Michael Arrington from TechCrunch reviews the Nexus One. Note that Arrington dumped his iPhone for a previous Android device just so that he could use Google Voice. Keep this bias in mind when reading his review.
Overall the Android is a superior mobile device, particularly when paired with Google Voice. Google is calling this the first of the Super Phones. And they may not be exaggerating all that much.
Fake Steve Jobs nails it on the upcoming Tablet’s pricing:
So whatever. I’m back in the Jobs Pod, vertical again, and arguing with Tim Cook about how much we should overcharge for the tablet. Tim says we can’t go over a thousand dollars, because that’s like some huge psychological barrier, and I’m feeling like hey, if there’s one lesson we learned from the iPhone it’s that we can overcharge as much as we damn well please and people will still line up to buy the friggin thing. Six hundred bucks for a phone, and nobody blinked. This tablet thing is at least twice as good as the first-generation iPhone, so I’m pushing for twelve hundred out of the gate, figuring we bone all the early adopters and then quickly bring the price down to widen the market. I mean look at the hype!
via The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : Holy crap I just woke up and realized it’s January already.
I’m usually a fence-sitter when it comes to making predictions, but in an attempt to be a bit bolder and put myself ‘out there’, here go my predictions on what the Apple Tablet will look and feel like.
Caveat: obviously this is all based on the assumption that there is a tablet being produced by Apple. [...]
This doesn’t seem to expose any hidden functionality that a Windows enthusiast wouldn’t know already, but still pretty cool to get all the customisation options under a single control panel icon.
Although it’s name suggests perhaps even grander capabilities, Windows enthusiasts are excited over the discovery of a hidden “GodMode” feature that lets users access all of the operating system’s control panels from within a single folder.
via Understanding Windows 7’s ‘GodMode’ | Beyond Binary – CNET News.
I say congratulations to AppMakr for filling a need, but I’m betting that there’s nothing in these apps which couldn’t have been done in a web-app. I have a general dislike for native apps that are created for websites&emdash;and especially SaaS websites&emdash;as it is counter-productive to moving towards web-based apps. I really don’t see the point in creating a native app that displays an RSS feed from a website.
Where developing iPhone apps can typically cost upward of $10,000 and take weeks or months to build, AppMakr promises to deliver a quality app in less than an hour for only $199. Users of the online service, formally launched today, enter a site Web site address or keywords and get back a sample iPhone app built with that content in less than 30 seconds, according to PointAbout.
via MediaPost Publications AppMakr To Make Anyone An iPhone App-Builder 01/04/2010.
I love the fact that this site is so brash and un-PC.
Dating and social network site BeautifulPeople.com has axed some 5,000 members following complaints that they had gained weight.
The members were singled out after posting pictures of themselves that reportedly showed they had put on pounds over the holiday period.
via BBC News – BeautifulPeople.com axes holiday weight gain members.
After over a million downloads of WordPress 2.9 and lots of feedback from all of you, we’re releasing WordPress 2.9.1. This release addresses a handful of minor issues as well as a rather annoying problem where scheduled posts and pingbacks are not processed correctly due to incompatibilities with some hosts.
I won’t ruin the review by giving you Engadget’s summary here. It’s a thorough write-up and definitely worth a read, even if you’re just vaguely interested in The Mobile Phone Wars.
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via vitamin d : features.
One day, I’ll assemble a list of tips that I’ve picked up from reading various diet books, but until then read this.
“How can I lose weight?” “Simple, eat less food than your body burns.” “How can I learn to do that?” Read this book.
via The Hacker’s Diet.
