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Entelligence: Have we demonized DRM? {Engadget}
Sep 25th 2009 7:15AM My father, who is almost 60, has had an ipod since the first gen mac-only model. Now he has a 40GB 2G ipod, in which he has all his collection, most of which (maybe 97%) comes from his CD collection. He doesn't care about video, pictures or color screen for that matter. He only uses iTunes for ripping CD's and syncing to his ipod.
He recently gave a shot at the Music Store to find some obscure album of greek music (Mikis Theodorakis), certainly not something on the top 10 most sold. He found the album and bought it immediately. He was so happy when he found what he wasn't able to find on CD at regular music stores.
Sorry for the long story. My comment is this: my father doesn't even KNOW what DRM is, but i'm 100% sure that if the album he bought had the most fierce DRM protection, he still would have bought it, even if the DRM only allowed him to listen to it once everyday.
Bottomline: 2 billion songs were sold not because people don't mind DRM, but because they don't KNOW about it. ipods (and iphones) are the leaders of their market, because apple has managed to put technology closer to uneducated people who were afraid to buy something with too many buttons. DRM are way past these people's understanding.
¡Palm Pre GSM en Movistar! {Engadget Spanish}
Jul 7th 2009 4:21AM Ni el 5800, ni el N97 son exclusivas de Movistar... Yo tengo el 5800 con Orange.
Palm Pre retail box and materials leak out {Engadget}
May 12th 2009 4:10AM Actually, most of the documentation for any gadget, product, service or even public signs in the US are in Spanish also these days. So, the manual being in Spanish doesn't mean much regarding the countries it will launch in on day 1. (Which is sad, because I live in one of those countries)...
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 6th 2009 4:55AM I came 6 days late to reading this review and it surprised me how different it is from other sources. And I don't mean about how the review is made, for I know Engadget is not a technical in-depth analysis website, it's actually an opinionated news blog (most blogs are), and I think it's a great place.
As I was saying what surprised me the most is that other sites have ranked it pretty high (C-net, GSM-arena, etc.) while Engadget gave it such a poor grade.
It just seems to me that It was a case of a terrible first-impression or that Chris was on a bad mood when he turned on the phone and came across the now-infamous (i like that sort of adjective) "AM/PM issue".
Having read it 6 days later allowed me to also read a ton of comments and found maybe a 60% (give or take) of readers agreeing that the review focused on minor issues, missed to comment on other relevant features (good AND bad) and that owner were, in general terms, much more pleased with the device (as I am) that the review might lead a would-be buyer to believe.
When one single review i so different to other more similar reviews and owners' opinions themselves, then I think something is wring with this particular review.
The whole ONE/TWO tap thing it's an over-simpified, pretty unfair judgement, of course, in my personal opinion. As I pointed out in a reply to one of the commenters before, it actually doesn't take two taps for anything. Let me explain myself:
When on a grid (icon view):
- ONE tap to open (you can't select an icon)
When on a list:
- ONE tap to select (you select an item from a list to scroll down if you need to)
- ONE tap to open
As opposed to the way we are all used to in a Windows enviroment, for example, where even if you have an item selected, it still takes DOUBLE clicking to open (remember when Windows tried a "Web-like" one-click icons? it was a disaster).
The review was completely subjective to one minor issue (AM/PM) and that shut the door to any other objective comment. The lenght or depth of the review is no issue here. It is a bad review because we're only adviced on the negative features, and a good review has to have a pro/con balance ALWAYS.
On a personal note to the author, it seemed lousy that you said Engadget didn't make in-depth reviews and when proved wrong with Ryan Block's Iphone review, tried to excuse yourself so lamely with the "sometimes we do it" argument. Which is it then, do you or do you not make in-depth reviews?
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic review {Engadget Mobile}
Apr 6th 2009 4:26AM What part of "one tap on icons in the menu, double tap to open something in the lists, single tap to select..." is inconsistent to you?
Music APP: one tap; playlist from a LIST: one tap to select, another one to open. Notice that it doesn't even take 2 taps to open, when an item is selected in a LIST, you just need one tap to open. So to be accurate, the correct way is ONE tap to select, ONE tap to open.
In reality, it always takes ONE tap to open anything (as opposed to the actual DOUBLE click icons we are all used to in a Windows enviroment, where even if the icon is already selected it still need double clicks). Just don't see the inconsistency. I also agree that selecting something you don't want by mistake is annoying. Different taps to Select and open actually seem more intuitive to me...
In the end, the 5800 is not stupid-proof, but it takes just 2 minutes of reasoning while playing around. At least that's the way I see it. If the interface is too complex for you, go for an Iphone (you probably already own a Mac and think that Windows is too complicated). But hey, that's perfect, good we have choices and that there's a place for almost every kind of phone...
Caption contest: cat driving Roomba -- is not so impressed, actually {Engadget}
Nov 20th 2008 6:04AM My friend Milkshake from across the street said this rig was sweet, but I can't find the PETTING mode nowhere in this thing...
Caption contest: cat driving Roomba -- is not so impressed, actually {Engadget}
Nov 20th 2008 5:58AM After the initial excitement, Hudson saw things clearly, he was ripped off...
Apple iPod touch 2G and nano 4G: The Engadget Review {Engadget}
Sep 20th 2008 8:06AM Ever heard of paragraphs? It's when you make a pause after an idea is developed before moving to the next. It is usually represented by an empty line after the last phrase of the previous idea.
I have a really hard time reading all of your comment in one single, huge paragraph. Maybe I'm just dumb.
Caption contest: Chinese S.W.A.T. team caught ridin' dirty... on Segways {Engadget}
Jul 2nd 2008 3:29AM What we have come to, just to enjoy a hard earned segway ride. Damn segway-phobics...!
