Gadgetory

now from the number one on air and online information source with a digital age hi I'm Molly wood and welcome to the buzz report this week removable batteries teenage drivers and the big green army but first it's the gadget of the week the gadget of the week is the new blackberry storm duh officially announced this week the 3g storm will be a verizon phone in the u.s. it features a big touchscreen with click response typing a very nice 3.2 megapixel camera that takes video and has a flash the BlackBerry OS and all its business support plenty of multimedia awesomeness and copy and paste it appears to square off quite nicely against the iPhone except for the fact that we still don't know when it will be released or how much it costs so you know what rim release all the details you want until I have it in my hot little hands it's still in the same league as the tooth fairy but thanks for the press conference and now for the news the European Union is considering a new rule that requires all consumer electronics devices to have removable batteries many believe the rule would affect Apple the most considering that the iPhone every single iPod model and the MacBook Air all have locked in batteries the EU says removable batteries are consumer friendly and make the batteries easier to recycle but see Apple already has a recycling plan for iPods it's called released a new one every six months you don't have to throw away the battery just recycle the whole thing throw it away there you go this week Ford said it would release programmable car keys designed for parents to give their teenage drivers the keys will limit a car's top speed to 80 miles per hour set the stereo volume at 44% of maximum permanently enabled traction control and introduce a nagging seatbelt chime that's kind of awful but I'll probably get one for my son when he's old enough to drive oh hey can we also get this key for the old people maybe we could have a minimum speed setting too late like 60 that's all I ask just go 60 the army is installing a massive solar array in the Mojave Desert reportedly to help bring down its three billion dollar a year energy bill uh-huh now the army can tell me that a solar array that's 35 times larger the current largest solar thermal installation is all about going green but don't think I don't know that they're actually working on an infinitely hot directed giant laser beam designed to vaporize hostile aliens upon arrival I'm not saying I object I'm just saying I know and finally let's have a look at what's clogging the toons do I even need to tell you guys what's clogging the tubes the whole internet is only watching one thing Tina Fey as Sarah Palin governor Palin would you extend same-sex rights to the entire country you know I would be afraid of where that would lead I believe marriage is meant to be a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers okay two things first I would totally vote for Tina Fey and second I have a very important election prediction to make Sarah Palin will be the number one Halloween costume that every party this year boom who's gonna bet me no one that's Oh winner I'm Molly wood and this has been the buzz report thanks for watching hey Molly Molly what do you think the pink jacket or the red one totally the red it's pretty good right oh yeah you betcha