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New iMac and Magic Mouse unboxing and quick hands-on {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 1:54PM Those of you accusing engadget of "advertising" for apple, etc, get over it. I'm not here to debate the merits of apple, but their product updates have always gotten more p.r. than p.c. updates because of carefully managed press relations. For whatever reason, apple seems to generate a considerable amount of interest. If apple is providing some machines for engadget to do a "hands on," what do you suggest engadget say? "Gee, thanks for giving us an advanced preview of a computer you're releasing today, but even though we're a tech blog and even though you're one of the more widely followed companies in the tech world, we're going to have to decline because reporting on your products might offend a few of our readers"
I really don't get some of these readers who sound like whiny babies ("Keep it up, Engadget (i.e. AOL), and you've lost yet another reader."). If you don't want to read the article, then read another article or another blog (though I would guess that any tech blog is covering these updates). If Apple is not your personal choice, its a free country but I don't think anyone would dispute that the two companies with the biggest mindshare in tech these days is Apple and MS, and they both get a lot of play on this site. I'm an apple guy but I still read about companies that I'm not a big supporter, rather than attacking them.
Apple Store down for updates, new iMac and more on the way? Update: part numbers! {Engadget}
Oct 20th 2009 12:00PM Right now Apple is expecting us to be running through an imaginary keynote in our heads, which is why the store has been down for so long.
Right after imaginary Joss Stone finishes her song, imaginary Steve will thank us all for coming and the store will be back up
FCC queries AT&T, Apple on Google Voice iPhone app rejection {Engadget}
Jul 31st 2009 8:22PM The FCC is going to go after apple's CLOSED ecosystem but they're going to stand by and watch the cable industry rape customers by allowing the cable industry to buy sports teams and venues that are given massive tax breaks (i.e Madison Square Garden) and then allowing them to deny HD feeds to other competing companies (rather than compete on price, of course)?
I think the FCC needs to get their head out of their A$$ and start helping consumers instead of this nonsense.
Verizon / Cablevision MSG HD channel squabble goes to the FCC {Engadget HD}
Jul 9th 2009 3:19PM This should be a bell weather decision to see if the FCC is in the pocket of the cable industry or is about true competition in the marketplace.
Cablevision says they shouldn't have to provide their HD feed, but the truth is they own the teams and networks so that they don't have to provide the HD feed. Rather than compete on price, they want to compete with content exclusivity. BAD for consumers.
They advertise all over the NY market that the only way to see every NY sports team in HD is to have Cablevision because they refuse to make the HD feeds of the Knicks, Rangers, Devils, and Islanders available to FIOS subscribers. If the FCC sides with cablevision, what is to theoretically stop Verizon from purchasing a sports franchise solely to keep the HD feed from Cablevision subscribers? It would then be an impossibility to see every team in HD regardless of what company you have (I'm leaving Direct TV out of this for the sake of simplicity). Is this a consumer friendly policy?
Maybe I'm a little old school, but I think cable companies should not own the content they provide because of this tremendous conflict of interest.
I'm also having trouble wrapping my head around how the FCC held up the Sirius-XM merger for over a year because of theoretical anti-competitive issues, but they haven't yet addressed this.
Sprint takes a bite out of the Apple, touts innovative Pre features like 'multitasking' {Engadget}
Jun 26th 2009 12:40PM As an aside, you can always tell the "new" apple fanboys vs. "old" ones. Those of us who have been loving the company since the days when we didn't know if the company would be in business next week (pre-second coming of Jobs) still can't believe that Apple is a market leader again or that companies compare themselves to Apple or even that every time Apple farts, its picked up by the mainstream media. After surviving the Copland debacle and years of promises down the drain with absolutely no direction to go for the Mac platform, even the most ardent Apple supporters were just hoping that the company would be bought out by a company that could keep Macs in production. I think there's a deep appreciation for the company's current position amongst us old schoolers after teetering on the brink of buyouts, bankruptcy and hostile takeovers.
The new Apple fanboys just seem a bit more cocky and kinda like the MS fanboys that us old school Apple fanboys used to want to punch in the face. I miss being the underdog sometimes.
First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO offers excellence without emotion {Autoblog}
Jun 23rd 2009 4:19PM Luis, forgive me, I'm not trying to insult anyone who drives a BMW. Like I said, they're great cars, but my point is really directed toward the value proposition of a BMW versus a Ford
First Drive: 2010 Ford Taurus SHO offers excellence without emotion {Autoblog}
Jun 23rd 2009 1:33PM I think Ford built this car for me. Do I sound conceited? I don't mean to. What I mean is I'm a 30something professional, living on the East Coast, who drives a Volvo S40 T5 AWD. All my contemporaries drive BMWs, Mercedes, Lexus, Audi, etc. Buying an "American car" in my circle would surely bring ridicule. These people don't know cars, they know logos. But someone like me, who isn't a car expert, but knows a little something about cars, wants something different, and wants something a little more interesting and fun to drive. I also want something that I can build all the high tech options into and keep it under 40k. In other words, I want off the social strata of cars. This car is perfect for me because I can feel like a smart consumer buying a car from a brand that most of my friends don't realize is more reliable than their cars. I routinely spend time on the Ford website, pricing up the Fusion Sport and marveling at how much more I would get from it than a Camry. Imagine if Ford can convince a lot more guys like me to look at their cars? I think cars like this are making that possible. I don't want to pay for the privilege of displaying a BMW logo on my next car, I want more value for my hard earned money. We all know that a BMW or a Mercedes is a good car and fun to drive, but as value propositions, I think a car like this is going to be the better deal since its fully loaded at a nice price.
iPhone 3G S supports OpenGL ES 2.0, but 3G only supports 1.1 -- will the App Store splinter? {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 10th 2009 11:21AM Speaking of splintering etc, the app store and the itunes store in general is becoming very cluttered and not helpful. Its very difficult to browse. I was expecting some kind of new version of the store to debut at WWDC to help developers market their apps in a better way. Right now, it seems like if it isn't on a "top list" (i.e. top 25, editors' pick, etc.), the apps can easily be buried. This helps the big guys because of the name recognition but isn't so good for the little guys trying to make a name for themselves. There has to be a better way to organize the store and with this new divergence in the platform, it seems all but inevitable
iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS: the tale of the tape {Engadget}
Jun 8th 2009 5:13PM dude, you're a grown man calling others a "fucktard" but i should get a life?
iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3GS: the tale of the tape {Engadget}
Jun 8th 2009 5:09PM I have to LOL at these people who want to talk about how their choice of smartphone is going to "eat the iphone" and other similar nonsense. Hate to break it to you, but the war is over between your brand of smart phone and the iphone, and you're living in an iphone world. That is why when they update the iphone, it gets front page treatment on every mainstream news site. So rather than dismiss the iphone, why don't you clowns try to understand what makes it great. As Apple found out years ago, its not about the hardware as much as it is about software and an intuitive user experience. I've been an iphone user for 2 years (and an apple user for 25) and I've been able to live without features like MMS and cut and paste because the features I do have just work. When I had my blackberry pearl, while the phone was powerful as an email client and had features that were cool, there weren't implemented intuitively at all and the product suffered. And the interface was ugly. I upgraded to the iphone and it changed how I live, and thats not an understatement. I've lived with the limitations of edge for 2 years without complaint because my phone "just works."
The only product that is going to challenge the iphone is not on the market yet because what's out there now has had its chance and, in the words of every apple hater on these boards, has "fail"ed
