Jun 01
More and more nongaming content is moving to our consoles, and that’s a good thing.
Jun 01
Steve Jobs on TV: ‘no one wants to buy a box’
Posted in: Apple, apple tv, Google, GoogleTv, set-top-box, steve jobs, SteveJobs, tivo, Today's Chili, TV
Well isn’t that a breath of fresh air. With no apologies given to its long-standing hobby, Apple CEO Steve Jobs provided a pretty honest and thorough assessment of what’s wrong with the TV set-top box market. “No one wants to buy a box — ask TiVo, ask Roku, ask us… ask Google in a few months” (in the spirit of competition, of course). In Jobs’ opinion, “the only way that’s going to change is if you tear up the [box], give it a new UI, and get it in front of consumers in a way they’re going to want it.” Frankly, we’re pretty happy how quickly and succinctly he was able to respond in a Q &A session, seems like he’s been mulling it over — and given what we heard about Apple TV’s future plans, we’re not surprised. All the pertinent quotes, care of our liveblog, after the break.
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Jun 01
Video: Intel Shows Off MeeGo-based Tablet at Computex
Posted in: intel atom, ipad, iPhone, tablet pc, Today's ChiliOne of the more interesting devices that Intel Executive Vice President David Perlmutter showed off running Atom yesterday at Computex 2010 was a MeeGo-based tablet computer. The on-stage demo was brief, but I was able to grab some shaky-cam footage. The tablet uses 1.5GHz Moorestown CPU, features a 10-inch screen, and has a touch-and-swipe interface that looks a lot like the Apple iPad or even Android. Physically, the device looks pretty much like the iPad and every other tablet computer on the market, so it will be hard to judge just how big an impact it could have until we get some hands-on with the software.
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Jun 01
Steve Jobs: iPhone OS ‘started on a tablet’
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Well, Steve Jobs just dropped a little nugget of history on us during his chat with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at the All Things D conference. When asked by Walt why they originally put their new OS on a phone and not a tablet, Steve said, “I’ll tell you a secret. It began with the tablet.” After working on the tablet OS which had a glass display and multitouch, another idea occurred to Jobs. “My God, I said, this would make a great phone … so we shelved the tablet and built the iPhone.” And there you have it.
Steve Jobs: iPhone OS ‘started on a tablet’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 01
Steve Jobs: ‘there might be’ advantages to two iPhone carriers in US
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At Steve Jobs’ conversation with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher at D8 this evening, the Apple boss just threw out this weighty little gem when asked whether there’d be advantages to deploying the iPhone on two American carriers: “there might be.” Naturally, you can interpret that any way you like, but it’s interesting that he failed to say no to the concept of taking the phone beyond its usual AT&T playground.
Speaking of AT&T, Jobs says that his company meets with the carrier once per quarter to get briefed on network improvements, and while he notes that they’ve got the fastest 3G around, he says “I wish they were improving faster” — while also qualifying that any network receiving the iPhone back in ’07 probably would’ve suffered the same kinds of problems AT&T has. When pressed on whether we’d see the iPhone on another carrier in the near future, Jobs hit them up with the expected “no comment” before turning to other subjects, so make of it what you will. Follow the break for another interesting snippet from the Q&A session at D8 where Steve muses on AT&T’s network improvements.
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Jun 01
Steve Jobs on Foxconn: ‘We’re all over this’
Posted in: Apple, interview, iPhone, live, steve jobs, SteveJobs, Today's Chili
Apple CEO Steve Jobs is currently on stage at D8, and Walt and Kara aren’t shying away from the hard questions tonight. Right after talking the stolen iPhone prototype, the trio moved on to Foxconn — the massive factory in China where many, many Apple products are assembled — and where at least 10 employees have committed suicide over the past few weeks. While Apple recently released a statement avowing its intention to monitor the situation, Steve just spoke about the situation a bit, and he made it pretty clear that Apple’s seriously “all over” it.
Said Steve: “We are on top of this. We look at everything at these companies. I can tell you a few things that we know. And we are all over this. Foxconn is not a sweatshop. It’s a factory — but my gosh, they have restaurants and movie theaters… but it’s a factory. But they’ve had some suicides and attempted suicides — and they have 400,000 people there. The rate is under what the US rate is, but it’s still troubling.” Steve also said that Apple’s “got people” over at Foxconn currently trying to figure out what’s going on — we figured as much but it’s always good to hear it straight from them.
Steve Jobs on Foxconn: ‘We’re all over this’ originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Jun 01
Steve Jobs on lost iPhone 4G prototype: it’s an ‘amazing’ story
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We can’t say we expected Jobs to do a ton of talking about that little “lost” iPhone prototype during his interview at D8, but he was of course asked about it, and he did do some talking about it. While he started out with the expected “there’s an ongoing investigation” statement, Jobs soon got on a bit of a roll, saying that “this is a story that’s amazing” — that “it’s got theft, it’s got buying stolen property, it’s got extortion, I’m sure there’s some sex in there… the whole thing is very colorful.” No discussion of the device itself, of course, but we’re sure we’ll be hearing more about it soon enough.
Update: Well, it looks like Jobs couldn’t quite let the issue rest there. Later on in the interview, Jobs said that he had gotten advice to just let it slide, that “you shouldn’t go after a journalist just because they bought stolen property and tried to extort you” — but he said he couldn’t “change our core values and let it slide,” that he’d “rather quit.”
Check out the complete back and forth after the break.
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Jun 01
Move it along, Sprint
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Jun 01
Toshiba’s found an interesting use for flexible LCD technology: user input. At SID 2010, the Japanese display manufacturer showed off an 8.4-inch wide, 0.1mm thick SVGA panel that could be grabbed and physically bent to zoom in or out using Google Earth. While it’s a far cry from 6DOF and perhaps not as entertaining as controlling the time-space continuum with forefinger and thumb, the bend sensor seems like an obvious addition to the gamut of crisp, rollable, data storing, energy generating flexible tech already in development. It’s also worth noting that Toshiba isn’t the only one working on the idea; IBM filed a patent application for “flexible displays as an input device” back in 2006. Video after the break.
[Thanks, Lennart]
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Jun 01
We’re on the ground at D8!
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Hey cats and kittens, if you’re into technology (and let’s be honest, you are), and you love live coverage of tech-related events, you’re in luck, because we’re on the ground and reporting live from D8. We’re kicking things off tonight with a liveblog of a very rare Steve Jobs interview, and then we’ll be tracking the trials and tribulations of tech luminaries and thinkers like Steve Ballmer, Julius Genachowski, and HTC’s Peter Chou. It’s going to be a crazy ride — so hang on tight!
We’re on the ground at D8! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Jun 2010 19:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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