Again, people aced this ware left and right. tmbinc somehow managed to post a near-instantaneous response that was 100% correct, but since he won last time, I decided to give someone else a chance. So, Julian Calaby, you are the winner of Name that Ware April 2006, since you got both answers correct in the same post, and you had a fair bit of analysis too! Thanks for playing. email me to claim your prize (and if I’m not mistaken, I still owe tmbinc a prize, too). Unfortunately, aqua, I could not generate a hash collision for your answer, so to this point I don’t know what it is!

The correct answer for the two wares is a Nokia 770 for “ware 1” and a GP2X for “ware 2”. I was surprised at how quickly people got the Nokia 770, since I figured it was a bit more obscure than the GP2X. I’m always impressed at the extreme level of engineering that goes into these portable products–it’s hard enough for me to get my screw holes to line up on my boards to the stand-offs in the case, and yet these guys manage to some how Tetris these devices into complex 3-D housings and it all snaps together beautifully. It’s always a great learning experience taking these apart and observing the techniques and component choices that good engineers use in making these products.

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