February 2012
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Lease your next smart phone? →
An interesting thought, interesting enough that Mobile Device Lease xChange is in negotiations with the major carriers here in the US for just such an option.
The idea is, instead of dropping $199 on the iPhone 5 you would just have $20 a month added to your bill… but wait isn’t the carrier already “subsidising” most of the cost of the phone in your bill? Yep, so this...
January 2012
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AppReview: FingerPrint →
Ok this app isn’t for your mobile device, nope it’s an app for your Mac or PC that makes you mobile device oh so much more cool.
For a while now you have been able to print from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch using something Apple has dubbed AirPrint. It’s very cool if you have an AirPrint enabled wireless printer, but if you don’t then you are out of luck. AirPrint...
Apple's plan to revolutionize the text book stinks →
Or at lest that’s what Business Insider claims.
Me I think it’s a necessary first step, but it’s only the first step.
However the point they make are worth a read.
“The facts are that in the $25 billion gaming industry, female gamers represent...”
– The Industry Perspective: Reaching The Female Gamer By Ignoring Stereotypes | Ypulse
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“Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and...”
– End Piracy, Not Liberty – Google
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Sprint Says No More WiMAX Phones, Betting The Farm... →
Wow Android Life might have just won the award for the worst tech headline ever. Well probably not, but still that’s a pretty misleading headline.
Sprint is “betting the farm” on LTE, thats sort of like gamboling that the sun will come up tomorrow. Well this is 2012, but even so…. I think you get my point.
They aren’t betting on anything, they are going with...
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Netflix To Debut Original Series “Lilyhammer” Next... →
The first of the Netflix produced original content is about to hit the streams.
“Lilyhammer” a story about a mobster that’s moved via the witness protection program to Lillehammer Norway, is set to debut it’s first season next month.
Season one is only six episodes, but… I am all over it. I am really excited to see what netflix can bring to the table with...
December 2011
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“Pages turn faster. The main shelf menu is completely smooth and crisp to the...”
– The Kindle Fire Update: Everything Bad Is Better
Excellent news, I don’t think anyone is really expecting the Fire to compete head to head awith a $500 iPad, but… This update seems to put it as close as it needs to be.
go go Kindle Fire!
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The Super Bowl Will Stream Online in 2012 →
Those of us cord cutters normally keep a digital antenna around for just such an occasion but this may be the beginning of the end for the antenna too.
Now, there is no word on if this stream will be free, but I am assuming it will be, because it should be.
The Superbowl is all about advertising, well at least the the NFL and the Network that carries it, and streaming it would just put...
November 2011
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“giving more families access to broadband will create $32 billion in annual...”
– Cable Companies to Offer $9.95 a Month Broadband to Fight Digital Divide
Microsoft and Cable companies are teaming up to get computers and broadband access to those on the other side of the “Digital Divide.”
I am all for this, but I am sure this isn’t just out of the goodness...
October 2011
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“On the iPhone, Sprint said the device “resulted in Sprint’s best ever day of...”
– Sprint cuts third quarter losses; iPhone 4s launch best in its history | ZDNet
If anything can save Sprint, our favorite plucky third place wireless carrier, it’s the iPhone.
Oh and that’s not sarcasm, I really want Sprint to succeed.
Verizon and AT&T have proven that they will...
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Groupon And LivingSocial 'Absolutely' Inflate... →
You have probably heard tales of woe from naive shop owners who have nearly lost their business due to a Groupon deal or coupon from a similar product. But now it’s getting worse. It seems the some shops and less than dilligent sales people are in fact raising prices on the so called “deals” so that the 50% off bargain will look that much more attractive.
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Sprint To Sell The iPhone 4S With Unlocked... →
Man, Sprint is just firing on all cylinders lately. They have the unlimited data plan thing down, they have picked up the iPhone 4s, and now they are saying they are not going to charge you a ton of money for international roaming. In fact you can just grab a local, cheap micro sim card int he airport you touch down in, slide it in and away you go.
It makes me wish Sprint had good coverage...
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“We underestimated the appeal of the single web site and a single service,”
– Netflix Abandons Plan to Rent DVDs on Qwikster
Oh for goodness sake… Seriously, netflix? You are really starting to look like a company that has no idea what it’s doing. I mean it was clear that you had no idea what your customers wanted, but at least you took a direction and went...
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Sprint: WiMAX support will continue through... →
Personally I think Sprint is smart. Why announce support for anything beyond 2012? Isn’t that when the world is going to end?
End of days a side, I think the nail in the coffin for WiMAX was the iPhone comming to Sprint. It will undoubtably be the most popular phone on the network within a year, and you know it’s not going to support WiMAX.
LTE is where it’s at, and for...
“Thanks, Steve, for all the change you brought to my life. You made it...”
– My apology to Tim Cook and remembering Steve Jobs — Scobleizer
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever...”
– The world has lost one of the only men who truly understood the future. I hope we can continue forging ahead without him.
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“Japan’s giggling in the wake of iPhone 4S’ birth, as voice control...”
– Siri Sounds like Ass in Japan. Literally.
It’s ok, it’s not like they always check out their made up words with us. Ya’ll remember a little console called the Wii, right?
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Apple iPhone 4S Announcement Review →
Ok, Tim Cook has wrapped up the iPhone 4S event and there really wasn’t any surprises there. In fact it left me not wanting to run out an buy a new iPhone, which is good for my budget, but not great for Apple.
Lets hit the highlights.
iOS 5 is pretty much everything they said it would be back when it was announced. They spent a lot of time going over it, and iCloud again, but it...
September 2011
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Rumor: Amazon Is In Talks to Buy webOS →
Interesting, but it make sense. Now that Amazon is firmly in the mobile computing space, they could use their own OS. The Fire uses a heavily customized version of Android, but why have to muck about with your GUI everytime Google releases a security update for Android, when you could just have your own, really nice OS.
Personally I was looking forward to HP putting WebOS on PC’s...
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Fire for $199, Touch 3G for $149, Touch for $99,...
Ok, back from watching the live blogs of the Amazon event and I was right, there was a bit more than just hardware, but… there was a bit more hardware too.
The basic Kindle has been redesigned, no keyboard a few buttons, and comes for just $79 with ads, ($109 without ads). 6” E-Ink display. Can you say killer Christmas gift?
New Kindle Touch, no buttons, touch screen display X-Ray...
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Amazon Unveils $199 Kindle Fire Tablet - Bloomberg →
I think what may be the most interesting thing about this announcment is that Bloomberg seems to have blown their NDA/embargo and ran the story a head of the amazon announcment later today. Hmmmm I am betting there are some angry phone calls crossing the country this morning.
Anyway lets look at what they leaked.
Amazon Fire Tablet
7” Display
$199 Price Point
WiFi Only
30 Day...
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“Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable, the two largest operators have lost 1.2...”
– In switch, cable operators want to go a la carte
Well it may be too little too late for me personally, I very much like my internet only tv that I have been surviving on for over a year, but…
This is still a good plan for the rest of America. Cable bills are out of control, and most...
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EEE Pad Transformer — The Nifty Tech Blog →
Since I’ve pulled out of the android world personally this site is severely lacking in android news and reviews.
So please check out this article by my friend Scott Roche, and his review of the Asus EEE Pad Transformer.
I expanded my mind beyond the fruit of Cuppertino and began looking at other options. I could have gotten a Nook Color and “rooted” it. That would have enabled me to...
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What's Amazon Announcing on Sept. 28? (A Tablet,... →
Oh looky looky, Amazon is sneaking under the rumored Oct 4th Apple event to announce what we can only expect is their new Amazon Tablet.
We expect the Amazon Tablet run a heavily customized version of Android, be tied to Amazon’s own app store, and come with amazon Prime for streaming Video goodness.
As for the Price… I expect it to undercut the iPad by at least $100.
Looks...
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Amazon Kindle Owners Can Now Check Out Books at... →
I bought my wife a Kindle last Christmas but she ended up returning it because most of the books she reads she gets for free from the library. Kindle’s are great but at $9.99 for new books it can cost a pretty penny if you are a heavy reader.
But now you can check out books fromt eh library straight from the library website. Just beware, when the lending time is up the book is just...
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“There are some other slight visual tweaks (like a top bar that looks more like...”
– Facebook Revamps User Interface
OMG Facebook hid the Poke button?!?!
I thought that was the main element in the user interface? Isn’t that the whole point of facebook?
I thought the idea was to get together with friends you tried to forget from highschool and poke each other.
Really? ...
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Apple's Next Event to Be Held on October 4,... →
So, AllThingsD, the pet blog of Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, is reporting that October 4th is the Announcement Date for the iPhone 5, and that Timmy C will be running the show.
Tim Cook seems to be the focus of the article, but I find that as no suprise, even though he’s never handled an Apple Keynote, it’s now expected andf I think he’ll do a fine job in place...
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“Dear Keith,
I messed up. I owe you an explanation.
It is clear from the...”
– If you are a Netflix member you probably got a similar email this morning. It’s an interesting announcement that I can’t quite figure out.
Mr Hastings (may I call you Reed?) appologizes for mucking about with our beloved $9.99 Streaming +1 DVD at a time plan, but then reveils a bit...
“But really, if it’s this easy to reunite a cat with its family across five...”
– Microchip Implant Brings a Lost Kitten Home After Five Years and 1,800 Miles
Why aren’t we microchipping everything from our Kids to our gear?
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“Netflix has been a momentum story—you need more subs to buy more content,...”
– UPDATE: Netflix Sees 1M Fewer Members Following Price Rise - WSJ.com
I think I know what Netflix is trying to do. It costs them way more money to handle the physical DVD, so by splitting the DVD and the Streaming plans they are able to subtly focus people on the streaming service.
The initial...
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Android and Intel Are Together at Last →
Gizmodo reports that Intel has scored big by teaming up with Android, and that all future versions of Android OS will be optimized for x86 chips as well as ARM processors.
What’s this mean? well Intel Atom in an android tablet sounds like a “well duh” statement. But what else could this mean?
With x86 support in android, could than mean we could see Android powered...
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AMD gets Guiness World Record for fastest CPU →
AMD took one of their nifty new 8 core Buldozer CPU’s and a team of “elite overclockers” and pushed this new chip into speeds not yet seen by mortal men.
8.429Ghz
On an 8 Core single chip….
Makes that quad core 2.2 Ghz Core i5 chip you have just seem silly now, doesn’t it?
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Amazon Working on a Netflix for Books →
Mashable reports that Amazon is actively working on subscription plan for it’s book library.
Dubbed a Netflix for books, the library of titles would mostly include older works and some sort of restriction as to how many books you would have access too in a given month.
It’s an interesting idea for the avid reader, but couple this with the increasing rumor of an Amazon tablet...
August 2011
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10 Reasons Why I’m Done With Windows! →
The Red Ferret Journal, always a good read, relays his recent experiances with a Windows crash and how he switched his Wife over to an Ubuntu Linux install.
It’s a good read and it has me itching to try linux again as a desktop alternative.
It seems linux has come a long way in the past few years and might be worth a try again.
The questions I have, things that might hold me back,...
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Time Warner Cable will pay for your Slingbox, in... →
Now this is interesting, TWC, formally interested in putting caps and restrictions on everything they provide is suddenly offering to buy you a sling box in exchange for you buying their $99/month wide band internet service.
The sling box, in case you are unfamiliar, allows you to view your home television and anything connected to it, from anywhere you are with an internet connection. From...
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Sprint to Get Apple iPhone 5 - WSJ.com →
Well this is an interesting rumor nugget…
Sprint to get the iPhone mid October, which assuming the AT&T T-Mobile deal goes through means every major carrier in the US will have the iPhone.
But wait…. that article says the iPhone 5…. We don’t even have a confirmation that the iPhone 5 is real yet. Sure sure there may be something new this fall from Apple...