If Apple TV gets a Take Two, I at least get a second blog post on DVD going HD, right? I was wrong about adding HD tracks to the DVD disc. While viable, there’s a better path of less resistance: Who said HDi could only deliver supplemental material? What in the world is stopping HDi […]
I feel like a tool. Last month Slingbox, and this month, TiVo. I mentioned awhile ago that when TiVoToGo went HD, I would get one… Windows Media Center’s lack of placeshifting with CableCARD is downright unacceptable. QAM solutions like HDHomeRun barely work… and wind up with four cable drops going to a single PC. Plus […]
Apple today confirmed what I revealed initially… Time Machine and AirPort Disk may say they play together now… but unfortunately, there are still show-stopping bugs. They weren’t as clear as I was, in fact, they didn’t mention that these were data-loss level issues… simply that the feature is still unsupported. I just wish for one […]
Many thought that HD DVD was dead when Blu-Ray won. As some have pointed out though, Blu-Ray still needs to kill DVD, and that’s a much tougher nut to crack. Hindsight being 20/20, we all know that had HD DVD mandated that all HD DVD discs contain a DVD-formatted side (the Combo DVD + HD […]
I know I said I wasn’t going to spill any beans on iPhone 2.0 software, but this one is just too juicy. Apple, next time, get the media to NDA on things you know will leak out… media relations needs to wake up and smell the coffee on this one (you know who you are). […]
I really don’t like the backend changes in WordPress 2.5. Really, really, really don’t like them. Most of the staff on PhoneNews.com doesn’t either… I’ve been getting an earful about it. The WordPress team says that they hired an external research team, to determine how people use the backend. Problem is, they weighted experienced and […]
I’m not in a mood to tick anyone off today, so I won’t say exactly what’s in iPhone 2.0 beta. What was announced is there… mostly, and not much else. I will say that the firmware is loaded with debugging code, and is not at the same performance level as 1.1.4. So, should you still […]
For the next several weeks (about 10), I will be hopelessly overworked in general. Broad, sweeping changes (like the new look and feel for the blog) will have to be delayed until mid-to-late June. Sorry folks. Hopefully posting won’t be affected, but I am really overworked right now, so if you haven’t seen a blog […]
I know, I said I wasn’t going to do any updates while at CTIA. It’s Vegas, and I should be doing other things… but, I noted that WordPress 2.5 had a few things that would improve coverage. So, using my blog as a test, its now running WordPress 2.5. Up next? The PhoneNews.com Blog, and […]
One of the many, many things I don’t like about Engadget, is when they chose to write something completely biased and opiniated, and just slip it into the middle of a sentence. Like, in this article: “Granted, we fully understand Creative’s right to disallow the distribution of untested, potentially harmful third-party drivers…” Stop. Where in […]