{"id":1541,"date":"2007-06-28T07:30:39","date_gmt":"2007-06-28T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/2007\/06\/28\/the-new-telecom-product-youve\/"},"modified":"2007-06-28T07:30:39","modified_gmt":"2007-06-28T07:30:39","slug":"the-new-telecom-product-youve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/06\/28\/the-new-telecom-product-youve\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Telecom Product You&#8217;ve Been Waiting For"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/principles\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/467\/files\/2012\/04\/i-c06774197bcd9a51cd3f02d518667ef9-rphone.jpg\" alt=\"i-c06774197bcd9a51cd3f02d518667ef9-rphone.jpg\" \/>Presenting the hottest new product in the telecommunications sector: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/drewprops\/sets\/72157600286641701\/\">the rPhone<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>rPhone combines three delightfully diverse products into one awkward and cumbersome handheld contraption &#8212; a revolutionary steam-powered satellite phone, a stylish French musicbox, and a vibrasonic multi-purpose tool that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a Sonic Screwdriver. rPhone is the first portable telephone constructed of materials you&#8217;ve come to associate with progressive technology&#8230; from its exquisite rosewood paneling to the handsome brass frame, it shouts &#8220;This is the 18th century!&#8221; and &#8220;Gee, this thing sure is heavy!&#8221; and &#8220;What do you mean it costs $20,000??&#8221;.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m actually about as likely to buy one of these as I am to get an iPhone.<\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethanzuckerman.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/27\/links-for-2007-06-27\/\">Ethan<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenting the hottest new product in the telecommunications sector: the rPhone: rPhone combines three delightfully diverse products into one awkward and cumbersome handheld contraption &#8212; a revolutionary steam-powered satellite phone, a stylish French musicbox, and a vibrasonic multi-purpose tool that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike a Sonic Screwdriver. rPhone is the first portable&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/2007\/06\/28\/the-new-telecom-product-youve\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The New Telecom Product You&#8217;ve Been Waiting For<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silliness","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chadorzel.com\/principles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}