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No surprise: Intel has known about Chrome OS, worked with Google on 'elements' of project {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2009 7:01PM The Chrome OS logo was making me think about how design trends come and go.. like all of the sunbursty flowery stuff from the 70s for example. The ultra-glossy 'lickable' reflective 3D images that are so in vogue these days (and Apple in particular is fond of) are going to look SO dated in 20 years.
Microsoft's "Gazelle" browser detailed -- it's more of a research project {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2009 5:26PM Quack.
Microsoft's "Gazelle" browser detailed -- it's more of a research project {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2009 5:09PM MSR does some great work, it's where many of the truly bright minds are.
Engadget's recession antidote: win a Joby Gorillapod SLR! {Engadget}
Jul 10th 2009 2:17PM I can has? My D50 would love this. now all I need is a remote release...
iPod suspected of setting Saab ablaze {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 2:11PM Guess the iPod hated torque steer.
iPod suspected of setting Saab ablaze {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 2:07PM Didn't I see this same uninteresting post this morning?
Engadget's recession antidote: win a Joby Gorillapod Original! {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 1:04PM I'll take one!
TiVo and Best Buy alliance to yield co-branded DVR, TiVo software on Insignia and Dynex TVs {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 12:02PM @Jordan,
I was deliberately vague because I don't have any insight into TiVo's finances and have never owned one -- I just comment as a prospective customer. I've gotta believe the price for the box covers cost to build plus R+D, based on the prices of other consumer electronics devices and what we know about the included hardware. The guides cost *next to nothing* to publish these days -- the marginal costs were MUCH higher back when they needed banks of modems all over the place to serve up that data.
TiVo customers would probably buy a new box every 3-5 years, especially if they didn't also pay a subscription fee, so this would be their recurring revenue. And selling to a massive chunk of (at least) America would go a long way towards providing money to continue to develop program guides.
And the XBox Live Gold comment only makes it more obvious -- why can Microsoft give me Gold service on my 360 for $50 PER YEAR when the resources involved are orders of magnitude greater.. but TiVo (last time I checked) wanted to take me for more than twice that much, just for a little programming info? I mean, hell, I rarely play XBox, but I keep paying the $50 per year because the cost is low enough to not worry about.
And how is the fee I pay my cable company for their crappy Moto DVR "hidden"? It's $15.95 a month, right there on my bill. TiVo wants $12.95 a month *just for the guide* if you pay monthly, or $10.75/month if you pay annually. Granted, I have no 'annual' option with my cable company, but come on. The numbers simply don't add up in TiVo's favor.
If they need to charge $100 more per box to guarantee profits on each and every box they sell and cover program guides for (say) 3 years per box, so be it. People will pay more for a premium product, but they don't want to pay more for a premium product *and* pay a hefty monthly fee on top of it.
TiVo and Best Buy alliance to yield co-branded DVR, TiVo software on Insignia and Dynex TVs {Engadget}
Jul 9th 2009 9:09AM I still don't get how TiVo can charge good money for the box, charge a monthly fee for every single box in your house (or a hefty lifetime subscription that doubles the price of the device), not innovate much lately, and STILL not be wildly successful.
TiVo is synonymous with DVR, yet the massive pricetag of buying 2 TiVo HD's, swapping out the disks for something decent-sized, and paying for subscriptions for both, has kept me using a craptastic Comcast Motorola DVR. Sure the menus suck, the devices are slow, and they randomly hang. But hey, the Comcast 'rental' fee is barely more than the TiVo subscription fee for the schedule alone. And I only have to pay one bill, not two.
Come on, TiVo. Drop the subscription fee and your sales would go thru the roof. We all are looking for excuses to ditch the cable company DVRs.
Google announces Chrome OS, coming to netbooks second half of 2010 {Engadget}
Jul 8th 2009 2:21AM kojo,
Wrong. People hate Microsoft for its deplorable business tactics and subpar software.
I for one am looking forward to more OS choice.
