Riding the iPhone 4 Wave

At 6AM this morning, my cell phone’s text message fired off , “WOW! Line for iPhone 4 is so much worse that the one we tackled for the iPad. There have been people here since 10PM last night.”  Our iPhone App development group, so anxious to test our Apps on the new iPhone 4, braved the crowd in order to achieve this objective.  Hard work and dedication seldom goes unrewarded in that we were identified and interviewed this afternoon by ABC News Channel 4 regarding our iPhone/iPad App development efforts.  News at (maybe 6PM), 7PM and 11PM…  (more…)

Tags: App, iPhone 4.0 Apple
Posted in Apple | No Comments »

Network News Alienates Audiences

CBS News, Ida Mae Astute/ABC, Virginia Sherwood/NBC

Losing more that 565 thousand viewers during 2009 (and soon the loss of our household in 2010), the “big three” network news groups appear to be out-of-touch with their audience.  If the news weren’t depressing enough, we become bombarded with drug commercials more depressing than the news itself, discussing each drugs respective side affects (including depression, suicide, heart attach, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.).  And if this weren’t bad enough, the sheer proportion of news versus commercials had grown out of whack.  So tonight (6/22/2010), while the children were away at camps and other summer activities, we sat when pen and paper and documented the news broadcast.  Here is what we found…  (more…)

Tags: Network News, Television
Posted in General Interest | No Comments »

2010 Twelve Step Buying Guide for Purchasing a New TV

Part Two

This is the second part in the Twelve Steps Buying Guide for Purchasing a New Television in 2010.  We are often asked “how to” and in response invariably direct folks to independent rating services such as Consumer Reports [www.consumerreports.org], and others.  Some industry magazines allow you to read about new features, but lack the resources to rate the set’s performance.  When seeking advise from salespersons and others, ask for their credentials.  Are they qualified to provide advice and do they have experience in reviewing the sets?  But enough of this, on to Step 7 and the rest of our 2010 TV Buying Guide…   (more…)

Tags: Buying Guides, HDTV
Posted in HDTV | No Comments »

2010 Twelve Step Buying Guide for Purchasing a New TV

Part One

Resident in my “draft” emails is an ever evolving laundry list of suggested function and features for which one should look when purchasing a new television.  Although the electronics industry would like for you to believe this process has become easier over the past few years, this assertion is simply not true.  The answer to your best TV selection quest resides in your answers to a series of evaluation steps.  Let’s begin…   (more…)

Tags: Buying Guides, HDTV
Posted in Audio/Visual (General) | No Comments »

$119 Million Plus and Growing

Nope, I didn’t go to the Apple Store in light of yesterday’s fiasco in my on-line ordering attempts.  So Apple’s first day sales revenue of +$119 million didn’t include my $299 order.     (more…)

Tags: Apple, iPhone 4.0 Apple
Posted in Apple | No Comments »

Yes, Yes, I Want a New iPhone

Yes, yes!!!  I want the new iPhone… so logging onto the www.Apple.com web site, the process of “pre-ordering” the new iPhone 4.0 began at 8:00AM, sharp.  Encountering my first series of questions:  new service or replacing existing? answer – Replacing existing.  Next, Apple must check eligibility for my AT&T account. Answering the three validation questions, the spiral wheel began a turning.  Turning it did for minutes, which then turned into five, which turned into fifteen, at which point the program was left running in the background as my attention turned to the work load of the morning.  Occasionally checking… spiral wheel still turning.  (more…)

Tags: Apple, iPhone 4.0 Apple
Posted in Apple | No Comments »

iPhone 4.0 Forging Ahead

The All New iPhone 4.0

eController App on the new iPhone 4

 The new iPhone offers video calling, the latest evolution of personal area networking (PAN).  With its brand new design, retina display, 5-megapixel camera with HD video recording, the new iPhone will be providing refuge to some parasitic players…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, ESC Forward Looking, iPhone 4.0 Apple
Posted in Apple, PAN | No Comments »

AppleTV's Future

A “hobby” is how Steve Jobs still refers to AppleTV three years after its launch in 2007.  The NY Times reports from the D8 conference, Jobs expressed his views on set-top boxes…   (more…)

Tags: Apple, Apple Rumors, ESC Forward Looking, Technology Ahead
Posted in Apple | No Comments »

BluRay's Trojan Horse

BluRay Trojan Horse

Having access to a Reference State-of-the-Art Home Theater has its rewards, among them being the ability to treat my family to a private viewing of the latest high-definition DVD releases – this past weekend being Avitar.   But this long awaited viewing experience was spoiled when the BluRay DVD was loaded into our player which released a firmware upgrade requirement which crippled the player from further use until the upgrade was performed.  Welcome to things to come…   (more…)

Tags: AACS, Great Conspiracy Theories, HDTV, High Definition, Technology Ahead
Posted in HDTV | No Comments »

Industry Links

• iPhone 5
  
  
  
  

  Rumor: iPhone 5 with 4-inch screen expected this summer | Apple Talk - CNET News

• New Privacy Concerns
  
  
  
  

  Google’s new privacy policy: Should you be concerned? — Tech News and Analysis

• Bye Bye iPod Classic
  
  
  
  

  Apple may discontinue the iPod shuffle and classic | TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

• New Hacker Frontier
  
  
  
  

  Companies See Opportunity in Stopping Cellphone Hackers - NYTimes.com

1

eLifespaces Archives

Press Releases

In the News