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“The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.”
- J.R.R. Tolkien – The Fellowship of the Ring
Hey this is almost becoming a regular thing, again. Two shows in two weeks, how long will it last? Who can say. Again we got straight into the stories. So many stories that I won’t be able to remember them all, until Gareth puts the show up online, and I can listen to it.
Some of the things I do remember us talking about include…
Kinect – MS’ Xbox add-on, designed primarily to compete with the Wii and Playstation Move, is proving a huge hit. With more people then even Redmond suspected, hell, some of them don’t even own an Xbox. Open source drivers are showing up to add all sorts of new tricks and amazing UI applications. Could it be that MS have come up with a ‘magical and revolutionary’ product, if only by accident.
Million seller – So the iPad opened the door. So it uses an OS whose makers say wasn’t designed with tablets in mind. So its more expensive. Samsung have a winner, the Galaxy Tab has sold a million. Does it mark the start of the Android push, after a few really bad misses, to take over the tablet market. As they are in the smartphone arena. Awful name though, sounds like a patch for people who want to kick a chocolate habit.
Antennagate 2 – It seems like only yesterday that Apple was hauled over the coals over its ‘grip of death problem’. Now the same thing is happening to the newly released HTC HD7 smartphone, one of the new Windows Phone 7 devices. HTC are parroting the same line Apple did, basically, you’re holding it wrong. Although at the time of Antennagate 1, I distinctly remember them saying that it doesn’t happen to their phones. Hmm. Where are the howls from the worlds mainstream media, the demands for refunds, or at least a free case. It could be something to do with the fact they haven’t sold too many. Maybe MS should give one away free with every Kinect, that way they’d ‘sell’ a boatload.
Chrome OS outed Dec. 7th? – Is it just a glorified browser, or a full on OS. We should find out on Tuesday. What else will Google bring to the party. We’ll know before I finish these damn notes, and get them to Gareth, either way.
International replay – The BBC has finally confirmed that the iPlayer is going global next year. Starting in the States and a few other, key markets. The good news, it’ll be subscription based, so no damn ads. The bad, still no clear timetable, apart from ‘next year’. Also it’s only going to be an iPad app to start with, which’ll be ok if they support Airplay. I hope they announce a firm release date, or Gareth’s going to be there for a long time, credit card in one hand, hitting the refresh button with the other.
And there was a lot more besides. Notes finished, time to book myself in for a senility test.
