iphone 4 on release next month. VZ is rolling out LTE this year, and the iphone 4 is not compatiable. VZ just eliminated its early upgrade program, so anyone who signs up now will have to wait at least 20 months before getting a new phone. Considering the iphone's are normally refreshed in June/July, why not wait a few months to at least see what the next version of the iphone will bring. Its possible only the GSM iphone will be refreshed this summer and the CDMA one will be refreshed later, but isn't it worth waiting a few months to find out?

Let me guess, you have an TiVo S3 (the one with the OLED display showing what is recording)? The fact that you have used 3 different drives leads me to believe you have had it for a while and the S3 is the oldest HD capable model. If so that explains it. Tivo locked down the external storage after the S3. Only certified drives work out of the box for the TiVo HD and TiVo Premiere.

It doesn't meet the requirements for 4G.

A few reasons:

So when you leave the company or get fired you won't lose the phone # and have to tell everyone you know your new #? If you are fired hopefully you wrote down all of your personal numbers from your phone book before security takes it away.

So your employer doesn't have access to a record of every call you make. If someone higher up is looking for a reason to fire you, they may start looking at your call activity and suddenly that phone call to a friend that works at a competitor will get you in trouble.

By what standard does 3G mean "GSM Network"? None that I have ever heard of. 3G is a term used to describe a variety of technologies that meet certain requirements established by the ITU. Verizon's 3G technology is EVDO. Which is the same 3G technology that Sprint uses for 3G. So even if you were correct is saying that CDMA carriers aren't 3G, then why would the post reference Sprint's 3g network?

I wasn't even talking about the Wii Motion Plus. Wii Motion Plus is useless w/o a wiimote to attach it to.

Even using the $10 price for the wii motion plus it would cost $160 ( 3 additional wiimotes at $40 each + 4 wii motion pluses X $10 each) in addition to the cost of the console to play 4 player games. And thats not even adding in the cost of the wii nunchuck.

The primary difference is that Nintendo has broken up the cost of the peripherals across multiple add-ons. As you pointed out, this allowed them to bundle accessories with games. In addition most people have grown their wiimote & accessory collection over time. So there isn't an issue of sticker shock. But quite a few people I know have been surprised at the total cost when they add up all of the accessories.

Is that the $149 will be good for all users of natal's functionalty WHile multiple players for the wii or the ps3 move may require multiple hardware purchases. Once you start pricing out 2-4 players playing simultaneously, then the prices aren't that different.

I'd rather have both. They aren't mutually exclusive.

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Wrong blogging platform. Sixapart MovableType is powered by The Schwartz:

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Gizmodo had an update concerning that:

http://gizmodo.com/5469042/warner-music-doesnt-much-care-for-this-free-internet-music

What is so magical about the iPhone interface? The same people I see struggle with windows or OS X struggle with the iPhone when they get it. The difference is they tend to use the iphone more on a daily basis than their desktop and are therefore more proficient at specific tasks. Ask them to do something they are unfamiliar with and they struggle. Heck I knew one guy that had an iphone for 3 months and still didn't know how to install an app. I'd guess its more of a generational thing than anything else. My experience has shown that anyone over 55 or so is more likely to struggle when it comes to anything computer related. Under that usually are more proficient with computers (and/or specific programs). So I believe the "iphone ui revolution" had more to do with the timing being right with a large percentage of the population being more computer friendly.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126221116097210861.html

Apparently it used to be pretty common to put chicken wire in plaster walls. So some older buildings work effectively as faraday cages.

The popbox supports UPnP & DLNA (as a client).

A) Netflix HD streams are not current available for computers. Sure they are low bitrate HD streams, but they are better on larger TVs than the SD streams
B) Buying a PC for each TV in my house (5) is much more expensive than buying these lower end boxes and using a central storage server. Plus its much cheaper on the electricity bill.
C) HTPCs tend to take time to setup correctly, more so than these inexpensive dedicated boxes. While I would probably enjoy making these tweaks (as would most of slashdot), I enjoy spending time with my family more or making money by working and billing my clients.
D) Dedicated boxes like this tend to have a simpler UI and therefore a much higher WAF (wife acceptance factor).

Just a few points off the top of my head.