January 2010
64 posts
SKYPE!
Hey you. We finally worked out all the kinks. Starting Monday, you can give us a crystal clear call via the Skype desktop OR iPhone app. Our name is stunningly enough, ‘nerdcastONLINE’. No more of the cellular network mumbo jumbo!
As you can imagine, calls made over Skype sound oh-so good, as displayed by atdaleunderscorea’s dreamy voice during his Comic Book of the...
Andy Ihnatko hands-on with the iPad →
And then they’ll give the iPad a try. Then and only< then, after a half an hour of tapping and dragging and tilting and reading, will a consumer really know what the right choice will be.
Netflix CEO: iPad, iPhone Streaming Not a Priority →
“We haven’t yet done or submitted an iPhone application,” he said. “We are optimistic that post the Google Voice brouhaha it would be approved. There is really no way of knowing in advance what Apple’s stance would be on that. Of course that application if it works on the iPhone it would work on the iPad. It is not a huge priority for us because we are so focused on the larger screen. Until we...
“You cannot use it effectively with one hand which in turn means that you need to...”
– iPad: The Greatest Disappointment in Human History (via azspot)
The iPad hate is the tech world’s equivalent of Fox News. Or of these guys:
I know, it’s not everything you dreamed of…but that doesn’t mean it’s not awesome. It doesn’t mean you couldn’t use it to control your entire house in a...
John Grubers assorted thoughts on iPad:
Used to be that to drive a car, you, the driver, needed to operate a clutch pedal and gear shifter and manually change gears for the transmission as you accelerated and decelerated. Then came the automatic transmission. With an automatic, the transmission is entirely abstracted away. The clutch is gone. To go faster, you just press harder on the gas...
$1 TV shows in iTunes? →
Clive Thompson in Praise of Online Obscurity →
Then, in 2007, she began a nifty project: tweeting recipes, each condensed to 140 characters. She soon amassed 3,000 followers, but her online life still felt like a small town: Among the regulars, people knew each other and enjoyed conversing. But as her audience grew and grew, eventually cracking 13,000, the sense of community evaporated. People stopped talking to one another or even talking...
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nerdcast.28 03.08.10
OMG. Brian from It’s a King Thing was IN studio for this one, son. AND played some tunes! We’re into the second round of ARMAGAMIN and went down through the deets, hardcore. Business Week gave a top 10 list of things that need to happen with the iPad for it to be a success, and we went thru it! I thought I got a sweet dealz with the Amazon,...
Warner Bros. rebooting Mortal Kombat? →
I’m down. How bad can they be compared to the others? The TV series was pretty boss, though.
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nerdcast.22 from 01.25.10 (DL | iTunes | Zune)
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Serpico on Serpico →
“Regarding the Apple invite, and just throwing this out there: what if it’s...”
– Cabel M Sasser
OnLive Beta hands-on →
Wanna get into this piece for nerdcast.22.
Pogue Reviews Palm Pre & Pixi + →
And has some glowing things to say for the Mobile Hotspot;
All right: and now for the Plus part. Are you prepared for this?
With one tap, the Palm Pre Plus or Pixi Plus turns into a portable, pocket hot spot.
That’s right. No more prowling around for a coffee shop or airport lounge to check your e-mail. No more fumbling with some $60-a-month U.S.B. thing to get your laptop online. Suddenly,...
Apple & Microsoft Joining Forces, Melting Brains?
As shocking, disturbing and downright depressing of a possibility, it just may happen. That is, if you believe the internetz. And I sure as heck do. How do you think I found out that I could write a check in red ink?
If believe the WSJ, NYT, Engadget, Gizmodo, Slashgear, TechCrunch and People Magazine, then Bing may just become the default...
Final Fantasy coming to iPhone →
Is Sonys Motion Controller called 'Arc'? →
Spidey 4 Director found? →
“New York Magazine’s” Vulture blog is today reporting that Sony Pictures has offered the “Spider-Man” movie franchise to “(500) Days of Summer” director Marc Webb. As the site has learned, the director makes a good fit for the studio not only because he’s coming off a year where his quirky dramedy starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel...
44% of Google News readers just read headlines. →
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nerdcast.21 from 01.18.10 (DL | iTunes | Zune)
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nerdcastONLINE is donating to Haiti, with your... →
For every new follower on our Twitter by midnight, we’ll be donating $1 via iTunes to the efforts in Haiti. (up to $100). Reblog if you’re so inclined. With iTunes and texting being an easy avenue to help out, we think this would be a cool, small way to spread the word.
GTA: Chinatown Wars for iPhone →
Apple patent for streaming/recording of live TV. →
I would rather die.
The original name for the iMac? MacMan. →
Just imagine if that name stuck way back when. Oof. Apple fanboys would be even more despised by the general public.
“Let me boot up my MacMan, honey!” Gross.
Windows Mobile 7 delayed until 2011? →
Now European publication Bright Side of the News is citing multiple sources as saying that Windows Mobile 7 will be a no-show in 2010. They cite a rather exhaustive list of sources at “Microsoft, Lenovo, Qualcomm, TI, Nokia, NVIDIA, HTC and many more” as saying that the mobile OS will not be released this year. Reportedly the delay is due to stronger than expected competition from...
Google wants to get the hell out of China. →
We launched Google.cn in January 2006 in the belief that the benefits of increased access to information for people in China and a more open Internet outweighed our discomfort in agreeing to censor some results. At the time we made clear that “we will carefully monitor conditions in China, including new laws and other restrictions on our services. If we determine that we are unable to...
HALO: Reach has new game engine. →
Conan O'Brien speaks.
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an...
Microsoft 720 not coming out anytime soon. →
“The Xbox 360 was designed for a long life,” Hufford adds, “and I don’t even know if we’re at the midpoint yet.”
Sure, the original XBOX got shoved to the side after only 4 years, but is the 360 REALLY outdated yet?
If you said yes, you’re most likely a close PS3 fan. You should almost most likely jump out of a window.
Google to impose $350 ETF on TOP OF carriers ETF. →
If we’re reading this right, Nexus One owners who decide to end their service after the 14-day trial period is over but before four months have passed will be hit with upwards of $550 in fees — more than if you bought the phone outright from the start, especially when you factor in the upfront $180.
Jesus Christ, Google. Chill out.
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nerdcast.20 from 01.11.10 (DL | iTunes | Zune)
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Spider-Man REBOOT. →
Culver City, CA (January 11, 2010) — Peter Parker is going back to high school when the next Spider-Man hits theaters in the summer of 2012. Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today they are moving forward with a film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.
The new chapter...
“The thing is these people don’t buy Applications, they download Apps. “Software”...”
– Guy English
Boy Genius on Google Android →
Seriously Google, you take no responsibility for the actual “experience” of this phone, yet you tout it as your tag line. Applications in Android Market don’t work for all devices. They have to be updated, they might not work with a new resolution, or all touch screen display — try using one of those NES/SNES emulators on the Nexus One — the comments and “reviews” on apps are worse than Sidekick...
Nexus One costs $174.15 →