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Archive for February, 2010
Second Life Viewer 2 Beta
On February - 23 - 2010
Second Life is remodeling and reinventing itself for the better. It’s not the same “Wild West” we once one knew and loved but different is not always bad. Read the rest of this entry »
Sci-Fi News: 02/22/2010
On February - 22 - 2010
Check out some of the latest sci-fi news stories: (02/22/2010) Read the rest of this entry »
UnFembot: Roxxxy TrueCompanion
On February - 22 - 2010
This thing is hideous.
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Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Whoverse
On February - 22 - 2010
Eric (@Bullitt33), the awesome producer and co-host of the Sci-Fi Party Line Podcast has launched a side project called Doctor Who: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Whoverse. Read the rest of this entry »
Help me build my PC
On February - 8 - 2010
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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Gadget Drool: Apple’s iPad
On February - 2 - 2010
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.
