Everyone who is anyone with a television, radio, computer or a brain knows that Apple will be releasing a new iPod called iPod Touch in a few weeks. This announcement came yesterday after a lot of skepticism and hype throughout the blogosphere and traditional media.
The new iPod is basically the iPhone without a phone. You can connect to the Web, listen to your iTunes songs, download songs from any wireless internet (WiFi) hot spot, and basically have all the wonderful things that iPods and BlackBerry/Smartphones offer without e-mail. All of that for a small price tag of $300-400. Sounds great, right? HECK YES!
Well after some searching through blog reactions, I've found a site/blog that has accumulated some of the very negative aspects of the new iPod and I'm just shocked.
The site Times Online has a Blogger Reaction page dedicated to this already. It is British but they are getting the same product and I loved Great Britain during my trip so I found this to be very valid.
The reactions came as shock because so many bloggers were already complaining about the iPod Touch and they haven't even used it.
Here is my reasoning for all the bloggers that have failed to think before they wrote:
- To all those who are complaining about the size of the hard drive (8-16 GB), think about it! They are including a wireless connection with this iPod. That takes battery life. Having a huge hard drive, a wireless connection, a Safari browser, a Mac OS X system and the bathroom sink in this iPod would be pretty much IMPRACTICAL for mobile use. If the battery only holds a charge for an hour because you want a 60GB hard drive, what's the point of having it?
-To all those who are complaining about a lack of games. Seriously? My guess for the reasoning behind a lack of games is the simple fact that games are available through the iTunes store. Apple has to make money too! They have to make money so they can keep coming up with incredible products. Basic common sense here people.
-To those who are complaining about a lack of an e-mail client. Nothing has ever been said about not developing an e-mail client for the iPod Touch. As far as I know, nothing has ever been put down in terms of using web-based e-mail services either!
The product hasn't been released yet and it was announced yesterday, how can you be critical already? Think before you write! This product is something that will help revolutionize the way we work, play, listen to music and access the Web. Could my opinion be wrong? Could my argument against all those who are downgrading a product that hasn't been released be mistaken? Both questions could have a possible resounding answer of YES but I highly doubt it.
Prove me wrong and have a great day!
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Thursday, September 6, 2007
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Spock It!
With a little help from Wired, TechCrunch and Lifehacker, I've been trying out a new online social network of sorts called Spock.
Spock is an online application that is meant to create a solid image and collection of all of your online identities on most of the websites that require registration. This concept is great and makes it easy for an individual or company to get a grasp of what you are interested in, what kind of voice or political stance or education or any of wide variety of interests that you might display throughout the web!
There are some downsides to this particular concept considering the simple fact that ambiguity among sites is no longer possible if people begin to register. This would prevent events such as the recent fake "Job's Blog" that caused a small uproar of laughter throughout the online community of bloggers.
Granted, this system can be manipulated and what not but this idea is great and makes for quite an interesting idea that you can have a very centrally located page that has extensions and links to all of your online identities!
I am finding this utility to be quite interesting and fun to play with, but there are risks on my mind that do concern me. If a black hatter (a bad hacker) were to access one of my accounts, I am unsure as to whether or not they would have access to my Spock account and in turn have access to all of my accounts. This is something to be addressed in the near future I hope and I plan to do more research in regards to this site.
If anyone has any experience with this application or the new WikiYou site, please let me know of any perks or concerns you might have! I'd greatly appreciate it!
Have a great day!
Spock is an online application that is meant to create a solid image and collection of all of your online identities on most of the websites that require registration. This concept is great and makes it easy for an individual or company to get a grasp of what you are interested in, what kind of voice or political stance or education or any of wide variety of interests that you might display throughout the web!
There are some downsides to this particular concept considering the simple fact that ambiguity among sites is no longer possible if people begin to register. This would prevent events such as the recent fake "Job's Blog" that caused a small uproar of laughter throughout the online community of bloggers.
Granted, this system can be manipulated and what not but this idea is great and makes for quite an interesting idea that you can have a very centrally located page that has extensions and links to all of your online identities!
I am finding this utility to be quite interesting and fun to play with, but there are risks on my mind that do concern me. If a black hatter (a bad hacker) were to access one of my accounts, I am unsure as to whether or not they would have access to my Spock account and in turn have access to all of my accounts. This is something to be addressed in the near future I hope and I plan to do more research in regards to this site.
If anyone has any experience with this application or the new WikiYou site, please let me know of any perks or concerns you might have! I'd greatly appreciate it!
Have a great day!
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Monday, August 6, 2007
Entourage and a Blogger's Union???
After a quick trip to the closest Best Buy, I found out that Best Buy is now selling Apple computers! I have very little experience with Apple and Mac but the more I play with these computers, the more I really enjoy them!
With this in mind, I found a program that seems to answer all of the problems that Windows users have been griping about for years! Microsoft Entourage is the Mac version of Outlook that goes above and beyond everything that Outlook has ever been. This particular program has been around since 2004, I believe, and it seems to have made all of my wildest dreams come true with an easy to use interface and complete integration of e-mail, notes, calendar, task center, project and an address book!
This program would be more than good enough reason for me to purchase a Mac (if I happened to have the cash). This program seems to incorporate all of Google's free, online services of Gmail and documents service. For some reason, I've found something of interest in this program. Let me know if anyone has some experience with this program.
The other note in this entry comes from several of my RSS feeds in Flock. It seems as though many of the journalists including Ashley M. Heher at USA Today, have been reporting on the fact that many professional bloggers are trying to rally to form a union.
I found this to be incredibly interesting because the idea of professional blogging has been developing over the past year or so and now those who have chosen to write online for a living would like to have a standard, a health care program and many more benefits. Interesting to say the least considering the world of journalism may or may not be moving away from incorporated and fully funded sources such as the major news sites and more so towards a wide open opinion based writing base of bloggers.
As a blogger, I think this is great considering the fact that I'm watching my opinion develop a stronger hold on individuals and corporations alike. Globalization transition is making news without actually having the news say it!
Please give the article a read and let me know your thoughts.
Have a great day!
With this in mind, I found a program that seems to answer all of the problems that Windows users have been griping about for years! Microsoft Entourage is the Mac version of Outlook that goes above and beyond everything that Outlook has ever been. This particular program has been around since 2004, I believe, and it seems to have made all of my wildest dreams come true with an easy to use interface and complete integration of e-mail, notes, calendar, task center, project and an address book!
This program would be more than good enough reason for me to purchase a Mac (if I happened to have the cash). This program seems to incorporate all of Google's free, online services of Gmail and documents service. For some reason, I've found something of interest in this program. Let me know if anyone has some experience with this program.
The other note in this entry comes from several of my RSS feeds in Flock. It seems as though many of the journalists including Ashley M. Heher at USA Today, have been reporting on the fact that many professional bloggers are trying to rally to form a union.
I found this to be incredibly interesting because the idea of professional blogging has been developing over the past year or so and now those who have chosen to write online for a living would like to have a standard, a health care program and many more benefits. Interesting to say the least considering the world of journalism may or may not be moving away from incorporated and fully funded sources such as the major news sites and more so towards a wide open opinion based writing base of bloggers.
As a blogger, I think this is great considering the fact that I'm watching my opinion develop a stronger hold on individuals and corporations alike. Globalization transition is making news without actually having the news say it!
Please give the article a read and let me know your thoughts.
Have a great day!
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