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March 25, 2010
Drink Too Much? Don’t Worry, Robo Car will Drive You Home!
This article from Fast Company is pretty cool. EN-V, which is short for Electric Networked-Vehicle, is a new concept vehicle from GM that will drive you home when you’ve had too much to drink. Where do we get one?
It maintains the core principle of personal mobility as Fast Company put it -– freedom –- while helping remove the motor vehicle from the environmental debate and redefining design leadership. It is a two-seater and is all electric. It came out of GM’s China Group and we’re very interested to see if/when it actually hits the market. In the meantime, keep the cab company’s number close at hand, but keep your eye out for GM’s EN-V.
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March 18, 2010
Google wants to BUILD your new TV!
Well, they at least are evidently going to start working with Sony and the rumor is Intel on a new TV that they want to act as an entertainment hub for your living room. Here are gadgetlounge we think that makes a lot of sense. We’ve had a pretty powerful computer hooked up to our living room tv for a quite awhile.
Google TV or perhaps “G-TV” will use the Android OS and may have a set-top box and an actual TV. In addition to regular tv, it will have lots of other functions that you would expect like Hulu, YouTube and other web-video sources, as well as games and apps for social networking. Google is of course interested in order to add some advertising to your tv. They own a few resources in that area so far, but this could serve as a big push. Let’s see how Apple responds . . .
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March 16, 2010
Hey Blackberry . . . We are Eyeing the iPhone!
Accoding to Crowd Science nearly 40% of Blackberry users may move to Apple’s iPhone in the near future. Also troubling for Blackberrry is that a third of them would also consider switching to the Android operating system ala Google. When asked specifically if they’d swap their present phone for Google’s new Android-based Nexus One, 32% of Blackberry users said “yes,” compared with just 9% of iPhone users.
Users of all types of smartphones had downloaded more free applications than paid ones during the preceding seven days, with iPhone users significantly more likely to pay for apps, Android users leading in free apps, and Blackbery users far behind on both fronts. Both Android users and iPhone users were found much more likely than Blackberry users to use their phones only for personal use (32%, 28% and 16% respectively). On the other hand, 7% of Blackberry users use their phone only for business, with that category of user minimal with iPhone (1%) and non-existent in the Android base. iPhone users represented 17% of the respondents, followed by Blackberry users (15%), Nokia (10%), Windows Mobile (4%), Android (3%) and Palm (2%).
This is pretty interesting stuff and we thank the folks at Crowd Science for sharing it with us. The implications for Blackberry are really huge. It sounds like although they certainly had a first mover advantage, especially as a business device, that advantage is being massively challenged. We think that Apple’s appeal to a certain aesthetic style and simplicity of use is what appeals to people. The integration of your music and the antipated launch of Apple’s iphone 4.0 in late Spring / early Summer (just around the corner) is driving some real interest in change as well. Let the games begin (or continue) . . .
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March 13, 2010
We Like the Exhibitors at CeBit Technology Show in Germany
So we keep closely apprized of developments in technology and the newest and coolest gadgets. To do that, we review the highlights of the larger industry shows. Well, when reviewing some of the photos from CeBit in Germany, we came to realize that they have a real knack for utilizing creativity and some great looking exhibitors at that show. This is especially true if you like body paint. While perhaps a bit racy in the United States, it is all perfectly okay and everything that should be covered is, by paint.
In any case, we aren’t showing you any new gadgets in this post (we do love the flying alarm clock though) but we do indeed admire the CeBit way of showing off the newest high tech wares. Here are a few shots for you to consider for yourself.
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March 07, 2010
The Sleeping Giants Awakes . . . Sony to Apple: Competing Against You is Our New Top Priority
On many levels Sony intends to starting taking proverbial swings at Apple and we think Sony is trying to punch Apple in the mouth this time. The rumor is that Sony is going to package a kindle type reader with a touch sensitive smartphone with the PS3 technology platform. Oh and perhaps most important is that Sony is really going to pay attention to DESIGN. In other words, Sony wants it to be beautiful to the eyes and appealing to the senses, does that sound a little like Apple’s core competency?
It is the focus on design that should scare Apple. Sony has a history of great technology development and making good ideas fit in a smaller package. They’ve been hurt on the design front recently and have suffered as Apple has risen. People like design, they intuitively enjoy simplicity and Apple has delivered that consistently over the last ten years or so (no, even Apple did not always do this well. Think about your Apple //c in the basement).
Sony is planning to hook everything together ala the PS3 network that they are already running online. This is a swipe at iTunes, no?
And YES, we know the below image more clearly depicts the epic battle of Apple vs. Microsoft, but Sony develops on the PC platform and we really like the graphic . . . so we ask you to kindly go with the flow.
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March 06, 2010
Flying Alarms Clocks!
This is pretty cool. These types of gadgets make great gifts because no one expects them at all. We really had not considered a flying alarm clock before this, but hey, anything is possible — clearly.
When it is time to rise and shine, you can not procrastinate with this little baby in the room. As the alarm goes off, it starts it propeller and takes off around the room. You must get up and chase it or you might be dived bombed at some point by the swirling copter. This is an innovative job by the folks over at GetDigital. We look forward to seeing their next creation . . .
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