Here’s a nice video from the AP: Link
I’ve always liked the look and ruggedness of aluminum, so I’m eager to see what Apple has done. Otherwise, I don’t see anything radical about these laptops in terms of styling. I do like, though, how Apple has continued to push on weight and thiness instead of overall size. For my previous thoughts on mini-notes, here’s a link.
On a side note about the video, Steve Jobs does look alarmingly thin. I hope he’s ok for the sake of his family and his employees.
My phone has been dead for two days. At first I thought the cellular networks were jammed with people freaking out, but it turns out that my iPhone was deactivated because I had not updated it via iTunes. I shudder to think about what could have happened if I were on vacation without a computer to synch the phone up with iTunes. Again … I hate iTunes or maybe this time I hate Apple. I still love my iPhone, though.
Continuing on this theme of IT — I got a new mouse. It’s pink and it works (no way Mr. Kuroneko003 will touch this mouse). I threw the old mouse in the electronics recycling bin at my local Best Buy. They also have a bin to throw old batteries in. Yay! I had a sack of them in the kitchen. Then I bought a copy of “Iron Man” on Blu-Ray. Um … the Blu-Ray software that came with my laptop didn’t seem well integrated. It took about 10-mins for the disc to load and then once it loaded it would not accept mouse input. I don’t know if it is the player software or some really bad Flash programming that’s behind that fun. Either way I was mildly annoyed. Now that I know, I guess I’ll be driving with my keyboard — or perhaps I’m supposed to be using the little remote that came with the computer and/or the DVD player buttons on the laptop itself. Still, I should be able to mouse through the DVD menu!!! AUGH!!!! I also don’t appreciate how HP has integrated itself into the DVD player software. I uninstalled and bought upgraded software using the link given by HP. I didn’t think that it would still be HP badged/tainted. AUGH!!!
I think I clicked too much with it. Is that even possible? Continue reading My Mouse Died
hmm … so, supposedly WiHD is a technology that will free your living room from wires by wirelessly streaming HD content to devices within a 10-m radius of a transmitter (it won’t deal with those pesky power cords, though). According to this article the signals can’t go through walls or metal, rather the signals will bounce off the walls and your head in every direction. Because it is omni-directional, there won’t be any line of sight issues and there’s DRM too — sigh … well, whatever. Oh, and they claim they can jam two HD signals from a signal transmitter for PIP and dualview (3-D and two images from the same display for gaming) Hopefully, there is some education put out there well before this goes wide so people understand what WiHD is. I’ve seen too many things like this fail because manufacturers can’t explain the technology to consumers effectively. Consumers are having a hard time with the analog to digital conversion and many don’t understand what it takes to have an HD household. Sigh … the poor consumer. Here’s a link to the article for more information.
GE’s random re-entry into various small appliance markets continue. Last year it was digital cameras and a printer, and in 2009, it’s HDTV’s. I remember GE making TV’s when I was little and then TV’s left the US for good in the late 80’s. Anyhow, GE claims these TVs will be high-end and it looks like they are planning to use them as vehicles to pump their programming from NBC-Universal — content provider and content displayer — hahaha!
“Executives at the venture say they are working on ways for the new sets to highlight Internet content from GE’s NBC Universal unit. They haven’t explained exactly how those technologies and relationships will work.”
I guess they are making a small bet (only $15-million) on a solution play. They better hope Americans have a nostalgic feeling towards GE TVs, because all that comes to mind to me are the cheap looking TVs from my early adolescense. Here’s a link to the article for more information.
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