic depending on the situation. Apparently, when South Korean designer Kwangho Lee sees a mess of tangled wires, he thinks "art." The concept behind these "lamp sculptures" was to strip lights down the the bare essentials and weave the exposed cable into intricate designs. Whether the final result can be considered art is a matter of opinion—but I can tell you that I won't be hanging one of these in my apartment anytime soon. [MoCo Loco via Gearfuse]
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