blessingx

Speaking of... Turf War at the New York Times: Who Will Control the iPad? - ipad - Gawker

Looks like OS only at this point, but like the Zune, who knows? Can definitely see this gaining traction, but will the OS show growing pains with additional apps? Some more shorter vids here... Windows Phone 7 Series hands-on and impressions (updated with video) -- Engadget

Played with the Nexus One again all holiday weekend. Damn nice. Hard to imagine anyone using one who wasn't a heavy Google apps persons, so in a sense it's almost as closed as the iPhone (heavily geared towards browser use over apps and Googles offering over others). If I wasn't in an iPhone contract and there weren't several essential (for me) missing apps, I'd consider switching because it's such a nice piece of hardware. We'll see if Apple catches up in hardware or Android in software first. Still fun competition. Even more so with the awkwardly named Windows Phone 7 Series phone prototype.

On both sides of the debate, remember Apple fought labels rather publicly on keeping music prices artificially locked to a lower $.99 @track for quite a while, so there unfortunately is an inconsistency on Apples stance (as their is between the two markets). I'm not sure I'm against setting artificial pricing expectations before releasing it to the whims of the market. Would be nice if the cost savings of internet distribution is at least partially passed on to the public before publishers use 'convenience' as a reason to offset. Then again, over time lossy music files and label expectations have dropped back down to many offerings below $.99.

Thanks for the feedback. Bought the iPhone version and testing the Android beta (on Nexus). Agreed much better than eithers browser.

x2. It's certainly the camera I most want, though upcoming Olympus PEN E-PL1 should be a consideration too. Either body and a pancake lens would be so much more portable than most dSLRs.

15 Vintage Valentine Cards with Funny Messages - Oddee.com

Another Valentines post: Tim Burton...

Ouch.

Macworld 2010 special iPad event liveblog - The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)

Went to the Apple-less Macworld. So little buzz. Biggest trend - three companies exhibiting iPhone gloves.

HBD!

o o

Just got back from a theme party. Lots of Jesuses.

Congrats on the counter tyrion. And congrats on the jump wrecked. Glad those two activities weren't combined. I'll reset this thread back to zero by mentioning in solidarity with our snowed in members I'm defrosting my freezer.

Logitech Squeezebox Media Player $153 - dealmac.com

If true, this could be interesting iPad news... iPad elicits huge surge in app development

Speaking of Macworld specials - who's gonna be the first to pick up a Thiphone? Thiphone Flex Clip for iPhone - dealmac.com

Picked up one of these with the all the disco lights. Has a decent Squeezebox-like UV meter screensaver, but multiple-line display mainly for iPod/iPhone nav.

Macworld specials this week: Macworld Expo deals - Find the best deals on Macworld Expo at dealmac.com

Thanks for the recommendations guys. Doesn't seem to be any additional content of the HD stations I listen to. And to be honest my local listening ends up being NPR mostly (was hoping for alt content like local PBS TV, but no). For music I'm usually streaming freeform WFMU from across the country off the iPhone. So iPhone navigation trumps. Skullguise, as I understand it that Sony home receiver has no way to turn off the HD Radio reception (and opt instead for the analog signal). Is that correct?

Looks like they're rolling in some of the updates (including blocking) quickly. http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/millions-of-buzz-users-and-improvements.html

No worries. There are a lot of businesses on Castro that haven't figured it out either.

Just for a few months years ago. And I wasn't paid very well, but I do know how the city is abbreviated.

I have to pick between two car receivers. Most of the functionality is pretty similar, however the iPod/iPhone navigation is better on one and the other has a HD Radio tuner built in. I'm unlikely to buy the optional HD tuner for the former. As I understand it, HD (Hybrid Digital) allows multiplexing, thus additional content channels and is mandated by the FCC to have at least one channel equal in sound quality to the analog broadcast. What I can't find is any commentary on how many stations multiplex (none of those I listen to appear to), nor even rough real sound quality comparisons. I can't even tell if HD Radio is catching on. Track metadata would be cool though. I was a Sirius subscriber for a few years and I'm hoping HDs claim of "near CD-quality" at least isn't worse than FM, unlike Sirius. Anyone have any experience with HD and opinions if I should choose the model which has it or the model I prefer? Or even a useful link? Merci.