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Dulin's Books rolls out PocketBook 360, 301+ ereaders in the US {Engadget}
Nov 9th 2009 7:30PM Boox looks interesting: I like the ability to handwrite annotations on books. There's been little or no mention of the Boox since it premiered at CeBit in February (see this post: http://ireaderreview.com/2009/03/02/onyx-boox-reader-kindle-2-competitor/) so it's good to see it finally about to appear as a real product.
Brenthaven: The best computer backpack I've ever seen {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 8th 2009 9:49PM For my money, the best laptop bag out there is the Darwin 2, made by Mountain Equipment Coop in Canada. In addition to protecting the laptop by hanging it in a cage that doesn't let the laptop touch the ground if you drop the pack, it also features such handy necessities as a built-in rain cover, and a helmet carrier in addition to the all-important iPod pouch.
As a bonus, the Darwin 2 is a lot sleeker and sexier-looking bag that the Brenthaven, which looks (to me) like a book bag.
Ask TUAW: Arranging icons on the iPhone, installing Windows on a Mac, Airport networks and more {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Nov 8th 2009 7:47PM I'm looking for some software that would go through a folder of mp3 files (unhelpfully named Track0001.mp3, Track0002.mp3, etc.), listen to them and identify them à la Shazam, and then rename the files and insert the appropriate metadata. Is there anything like this available? I'm running Snow Leopard on an Intel iMac. thanks!
Rogers now blowing out Dreams and Magics for $79.99 on contract {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 10th 2009 9:57PM Rogers has not reduced the price of its HTC devices by even one cent: they're still both still $599 on a contract-free basis. All that they are doing is increasing the incentive for you to lock in for 3 years. They are scared about competition coming in September from Telus and Bell, and want to imprison as many of their customers as possible right now. If you're smart, you won't fall for these shiny baubles, since there are going to be lots of better deals in just a month or two.
Our iTablet Dreams: What TUAW is wishing for {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Aug 5th 2009 9:11AM Many readers seem to want an Apple "Eierlegende Voll-milch Sau", a German word mean egg-laying, wool- and milk-providing pig". It's the unrealistic wish to have everything in one object.
If you have an iPhone or iPod Touch you accept its rather limited data entry capabilities because of its pocketability. But on a non-pocketable device? Not! You certainly won't be thumbing much on a large screen. But touch-typing on a large screen? That's kind of broken, too. Why wouldn't you just use an Apple bluetooth keyboard? Oh wait, Apple doesn't believe in those, having crippled the iPhone and Touch so that you can't use the Apple keyboard with your Apple device.
But if you're going to use an external keyboard with the tablet, you might as well just buy a MacBook Air. So what's the use case for the tablet?
The only market I see for this putative device is as a reader that's sexier than any other on the market, with the added benefit of being able to run the occasional App Store app. For this it will need very long battery life.
Two years with the iPhone {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jun 29th 2009 7:30PM You say "Apple had listened to everyone's complaints regarding the first generation iPhone and fixed all of them that they could [in iPhone 3.0]". Not so.
Apple continues to cripple the Bluetooth stack in the iPhone. Despite requests by many people, Apple still does not allow use of its own Bluetooth wireless keyboard with the iPhone. Strange, but I can use that same Apple keyboard with my Nokia 5800XM, and other bluetooth-equipped phones as well. Chalk this up to either laziness at Apple, or spite, or both.
iPhone 3GS review {Engadget}
Jun 23rd 2009 5:47PM All of you people asking for yet more improvements to the iPhone (e.g. "it needs a 5 MPx camera").... Apple doesn't *need* to substantially improve the iPhone. After all, improvements cost money in R&D. Apple is in business to make money for its shareholders. So long as it's got a product that sells, and is increasing in market share, Apple only needs to provide enough improvements to give the *impression* of advancement without actually having to invest a lot of $$. And their strategy seems to be paying off - people are still buying the iPhone in droves (and regardless of whether we think it's great or lame). Until such time as a competing company comes up with an entire package of phone + software that is more appealing than what Apple has to offer, the company can afford to basically sit on its hands, and just keep the money coming in.
Rumors: iPod, cameras expecting offspring {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
May 26th 2009 11:44PM A camera-toting iPod could be huge. It already outsells the iPhone, as announced by Apple itself last quarter.
Look at Flickr stats on photos taken with different cameras: http://www.flickr.com/cameras/
The iPhone (with its lowly 2 MPx sensor) already out-shoots all other cameraphone by an apparent factor of 5 to 1 (no scale on that graph). If Apple puts a camera in the hands of every iPod owner, Flickr's going to need more servers soon.... or wait, what was that news about Apple building a $1 Bn data centre in Georgia?
Nokia Easy Meet: funny name, good idea {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 16th 2009 2:44AM hey Chris, that Easy Meet service isn't a compliment for anything unless it can talk nicely. Otherwise, it just might complement , i.e. complete, other Nokia service offerings.
Nokia N97 hits FCC with glorious photography {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 6th 2009 3:45PM Non-North American version because of 1900MHz WCDMA? Well here in Canada we use that 1900 MHz for 3G, thank you very much. It's only in some parts of the US that 1700 or 2100 MHz are used.
