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The Engadget Mobile Interview: Jonathan Schwartz, CEO of Sun {Engadget Mobile}
May 2nd 2008 2:48PM He's so right. All the time I was thinking there was something missing that would make my Iphone complete... Now I know what it is:
A slow crappy Java gmail client! It's so obvious!
*sigh*
My little Pony is so clueless, it's tragic. Who's gonna need slow, battery sucking craptastic Java programs when everyone and his dog is currently coding away at native iphone Apps? What's the advantage? Cross-platform apps that won't have iphone-specific UI, thus missing out on one of the essential success factors of the platform? It's ridicolous.
Villa d'Este 08 Preview: Carrozzeria Touring Maserati Quattroporte Bellagio Fastback {Autoblog}
Apr 22nd 2008 10:04AM Amazingly beautiful, perfect proportions...
So georgeous it hurts.
Ralf Schumacher tanks on DTM debut {Autoblog}
Apr 15th 2008 8:10AM I'm no big Ralf Fan either, but your reporting is not very insightful:
a) DTM is one of the most competitive touring car series in the world, with an amazing level of driver talent. Being a former Formula 1 driver thus isn't a big competitive advantage, just look at some of the DTM performances of drivers like Mika Hakkinen or Jean Alesi.
b) Ralf was driving a 2007 model Mercedes C-Class, which are considered to be slower than the new 08 versions (only 4 of those on the grid yet). Ralf botched his start, but after that he posted the fastest laptimes of the 2007 Mercedes group. Only one 07 Merc driver finished before him, Gary Paffett, who has been in DTM since 2003 and was DTM champion in 2005.
To sum it up, solid performance by Ralf, shoddy Autoblog reporting...
Charge! GM gives update on Volt development, describes interior {Autoblog}
Apr 4th 2008 10:30AM "'If I was preparing to produce this car by 2010, I'd be picking out the wood grain on the dashboard by now, not still working on the battery,' Bill Reinert, national manager of Toyota Motor Corp.'s advanced technology group, told the Los Angeles Times."
I know, Toyota's a competitor, but you can't deny that 2 years before a planned launch the fundamental technical problems should already be sorted out...
Mercedes-Benz launching urea-injected diesel SUVs this fall {Autoblog}
Mar 14th 2008 8:56AM It's the other way round: Europe has very powerful road transport and farm lobbies, which managed to get governments to put lower taxes on Diesel fuel. As a result, Diesel cars make a lot of financial sense and producers have been offering them for decades now.
Geneva 2008: Ford's European cabrio comes into Focus {Autoblog}
Mar 5th 2008 7:31AM Maybe fleet buyers. But they're not exactly the target customer for a convertible, right? I'm from Germany and the Volvo convertible drivers I know wouldn't want to be seen dead in a Ford.
And Ford customers? Well, the msrp for a base Focus CC is EUR 23,750, the Astra TwinTop is 25,340 (+6.7%), the EOS is 26,950 (+13.4%) and the C70 is 34.840 (a whopping +46.7%). Guess where the prospective Focus CC-buyer is going to take his money?
Geneva 2008: Ford's European cabrio comes into Focus {Autoblog}
Mar 5th 2008 7:02AM @Mattias: Weaken the distinction? Which Volvo buyer views the Focus CC as a car he needs to distance himself from? No Volvo customer spends a second thinking about the features a Focus has. Not having a 3 part roof weakens the Focus against its main competitors, the Astra and the Eon.
Geneva 2008: Ford's European cabrio comes into Focus {Autoblog}
Mar 5th 2008 4:51AM Unfortunately like Peugeot and Renault the Focus CC uses a 2 part folding top, in cotrast to Opel (Astra) and VW (EOS), who use 3 parts. This leads to a limited roof size and consequenlty bad proportions: The trunk is too long and the windshield reaches way back over the driver's head, limiting the "convertible feeling".
CeBIT 2008: we're coming at you live from Hanover {Engadget}
Mar 2nd 2008 1:32PM "Our sources tell us Hannover is somewhere in Germany"
Don't worry. Even most Germans don't know more about Hannover. It might just be the most boring and uninteresting place in the world.
HD DVD casualty report: over 1m players, recorders, and drives lost to the format war {Engadget}
Feb 19th 2008 4:56AM OK, this is the most uninformed post I've read today.
1. Bluray is the older format. The spec were agreed upon in 2002 by the Bluray consortium, consisting of: Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Sony, Thomson, LG, Hitachi, Sharp and Samsung. The group was later joined by Dell, Apple and HP (HP switched to HDDVD in 2005). So Bluray was the standard most of the industry agreed upon early on.
2. By the victory of one format prices are going to FALL, not rise. Two competing formats resulted in most consumers remaining on the fence and not buying into either technology. Now that the war is over, buying bluray is no longer a risk for consumers ---> Higher demand, competing manufacturers (just witness the members of Bluray consortium), higher disc production volumes, lower prices etc...
Just remember, prices for DVD players and movies came down without a competing format.
