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Re: Fair weather fanboys

parislemon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:19:26 -0000

hyperventilating?

Re: Fair weather fanboys

parislemon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:17:29 -0000

Thanks AAPLWatch, there is certainly a high level of cynicism about these events these days.

Re: Fair weather fanboys

parislemon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:16:43 -0000

Hey thanks!

Re: Pandora Radio version 2.0 launching for iPhone today

parislemon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:16:26 -0000

yeah i'd pay for it too, but let's see how they do with the newly powerful mobile itunes, i'll try to get some of those numbers when they get em.

Re: One prediction down: iTunes goes DRM-free

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:22:42 -0000

You bet Greg, nice reporting on that scoop.

Re: Replaceable battery be damned, give me 8 hours of life!

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:11:16 -0000

yeah those numbers were apple's -- i've seen better results on my laptops as well. but 1000 is impressive -- they claim about 5 years of solid battery life. so yeah like you say, they'll replace the computer before the battery.

Re: Replaceable battery be damned, give me 8 hours of life!

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:10:34 -0000

i'm very interested in knowing about the heat issue as well.

Re: Replaceable battery be damned, give me 8 hours of life!

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:10:06 -0000

ha good point henry.

Re: One prediction down: iTunes goes DRM-free

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:58:47 -0000

true, for now, but with m4a getting unlocked I bet we see a TON of devices starting to use it for those who buy music from what is the #1 music retailer after all.

Re: DRM close to extinction on iTunes?

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:36:50 -0000

true, but that's a minor issue. without DRM those are easily converted to mp3 or whatever other format we use in the future.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:39:12 -0000

I'm not suggesting no ads by any means skaggs, just not 1,000 ads that are shoved in my face and stand out more than the actual content.

Re: On Apple, FriendFeed, and TechMeme | Mark.

bbluesman — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:22:26 -0000

And what would arguing in the Special Olympics be then? I worked with
special kids for a few summers-they are actually much better behaved and
more civil than many geeks.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:21:37 -0000

Yeah the content is really great which is why I care so much about this. But I've had enough.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:19:57 -0000

Jonas I've been ranting about this for at least 3 years on various sites. If I haven't calmed down about it after that long, I doubt I will anytime soon. ESPN.com provides an awful user experience and as an ESPN Insider member gives me no option not to get bombarded by advertisements despite paying $5 a month. Seriously look at that homepage and tell me if you think that's a sports site or a Ford ad.

And nearly every other commenter here and elsewhere seems to agree.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:19:41 -0000

It comes back santo, trust me.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:41:15 -0000

Yeah, and I'd be willing to bet they make quite a bit of moola. I understand sites need to maximize ads in a weak market, but this is ridiculous.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:40:15 -0000

Seriously. Just thought of another option too -- why not give ESPN Insider full RSS feeds? God is ESPN greedy.

Re: I will not be visiting ESPN.com ever again

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:39:05 -0000

Yeah there is no excuse for this. ESPN has actually been previewing it for a while, it just went public today. I was hearing a lot of the same hatred of it from people previewing it, yet they didn't change it. When I can't look at a site and know if the content is the main part or the ad is, something is wrong.

Re: Roku’s second act: Amazon Video on Demand

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:10:28 -0000

Yeah, it's interesting how many of these boxes start to overlap. For example, I don't care too much about Apple TV adding Netflix because I have that on my Xbox.

Re: Steve Jobs — not on the deathbed — has hormonal imbalance, will remain CEO

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:10:28 -0000

Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing Lukas

Re: Steve Jobs — not on the deathbed — has hormonal imbalance, will remain CEO

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:09:25 -0000

Hey Stu - Does something like this bring up skepticism? Sure. But the fact of the matter is that Apple now on public record has laid out the issue and said flat out that Jobs knows that if he can no longer serve as CEO he would step down -- and that his health issues will not require that.

While Goldman seems to have been mislead by his Apple sources (in saying that health was not a factor), Gizmodo's story is still worse that Jobs was on his death bed (unless he's writing from his death bed which you can't believe is the case here). Reporting on health issues obviously isn't the easiest thing in the world for any tech blog, especially with so little info. In these cases, speculation can be very dangerous. We're just laying out what's out there.

Re: Enough Chinatown Wars…

bbluesman — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:30:34 -0000

Man can not live by General Tso's Chicken alone...

Re: Cue the complaints: 17-inch MacBook Pro without a removable battery?

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:06:04 -0000

Yeah I suspect if the Silver-Zinc (or at least some kind of longer life battery) rumor is true that a lot of people will be torn. I'm all for the trade-off because I don't take extended flights that often, but I can certainly see that downside.

Re: Indecent proposal? iPhone fart apps continue down the gutter

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:44:54 -0000

I think what we're seeing Peter is a group of developers swarm the App Store to capitalize on its huge success. Some of these developers are making truly great apps, others are just trying to mooch off of the current fart buzz. This will pass, and I definitely wouldn't rule out the iPhone just because of this, check out my list of great apps: http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/24/my-ten-favori...

Re: Indecent proposal? iPhone fart apps continue down the gutter

parislemon — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 01:41:35 -0000

Normally I 100% agree Tim, but Apple already has a mechanism for NC-17 content and I don't think anyone should be subjected to seeing pictures of a**holes (yes, even cartoon ones), if they don't want to. Most of these fart applications I have no problem with -- they're silly, but that's subjective -- but this one is a bit much in my opinion. Not saying apple should remove it, just put up a warning of some kind.