Filed under: Cellphones, Misc. Gadgets

It’s always interesting to hear execs chime in on the competition following big announcements. So it’s no surprise to hear that Steve Ballmer was peppered with questions about the iPhone during yesterday’s Mix ’08 event with Guy Kawazaki. When asked about Silverlight — Microsoft’s attempt at usurping Adobe’s Flash — on the Flash-less iPhone, Ballmer said, “Silverlight for the iPhone is of course interesting,” adding, “I can’t say there’s been extensive discussion with Guy’s old boss.” He also wondered aloud about Apple possibly digging too deeply into developers pockets with its 30% share of application revenue. Ballmer said, “it’s a good business if you can make it.” A jab at Jobs’ claim that Apple doesn’t plan to make any money off the App Store. The highlight though came with Ballmer’s compliance to recreate his Monkey Boy Dance for Web Developers. Bill, we’re going to miss you.

[Thanks, Bryant]

Read — Q&A on iPhone
Read — Monkey Boy dance, take 2

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Filed under: Household, Wireless

It’s hard to pinpoint the most ridiculous thing about the Urban Tool perCushion which we first peeped as a concept. Is it the vendor’s not so flattering name, the marketing shot above, or the fact that Urban Tool will be charging about $500 for their Bluetooth mono-speaker cushion when it begins shipping sometime between October and Christmas? We had the chance to try the perCushion out at CeBIT ourselves. The pillow itself is rigid — think martini lounging, not bedtime — and constructed with enough finesse to support your Bluetooth audio streaming or cellphone handsfree adventures in sloth. In its defense, Urban Tool knows that the perCushion is destined to be nothing more than a novelty product at that price range. It’s simply meant to bring attention to the rest of its product catalog. Still, we’re not sure this is the type of attention they wanted.

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