My parents received a Google TV (the Sony version) for Christmas. Being the visiting technophile, I was tasked with setting up the device and teaching my parents how to work it. I had previously set up the exact same device for my roommates over the summer in San Francisco, so I was familiar with the set-up and the device itself. This post is a brief review of the set-up process, followed by my thoughts on the concept of Google TV and similar systems.
So the iPhone 4S looks like an awesome phone, and I agree with those who argue that — viewed in a vacuum — yesterday’s announcement was not a “disappointment.” The phone may look the same, but it’s completely souped up and new inside. It’s a big upgrade.
However, we do not live in a vacuum. Apple’s secrecy game — and its likely side game of spawning rumors to build up excitement — laid the foundation for the disappointment many are feeling. There have been rumblings about an iPhone 5, sporting a new hardware design, for months. I knew of several friends waiting to see what the iPhone 5 was like before deciding on their next phone. Then more recently, there came rumors of two iPhones being announced — an iPhone 5 and an iPhone 4S. Two iPhones on one day? That would be big.
I don’t know if Apple started these rumors, or if they were true and Apple recently changed its plans, or if it’s just the case of third-party-guesses-turned-predictions… but people are finding yesterday disappointing because Apple did nothing to react to the clamoring rumor mill pre-launch. The launch was disappointing, but the product launched was not.
A friend is considering moving from Blackberry to either iPhone or Android, and asked for my thoughts. Here’s what I wrote to him.
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I spilled a drink on my fairly new MacBook Pro during a flight from Seattle to San Francisco last week. Huge bummer, since I planned to spend a number of hours working on summer job applications during my week-long stay in San Francisco. I took my baby to the local Apple Store, and they told me they could fix it for little cost by sending it off for repairs.
Luckily I had decided to tote along my Cr-48, the laptop that Google recently sent me as part of its Chrome OS pilot program. I had been using it off and on during the holidays, but its moment to truly shine had come. This post is a review of my experience of living exclusively in the cloud for one week.
Two weeks ago, I turned the big ol’ 25. It was a really wonderful day, including a surprise cupcake party at work and a dinner out at Cha Cha Cha (one word: sangria). But perhaps the biggest surprise was from my parents, who told me that an iPad 3G was on the way. As always, they’re too good to me.
I received the device at the end of last week, and have spent the majority of my free time interacting with it. In short, the iPad is extremely impressive and certainly a game changer (or at least a game starter). Magical and revolutionary? A tad hyperbolic, but it does point mainstream consumer computing in a brand new direction.
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