Fancy Fembot

I have my new iPhone 4 and boy is this thing pretty! It is Christmas in July and I’m still riding the high of my first Apple launch day experience. Read the rest of this entry »

I do!

…but we still have to wear glasses in all cases. Read the rest of this entry »

This thing is hideous.
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I’m ready to build my new computer. I know where I want to go with the build in general but I thought I crowdsource a bit. I don’t need you to send me links. I’m doing that type of research already. I really want to hear your experience, opinions and advice. The first person to tell me to get a Mac gets smacked.
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I’m between phone contracts now. I have a 2 year old BlackBerry Curve 8320 and I’ve decided to get a new iPhone when it is release in June/July. Until then, I was looking for a something to quench my gadget thirst.





I thought that I would abandon my desire for the iPhone with Google’s Nexus One. I tried to get excited about this phone but I just couldn’t. It’s like a GoBot when you really want a Transformer.


I considered the Kindle but the black and white display was a deal breaker for me. The design also irritated me. I didn’t want to pay $300 or more for something that looked like it was made in the early 2000′s. The other features or lack thereof were a disappointment. It ONLY reads books and everything seems extremely closed and locked down; even more so than Apple. Amazon didn’t win any favors with me when they deleted 1984 and Animal Farm from customer’s Kindles without permission. It also bugs me CEO Jeff Bezos won’t reveal the exact number of Kindles sold. Dude, we just want to love you!

After I gave up on the Kindle, I decided that I’d get a Zune. I was sold with the multi-touch but when I realized that there were no apps, it just wasn’t what I wanted. It has a Twitter client that censors tweets and no Facebook app. The games weren’t exciting.


The iPad hype


It was about this time that I realized that I really wanted was something like an iTouch. I didn’t want to buy an iTouch because I’m going to get an iPhone and I don’t want to be stuck with two almost identical gadgets.





I’m not usually one to fall all over myself when there’s a “Steve Note”. This year, for some reason, I was a drooling devotee. I was tuned into the coverage 2 hours early. I had 5 browsers open checking Engadget, MacRumors, iLounge, ArsTechnica, Gizmodo, GDGT, TWiT, Slashgear, Twitter and Houston’s own Dwight Silverman’s Techblog. Techblog and Gizmodo had the best pre-show coverage. The best overall coverage goes to TWiT for having audio and video of the event. The best website coverage goes to GDGT and Gizmodo. Their sites didn’t fold under the traffic and they both got hi-res pics up really fast.





I want it
When I saw the iPad and how it worked, I fell in love. It is true; the iPad is like an iTouch but bigger and like a Kindle but way cooler. To me, it’s not like a netbook at all. If you are looking for a computer replacement, the iPad will always disappoint you. I see the iPad as nothing more than the Kindle that should have been.

[Update]
Mockups of the new Google tablet (gPad?) just surfaced. I don’t hate it. I’m open to giving it a chance but Google always has a way of not quite hitting the mark for me. We’ll see.

I finally got to play in the Star Trek Online Closed Beta this morning. My first impression is MAKE IT SO!

This article contains spoilers about game play and early missions.
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This year, 2009, CES descends upon us Jan. 7-10. Google has already started the drooling frenzy with it’s Nexus One press conference. (Engadget coverage here)


I don’t know what I’m looking forward to but I do have sites that I rely on for coverage. Just thought I’d share them. If you have  sites that you look to for CES coverage, please feel free to share them in the comments.


Looking forward to any gadgets?


CES Official Webpage
CES Official Twitter
CES @ Facebook
CES @ YouTube
CES @ CNet
CES @ Gizmodo
CES @ Engadget
CES @ PCWorld


New sites that I’m looking at this year:
CES 2010 – Special Coverage on CNN.com

I want an iPhone. I currently have a BlackBerry Curve with T-Mobile and my two-year contract will end in December.
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Totally stole this from collider.com

What’s purple and big and really, really cute?

Barney?

Don’t make me smack you!

No silly, it’s the heavy lifting power suit mech thingy from James Cameron’s upcoming movie Avatar. I’d heard of this movie in passing; thought the premise was interesting. The big display at E3 that everyone is drooling over is what caught my attention the most. On first look I thought it was pink. On second look, I saw it was purple and immediately thought of Sigourney Weaver in Aliens 2: Electric Boogalo. (I couldn’t resist.) The big difference with this cuteybot is that it’s made for shooting things. I think the BIG gun on the front won’t confuse you into thinking that this bot is happy to see you.

And SHUT UP! Sigourney Weaver is in this movie! *crosses fingers and prays* Please man the mech. Please man the mech.

And GET OUT! Sam Worthington is in this movie too! Sam is the new “it boi”!

AND ZOMFG! Zoe Saldana is in this movie too!

From Collider via SciFi Scoop.

Totally stole this from collider.com

Ripley's Power Loader

I bought a HP Mini at the beginning of March. I’ve been extremely satisfied with it. It is light, small and… well… pretty. Read the rest of this entry »