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DIY MagSafe for ThinkPads {Engadget}
Oct 26th 2006 8:43PM Sorry but sometimes you have to say no.
Happy Hacking Keyboard HG Japan: the $4,400 keyboard {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2006 12:26PM You know for $4K, I'd also expect a number pad with it.
Dell busts out E207WFP 20-inch LCD for the budget set {Engadget}
Oct 12th 2006 12:37AM You're right, LCD's have a 1:1 ratio between viewable area ad size.
I believe the display is actualy 20.1" on the diagonal and 20.1" Viewable.
But from what I've seen everyone just calls them 20" displays.
Michael Robertson calls out Zune as biggest flop of 2007 {Engadget}
Oct 8th 2006 11:41PM I predict that the zune will be a success. It'll eat a little into Apples market. It will drive other players like IRiver, Creative to the brink.
One obvious key to Apple's success is that they actualy advertise I-Pods heavily. How many commercials for non-ipods has any one seen on broadcast television?
That's where Microsoft somes in, I think they will actualy buy some commercial time for the zune player.
We all know Microsoft sucks, but the general public doesn't or that DRM is evil and will be willing to give the zune a try.
Here is why they won't beat apple:
- For some reason I don't see microsoft developing a platform that's as easy to use.
- Play-for-sure. Sorry but that's just silly, to ignore an existing segment of the market. Yes it might be small, but every bit helps.
- Microsoft is not cool, Apple just is.
- Price. Apple droping the price was a huge bomb. In one swoop they took out one of Microsoft's major selling points. After shouting from the mountain top that they will not be undersold, all thet can come back with is one penny.
One thing that will happen for sure is that there will be a shake out of competitors in the market. Microsoft stepping in is a major slap to the face of it's partners. After convincing major players into building on the play-for-sure platform, this is the thanks they get.
Sony Reader PRS-500 gets launch date, price {Engadget}
Sep 26th 2006 8:57PM I'm probably going to get it. After reading a few negative comments, it only encouraged me.
Being able to share with friends doesn't realy change much, I'd still have to give the physical book to my friends and hope to see it again.
As for converting to other formats, I haven't found any practical method to turn hard cover books into paperback without buying another copy.
Sony's format may not be future proof but PDF and HTML are solid standards that I don't see going anywhere.
I read alot of books and space is a premium for me living in the big city.
Price would only be the big hurdle, but that's what credit cards are for.
PSP sales boost attempt #347: stealth attack {Engadget}
Sep 22nd 2006 5:45PM How about the following:
Sales Attempt #473: Lower Game Prices
I know it's complicated and stuff but just think about it. Pricing games $10 more than GameBoy/DS games is just not doing it.
Sales Attempt #845: More Games
Yes, it's that simple. Like a lot of people I bought the psp after seeing Grand Turismo on the relese list. So where is it?
A new Apple Cube on the horizon? {Engadget}
Sep 7th 2006 12:27PM Wow, now that's innovation, a cube-like computer case that you can pull the insides out of a case.
I used to have a HP kayak where you could pull out the system from behind. True it wasn't a cube and weighed a ton.
If the patent office is true to form, they'll grant this one and let the courts sort it out.
First batch of Tesla Motors electric cars sold out {Engadget}
Aug 16th 2006 12:19PM "So tell me again GM why there is no market for electric vehicles, but there is a (supposedly bigger) market for Hummers?"
Because gas is still cheap even at $3.00 a gallon. Besides selling a 100K sports car is not the same as being able to produce an affordable car under 35K with all the infrastructure needed.
Besides people that bought the H1 at areond 100K are the same people that would tebd to buy the Tesla. Both are realy just status symbols, of wich there is alwasy a market.
If you just look at some of the numbers, GM reports that it delivered 6,991 Hummers in June 2006 for a CYTD of 39,786. Compare that to the EV1's total production run of only 1,117.
Doe that mean there is no market for electric cars? No they are just still to expensive for the average consumer.
Laptop mag puts tech support through the torture test {Engadget}
Aug 15th 2006 5:36PM I've always had good experince with HP support when it comes to their business laptops. Any parts were either shipped next day or a tech would show up.
I'm not sure about the consumer support since it seemed like a different department handled that.
I noticed that most "Business" laptops in general have better support terms that the consumer models.
Dell prepping AMD-based laptops for Q4 '06? {Engadget}
Aug 9th 2006 3:33PM "Probably what's going to happen is that when Dell will start selling these AMD laptops, customers won't end up buying them because the performance is too low"
Well first they have to actualy make machines thar use AMD processors. So far Intel has paid enough in marketing and research dollars to offset any savings from AMD.
I always look at the CPU ratings and have concluded the don't matter in the real world. Most consumers won't be able to tell a difference unless the new machine sudenly ran slower than the old. The biggest bottle necks are the HDD and Network.
Besides most people don't know or would care what kind of CPU was in thier machines. The big one is price.
Now that AMD has ATI, they have a shot at providing Dell the same level of integration Intel provides. One of the secrets to Dell's ultra slim margins is they won't spend any money on engineering if they don't have to. Intel is more than happy to provide fully inegrated designs.
Besides, we go over this every couple of months on new rumors.
