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http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/11/22/xbox-one-bricked-after-update-with-e100-error-code/
also
http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/11/22/xbox-one-problems-start-with-disc-read-horror/

http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/11/22/xbox-one-bricked-after-update-with-e100-error-code/
also
http://www.product-reviews.net/2013/11/22/xbox-one-problems-start-with-disc-read-horror/

I didn't say a single word about phones vs handhelds for gaming.

As far as gaming on phones are concerned, check out some of these numbers. Keep in mind that article is now a year and a half old.

Not to mention the elephant in the room.

I'm not saying that smartphone gaming will ever replace actual handhelds, but they still sell a hell of a lot of copies. To pass them off as being anything other than a growing business is foolish.

If you compare what is available on Android to what is Available on iOS, the vast majority of games worth playing are currently only available on iOS. Again, that has NOTHING to do with handhelds...I'm talking strictly about phones here.

Apparently it is coming to the US soon. Yay!

http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/09/23/netflix-ps3-app-us-psn-release-update/

I'm pretty sure the deciding factor will be which on can stop a 7.62 x 39 mm round.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2007/04/10/ipod-extended-soldiers-life/

http://www.zolved.com/blog/view_entry/27867/iPod_saves_soldier_but_now_wont_show_up_in_iTunes_Updated

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2010/02/blackberry-stops-a-bullet-and-saves-a-relationship/

http://blackberrysync.com/2010/02/blackberry-curve-85xx-stops-bullet-from-victims-boyfriend/

http://momento24.com/en/2009/11/03/cell-phone-stops-bullet-saves-womans-life/

http://technology-nuggets.blogspot.com/2008/11/moto-razr-stops-bullet-saves-mans-life.html

You know, I have to start carrying my crappy old cell phone where it can protect more than my upper thigh.

http://www.product-reviews.net/2010/05/11/mozilla-firefox-4-beta-video-presentation/ Towards the end of the presentation, if my ears don't deceive me Mr. Beltzner says that there won't be electrolysis until 2011. It seems that they are having many problems with that. You can still try it in the nightlies or in experimental builds, I think.

Well sopssa, what you said technically true, except there was two leaks that the ipad would be released in March or April. Maybe you just weren't paying attention?

But I'm sure you'll be happy with google's or MS' tablet.

As for the sales drop off. While there is huge drop-off in sales, they're still selling 24,000 per day, 168,000 per week. That is quite respectable in that at that rate they will still have sold nearly 9 million units in a year. In any case, this "sales drop off" is a tune we've heard before from Apple haters about the iphone and we see how right they were.

I'm no fashionista, and I certainly won't be buying an ipad because 'm perfectly happy with my laptop, but the irrational Apple hatred from people like you on this board is a drag.

Apple - Well-designed and clever products.

>>>Nintendo did have a great run in the 80's and 90's, but the last 10 years have not been kind to Nintendo and each time it seems to be getting a little worse >>>

Really? Well let's see:

Early 80s - #1 was Atari

Atari caused the North American Video Game Crash of 1983 which Nintendo made its coming into in 1985 (was released in 1983 in Japan, 1985 else where)

Late 80s - #1 with the NES Early 90s - #1 with the Super NES (beat Sega) Late 90s - #2 with the N64 (beat Sega again)

N64 was beaten by the Playstation due to the N64 usage of cartridges that cost more to manufacture, took longer to manufacture and coundn't hold as much information.

Early 2000s - #2 with the Gamecube (it was a statistical tie with Xbox)

Sales of the Gamecube were 22 million, 2 million short of the 24 million of the Xbox and way behind the 140 sold of the PS2. While it wasn't far behind the XBox, it was no where near the major player it had been compared to Sony's Playstation.

Late 2000s - #1 with the Wii (outselling X360 and PS3 approximately two-to-one)

Not sure if that will help them in the long run though, more so since Wii sales have been slowing down at a massive pace from 803,000 units Wii's sold in Oct 2008 to 507,000 sold in Oct 2009 while I'm aware of the other 2 systems have been gaining hardware sales, and software titles which is what really moves a system.

While Nintendo had a rough patch during the PS1/PS2 years, it appears they rose to the top again. Of course it helped that Sony made a major mistake with overpricing their console at $700 but still, the stats speak for themselves. I wouldn't call #1 a rough patch.

The stats are speaking for themselves, your right. Wii Publisher Backlash is a showing that publishers took a chance with the Wii and their sales stats aren't worth supporting the Wii. And a Wii without many third-party games is a system not many will want to play.

>>>only the rare non-Nintendo made game is worth playing let alone buying instead of renting

Sega games on Wii? They are still fun.

Sega games on the PS3 and XBox 360 are fun too.

The article's idea sounds similar in concept with the rumored Apple iGroups, which seems to be about using the iphone as the place you store your encrypted social media/content and you share it through an Apple hub service. Apple iGroups Rumor

the site (appropriately called, because it's not exactly factual as a cite), doesn't have anything of hard substance itself. So, what am I missing?

I did read your article link before replying, but I hope you noticed it was a blog post (editorial). comparing cellphone components to netbook component costs is not always accurate but in case you're wondering snapdragon netbooks that could possibly be chosen for chrome os have been spotted before.

From the summary (which was copied from the article): with a moderate increase to the size of the chassis. Of course they don't say how much larger it actually is.

Fortunately, a Google for "DSi LL dimensions" yields some useful results. Product-Reviews.com has this:

According to a recent Cnet article it seems as if the handheld has had to be almost completely re-designed around the display, the physical dimensions of the device are (when closed), 161mm wide, 91.4mm height and a 21.2mm depth.

It also suggests checking out the image on CNET's article, which appears to be the same image as in the story /. linked to, except it shows the dimensions.

Also, someone has made a comparison chart on Sizeasy.com.

the N900 gets released 16th November

http://www.product-reviews.net/2009/10/22/nokia-n900-uk-release-date-pushed-back-to-november/

From here: http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/07/19/comparison-sprints-everything-plan-and-the-att-nation-plan/

* More Data: Sprint includes unlimited GPS Navigation, Blackberry Internet Service, Sprint Music Premier (50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations), Sprint TV Premier (25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes), NFL Mobile and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; AT&T does not include Blackberry Internet Service, streaming music channels, on-demand full-length TV episodes, NFL Mobile or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.

You do the math.

So I can actually get a service that does not include NASCAR or football?

That makes the AT&T service almost worth it.

From here: http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/07/19/comparison-sprints-everything-plan-and-the-att-nation-plan/

Individual Plan Comparison

Sprint Everything plans vs. AT&T Nation plans for iPhone 3G:

        * Lower cost: Sprintâ(TM)s $99 Simply Everything plan offers unlimited voice, data and messaging for $99.99; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited voice and data plan is $129.99.
        * Text Included: Sprint includes unlimited text messaging; AT&T charges $20 for individuals ($30 for families).
        * More N&W: Sprint includes unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m.; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited night & weekend minutes start at 9 p.m.
        * More Data: Sprint includes Blackberry Internet Service, Sprint Music Premier (50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations), Sprint TV® Premier (25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes), NFL Mobile Live and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; AT&T does not include Blackberry Internet Service, streaming music channels, on-demand full-length TV episodes, NFL Mobile or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.

Family Plan Comparison

Sprint Talk/Message/Data Share plans vs. AT&T FamilyTalk plans for iPhone 3G:

        * More Minutes: Sprint includes 1500 minutes in its $129.99 Talk/Message/Data Share plan; AT&Tâ(TM)s $129.99 FamilyTalk plan includes just 700 minutes.
        * Text Included: Sprint includes unlimited text messaging; AT&T charges $30 for families ($20 for individuals).
        * Lower Cost Additional Lines: Sprint offers additional lines for $19.99; AT&T additional lines are $39.99.
        * More N&W: Sprint includes unlimited night & weekend minutes starting at 7 p.m.; AT&Tâ(TM)s unlimited night & weekend minutes start at 9 p.m.
        * More Data: Sprint includes unlimited GPS Navigation, Blackberry Internet Service, Sprint Music Premier (50 commercial-free streaming music channels, 100 local stations), Sprint TV Premier (25+ channels of live TV, on-demand clips and full-length episodes), NFL Mobile and NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile; AT&T does not include Blackberry Internet Service, streaming music channels, on-demand full-length TV episodes, NFL Mobile or NASCAR Sprint Cup Mobile.

You do the math.

How many people will buy several of these and never play games on them?

Probably more than you think, go to AV forums and you'll see a lot of people using the PS3 mainly to watch Blu-ray discs, especially now you can get the BBC iPlayer on it.

Well, I did say "credible". If MySQL is a Segway, Oracle Express is a tricycle. (Not the cool kind, or even the useful kind. The pre-school kind.)

Justferinstance, if you need over 4Gb of tablespace in MySQL, it's just a couple of

ALTER TABLE

statements away. If you need over 4Gb of tablespace in OE... your Oracle account exec will be happy to help you. Bring your wallet.

Well, I did say "credible". If MySQL is a Segway, Oracle Express is a tricycle. (Not the cool kind, or even the useful kind. The pre-school kind.)

Justferinstance, if you need over 4Gb of tablespace in MySQL, it's just a couple of

ALTER TABLE

statements away. If you need over 4Gb of tablespace in OE... your Oracle account exec will be happy to help you. Bring your wallet.

You mean their 3M MPro110 LCoS Projector? Apparently not quite wide-spread, and MSRP seems to range from £529 (from the above link) to £299 including VAT (~$470 USD), down to an official $359. The fancy official (flash) site has more specs than that first link, and drops the lamplife to 10,000 hours.

The one down-side with the 3M model is the 40-60 minute battery life, but if you're in the market for a pocket-projector, this could win (especially if you get some auxiliary power, or replace the battery with something more heavy-duty).

Yeah, Via has been woefully slow in bringing announced products at times. I'm hoping the refocus will allow them to tighten their product cycle a bit. We hopefully won't be waiting long for a netbook though; there are already Openbook prototypes utilizing the ULV variant of the Nano (unsurprising since it's socket and chipset compatible with the C3/C7 line).

I'm interested in seeing what happens with the Atom, since Intel has the clout to push it pretty aggressively into the market. The power envelope is relatively impressive, but that appears to be a combination of superior fab and an awful lot of compromises (many of which mirror those made by Via in their last generation). The one advantage they seem to scale down to significantly lower power designs, but with a diminished feature set (no 64-bit instructions, no virtualization), lower clock and bus speeds (800MHz on a 400MT/s bus compared to 1000MHz on a 533MT/s bus on Via's low end). If anything I would say that the Atom is reasonably positioned for handhelds, mobile internet devices and netbooks, while the Nano currently isn't really suitable for handhelds and might still be a bit power hungry for MIDs as well. On the other hand, it should provide a far more satisfying experience for netbooks, full size laptops and low power desktops.

Maybe Intel will manage reasonable performance with the upcoming dual core version of the chip, but given initial reviews (and the dearth of execution units) I suspect that will just move them from painful to adequate. :) And so far as I know they still haven't released their low power companion chipset to manufacturers. From prior presentations it sounds ill-suited to anything but handheld and MID devices, given the performance figures provided for the PowerVX graphics core they licensed.

And of course Via is likely to refresh the Eden platform around the new architecture. Even without process improvements they could trim the caches (which are responsible for much of the size premium over the Atom) and push the clock rate way down. Even down at 400-500MHz like their ULV designs (some as low as 1W peak draw) they should be able to beat the pants of the 800-1000MHz Atom parts.

The summary said, "an interesting new peripheral for the iPod". I agree with you that the words "sex toy" should have been featured prominently.

Good thing it wasn't really NSFW. Even the advert in question isn't NSFW in my opinion: advert (possibly NSFW)

iGasm poster that Apple complained about

http://www.product-reviews.net/wp-content/userimag es/2007/05/igasm.jpg
http://images.google.com/images?q=igasm

I did not now there would be more Star Trek films, but this is great news as I love Sci-Fi and Star Trek and Matt would be a great actor to play a star role in the film.

Looking forward to its release.

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