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Leopard tops Amazon software bestseller list {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Oct 18th 2007 5:57PM @6 See the amazon.com discussions thread on this:
http://www.amazon.com/Will-this-pre-order-actually-arrive/forum/FxXR8M0ITQAEP8/TxVZD0ENWBGSTU/1/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_tp/103-1713820-2334208?%5Fencoding=UTF8&s=software&cdAnchor=B000FK88JK&asin=B000FK88JK&store=software
My amazon.com order shows a shipping estimate of 10/31 and a delivery estimate of 11/02.
The Onion says Apple backlash set for March 21st, 2008 {Engadget}
Oct 3rd 2007 2:43PM It is woefully disappointing to me that engadget is now reporting satire.
How is this news? How do you expect your peers in the media, press and your readers to consider you a reputable media outlet when we read stuff sourced from The Onion?
Come on guys, restore my faith.
TUAW Poll: Most desirable new product {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 8th 2007 5:13PM How about the new wireless keyboard, that thing is pretty sweet!
SendStation PocketDock AV {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Mar 14th 2007 12:53PM The SendStation PocketDock products were disappointing to me because they don't securely attach to the dock connector. They work on a spring loaded tabs that are rounded instead of the barb style latches that Apple uses for their cables. Thus, to attach and remove the PocketDock you jam it in and yank it out to remove. This results in not only a less secure attachment to the iPod but also unnecessarily wears the dock connector over time.
Although I want so badly to love SendStation PocketDock products, they suffer from what I consider to be a serious design flaw. All they had to do was add two little buttons to the sides of the device and they would have a stellar compact product.
Steve Ballmer disses on the iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jan 18th 2007 10:54PM The "push" email solution on the iPhone is absolutely half-assed. IMAP idle is no excuse for real push email, chatter email does a pretty good job of making it work but just because of the way EDGE works in real life staying connected is a real challenge. Don't kid yourselves Yahoo, the experience is going to be nothing like a Blackberry backed by a BES server.
Kensington discontinues Iridio mice {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Dec 14th 2006 7:33PM I'm not sure what you mean by "USB bits going bad" but I'm willing to bet that the mouse is dying because a part is failing. I'm sure you have a few friends who are handy with electronics, why not let one of them take a stab at identifying the failing component and replacing it with a simple and cheap order from digikey. Thy may even be able to revive your other three, assuming you keep broken mice.
User: Here's why I prefer BlackBerry Gmail client over BlackBerry email {BBHub}
Dec 6th 2006 1:23PM For me the whole reason I have a blackberry is push from from a BES server. No other solution pushes me my email as reliably as the blackberry/BES solution. Sometimes mail arrives on my wireless device faster than the desktop. The immediacy of delivery is the one feature that makes the blackberry/BES email solution trump all others. If you want to compare fetching email with BIS from a gmail account vs. using the gmail client that I can see some value here but I wouldn't for a second consider having a blackberry that's not backed by a BES server.
Samsung to provide panels for Dell's imminent 27-inch LCD {Engadget}
Dec 1st 2006 11:58AM Ditto zverg, I don't understand why people want bigger pixels. I say bigger screens AND higher pixel density. I love the screens on some of the sony ultraportables, I just wish someone made the same pixel density in a 24 or 27 inch display.
It came from outer space: Live HDTV from the space station this morning {Engadget HD}
Nov 15th 2006 1:25PM This was a cool thing to do but it would have been nice to get some better visuals of the earth and the atmosphere.
DirecTV launches ninth satellite... for standard-def channels {Engadget HD}
Oct 18th 2006 1:06PM The launching of a new spot beam satellite for SD operations is very good news for DirecTV HD subscribers. Basically what all the HD subscribers are asking for are more national HD channels, it only makes sense to carry these channels on the orbital slots (101 deg, 110 deg etc) that blanket the country since these are nationally syndicated networks (read: not spot beam satellites). However, currently the 101 and 110 orbital satellites are totally full up with existing programing including SD local channels. Think about it, DirecTV offers local channels over the satellite in almost 200 markets; 200 markets X 4-6 channels per market = a whole lot of bandwidth that they have to send into space and beam back down. What spot beam allows them to do is focus the signals on different areas of the country. In this way they can use the same frequency range on the same orbital slot to carry different data, just focused on the east coast or the west coast or somewhere in between. With spot beam they can dramatically increase the capacity of each satellite. Therefore, if they launch a new spot beam satellite for SD operations, that means they can move many existing SD local channel offerings to the new spot beam satellite and free up space on the national orbitals for MORE HD CHANNELS. Furthermore, just because this satellite is slated for SD operations now doesn't mean it can't be used for HD later or for their MPEG4 AVC systems down the road. I'm a DirecTV HD subscriber and I don't think a day goes by where I don't curse myself for not getting Dish (as I flip endlessly between channels 70 and 90); DirecTV is way behind the competition on HD. However, the launch of the new satellite and the continued build out of a all new MPEG4 network is keeping my fingers crossed that DirecTV will leapfrog Dish in the not too distant future. More satellite capacity is never a bad thing folks.
