Two phones at the top of their game.
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Thursday, February 04, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
My Apple iPad Impressions after a Hands-On
The Apple iPad, did it live up to the hype? How could it?
Pre-keynote everyone was excited, there were too many gadget geeks (myself included) with smiles in their eyes, including SF Mayor Gavin Newsome who sat two rows behind me.
But the air was taken out to the room quickly when it appeared we were looking at a glorified iPod Touch that can read e-books and use iWork with our fingers...
But once you get your hands on this thing its a different experience.
It feels solid, its snappy to use and exhibits none of the lag or refresh rate of an Kindle or any e-reader on the market. It's color screen is refreshingly sharp. It's starting price at $499 beat all expectations and it definitely has the Apple polish for both the hardware and software.
I may not want one right now, but I can see this being a device that I WILL WANT in the future.
And it was thanks to the demos of the New York Times and the MLB at Bat apps, that got excited me and showed me the future of the device and what will make it successful.
We know how to do email, browse the web, listen to music and play movies with Apple's touch-screen devices.
I've always said this thing has to consume media in a different way that makes us WANT to use it.
Well the NY Times demo of flipping through the paper, saving articles, changing the number of columns to read, "pinching" to increase font size, then clicking through photo galleries on the same page as the related article or watching movies related to the article in the same place all together at once.
That's what will make me purchase a device like this.
We always watch sports games on the big screen and use our laptop to follow stats. But with the MLB app, you could do that all in one screen. Stat overlays, on top of a game going on at the same time. It was like Minority Report meets ESPN.
That's what will make me purchase a device like this.
There is definitely a future for this platform, it may not fill a need for people RIGHT NOW, most people are already blowing it off. We know the Apple faithful will buy it in droves. But after using it and playing with it, its going to be ALL ABOUT THE APPS, once again.
This also feels like the first computer that we could see being used like a "household appliance". Not like a blender but anywhere around the house, in the kitchen, the living room and in the bathroom. It could very well be the first appliance computer.
I'm a gadget freak. Is this device innovative? YUP Have we seen anything like this before? NOPE Will I buy this when it launches? NOT YET, but It's a platform that shows more promise that any e-reader I have ever seen to date.
Give it a year and get back to me.
Pre-keynote everyone was excited, there were too many gadget geeks (myself included) with smiles in their eyes, including SF Mayor Gavin Newsome who sat two rows behind me.
But the air was taken out to the room quickly when it appeared we were looking at a glorified iPod Touch that can read e-books and use iWork with our fingers...
But once you get your hands on this thing its a different experience.
It feels solid, its snappy to use and exhibits none of the lag or refresh rate of an Kindle or any e-reader on the market. It's color screen is refreshingly sharp. It's starting price at $499 beat all expectations and it definitely has the Apple polish for both the hardware and software.
I may not want one right now, but I can see this being a device that I WILL WANT in the future.
And it was thanks to the demos of the New York Times and the MLB at Bat apps, that got excited me and showed me the future of the device and what will make it successful.
We know how to do email, browse the web, listen to music and play movies with Apple's touch-screen devices.
I've always said this thing has to consume media in a different way that makes us WANT to use it.
Well the NY Times demo of flipping through the paper, saving articles, changing the number of columns to read, "pinching" to increase font size, then clicking through photo galleries on the same page as the related article or watching movies related to the article in the same place all together at once.
That's what will make me purchase a device like this.
We always watch sports games on the big screen and use our laptop to follow stats. But with the MLB app, you could do that all in one screen. Stat overlays, on top of a game going on at the same time. It was like Minority Report meets ESPN.
That's what will make me purchase a device like this.
There is definitely a future for this platform, it may not fill a need for people RIGHT NOW, most people are already blowing it off. We know the Apple faithful will buy it in droves. But after using it and playing with it, its going to be ALL ABOUT THE APPS, once again.
This also feels like the first computer that we could see being used like a "household appliance". Not like a blender but anywhere around the house, in the kitchen, the living room and in the bathroom. It could very well be the first appliance computer.
I'm a gadget freak. Is this device innovative? YUP Have we seen anything like this before? NOPE Will I buy this when it launches? NOT YET, but It's a platform that shows more promise that any e-reader I have ever seen to date.
Give it a year and get back to me.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
The DateCheck App is my new worst enemy!
You bounce around CES, and sometimes you find a little magic. Melissa here, busted me up, and the conversation off camera was even saucier. One of the highlights of CES 2010. Check it.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Friday, January 08, 2010
Tuesday, December 08, 2009
You heard it here..I AM T-PAIN!
Do I REALLY get paid to do this stuff? Turn a little idea in my head and then just go wild with it with my producer Ariel and camera men, Charlie and Jim. Here's another Apple Byte staple "iPhone App of the Week", featuring the "I Am T-Pain App".
I know its been out FOREVERRRR, but this idea has been in our heads FOREVERRRR..so now that they updated it so you can sing to your own iTunes library, with the auto-tune effect JUST LIKE T-Pain. Karaoke night may NEVER be the same.
Jump to the 3:00 minute mark to see it.
I know its been out FOREVERRRR, but this idea has been in our heads FOREVERRRR..so now that they updated it so you can sing to your own iTunes library, with the auto-tune effect JUST LIKE T-Pain. Karaoke night may NEVER be the same.
Jump to the 3:00 minute mark to see it.
Are Personal Blogs dying?
I'm the most guilty of this, but I used to use this blog as a journal, but now with the whole Twitter/Facebook thing, my blog is suffering BIG TIME.
Are personal blogs dying, or...are they already dead?
Sure I can create a post here and it forwards to my Twitter or Facebook, but it takes time to login, to create a new post, attach pics and links, blah blah blah...The only person who comments about my blog not being updated is my MOM!
How are you guys being affected?
Are personal blogs dying, or...are they already dead?
Sure I can create a post here and it forwards to my Twitter or Facebook, but it takes time to login, to create a new post, attach pics and links, blah blah blah...The only person who comments about my blog not being updated is my MOM!
How are you guys being affected?
Friday, September 11, 2009
Tyrese Gibson on the Apple Byte!
Just another victim, I mean, Tyrese happens to be at the Apple Event, so of course we had to talk to him. You might recognize some of his classic two word lines such as "BRING IT" from "Transformers" and "We HUNNNGRY" from Fast and the Furious 2. He was a good sport and yeah, there was also Apple stuff going on.
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
DJ Hero is GONNA TEAR IT UP!
Tired of music games? I'm not. Especially with DJ Hero coming out in October. The hardware I saw at E3...awesome, but its the original music mashups that are going to make this game.
Check out a video I shot with my Canon SD780 when they demoed it for me at E3 and a few mash-ups that you'll be able to play. Plus 10 tracks will involve the DJ Hero turntable, and the Guitar Hero guitar you already own.
Yeah buying ANOTHER accessory, sucks, but not this one.
Check out a video I shot with my Canon SD780 when they demoed it for me at E3 and a few mash-ups that you'll be able to play. Plus 10 tracks will involve the DJ Hero turntable, and the Guitar Hero guitar you already own.
Yeah buying ANOTHER accessory, sucks, but not this one.
Treating customers with respect
You know you're in a Chinese establishment when there are posted sign like these...
Thursday, July 23, 2009
DUNK YOU VERY MUCH!
Now these are real dunks. Enjoy jumping around like a school girl fellas. Luv that C-Webb!
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