The Firefly sells with a variety of faceplates, allowing kids to customize the device.
D.s in oral care products (the Firefly Hello Kitty toothbrush, anyone?): Dr. Fresh.
The Firefly may not be the perfect device, and the world might not be ready just yet for telecom for tots.
But the Firefly was conceived from the start as school-friendly.
Pogue's take: while the TicTalk may have a lot of useful, educational features, both the Migo and the Firefly get the job done when it comes to keeping kids in touch.
After launching the FireFly probes in 2015, the company seeks to launch a larger craft, named DragonFly, in 2016 which will be able to return between 30 to 60 kgs of material to Earth.
The Firefly phone is targeted at kids who fall into the "tween" demographic--roughly between the ages of 8 and 12--an age group some may argue is too young for a full-fledged mobile phone, yet old enough to want one.
Heading west from the park, pick up afternoon treats at New York iconic Zabar's food market (2245 Broadway), and later, as dusk unfolds, meander the serene firefly-flecked Riverside Park amid the Upper West Side's manifold joggers, strollers and dog owners, to the stunning outdoor 79th Street Boat Basin Cafe (W 79th St at the Hudson River) for a huckleberry vodka nightcap.
David Pogue of The New York Times has a good wrapup of the available models, including the popular Firefly (pictured), Verizon's LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk.
Viewership declines, sometimes before a show has an opportunity to catch on, as with the often-discussed "Firefly" or the more recent "Last Resort, " which struggled to find the hook that would keep audiences coming back.
The first-edition Firefly I tested is so easily disassembled--the back has a huge and enticing latch that cracks the thing open, exposing its circuitry--that I wonder how long it would actually survive in the hands of an average kid.
Kampung Kuantan, a sleepy hollow in Kuala Selangor, 75 km north of the capital, is famed for its firefly "show": thousands of the winged beetles appear each night along the Selangor River, flashing their glowing tails.
Unless Marvel plans on tinkering with his work the way Fox did with Firefly and Dollhouse.
Firefly has launched the phone on SunCom Wireless, a division of Berwyn, Penn.
Firefly, probably the first and best-known company to package and sell the product, began distilling a sweet tea and vodka drink in 2008.
So, go ahead and get the first-grader a Firefly if you must (we prefer two tin cans and a very long length of cord).
He infuriated his wife by spending most of his paternity leave working on the new technology that used firefly enzymes to read DNA with light.
Those diehard fans of "Firefly, " the 2002 cult TV hit, have a history of turning to the internet to buck improbable odds in defense of their favorite show.
Firefly Rewards takes the traditional punch card format digital.
The best of them will have learned how to seed and fertilise a community, like Firefly and Amazon, and will provide the software to extract a collective intelligence from their customers.
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Like much of the marine life in Japan, firefly squid are commercially fished and eaten as a seasonal delicacy.
Except for Joss Whedon, 45, creator of cult TV hits like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel and Firefly.
Firefly's not the first to go after consumers in the under-18 set.
They acknowledged that the odds that Fillion was serious about buying the show's rights are "pretty low, " but hope the community's willingness to support some sort of revamped "Firefly" will encourage creator Joss Whedon or someone else with the proper clout to make a move.
On the company producing content: Hastings says Firefly is interesting, a 10-year old program that ran on Fox, with an active fan base.
Firefly Mobile launched in 2002 with the intention of navigating those hurdles.
Using Firefly again as an example, the biggest impediment stopping that show from returning in some form is the fact that many of its lead actors are starring in their own popular projects right now, Nathan Fillion in Castle, Morena Baccarin in Homeland, and so on.
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The 22-year-old who would rather be identified by his pen name than his real one (Yume-Hotaru means "Dreaming Firefly" in Japanese) started composing the novel on his cell phone in 2007.
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For starters, you have to know that this is the first feature directed by Drew Goddard, a writer from the "Buffy, " "Angel, " "Lost" school, based on a screenplay he co-wrote with the considerably famous "Buffy", "Firefly", "Angel" creator Joss Whedon.
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