Posted by on under launch day, mysterious device, tablet computer, iphe, ipod touch, wdom, phe, touch screen, hype, curiosity, june 29, peoe, signs, apple | 
In 2007, just prior to its launch, I was absolutely positive I
wasn't going to buy an iPhone. My rationale was that I didn't even like using a cellphone, so why would I want a $600 one? What I wanted was a touch screen iPod — basically, an iPhone without the phone. In other words, I wanted an iPod touch, but that didn't exist yet, so I would sit back and wait, I told myself. Then came iPhone launch day: June 29, 2007. Curiosity about the launch day hoopla drove me to an Apple store. There was a line around the block just to get in. So again, there was no way I was getting an iPhone. But then I started to wonder why so many people were lined up for this device — what was I missing? A few hours later I returned to the Apple Store. I waited in a much shorter line to get in. I walked up to the iPhones out on display, picked one up, played with it for all of 10 seconds. I left the Apple store $600 poorer. My point in telling that story is that all signs indicate that we're closing in on another new Apple product, a tablet computer. And the hype around it is already palpable. But so is the skepticism among many — skepticism similar to what I felt with the iPhone. "Why would anyone want a tablet computer?" "It will be way too expensive, no one will buy it." "This is all just nonsense Apple hype." Those are a few of the more common reactions against the still-mysterious device. But I'm not going to be tricked again. Conventional wisdom suggests that Apple will not be able to succeed where so many others have failed. But Apple makes billions defying conventional wisdom.
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Posted by on under pocket lint, iphe, wdom, mass email, amtek, trademark ownership, tablet computer, ipad, silly thing, image name, occam s, phe, itablet, preference, ace, nbsp, apple |
With all the recent talk about the
iSlate,
iPad, iSlab, whatever... doesn't it seem like the obvious candidate for the name of Apple's rumored tablet computer is being completely overlooked? Like Apple's first phone that later came to be called the iPhone, isn't the most obvious name for an Apple tablet the
iTablet? To support the theory we decided to share the above image that we received from a trusted source and believe to be authentic. It's a picture taken of an Apple Store employee's corporate email after receiving information about the time and place of Wednesday's Apple event. While the content of the email wasn't very enlightening, note the word used in the filename of the second attachment: "itablet." Now this doesn't prove a thing. The administrative assistant who sent the mass email could have been using "itablet' much in the same way that we've been using the term
for years as a generic placeholder for the rumored device. Then again, maybe we should heed the wisdom of Occam's Razor when speculating about Apple's naming preference for a 10-inch tablet computer?
P.S.
Amtek currently holds the US trademark (and itablet.com domain) for "iTablet" and continues to sell products under that name as it has
for years. Not that a silly thing like trademark ownership could stop Apple from announcing its iPhone at a time when
Cisco owned the rights.
Update: Looks like the attached image name above, while authentic, likely originated in a post from
Pocket-lint (look at the properties). For what it's worth, the
invite image we received was embedded with a name "top.jpg." Regardless, this is probably not Apple revealing its product name in a sloppy pre-event slip-up. [Thanks, MarkNewby]
Apple iTablet: the obvious name? (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under wdom, lger, line entertainment, adult lives, addicti, addicted to video games, co founder, nuggets, video game, hammer, brain, adults |
Ten Ton Hammer has posted the transcript from an interview with Dr. Hilarie Cash, co-founder of the "reSTART Internet Addiction Recovery Program," a relatively new clinic that deals with adults who feel that they are addicted to video games. The interview contains some.. interesting nuggets of wisdom. If you want to avoid addiction, you'd better spend less than two hours per day on online entertainment! The good news is that she doesn't recommend beating people. "When people come, they come for 45 days. It is only for adults; patients must be 18 or older. When they first come, they come for a minimum 2 days to be interviewed and to interview us, because we don't want anyone there who doesn't want to be there. So if they decide they want to be there then they stay for 45 days or longer if they choose. During that time they don't have access to the internet. The idea is that it takes at least 30 days for the brain to make some adjustments it needs to make to get over this addiction, so the brain can begin to rewire back to normal. During that time we are helping them look at why they got addicted, what motivated their addiction and we're assessing to see what skills they are lacking so they can be successful in their adult lives. We try to make a good start at helping to build those skills."
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Posted by on under thames river, wdom, signpost, acti, directi, ld, crane, stunts, coordinates, pointer, arrow, maps, email, nbsp, nokia, london |
We're generally reluctant to cover purely promotional
stunts like these, but when you decide to jack up a house-sized arrow on a crane and hang it next to London's Thames river, well,
exceptions can be made. Nokia's big push to inform the world that Ovi Maps is free --
now and forever -- has culminated in the above sign, whose most appealing feature must be that it allows commoners like you and us to control it. People can send in a missive and coordinates via text or email, and then watch as the giant pointer rotates to the given direction and displays their wisdom to the world. See it in action after the break.
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Nokia mounts huge Ovi Maps signpost on a crane in London (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted by on under wdom, backsplash, countertop, countertops, peoe |
A countertop backsplash should match in a kitchen or a bathroom. That's the common wisdom and it's what most people want.
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