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Wondering what's in iPhone OS 3.1? There's a YouTube video for that {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 14th 2009 8:29PM It is. From a movie called starship troopers.
Windows Marketplace launching with 600 apps, or one bazillion times what the App Catalog has {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 28th 2009 8:32PM As an iPhone owner I'll say "quality not quantity" matters in an app store... Yeah the app store has 50,000 apps... but how many of them are fart noise apps? Then of course 50,000 is inflated anyway. Most apps have a "free/lite" and a "full" version (thanks to Apple deciding not to support trial downloads). I'd bet at least 10,000 apps are these "lite" versions.
Out of the 50,000 apps Apple has, I've only found about 10 that are useful to me. There are probably more, but when I'm searching and I have to dig through fart noise apps, and "are you a moron?" apps, it's hard to find the ones that are useful to me... Like I said, quality, not quantity. If there are 100 of those 600 apps that are useful to me, that's far better than 50,000 and only 10 that are useful to me.
Engadget's recession antidote: win a Microsoft Gaming Pack! {Engadget}
May 18th 2009 1:35PM Sounds good to me.
Game Boy iPhone case instantly becomes best of all time {Engadget}
Apr 4th 2009 12:33PM I say this as an iPhone custmer... does this need to be on engadget.com??? I mean engadget is going to run a story everytime some paints their iPhone? Why does engadgetmobile even exist???
The DTV transition delay could end up costing over $500 million {Engadget HD}
Feb 7th 2009 12:48PM Why are people concerned with $500 million? It seems that's pocket change these days. $700 billion here, $800 billion there, $500 million is inconsequential with the way Congress has been spending lately! It seems like Congress looks at $500 million the way you or I would look at a penny.
But this is the government we the people asked for, this is the government we the people voted for. If you don't like it, remember this in 2010, and 2012, I know I will. Yes We Can Hope for Change We Can Believe In, it just doesn't look like 2008 is the year it's going to happen...
Hey Hollywood, how about some Blu-ray Disc price cuts? {Engadget HD}
Dec 2nd 2008 11:55AM @Big Wizz:
When you're saying it's a stereotype, I think you're wrong. I'll agree, the color is better, the sound is fantastic. But, does the average person care? I am the only person I know who has his HDTV hooked up to a surround sound system. Everyone else has a stereo speaker setup. Do you think they really care about sound? Doubtful. As far as color, color isn't worth $30 to me.
I'll 100% agree that the BD of Phantom of the Opera is better than the DVD, but, I can't imagine (at least for me) that it's $30 better. If it were $10 for the DVD and $12 for the BD, I'd get it. At $20 more? I'll pass.
Hey Hollywood, how about some Blu-ray Disc price cuts? {Engadget HD}
Dec 1st 2008 9:28PM I don't want to sound like a sore HD DVD fan (even though I am!), but I remember tons of people out there saying that once HD DVD died, Blu-ray would come down because they'd quickly realize DVD was their new competitor, and an even more formidable competitor at that, so they would lower the price. Been almost a year now and though hardware has come down, software hasn't. I debated buying a BDP-350 this week for $180 from Kmart but then I realized something.... I'm not going to spend $30 per movie! 6 BD purchases and I've already spent more than the player. Back in the format war days, I was buying HD DVD's at $10 a pop thanks to all the buy-one-get-one sales. Today, movies cost 2-3x more than they did during the format war.
I think what has actually happened is it became apparent that the BD market and the DVD market aren't one in the same. They overlap a bit, but they are different. First of all, before BD catches on, HD needs to catch on. 18% of the HDTV owners in the US think their SD cable is actually HD because it is on an HDTV. A survey in 2007 said that 88% of HDTV purchasers/gift receivers had no intention of signing up for HD service. Until those numbers change, DVD will remain king.
But on top of that there is just the cost justification. For example, I can justify $30 to buy Star Wars on BD, but could I justify $30 to buy say, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory when it comes out? I wouldn't. There's no explosions or cool special effects to justify $30. It was a good movie though, so I'll gladly pay the $5 for the DVD, but I'll save my other $25 for 2-3 other DVDs and have 7-8 hours of enjoyment instead of just 2.
Even though I backed HD DVD, and I enjoy buying my used $4 HD DVDs, I do hope BD catches on. I want it to. But, until things change, I don't see it happening...
i.TV app brings Netflix queue management to iPhone / iPod touch {Engadget HD}
Nov 16th 2008 6:35PM @JoN, ok 99% was an exaggeration, but not by much at least last I checked... But as for serving a purpose... How many people have a Netflix app for their PC? Probably none. So why do I need one for my phone?
i.TV app brings Netflix queue management to iPhone / iPod touch {Engadget HD}
Nov 16th 2008 10:56AM Is it just me or are 99% of iPhone "apps" really just front ends to websites? I though the whole point of a "full browser" was that we didn't need these gimick apps... we could just go to the website!
Verizon to the FCC: We're not down with tru2way {Engadget HD}
Aug 3rd 2008 10:42AM Yeah I hear you... and the written word was just a minor improvement over speech! Give me a break...
In any case, Verizon is saying this as the sore loser. They're not included so they're picking up their marbles and going home. At the end of the day, they want something like this as much as the cable compaines do (read: not at all). They're saying it because there will be no repercussions and blogs that don't take the time to think about whether or not Verizon means this (read: Engadget) will say "yeah, it's about time, way to go Verizon!"
