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Autoblog gets schooled by Alfa Romeo in Italy {Autoblog}
Jul 25th 2008 2:24AM Cobblestone? Where? Oh, you think Europe is a city in Italy? Wake up and smell the exhaust on the Autobahn or the Autostrada. Europe even invented highways! We have modern cities and roads just like you would find everywhere else.
Just like the US is diverse, Europe has 47 countries and 450-700 million people. There are enough cities and roads here to accommodate practically any type of car.
Samsung's i8510 INNOV8 gets official in Europe, shown off on video {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 12:47AM Want to record a video... fixed, you can.
Want to MMS... fixed, you can.
Want to bluetooth a file... fixed, you can.
Want to listen to music wirelessly... fixed, you can.
Want a filemanager... fixed, you can.
Want to avoid iTunes crap... fixed, you can.
Want to send a picture via email that does not shrunk to VGA resolution... fixed, you can.
Want install apps (without jailbreak) that is not approved by ICrap Apple... fixed, you can.
I could go on and on and on... just install the software that you want and shut up!
Insignia will come to U.S. as a Saturn, with new sheetmetal, interior {Autoblog}
Jul 24th 2008 4:01AM Are you forgetting that the Saturn model was in fact Americanized? The interior is not the same as the European model etc.
Perhaps Saturn itself is the problem? You guys would have to learn how to pronounce Opel correctly though. Opehl, Not Opal.
Insignia will come to U.S. as a Saturn, with new sheetmetal, interior {Autoblog}
Jul 24th 2008 3:28AM There is some truth to what my Swedish friend here said. We really don't like American cars here in Europe. Not because they are American in name, we love you guys, but the cars themselves are so "different" from European cars. And not in a good way.
The only people I know that buy American cars here are dedicated fans. The odd Hummer, huge import SUV or maybe a muscle car. We love our German cars here ;)
P.S. I drive a Ford, I really don't hate America!
Microsoft takes in $60b, sells 180m Vista licenses since launch {Engadget}
Jul 19th 2008 7:08PM @Hamid, I am sure Bentley/Ferrari doesn't give a damn how many cars Hyundai sold last year. Apple doesn't compete with Vista in itself, it's a "luxury" product.
Is it over yet? Oil prices drop like a rock {Autoblog}
Jul 19th 2008 7:03PM @JMC3, you amaze me, what some people will say! Let me first start by listing the biggest oil exporters in the world: Saudi Arabia, Russia and Norway.
Now, that first one is Muslim, the others very much not. Do you think we give you even a cent off our oil? The market sets the price, and you pay it regardless of who you are.
Behold, the iQueue {The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)}
Jul 18th 2008 7:40PM Au contraire, waiting in line is the perfect marketing tool for Apple. Not only does it create a lot of attention in the media, it gives the buyers an incredible sense of exclusivity and "community". A sense of belonging to something is incredibly powerful, it's like saying "don't you want to be with the in crowd?". There's a reason all premium brands have "clubs", ever own a BMW or Mercedes?
And what is more important is the sense of personal accomplishment and again status. Your protest adds to it. Why is the product that remarkable, you and everyone else [not in line] asks. Ah, mystery, sexy marketing.
Heck, you even have bragging rights! And you will want to tell your friends all about your wait! Does it get any better for Apple? Word of mouth marketing *and* prime time exposure.
There's a reason Apple's profits are going up and up. I understand it and I'm just a law student/programmer.
Volkswagen considering offering Polo in U.S. market {Autoblog}
Jul 18th 2008 4:39PM Just because gas is expensive in the US does not make it automatically profitable for VW to "bring" new models to the market.
It would require a lot of planning and some reengineering to qualify for the US - and who's to say it will sell? VW moves slowly because it pays for *them* be careful. You are the one lacking brain capacity here.
EU slaps Intel with three more antitrust charges {Engadget}
Jul 18th 2008 2:04AM If Intel stops shipping CPUs to Europe, AMD has a shiny new factory in Germany...
EU slaps Intel with three more antitrust charges {Engadget}
Jul 18th 2008 2:01AM Oh, you are soooo right. Europe is not known for innovation. It's not like we started any Industrial Revolutions or anything.
Heck, that first computer we created (in Britain) never went far. Diesel engines are a thing of the past. Surely we can do better than x-rays, I want z-rays!
That WWW thingy we created at CERN in Switzerland will never catch on anyway. ARM processors are so small! Companies like Nokia never create anything useful or new. And I have doubts about that GSM cellphone network we invented.
You sure are right, I am so happy you opened my eyes to it.
