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Photo [Malias/Flickr] George Bush has announced that US citizens will now be able to send cellphones to friends and relatives in Cuba, an extension of the current rules which grant other gifts to be sent. We’ve covered Raul Castro’s opening…

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George Bush has announced that US citizens will now be able to send cellphones to friends and relatives in Cuba, an extension of the current rules which allow other gifts to be sent. We’ve covered Raul Castro’s opening up of the technology markets in Cuba before (links below), and Bush sees this as an extension of that, although he’s not sure Castro will play ball:

If Raul is serious about his so-called reforms, he will allow these phones to reach the Cuban people.

Cuba uses a GSM network, so most phones will work there, even though with contracts running at around US$120 just to sign up, cheap handsets might be more of a political dig from Bush than a real help to the Cuban people. Bush again:

Through these measures the United Says is reaching out to the Cuban people, yet we know that life won’t fundamentally change for Cubans until their form of government changes.

The embargo is a joke, although not a very funny one. US citizens just pretend to be Canadian and take vacations, and Havana cigars are freely available (we’re guessing the Bill Clinton wasn’t smoking anything but the best). For the Cuban people, though, it means they can’t join the modern world. And that’s a subject close to our hearts here at G Lab. The upshot of Bush’s whole scheme here is most apt to be the boosting of a black market in cellphones for Cuba’s rich. Unlocked Cuban iPhone, here we come.

U.S. to grant Americans to send cell phones to Cuba [Reuters]

Cubans Go Gadget Crazy [Gadget Lab]

Cuban Cellphone Market Opened Up To Locals [Gadget Lab]

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BlackBook Pro Adds Second Interactive Display Using Only Paint
Russell Davies slathered blackboard paint onto his MacBook Pro to turn it into a low-tech note-taking device. He loves it. So does Jason Kottke, and so does The Cory. We like to look of it, and the low-fi hackery involved,…

Russell Davies slathered blackboard paint onto his MacBook Pro to turn it into a low-tech note-taking device. He adores it. So does Jason Kottke, and so does The Cory. We like to look of it, and the low-fi hackery involved, but in the end we side with the guys from MTAA, who point out the dust problems and the chalky sleeves that the BlackBook Pro entails.

It’s only a good idea if you never, ever remove the laptop from your desk and never open it. Sometimes the techno-nerds really lose all perspective.

And before you start posting comments on how dumb this is, be sure maximize your angry, bile-fueled reply by taking a second look at the picture. Notice the Moleskine in the corner? Go.

BlackBoardPro [Russel Davies via Kottke]

Blackboard pro = dumb [MTAA]

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