The human race is uncannily intriguing; we have some great examples of individual brilliance offset by legions of idiots, ever willing to take themselves out of the gene pool. Not that they don’t succeed, but there’s a considerable disparity between the number of Darwin Award nominees and that of terminal retards born every minute. Makes me wonder how humanity hasn’t imploded under the weight of its own collective stupidity.

The Notebook — What The Hell Are Its Designers Smoking?

A prime example of what I’m talking about is the laptop computer. I have no prejudice towards the concept of mobile computing, but the laptop has turned out to be anything but that. You can deem it another casualty of purposeless design encouraged by a clueless user base. This lack of design purpose is evident from the hardware crammed into a typical laptop. I don’t understand why anyone requires a 15” or 17” display, when the screen is meant to be stared at point blank from your lap. Pointless, unless you have cataract, and even then you need an ophthalmologist more than a big-ass screen.
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Plans are in motion for the much anticipated launch of an Android device for China between February and March 2009, but unlike the US launch of the T-Mobile G1 handset, China Mobile has decided not to work with Taiwanese PDA manufacturer HTC and has instead opted for working with Lenovo Mobile to release it’s first Google powered phone.
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