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Cowon iAudio 9 ships soon for €180, gets pictured a few times over {Engadget}
Nov 3rd 2009 6:47AM you spelled "fail" incorrectly.
'Unique' Bluetooth banana has truly limited applications {Engadget}
Oct 23rd 2009 1:03AM is it cellular? modular? interactive-odular?
New unibody MacBook loses two ports {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 20th 2009 6:06PM personally i dont think apple should join that race to the bottom, where $500 crapbooks reign supreme. keep the quality high across the line or you may see bottom-end shortcuts creep upward into the higher-end lineup. dell is a fine example of "bottom up creep" and are trying to stamp that out with their adamo lineup.
it's easier to maintain the image of a desired brand than to rebuild it. once you lose it, you lose credibility when trying to rebuild your profit margin. besides, their latest revenue report shows they're doing just fine despite a global recession... no need to get desperate by jumping into a profitless sector of the market.
as for the missing firewire port, it wont be as missed compared to the late '08 fiasco since the line has been drawn: firewire is a "pro" feature for macbooks. plus, you can get a similar form factor plus the firewire port by going with a 13" macbook pro, along with other desired features, for $200 more. the problem with oct '08 was due to the cheapest firewire "pro" macbook was $2000 at the time and people werent willing to give up the unibody construction for a firewire port (i.e. get the polycarbonate macbook if u want firewire)
my apologies if i rambled... i'm quite tired. :(
Apple updates entry-level MacBook {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 20th 2009 1:02PM they dropped the firewire port.
Looking for cheap alternatives to SMS for the iPhone? There's an app for that. {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 17th 2009 5:24PM my gf has a blackberry and a 400 msg bucket for sms... when she gets near her limit (which isnt too often), we switch to using email as instant messages.
it really is that easy... EMAIL. it's the one app that stays on continuously in the background, gets pushed for instant receipt, is free with your data plan, works beyond your home network, is compatible with iPT's on wifi... it fits all the requirements and then some, and without having to buy an app.
it's awesome!
sorry, but TJ Luoma, you shouldnt post ideas from the back of the short bus. wait til you get to your destination so you can put a bit more thought into it. have you considered engineering Rube Goldberg machines in your spare time?
Looking for cheap alternatives to SMS for the iPhone? There's an app for that. {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 17th 2009 5:18PM email, you morons. plus with full push gmail available as well as yahoo, for free, there's no excuse. if you just cant afford the cost of an sms nor have an unlimited sms bucket, just use email cuz it's free with every data plan.
iphone to iphone, iphone to ipod touch (on a wifi network), iphone to any phone that receives email...
i dont get why everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel here.
lemme guess... it's too complicated. *facepalm*
The future of TV on your iPhone is ATSC Mobile DTV {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 17th 2009 5:10PM meh.
dont expect a tv tuner on the iphone anytime soon. of course it will be built into one of the many chips used, but it will never be activated, much like the FM tuner on current iphones.
it's already taken this long just for ANY ipod model to get a built-in FM tuner; that one being the current nano.
it competes directly with the itunes video downloads and unless apple can find a way to monetize it, it wont happen any time soon. apple could care less about what the carriers want if they're the only ones to monetize it, thus wont bother building it into the iphone... in case you need the reason spelled out for you in the most obvious way.
also, it's a portable device... who wants live broadcast tv on something that small? pocket tv's have been around for ages yet they're still not mainstream. the majority of people want "on demand" tv, or at least the ability to timeshift or record with the ease and likeness of tivo to be able to enjoy programming on their own schedule. live tv on handhelds will go nowhere in america because of this, "i get what i want when i want it" attitude.
sorry, but i just dont get the appeal of tv on a phone. i guess i'll have to hope a fatass midwesterner can explain the appeal of watching tv with an antenna at the dinner table, tv dinners, or a satellite dish on the doublewide.
5 ways for Mac users to get ready for NaNoWriMo {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 15th 2009 6:06PM "The idea is that most people have a couple of good novels hidden inside them, and that they just need a push to get those words written."
just because your creative writing teacher said that on the first day of Creative Writ 210 about 20 years ago doesnt mean it's right, or even true.
and if anyone is reacting with something other than laughter at my comments all afternoon, stop taking yourself so seriously... you're not nearly as great as you or your momma told you.
Blog Action Day: Five apps to help save the world {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 15th 2009 5:59PM why should anyone care what the opinion of a bunch of self-proclaimed, blowhard "journalists" and "writers" have to say about something they know nothing factual about?
the only thing most of them know about "climate change" is when their mother changes the thermostat upstairs.
sorry, but every "blogger" i've ever met in person has turned out to be a "professional student" forced to give themselves a title after turning 35 and still living with their parents... and that title is, "writer", "journalist", or slightly more honestly, "blogger".
First Sidekick class-action lawsuits predictably get underway {Engadget}
Oct 15th 2009 2:11PM well, microsoft was likely able to recover her data, so that should be interesting when they produce a copy of it at discovery and there are no song lyrics or recording of hers to be found anywhere in the data, now or ever.
the US justice system needs a system of checks and balances that apply directly to citizens who choose to use it for dubious reasons like this... if your questionable civil suit gets thrown out, both the lawyer and their client must pay the judge, all associated courtroom staffers, and non-corporate defendants their annual salary for one year for attempting to bring a frivolous lawsuit to trial. the money saved because of this restitution would reduce the tax burden on more responsible citizens while serving as suitable risk to help weed out these types of jackasses.
