Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I finally got a new laptop with a lone USB 3.0 port. I'm now looking at getting a USB 3.0 hub with a power adapter so I can use both of my USB 3.0 hard drives at faster speeds. I've read lots of horror stories where some hubs either don't come with power adapters -- and as a consequence the portable drives don't work with them properly -- or they are designed poorly which results in USB 2.0 speeds. Or, the hard drives keep getting disconnected. Do your readers have any suggestions or experience using USB 3.0 hubs? Thanks!"
Can we not just have a separate iPhone section already so that those of us who don't care don't have to wade through every minute piece of non-news that gets posted?
I mean, seriously, on what other phone would be it news-worthy that someone has found a way of using your own ringtones? It's a farce.
Relax. That's all I have to say.
I am relaxed.
I'm just sick and tired of being bombarded with so much iPhone-related spam.
Um... How do i put this... There is a way. A separate feed. Eat the feed.
I second the motion for a seperate iPhone feed - but not because I am sick of the iPhone stuff. To the contrary, I can't really get enough. But perhaps it would be a good idea to have an Apple feed, not just a dedicated iPhone one.
from now on anytime engadget posts a news entry about samsung lcd's instead of skipping past them as I usually do, I'm going to click on them, then click to comment about how much disdain I have for said article.
why do these idiots keep popping up? STOP BREEDING!
I'm not after a feed, I'm after the ability to read a what is, otherwise, an excellent tech-related blog without every second story being something related to the iPhone which, if it wasn't made by Apple, would never come anywhere near being news-worthy.
And, 'kenpo' feel free to think or do what you want but I fear that your comments and actions will prove that only one of us is the idiot - and it won't be me.
If you can't see the ridiculous bias in coverage this one item gets over everything else and how many of the articles that are posted about the iPhone are completely redundant then, frankly, you must be blind. You say you'll spam every article about Samsung displays - so that'll be product releases and reviews, as opposed to separate news stories for every app released, every step in trying to unlock and re-unlock the iPhone, stories *counting down* to a commercial piece of software being released to unlock the iPhone.
Whilst I don't expect everyone to agree with me (ie not iPhone owners and Apple fanboys), my point is valid.
Mmmno it's not a valid point just because you say it is. Read what you want to read. Either you're lazy, or you don't have a scroll button on your mouse/ability to use window scrollers.
That or you have some sort of complexity in real life pertaining to being dramatic and gaining attention. I suppose we should stop feeding that monster, but you have to agree with the fact that nobody is going to support your argument here.
It's about making money there ace.
Engadget and the Weblogs Network aren't there because a new tech news outlet was needed.
They drive revenue. iPhones drive traffic. Traffic drives clicks. clicks drive dollar signs.
If you don't like it, I suggest you and the rest of you that don't want Apple stories like this to start supporting the economy of the 'click' on news stories that you feel ARE worth your time.
Until then, Apple users, typically with larger disposable gadget incomes, will easily have the upper hand in dictating the content.
::shrugs::
I'm sorry you find the non-Apple feed not up to your standards. I don't know what else to tell you. I'm almost ready to be done with iPhone news because I'm sick of having to listen to people like you prattle on in the comments section.
Engadget has bent over backwards to accommodate both parties, and if you don't think the iPhone is relevant news, perhaps find a tech blog that doesn't cover it like this.
P.S. Here's a clue, if you don't like, just scroll past it. Personally I could give a crap about the digital camera reviews, they almost never show anything I can afford, but I don't feel the need to show up in the comments section exasperated that it was a blog posting I didn't enjoy. Just a little scroll dude... It works on the mouse or the keyboard.
I don't have a point?
So, if it were some other product that garnered this ridiculous level of coverage, people like yourself wouldn't be annoyed? Just because this is an Apple product doesn't warrant the level of coverage it gets and, as I have touched on, were it any other product it wouldn't.
So, given that last time I checked Engadget was not supposedly an Apple- or iPhone-dedicated site, why should this one product get so much attention?
Also, why even if it is getting so much attention, why is it getting it for points that, frankly, aren't in any way special? Wow, you can use your own ringtones - it's only a standard feature on every other phone on the market, so where are the stories on every other phone just because you can choose your own ringtones?
I do have a point. Not because I say so but because there are a huge number of essentially useless iPhone stories get posted.
Also, as you so succinctly put it, you saying my point isn't valid doesn't make it so.
The only thing you managed to get right was the complete lack of support I'll find in here - because the only people who'll be looking at this are those who have an iPhone, the rest of us (the majority) are expected to just put up with the spam and move on.
@Adam: whilst I can't argue about your point regarding revenue, that doesn't the fact that the coverage on Engadget isn't well beyond a farce. Far beyond what is necessary, even from the point of view of the mighty dollar.
As for Engadget bending over backwards, at the very least they could limit this spam to the EngadgetMobile section, what with the iPhone actually being a mobile phone and all (I know, shock horror - it's just a phone).
But, they don't, they actually post it in both - overkill would be an understatement.
Also, you say you're sick of reading comments like mine on iPhone-related 'news' stories, do you not think that the fact that such comments keep appearing means that maybe there is a point to them? People wouldn't be complaining all the time if the coverage wasn't so grossly disproportionate.
P.S. thank you for getting all condescending at the end - it was, up until that point, a nice and well-reasoned response (very much in the minority in that respect), it's a shame you felt the need to finish it like you did.
lain, no it's not valid, really, because why would they post so many articles on the iPhone if the iPhone wasn't a gadget that is
(1) newsworthy
and
(2) will generate hits by posting about it?
What you're doing is akin to someone complaining that Engadget is heavily biased towards high-tech gadgets, when there are so many fantastic low-tech gadgets out there that they could cover (blender, juicer, rice-cooker--although the last could be quite high-tech). Yeah, sure, but not enough people are interested in them to warrant heavy coverage.
Conversely, if enough people weren't interested/invested in the iPhone, Engadget wouldn't be posting about it this much.
In a nutshell, the very fact that Engadget (and--let's face it pal--most high-tech gadget blogs worth their salt) IS making multiple posts about the iPhone, and that those posts are generating hits, in and of it self JUSTIFIES the heavy coverage.
So, what can you do to "rectify" the situation (in your eyes)?
Well, really only one effective way, and that is to skip over the article, and NOT click on the article link hence adding to the hit count, and certainly NOT to come all the way down to the comments section and adding to the comments count to boot.
Just my .02 worth of friendly advice.
i think it's suffice to say that somebody here doesn't recognise a popular product when it's staring right into his face
and since he doesn't recognise it he also thinks that other people don't recognise it, and that people who think that it's popular must be outta their minds.
Dude, try not to be a retard. Checking engadget's RSS feed right now yields a whole two iphone articles out of the forty one articles total.
If thats too much to handle perhaps you should just go away and leave the rest of us in peace.
hey buddy,
lets just say. You open up your house for a party FOR FREE. You provide food, entertainment FOR FREE. And for a party to be successful, it needs people. And to attract people, it needs food/entertainment that PEOPLE want. Oh, don't forget you are providing it for FREE.
Lets say. Everyone likes beef burgers. MOST people like beef burgers. So naturally, u provide beef burgers. Oh, don't forget, you are providing it for FREE. Why? So more people will come to your party.
Then. Then some idiot, comes into YOUR party, and demands VEGGIE burgers. Why? Cause he is a vegetarian. He says that the party is biased towards vegans and that everywhere is filled with beef. YET. In some failed logic, he failed to notice that it is not HIS party and people are providing, food/entertainment for FREE yet he is making such a big fuss over what HE wants. Remember, its YOUR party! YOU are giving all of this for FREE! And some guy comes and complain that there are no veggie burgers and that the whole party should be meat free. Idiot don't you think? He can just go to another party where there are probably more veggie burgers YET he stays around and bitches to YOU about how stupid and biased your party is by providing beef burgers.
Now, my question to you lain, is how will YOU feel if you were the guy hosting the party? What will YOU feel about the guy? Yea, whatever YOU feel, is what the engadget writers feel.
P/S: if you think, for whatever reason, that the vegan guy is correct in this matter, then, i can only hope that you see the light one day.
Dear Lain, (or is it "Lame" or maybe "Bill"?)
Quit your bitching, go grab a WinMo phone, then cry yourself to sleep in the corner with your $300 Gateway Laptop and Pink Zune. We're moving on now.
Sincerely,
Engadget Fans (who remember why Engadget is here...)
Dear Engadget Writers,
Keep it coming!!!
Thank you,
Engadget Fans