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It’s the centers of gravity, stupid.

By mtc | Published: July 16, 2009
I wanted to write a little about interface standards in consumer electronics.  My purpose here isn’t to write an exhaustive history of standards and formats – far from it, in fact – rather I want to present some background as a lead-in to some product-specific discussions that will be coming here on wab in the [...]
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Palm Pre sets a bar, prepares to see it raised yet again by others.

By mtc | Published: January 12, 2009
Telstra exec: new Android-based HTC phone ‘better’ than Pre – Engadget. In my opinion, Palm Pre is the new bar as far as phone concept is concerned.  Execution another matter, the touch screen plus physical keyboard combo in an attractive chassis with a sharp GUI is the recipe that the G1, iPhone, and Storm miss [...]
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Apple’s Trojan Horse… it may be only a sandbox

By mtc | Published: May 22, 2008
Over on Micro Everything, Mats picked up on an recent WSJ article about Apple’s wireless audio potentialities. I too have given this plenty of thought… no big surprise… but I just can’t keep quiet about my random toughts anymore… there are many things I find pretty intriguing about Apple’s approach to this wireless audio distribution, but the [...]
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Apple Insider: “Where is Apple making up for low profits on Apple TV?”

By mtc | Published: June 9, 2007
Let me add my thoughts on where Apple believes it will be making money. AppleInsider notes that profits are low on the Apple TV (based on iSuppli‘s latest teardown results) and therefore it must be a market-share/customer-acquisition, game. While I do agree they had to price the hardware faintly (if only not to offend would-be [...]
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Photosynth: Mindblowing

By mtc | Published: June 5, 2007
Check out Photosynth. The MSR team just blew my mind in this video I saw. One day, nowhere in the world will be un-explorable. The convergence of digital photography, global cartography, social networking, and webservices is previewed here.
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Good stuff: At D5, Gates and Jobs geek out, then snuggle, in front of Live audience.

By mtc | Published: June 1, 2007
Jobs was spot on… …Most things you carry with you are communications devices. You want to do some entertainment with them as well, but they’re primarily communications devices and that’s what they’re going to be. Then he made me feel confident in the work our company is doing, because, indeed… …It’s really great when you [...]
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