Here’s an article from the Hollywood reporter. Could this be the beginning of the end of the Blue-Ray HD DVD war? Will Blue-Ray win? I’m more concerned about the viability of High-Definition DVD formats in general. The number of players sold in the world seems mighty low to me. Hmm … I’m so glad I didn’t get that HD DVD add-on I was looking at for XBox360.
Jan 24, 2008
A panel discusses the future of content on mobile phones. What stuck out to me in this article is the idea of location based advertising enabled by having GPS in mobile phones. Rejoice or cringe, this is a great idea. But I guess we are a ways off from blending this with video content due the mentioned obvious shortcomings of current cellular networks. I think, though, regardless of whether there is mobile entertainment, location based advertising is coming your way. I have already experienced it Singapore, where I recieved several spam SMS’s while touring the city/country.
As for the Olympics, I’m looking forward to being able to view the events I care about in more depth, hopefully without commentary, over the Internet from my PC (which is connected to my TV). I think that being able to access results over a mobile is a good use of mobile technology. I’m not sure whether I would get much enjoyment out of watching tracking and field, gymnastics, or pool events on my tiny postage stamp of a screen on my mobile.
Jan 27, 2008
Last year was a big year for video gaming. Check out some of the numbers! WOW! There is no mention of PC gaming in this article, so it is not clear to me whether PC gaming is included in these numbers.
BTW: My husband is anxiously awaking Halo 3 on the PC. A Halo 3/Blackbird combo would be right up his alley :).
Jan 24, 2008
This is brilliant! Wal-Mart really knows how to play to their audience. I wonder what they will inflate to offset this lure and who they will squeeze to maintain margins.
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