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"Strong-Wind" of Change

So with the Iphone disappointing all the people like me waiting for freedom of use, I was looking around for a new exciting product who could satisfy my geeky needs.

There is a lot of attention to portable devices now that technology finally allows us to create great products capable of delivering a decent user experience, but with such a great range of products this market is becoming more and more confusing.

With Pcs trying to be phones and vice versa, what was meant to be a nice breeze of change is becoming a storm messing up all you thought you knew about electronics...



The Asus Eeeee (wait, how many eeeees was it?) or the thousands eee-like portables that followed it, the Iphonewannabes trying to give you stuff on the go that you just don't need.

So in all of this what is it that users really want from their portable devices, whatever the size and shape? Take the survey on the right and vote your favorite feats. (multiple choice available this time around.)

Lost along the way

I consider the new Iphone a huge disappointment.

Well, kind of.
Ok, let me explain this one.

In all these years of innovation Apple has always presented the customers a line of products that had 3 main purposes in mind:
1. Ease of use
2. Innovative Design
3. New functionalities

The Iphone has without any doubt all three. So why consider it a disappointment?
How would you consider a product, no matter how great, that forces you to buy and use it according to seller's best interest?

You buy it with your money (a lot of them given the price of the contracts and the length of it) but you use it as Apple wishes.
1. You cannot pick an operator, they do.
2. you cannot buy one for a friend or anyone else but yourself (immediate in-store registration is required!), to prevent you doing what you want.
3. you can only buy programs through Apple's site, you think they'll charge for that?
4. You cannot use your MP3s as ringtones, you have to buy Apple's ringtones.
5. etc... etc... etc...

Would you really buy a product like that? I doubt it.
When I spend money on something I want that thing to be mine. Free to do anything I want with it. Make sense eh? I'm sure you might agree.
So the 3 major points for an Apple product are there, they just forgot that their interest cannot be put above the consumer's.
If Apple doesn't wake up and realize this, they may loose some of their fans along the way and TurtleNeck (pictured above), that now could even sell people their own mothers, could loose some of his charm and we all know that would not be a good thing for Apple.

I hope they'll wake up soon. Could you guys just go back to make great products and forget world dominance ideas for a moment? That's why you became so famous after all.

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Polls Results

The polls are finally closed and I am actually very happy to say that the number of people voting was surprisingly high (more or less... hehehe).

What laptop are you?

Most people voted for a multipurpose laptop (multimedia powerhouse had 10 votes) with fewer going for an ultraportable and my brother only going for a Desktop replacement (sorry little brother, this is not exactly a blog for gamers... maybe in the future eh?)

Would you buy a Macbook Air?

this poll reflected the results above showing that most voters (me included) would not spend their money on a crippled machine (maybe one day when we will be rich, famous and good looking, right?)


Now tell us, would you buy the new Iphone?

Confirmed - Iphone 3G launch

Caution: this post contains High levels of sarcasm!


Surprised?

well unless you have been living under the sea for the last year (wait could you get internet under water?) you are probably not surprised that the guys at gizmodo US-side are confirming that the new "TurtleNeck-phone" will be presented during the next WWDC in S.Francisco next 9th of june.

A lot of rumors about how it will look and what it will feature have been out for months, but some of them actually make sense to me:

1. 3G (really??? WOW!)
2. Over the Air downloads through Itunes store...
3. GPS (not sure about this one)
4. Larger screen and same battery life (as present version)

But above them all it seems that Apple may finally abandon the idea of locking it to an operator (although you still will be restricted software wise).

We will see, but what I am interested is: would you buy it now if these feat. were confirmed?

Samsung's OLED road map + laptop concept

I am really excited about this and I'm sure that many geeks alike will find this laptop just amazing.

This is a 12.1 inch AMOLED display laptop concept with a touch sensitive keyboard (not my favorite, but who cares!). Not really clear is the idea of the back panel that seems to be holding the monitor (if you have any idea please comment).

This baby is not here just to make us wish that "one day"... according to Samsung OLED panels sized up to 17" will be available next year. You excited yet?



Just wait a little longer, meanwhile screens up to 7 inch are coming out this year to let you enjoy maybe a new MID powered by Intel's Atom processor? Anyone? Please?

Oh God no, another MP3 player...

It might only play Gospels... Oh Jesus!
Also, when the battery dies you may have to wait 3 days before it comes back to life.

But apart from that it's great, the Pope's favorite.

Amen

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