You can’t compare the Seinfeld commercials and this one, Microsoft is raising the bar with a direct attack at Apple’s “I’m a Mac” campaign.
What do you think?
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This phone is just so beautiful, I had to post some pictures.
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Google Android demo at Google Developers Day, 16th September 2008
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To shake things up a little, I thought I would write about the marketing aspect of this blog, an area that is usually more Aryeh’s thing, not mine.
I was just wondering if Google is really doing everything they can, to effectively market Android’s official release. Next Tuesday, Androidwill be introduced to the cellular world for the first time. A pretty big thing, no? I mean Google, that company that created a search engine for the Web, have now decided that they are entering the mobile industry with a revolutionary mobile operating system. You would think every tech news site would be overflowing with scoops about the Android event.
Let’s review what we know about it. We know T-Mobile will be releasing the first Android phone, the Dream, next Tuesday, the 23rd. We know Android is supposed to be a huge deal, and present a true iPhone OS killer. Do we know why? What makes it so great? Yes, it is open source. Anything else?
Personally, I think if Google wants to really make a difference and have an impact on companies like Nokia/Symbian, Apple, and Microsoft, they are going to have to do a little more. How about some Web ads, YouTube demonstrations, or at least some impressive spy pics?
-Hillel
Over the past few months Facebook has been testing its new interface. Frankly, I was quite excited to try it out. In the beginning there were a few bugs and glitches, but they have ironed most of them out by now. I think the new design is spaced well and is easy to navigate. The photos are much easier to access now and you don’t have all those crazy wall programs on the main page. But there have been groups started on Facebook with around 2 million people, to keep the old layout, not to mention the many mindless status updates: “I hate the new Facebook”, “what the hell happend to my Facebook”, “how do I get the old Facebook back”. What is everyone crying about? I like it.
-Aryeh
Choose your color, and Technmarketing.com will have it sent to you.
Na, I’m kidding (maybe if we got a few more readers and some sponsered ads). I am just curious which color does it for our readers!
I am on the fence between the silver (first on the left) and the green (in the middle).
Comment to vote!
-Hillel
Apple seems to have resolved all the bugs and glitches in the iPhone 3G with their new firmware update, according to Gizmodo.
The new firmware fixes the following issues:
Now we can check if my theory is accurate. If iPhone 3G sales begin to rise and first generation iPhone sales begin to fall, we will know people simply wanted a bug-free phone, and it is not the AT&T contract that is scaring people away. Any predictions?
-Hillel
Just as I thought cellphones have maxed out with the Samsung INNOV8, HTC goes and proves me wrong with their just announced Touch HD. The Touch HD has a (are you sitting down?) 3.8 inch, 400×800 display. It has all the standard features (did I just call a phone with GPS and a 5 megapixel camera, standard?), such as HSDPA, a 5 megapixel shooter, and GPS. However, it is that amazing touch display that sets it apart from the rest.
Anyone that knows me can confirm that they have never heard me say this before, but I am speechless. It’s phones like this that make me forget that the iPhone even exists. I truly have nothing to add, the phone simply speaks for itself. Honestly, have you ever seen such a nice phone?
-Hillel
Samsung recently released another truly amazing handset, which they refer to as the Samsung INNOV8 (get it? Innovate?). With the corny name and my resulting desire to hate the phone, I have to admit, they did a pretty amazing job with this phone. The specs are pretty much unprecedented, except for maybe the Sony Ericsson C905.
The INNOV8 boasts a ridiculous 8 megapixel camera, with crazy features that can only be found on high end digital cameras. These include geotagging, automatic panorama shooting, face detection, smile detection, and even blink detection to prevent photos of people blinking (is it just me, or have we come a REALLY long way with camera phones?).
I am not even going to mention all of the phone’s specs, just take any phone out there and the INNOV8 has all its specs. It also has a 16 million color display, stereo speakers, 8 or 16 GB of internal memory plus a Micro SD card slot (so for all you mathematically challenged people, the phone can hold 24 GB of memory with an 8 GB Micro SD card), download speeds of up to 7.2 Mbps, Stereo Bluetooth, GPS, up to 8.5 hours of talk time, and did I mention an 8 megapixel camera, with a video camera that supports VGA at 30 frames per second and QVGA at 120 frames per second.
This is all without even mentioning the handset’s great looks. It has a slider form factor, somewhat similar to that of the Nokia N95, only thinner and less toy looking. It really is one of the nicer phones out there.
I recently had a discussion with a friend, who claimed that there is no more room for cellphones to develop. He claimed that they might get faster or smaller, but there are no new ideas or features left to invent in the cellular market. At the time, I argued the point, but after reading about the INNOV8, I think he might just be right. I mean the thing has a freakin business card scanner.
-Hillel
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Thanks Itamar.
Just to share my thoughts on something a little different…
My wife and I are at a stage right now that we are constantly taking things out of my 13 month old daughter’s mouth. The process begins with her putting something in her mouth that she shouldn’t be. We need to then run to her and pry it out, at which point she starts to cry and throws her head back on the floor. It is highly enjoyable. She is not at the stage of Lego yet, but I can’t image what Lego and Kellogg’s were thinking when they came out with Lego fun fruit snacks. Do they want to choke our kids?
-Aryeh
