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Joyswag: Gears of War 2 Limited Edition + 120GB Zune + bag + hoodie + MORE {Joystiq}
Nov 7th 2008 4:02PM Gears of War 2: Brokeback Gears Lost on the Jacinto Plateau
Engadget Podcast 117 - 11.07.2008: Zune giveaway edition {Engadget}
Nov 7th 2008 1:52PM Hmmmmm, comment, comment, comment. Gotta say something really cool about the GOW 2 120GB Zune which I'll more then like use at the gym and......crap gotta go! Here comes the boss!
AT&T's Ralph de la Vega says iPhone tethering coming "soon" {Engadget}
Nov 7th 2008 9:01AM A friend of mine let me use her iPhone for a week telling me it was the next best thing to an orgasm.
The iPhone experience has been a head-scratcher.
The phone itself is nice. The weight itself is good, the device feels solid in my hand. Voice calls work; I can hear them and they can hear me. The touch screen is rather spiffy, and the screen display sure looks nice. The bevy of connection options is great, the App Store is cool, and the iPod functions on the touch screen. well, it works (LOL - sorry not much of a music/movie watcher/listener on my cell phone - I have a Zune for that at the gym).
But I sure don't feel satisfied using this thing as it's seriously lacking features that even my W300i has.
The onscreen keyboard bites for text messaging, and why doesn't it go to landscape mode? Most, if not all, touch screen phones do this by default.
Who's genius idea was it to exclude MMS on a multimedia smartphone?? I can neither send nor receive picture messages on an iPhone. And yes, I am well aware of the email work-around for this, but I shouldn't have to do it that way. Take picture, tap send, choose contact(s), and off it goes! Done, done, and done. And yes, my W300i does it that way. I rode my V-Rod for 3600 miles this summer, and took pics all the time and sent them to my friends on my phone. And they in turn did the same. With an iPhone this is not possible.
Bluetooth is only usable for a singe ear headset? I heard their reasoning about A2DP (battery life), but you what? Let your users come to that conclusion. Give them a choice and options. And no file and data transfers over bluetooth? That's dumb. I know a lot of users who transfer contacts between devices and themselves, and a few pictures and ringtones from time to time.
iTunes is the bane of application existence (see above). I email stuff to myself all the time, as well as transfer some pics and ringtones. Sorry, want to add contacts, pictures, documents, ringstones, and full songs to your iPhone? Gotta use the iTunes approval service. If Stevie Jobs doesn't want that data on your phone, iTunes won't let it on there.
And what's up with Apple's remote cut-off switch that's embedded in the iPhone? If Apple don't like it, they can remotely kill it off or remove it. And what's cute about that is that at purchasing and contract signing; the AT&T rep doesn't even mention that and it isn't in the contract.
Is it me or is Stevie Jobs and company the land of obsessive, compulsive disorder control freaks?
The iPhone is a pretty neat device with quite a few glaring omissions. More like an iPod with a few anemic cell phone functions tacked on.
Open up the platform for the end users and the developers and give everyone some choices, and you've have a great device.
AT&T's Ralph de la Vega says iPhone tethering coming "soon" {Engadget}
Nov 6th 2008 4:07PM The hell with tethering. Copy/Cut and Paste! True MMS! Landscape keyboard for texting! True bluetooth functionality (not just a damn earpiece).
Come on Apple and AT&T, get with the program. I'm still amazed that millions of people bought into what amounts to a Touch Screen iPod with a few cell phone functions tacked on.
King of the Hill could come back - on ABC {TV Squad}
Nov 4th 2008 10:45AM I'd say Cartoon Network should grab King of the Hill for Adult Swim. It's make a nice fit, and they could bring the episode order to a 13 episode order. Comedy Central actually fixed their schedule around to air Futurama and South Park right before Adult Swim Kicks off at 10pm (central).
Samsung's i907 Epix filtering into AT&T stores {Engadget}
Oct 21st 2008 8:39AM It's on the ATT online store now. $100 on a 2yr contract and rebates.
And now for some porn...courtesy of FOX and House -- VIDEO {TV Squad}
Oct 20th 2008 8:49AM Giddy-Fucking-Up!!!!
What you need to know about the 24 two-hour movie - VIDEO {TV Squad}
Oct 17th 2008 2:59PM Remember the last time fox released a DVD of 24 after the premiere? That little diddy hit the tubes of the interweb a full 2 weeks before the actual TV premiere.
Forget Showing It -- Now You Can't Even Say the Word 'Porno' {Cinematical}
Oct 16th 2008 10:09AM Zack and Miri's Money Shot?
HD DVD sales apparently still going strong {Engadget}
Sep 30th 2008 2:47PM A $179 Blu-Ray Player? What brand and where to buy it? Sorry dude, I just don't see it. The cheapest, reputable-looking Blu-Ray player is an Insignia from Best Buy for $230-$250. I don't even see used 'Buy It Now' Blu-Ray players on EBay for $179.
And I've never seen new Blu-Ray movies for less then $25. The $13-$18 range for Blu movies are usually for sale ones that have been out for awhile and it's usually a select few that are at that prices (to get you to buy a player).
