Metrik Minute

Verizon has got some more bad press.  Recently, police were searching for a man who was unconscious due to robbing someone’s house and stealing pill bottles, and were unable to find him using his cell phone because his bill was unpaid.   The Verizon operator denied a sherrif’s request to turn on the cell phone even for a little bit so they could locate the man unless the sherrif agreed to pay the $20 the account was owed. 
Eventually they found the man before paying the debt, but this publicity is not what Verizon needs right now. 

Since flopping with the BlackBerry (They are now giving away BlackBerrys left and right if you buy one), they have been suffering – watching people switch from them to ATT because of the iPhone. 

While I am on Verizon, and have personally found their in-store customer service to be decent, they are still going downhill and fast if they don’t change their ways. 

http://www.timesreporter.com/homepage/x862899385/Unconscious-Carroll-man-found-after-11-hour-search

Dell finally creates a netbook for college kids that has a solid vent-free bottom so that when boys with dirty pants use it, the laptop remains safe. 

They are also including an anti-bacterial keyboard because, as we all know, boys are made of “snips and snails and puppydog tails.”

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2009/05/20/dell_school_netbook/

Doug Anson, Dell’s smiling nerd king, is showing off what the Dell Mini series – 10, is capable of.  Unbeknownst to him, he’s giving Android free advertising.  Googlephiles revel everywhere. 

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The ECC – the Brittish Owned “Electrictrical Car Corporation” has put out an electric version of the Citroen C1.  They basically gutted everything motor, and put in a bunch of batteries.  Over there this is giving the G-Whiz some competition, as this is an actual car (the G-Whiz is basically a quadped, which means that it doesn’t need to be registered as a car). 

Evie can go 75 miles and speeds up to 60mph.  She’s a zippie gal, and a safe bet – she’s got 4/5 stars from crash ratings tests. 

Evie is a quiet gal, and pedestriansneed to be aware of her presence because she won’t speak up when running past you. 

If she eats a few adults, they go straight to her hips and she gets a little sluggish when trying to run. 

She’s relatively low maintenance, but due to her new makeover she’s looking for a partner who can afford a bit more…

Expect this Brittish cutie to take hit the streets by 2011.