For Sale: World’s Oldest Car June 30, 2007
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Just a few weeks after the world’s oldest camera went under the hammer for a princely £391,000, the world’s oldest working car is about to hit the auction block.
The steam-powered De Dion-Bouton et Trepardoux, nicknamed ‘La Marquise’, was built in 1884 - a year before a pair of fellows called Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz built their first, experimental gasoline-powered cars.
However, you can forget nipping down the off-licence quick before it closes since this thing needs to be fuelled by wood, coal and paper and takes at least half an hour to build up enough steam to get rolling.
Top speed is 38mph which probably feels like 100mph in a wooden wheelbarrow on cobblestones and will most likely make your teeth shatter.
Yours for around £750,000-£1,000,000 when it goes under the hammer in California with Gooding & Co this August.
Yeah, but is it as cool as the car grill or the world's first see-through car?-Martin Lynch
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Europe Getting 3G iPhone June 30, 2007
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Hot off the rumour-mill folks is news that Apple is planning to announce a 3G version of the iPhone on Monday in a ménage a quatre with Vodafone, Germany's T-Mobile and Carphone Warehouse.
If true, it’s great news indeed for those iPhone fans since the US is only getting a 2G device. The use of Vodafone and T-Mobile, unlike the US AT&T-only deal, is also a good thing, since users will [hopefully] get a range of more competitively priced plans and options.
Finally, Apple spreading its iPhone goodness among operators and using Carphone Warehouse as the front-end is a smart move that could quickly boost sales and get the iPhone some traction in the already cut-throat European phone market.
The launch timeframe still looks likely to be the end of the year. Now, we just have to wait until Monday to see if it all pans out.-Martin Lynch
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