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Re: Close Shave

Peter Rojas — Tue, 05 Apr 2005 12:48:33 -0000

Yep, we're in sort of a quiet period right now. Last month was the big CeBIT and CTIA shows and next month is E3, so April is traditionally a pretty slow month for gadget news.

Re: Engadget Busted?

Peter Rojas — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:54:59 -0000

Yeah, we made a mistake. It’s our policy to always credit and link back to our sources, and in this case we made in error in judgment combined with a misunderstanding about the source of the image (we mistakenly thought that DAPreview watermarked a photo that wasn’t theirs — clearly that was not the case).

Regardless, I take full responsibility for the mistake and that this will not happen again. We do a 1000 posts a month and occassionally we do screw up.

To be clear, we did NOT plagiarize, at worst we failed to properly credit and infringed on DAPreview's image copyright.

Re: Mo’Blogging: DigitalLife, NYC

Peter Rojas — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 16:03:40 -0000

I've got this liveblogging thing down, but what I really need to work on is my posture.

Good hanging with you today!

Re: “The ‘New’ Plagiarism”

Peter Rojas — Thu, 11 May 2006 00:09:00 -0000

Your characterization of Engadget is completely 100% wrong. We write every single post ourselves and very rarely quote someone else. When we do, we make it very clear that it is a blockquote and not our own words.

I'd appreciate a correction.

Re: Engadget meetup in Seattle

Peter Rojas — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:51:17 -0000

Hope everyone can come out! It's totally free and we're going to be giving away a TON of awesome prizes.

Re: Big gadget sites don’t link to blogs (I went overboard, read updates)

Peter Rojas — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:12:31 -0000

This is ABSURD. We link to blogs every single day of the week. Just because we didn't link to YOUR particular video you've decided that somehow we never link to blogs? This is ridiculously petty and I think you owe us an apology.

Re: Big gadget sites don’t link to blogs (I went overboard, read updates)

Peter Rojas — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 15:14:36 -0000

I get it now. Basically you spammed the comments of a bunch of blogs and you're upset that some sites either deleted what you did or didn't incorporate your link into a post. Really weak.

Re: Big gadget sites don’t link to blogs (I went overboard, read updates)

Peter Rojas — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 16:35:41 -0000

I'll reiterate: we link to other blogs ALL the time. To describe as having a policy of not linking to other blogs is absurd and inaccurate. And we don't only link to other blogs, we also link to newspaper articles, press releases, product pages, forum posts, etc.

What Scoble wrote is patently unfair and completely misrepresents the reality of the situation. This isn't an us vs. them situation because we have always linked to blogs and will always do so. The fact that I even have to make a point of this is silly, since anyone who reads the site will see that we link to other blogs all the time.

Re: Apple Wins: Verizon Is First Wireless Carrier To Open Network

Peter Rojas — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:24:31 -0000

AT&T has a five year exclusive on the iPhone (and subsequent versions), so it's irrelevant to the US market whether or not Apple has a CDMA version in the wings. Verizon's announcement may have been influenced by Apple, but what they're planning is so limited in scope -- they can still use all sorts of certification requirements to restrict what devices connect to its network -- that it's not clear to me that this will do much to usher in the sort of wireless nirvana we all hope for.

I think the more immediate impact of Verizon's announcement will be on non-phone devices -- not many people have noticed that the Kindle is the one of the first devices that isn't a phone or a laptop to sport a built-in broadband modem.

Re: Apple Wins: Verizon Is First Wireless Carrier To Open Network

Peter Rojas — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 00:44:24 -0000

I'm sure the iPhone played a role, as did the Open Handset Alliance, the upcoming 700MHz auction, and a variety of other factors, including the Kindle. I'd love to know what role the Kindle played in all this. Amazon went with Sprint rather than Verizon, for the Kindle, even though Verizon has the bigger network (which would ensure more Amazon users could actually take advantage of the Kindle's wireless capabilities). Broadband service hasn't grown as quickly as the carriers had anticipated, and it's not hard to imagine that Verizon sees the potential revenue opportunity in non-phone devices connecting over Verizon's data network. They want to get more people pushing data over their network, and this announcement is meant to encourage manufacturers of stuff like ebook readers and GPS navigators and yes, MP3 players, to start thinking about how they can wedge EV-DO modems into their devices.

Re: PalmOne Influencing Various Blogs?

Peter Rojas — Mon, 09 May 2005 13:26:44 -0000

This isn't about RIM vs. palmOne. It's about you disagreeing with our take on something and making a completely unfounded accusation (which you haven't apologized for or rescinded) that we're on the take and have compromised our editorial to please an advertiser. It's a cheap shot, and one that you should be ashamed of.

Re: PalmOne Influencing Various Blogs?

Peter Rojas — Wed, 11 May 2005 10:25:33 -0000

Again, why is Blackberry Cool unwilling to apologize for making a completely false accusation? It's one thing to disagree with us and believe that we are wrong (which is entirely possible, we're not infallible), but to accuse us of kowtowing to an advertiser without a shred of evidence is completely reprehensible, and so far you seem completely unwilling to address this issue.