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Month: December 2008

  • Against Israel’s barbarism: New Year’s vigil for Gaza tonight in downtown Amman

    “As the world welcomes the new year, the people of Gaza receive 2009 with constant bombardment and bloodshed. Let us stand in solidarity with them on this occasion as we gather at Al-Hashemiyah Square in Downtown Amman for a candlelight vigil on New Year’s Eve between 11:30pm to 12:30am.” Check the Facebook event page. I…

  • Amman updated on Google Earth, but with less detail?

    I was alerted (actually by my mother-in-law) that Amman’s Google Earth satellite photography has been updated. I just checked and it’s indeed true. The previous Amman satellite photos where at least 18 months old if not older. The area in the screen shot above is of the Mecca Street/Medical City Road intersection. As you can…

  • Orange starts selling the iPhone in Jordan, but I’m sticking with Nokia, for now

    I just feel like making a really sleepy sounding wooo hooo. The iPhone is here. With Orange. Check out the offers here, or just look below. OK, so the iPhone can be yours in Jordan if you stick to a one year plan with Orange. Plans start at JD 26 per month for a 500…

  • Nokia Ovi not working for ZAIN Jordan users

    Ever since Nokia opened their services portal, Ovi, to Jordanian users some weeks ago, I’ve been trying to get my N95 registered with the service. So far I tried maybe 10 times with no success. When you register a device with Ovi, you are asked to enter your telephone number, country and timezone into the…

  • FOR SALE: PSP with six original games, at cool price

    For sale in Amman, Jordan: PlayStation Portable (PSP) Color: Metallic Blue Less than 1 year old. In excellent condition. Original box available. 6 great original games: Daxter Avatar Worms 2 Sonic Rivals 1 Sonic Rivals 2 Pirates of the Caribbean (At World’s End) Also included: 1 new charger 1GB Memory Stick Pro Duo (Sandisk) Price…

  • 10,000+ reasons why Nokia is in trouble

    Nothing beats a great visualization of a revolutionary phenomenon. The screen shot above is of 10000iphoneapplications.com a site which lists the icon of over 10,000+ applications available for the iPhone as of today. Ten thousand plus applications for a platform that is only some months old. Re-read that last sentence and think. Never before in…

  • iPhone Jordan launch REALLY nears

    All the predictions and rumors so far have been wrong. The iPhone is still not out in Jordan. Well, I have been told that Orange sales people are now in Egypt receiving training on selling the iPhone. I expect the launch to now be right after Eid. The iPhone will come with a 1 year…

  • New unibody MacBooks spotted in Amman

    I got my first hands on experience with the new unibody MacBooks at SmartBuy yesterday Friday. Both the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros are available at SmartBuy and Virgin Megastore. At Virgin they are safely hidden away in their packages, as some Virgin employees were busy either perfectly aligning gadget boxes in shelves, dusting off…

  • Nokia XpressMusic 5800 available for pre-order in Jordan

    I just came back from a 5 hour gadget hunting tour of Amman. One of the places I visited was the Nokia Store in City Mall. The whole store is branded in the 5800 style. The sales people actually have demo devices on them: one in blue and one in red. You can book your…

  • Huge Aqaba logo brands new hot air balloon

    What a nice surprise in this morning’s Jordan Times. A front page article about the new activities of the Royal Aero Sports Club had a picture of a new hot air balloon, branded by the Aqaba logo, complete with the icon strip and, as can be noticed at the edge of the balloon, the tagline:…

  • I am sorry Siniora, but plain lettuce is MUCH BETTER than your products..

    Siniora, the meat product manufacturer, is running a huge ad campaign in Jordan. Outdoor billboards and two page full color ads in the newspaper declare: “Only Siniora, the rest is.. lettuce.” This comes from the popular Arabic phrase which is used to declare that something is the best. Lettuce is used as a symbol for…

  • InsideJo: Jordan’s homegrown GPS car navigator debuts in January ‘09

    Hot on the heels of Nokia’s announcement of a Amman GPS map (made exclusively on 360east) comes another, pretty amazing announcement. Two Jordanian home-grow companies, GenieSoft and Reborn Industries have created a joint venture and launched InsideJo, a full GPS map and navigation system for Jordan. The announcement was made using a full page ad…