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[* red] We like to start things off with a model number. Today's contestant: A1489. | |
- | [* icon_note] 1489 was a very good year: Antonio da Correggio was born, Johannes Widmann published the plus and minus signs, and Henry VII issued the ''sovereign''—a coin equal to a pound of silver. |
- | [* black] Not to be confused with [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zfqw8nhUwA|1984]. |
- | [* black] Current Apple devices come in a fancy new color option, "Space Gray." While it may look cool, we find just one teensy problem with it: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space|colour of space] is not gray. It's [http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/03/50930|beige]. |
- | [* icon_note] If you've been looking up at the night sky and wondering why it's dark—[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxJ4M7tyLRE&list=TLbNhnxWYzZj24hIGL4JPaaE4BlPI5lga6|check this out]. |
+ | [* icon_note] A unique model number for a unique device. Handy. |
+ | [* black] Apple's high-end handhelds come in a fancy new color option, "Space Gray." While it does look cool, we find just one teensy problem with it: the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Colour_Out_of_Space|colour of space] is not gray. It's [http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/03/50930|beige]. |
+ | [* icon_note] We confirm Apple's claim that the iPad Mini is (still) small enough to fit in one hand. Yep. What a handful. |