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Premeditated disposability

By
Meir Warcel
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We have previously encountered arguments questioning the need for value in the post purchase stage. Individuals repeatedly state that ‘we live in a disposable society’,’I throw away my products the moment they start failing on me’, and some even mention that ‘with new technologies coming out, products become obsolete in a matter of months’. The above statements respectively illustrate that products are less reliable, and while warranty coverage decreases, complexity and fear of new technologies increases.

Do we truly believe that this trend is in the benefit of the consumer?

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For windows users

By
Meir Warcel
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Take a look at this Coca-cola advert in Piccadilly Circus, London. Seems like we all have similar problems…(large version here)

Picture by Rosso (Creative Commons)

Use your media players in your car: create auxiliary input for your car stereo

By
Eran Abramson
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A number of people mentioned that the FM transmitters that enable to use media players with car stereos do not perform as great as we would like. Donn provides a step by step guide to add an auxiliary input to your stereo, so you may use your choice of media players such as the Apple iPod and Creative Zen in your car (here). If you wish to do it yourself, these instructions are provided with pictures and diagrams.

Via: Lifehacker

Picture by opus2008 (Creative Commons)

How to unlock the iPhone

By
Eran Abramson
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[Update: for iPhone 3G users, you can see how to unlock the iPhone 3G with a Sim Adapter]

Have you ever wanted to break the rules? are you interested in the freedom of cell phone carriers? or maybe you just want to know how to unlock it yourself. For whatever reason, some of the methods to unlock the iPhone are available to all. Three ways to unlock your iPhone may be found through Business 2.0. Any of these used are at user’s discretion, responsibility, and could be dangerous. The latter due to a recent story of an unlocking hack gone bad ending up with an exploding iPhone (Gizmodo). Luckily no one was hurt.

What is this mysterious Sony Rolly?

By
Eran Abramson
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My first peek of the Sony Rolly was through the video below, and I watched it entirely in order to try and figure out what I was watching. It seems the Rolly is a miniature boombox, with integrated speakers, lights, and movements all combined in an egg shaped music player. By the end of the video, the tiny size of this new Rolly can be determined and well appreciated.

Rolly.tv is the unofficial Sony Rolly site, which has links, news, and additional information. There is also the Sony teaser campaign site of Rolly Show, which has videos, pictures, and a mailing list about the mysterious Rolly.

Via: Engadget

Add Hebrew to your iPhone

By
Eran Abramson
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Once the iPhone is unlocked, it grants that ability to take the phone overseas and use it with different carriers. This also means that a different language may be required for enhanced productivity. Now there is a way to add Hebrew to your iPhone. The instructions are in Hebrew and provided by iPhones.co.il (here).

Picture by Mateoone (Creative Commons)

Want to speak to a live person?

By
Meir Warcel
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Are you sick and tired having to speak to an automated machine? Would you like to know how to reach an actual person you may speak with?

Dial A Human provides company and corporation directory with instructions how to reach a real human being. Whether it is by providing an unlisted number or a button combination, they grant you a way to speak to someone real.

Hard to Find 800 Numbers have also given a directory of numbers that may be useful in the future.

Our Blog Day Picks!

By
Walyou
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We previously mentioned the celebration of Blog Day (Technorati)

As promised, here are our five picks of Blogs:

  • 1938media Loren Feldman is a little off the wall. He tapes his opinions of different subjects that are sometimes humorous and other times hostile. His abrasive yet honest presentations are definitely full of valuable content, which are sometimes also thought provoking. One may admit that his thought patterns on the different subjects are very creative.
  • Blonde2.0 is a great place for Online Entrepreneurs. She writes about online communities, social networks, and provides interesting commentary on the latest developments in the world of Web 2.0. Furthermore, she personally responds to her user’s comments, which gives a genuine personal feel to her Blog.
  • Doane Paper is versatile in the posts it offers. Some of its previous posts include: recommendations of personal music list selections, reviews and announcements of various accessories, touching current events and also information about its own designed doane paper. The latter is writing paper which “combines the benefits of lined and grid paper onto a single sheet”
  • The Marketing Nirvana Blog of Mario Sundar is an interesting area to read about Community Evangelism. He also owns the same position on LinkedIn, the online professional network. A number of intriguing areas are touched here, such as: communities, social networks, and marketing. For those interested in such subjects, Mario posts remarkable articles that include actual valuable industry information. He is also very good at responding to questions of the readers.
  • Reviews and More As the title suggests, a place for reviews and more. Easy and fun to read reviews of many different subjects, such as books, music, websites, movies, TV shows, and more. The posts are well written and provide actual value to the reader.

Please take a look at these, and we hope you enjoy them. In addition, we would like to hear of other Blogs that other’s are reading as well. So please let us know of your five favorites and/or any you recommend to others.

Thank you,

The Walyou Team

Sometimes What You See Is NOT What You Get!

By
Tal Siach
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Beware when buying a USB drive outside regular computer stores or through street vendors. Sometimes it can be a scam! We deserve to get what we paid for but sometimes it goes too far. The picture by gigatigga easily shows a fake USB flash drive opened to illustrate why it would not work. This is not the first time I heard of this scam.

A good friend of mine bought a Sony 4GB flash drive in China, but when he came back home he discovered that it simply did not work. Of course Sony didn’t have anything to do with it. It was simply fraud by the street vendor. My friend is one out of many customers that encountered such experiences. Running a simple Google search on such incidents, I found many examples from users saying that people sold them fake USB drives on the street, on the internet, and even on eBay. So if you consider buying such electronics, please read users’ comments and do not be tempted by price alone.

Xbox 360: Long repair times

By
Eran Abramson
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Microsoft has heard the cries of their customers and extended the Xbox 360 warranty to three years. With this, the repair times have also been extended. Many are sending in their Xbox 360s for repairs and have realized that waiting times have grew. Instead of the two weeks that many have been accustomed to, repairs are now taking as long as six weeks.

Of course we can always say that since there are more repairs, there are longer waiting times. But why are there more repairs? The warranty has been extended, not the hardware, features, options, etc.

Via: Gizmodo

Picture by Nbarry9 (Creative Commons)

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