I’m sure that most people know what the Apple Magic Trackpad is (for those that don’t, think of it as a desk version of the trackpad from their Macbooks), but not many people know what happens to be in the box when they open it. Unboxing Porn shows us that there is little to be excited about apart from the hardware…

The box contains the trackpad, a flap to uncover the manuals, supporting documentation, and that’s it. Great for those wanting as little packaging as possible, horrific for those wanting the new gadget experience…

Side point: Unboxing Porn is a fantastic web series over at Revision 3, and they’ve done other items such as the iPad and the Special Edition version of Starcraft 2.

“Something about a goat” indeed…

[Unboxing Porn]

Google are now making it as simple as they perceive it is possible to make a phone call to anyone in the world: from Gmail.

Whilst in Gmail, users in the US can now call people by clicking “Call Phone” in their contact list and either selecting the person’s name that they want to call (if their number is held by Google, of course) or by dialling the number into the on-screen keypad.

Want to call someone outside the US or Canada? That’s entirely possible, but you will end up paying a fairly cheap rate to do so, something that people may compare to Skype’s “Skypeout” rates, and US/Canada calls are free until the end of the year.

Non-US people will not be able to use the service until Google decides that it’s worthwhile for everyone. Like they have done for Google Voice… no, wait…

Filed under “Dude, WTF!?” is the curious case of the Belgian ISP called Telenet, whom decided to publish numbers of how much data they are pulling and pushing for their top users. The amount for one user? 2.7 Terabytes. Or 2680 GB to be exact.

For fact loving number crunchers, that’s 571 DVDs (DVD-5 4.70GB Single sided, Single layer), 108 Bluray discs (Single-Layer), and if you are talking old 3.5″ floppies, that’s 1,905,778 of them (1.44mb formatted).

And for those who think this is just one customer heavily using their connection, think again. The top 10 combined is 13,567.4 GB of data, and it doesn’t improve the further down the list you go.

Is the ISP going to spank the user involved? Why, no. Instead, they’re showing off their bit-shifting abilities to encourage their customers to upgrade to the highest level of service, where there isn’t a cap, but there is a “fair use”. And this is very fair use, especially considering it’s just 99 Euro a month (£80/ $125).

I would say it’s almost worth getting it myself, but I live outside of Belgium and my provider already offers me a 20Mbit connection with the possibility of 50 for not much more and relatively relaxed caps. Others on heavily capped services would probably think otherwise.

Now, where’s my passport gone…

[Ars Technica]

If you had your own giant robotic arm, a love for racing and way too much time and money on your hands, I’m sure you would do the same as the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics. And by “The Same”, I mean “turn the robotic arm into the world’s most awesome arcade simulation of F1 Racing ever”. Cue the video:

It was developed in order to try and simulate proper F1 conditions without having to put millions of pounds worth of car onto an excessively expensive race track and risking life and limb. Really, I think it was more an excuse to be put on the end of a robotic arm and moved about, and quite frankly it’s not hard to imagine 8 of them networked together down the local arcade.

Now… what happens when you crash in-game…?

[IEEE Spectrum]

Bought an iPhone 4 in Canada from an Apple Store? Due to “human error”, some sales reps are keying in your unlocked phone incorrectly and LOCKING the phone at the cash. Ensure your receipt says “No Contract Sim” $0.00 and not “Fido / Rogers / Telus Micro Sim iPhone 4″. If your receipt does say “Carrier Name Micro Sim iPhone 4″, make an appointment at the nearest Apple store (don’t just show up) to have your phone exchanged ASAP.

It is a little difficult to check if your iPhone 4 is unlocked because it could just be locked to YOUR CARRIER. The best way to test is an AT&T micro sim card, which is of course difficult to do in Canada. Or if you have friends who are on a completely different mobile company (Fido/Rogers sims are sometimes swappable and is not a good test).

Seconds after the Blackberry event started, AT&T has launched the BlackBerry Torch 9800 website.  It has a few photos and videos for you to check out of RIMM’s new “iphone killer” Blackberry.

Some interesting specs from the page:

* World premier BlackBerry in slider form factor with touch screen plus QWERTY keyboard and optical trackpad
* BlackBerry 6 OS with all-new browser featuring tabbed browsing for access to multiple web pages at the same time and pinch-to-zoom capability
* First BlackBerry with next-generation messaging including group messaging for up to 10 people and locations
* Social networking feed application for one view of all your favorite sites such as Facebook, Twitterâ„¢ and MySpace
* Integrated search from home screen
* 5 MP camera with flash, autofocus, and environment settings
* Latest Wi-Fi “N” network support (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n) for home, office, and on the nation’s fastest Wi-Fi network with more than 20,000 AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Spots nationwide

Check out the videos and specs from the AT&T website here.

Ahead of the 11AM event from AT&T and RIM today, looks like the FCC “leaked” the BlackBerry 9800 slider model ahead of the event.

The tech specs inside the PDF’s show that it has 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/1900, GSM/GPRS/EDGE 900/1800 MHz bands and UMTS I (2100) bands for overseas usage.

If you feel like treading through all the testing the FCC did on the unit, click here.