Recent Comments:
Industry professionals chime in with preferred demo material {Engadget HD}
Jul 22nd 2008 9:56AM "...Contact (DVD)..."
Come on Warner, when are we gonna get this in Blu? This should have been out already in high def! Contact is screaming for the high def treatment, can we have DTS master too, pretty please?
Twilight Hack protection already beaten {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Jun 19th 2008 11:57AM Nintendo is just going through the same growing pains that Microsoft went through with the Xbox last generation. Once they finally give up when they realize it's not worth their time, this won't be an issue anymore. Looking at what the homebrew community is now on Xbox is a testimate of what great things can happen when you stop blocking things in your console.
And for you uptight babies that say it spurs piracy, give me a break! Oh my god! So russia or who ever owns the rights won't be getting more royalties from tetris. Boohoo! Look at the Iphone, if it wasn't for the homebrew community, we wouldn't have native apps!
iPhone versus iPod touch pricing: Say what? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 9th 2008 4:38PM @ conigs:
Duh, i work in the industry, i know that. I'm saying that given the response to the product NOW, they have decided to low the phone price due to the fact that they know ppl are willing to pay the higher bill price for it on a monthly basis.
I'm not sure if your in the US or Canada but up north, this is the reason that Data is finally catching on. Prices are dropping because there is greater mass adoption. Telus' 1st and 2nd Quarter earnings reflect this.
iPhone versus iPod touch pricing: Say what? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 9th 2008 3:31PM Quite simply put, AT&T and apple are making droves of money off the plans and bills. Thus, they finally realize they can make their money off the 2 yr contracts and lower the price to attract more ppl.
Not to mention that some of us (especially in canada) still find the iPod Touch the only other option because we refuse to sign with certain carriers due to their disgusting lack of 3G coverage unless your standing in downtown *insert major city here*. In my opinion the canadian CDMA carriers have done a much better job of broadband implementation than Rogers ever will. 2009 can't come soon enough when we might see the next revision of the Iphone finally include a CDMA version (long overdue). If verizon hadn't screwed this up to begin with, we wouldn't have had this problem.
Alone in the Dark Wii cuts some corners {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
Jun 4th 2008 3:22PM sadly that xbox 360 purchase is looking better and better. hmmm...
Nintendo responds to Greenpeace (again) {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
May 22nd 2008 3:17PM My God! Nintendo following government standards? You stick it to them Greenpeace! Cuz let's face it, all Nintendo wants to do is rape the environment! Wait, this isn't even about the environment, it was a quick honorable mention on the "back page." This is just one big anti-corporate based attack, the only thing Greenpeace does anymore. Their intensions are no longer about what's best for the environment. It's just one big political agenda now.
This is old news in the way that this is all Greenpeace does anymore. They just sit around and b***h about corporations, it's just what they do. The good news is that the majority of the public doesn't buy into their s**t anymore.
Greenpeace disassembles consoles, checks toxin levels {Nintendo Wii Fanboy}
May 21st 2008 3:53PM That's right greenpeace! The lesson here is that Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft are evil corporations who care about nothing but the bottom line. Damn them for putting toxins in our consoles! Their gonna kill us all, just like Dell and Apple. You know what, damn them too, they don't care about our health, they just care about their bottom line too!
Oh and don't forget Ziploc and Te-fal! God, do they know what goes into their products? No they just care about profits! And what about Durex and Trojan. They just want us to have protected sex with their toxic products as well! My God, you mean to tell me pretty much everything in our daily life is toxic if you eat it? Someone should get RIM to make a Blackberry out of taco shells! That'll turn things around!
Does greenpeace do anything useful anymore?
3G iPhone in Canada next month with reasonable data costs? {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 18th 2008 11:00PM May I be the one to say that ANY 3G phone offered by rogers is a joke! Has anyone looked at their high speed coverage? It's too bad that there is still not a CDMA iPhone cuz Verizon, Telus and Bell (last two in canada) would show and do show how 3G is done right. I live in alberta and if you want HSDPA coverage you have to live in one of two places, Edmonton or Calgary and even then it's very much limited to mostly downtown core.
On the flip-side, Bell and Telus have spend millions on infrastructure to insure their clients pretty much get full EVDO Rev A coverage anywhere they go (even rural). Telus has led the pack with almost 85% coverage of the canadian population and bell is not too far behind. What about rogers you ask? This figure is around about 30% and that's being generous.
Long story short, a Rogers iPhone is a overpriced waste of an excellent phone. Of course if you love EDGE coverage then you should be fine.
Funai's NB500 Blu-ray player sliding into Wal-Mart for $298 {Engadget HD}
May 12th 2008 4:17PM Call me crazy, but doesn't the BDA see a royalty cut from disc sales?
I know Toshiba's still riding high on DVD royalties.
Funai's NB500 Blu-ray player sliding into Wal-Mart for $298 {Engadget HD}
May 12th 2008 4:00PM adopt the game console business model? totally agree, that's what toshiba was attempting even before the WB announcement in January. At xmas my HD-A3 was only $400 CND. Sure they were losing money but at that time they were looking to get that back in disc sales. But the Blu cartel has no interest at this point in losing money as shown by pricing.
But how long can they hold out before DVD sales trample them because there crap is too damn expensive?
