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Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3G: The top trio of Apple fanboys (Mossberg, Pogue and Baig) pass judgment on the iPhone 3G. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Tags: Apple iPhone, Battery, Apple Inc., Pogue, Baig, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-07-09
The highs and lows of digital camcorders: Flip Video Ultra vs. Sony Handycam HDR-TG1: There's been a lot of renewed media interest of late in Pure Digital's Flip Video (aka, The Flip), the super-simple, low-res, flash-based video recorder (with flip-out USB dongle) that has taken the camcorder industry by storm in the year since it was launched. David Pogue reviewed the lastest version...; Tags: Sony Corp., Camcorder, Video, Pogue, Flip Ultra, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Janice Chen; Blog posts 2008-04-06
The final word on the 'megapixel myth': The final word on the 'megapixel myth'Great articleGreat article George - couldn't agree more.The only definite area where megapixels are a bit of a scam is in the amateur digicam market. My mom was very proud to come home with a 8 megapixel camera (which a good salesman obviously had...; Tags: Printers, Digital cameras, Digital photography, downsampling, pixel, photograph, digital zoom, Pogue; Discussion threads 2007-02-27
The final word on the 'megapixel myth': Theres been a lot of talk of the "megapixel myth" lately all started by David Pogue of the New York times declaring that megapixels are a "big fat lie". Fellow blogger David Berlind also did an entire series of blogs with his own sets of tests declaring "theres a...; Tags: Security; Blog posts 2007-02-27
Pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issue: Pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issueDon't forget the opticsGood column, but it's always good to point out the value in a high quality lens and overall high quality optics. You'll get a much better picture with a lower mp collector and a great lens then you...; Tags: camera, quality len, Pogue; Discussion threads 2007-02-09

Pogue busts the megapixel myth but over-simplifies the issue: In an article by David Pogue in the New York Times busts the myth that the more pixels or megapixels a digital camera has, the better the output.Overall, I agree with the article, the number of megapixels that a camera has more to do with marketing than anything else. ...; Tags: camera, Gadgets, In the news, Marketing; Blog posts 2007-02-09
Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's right: Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as a "big fat lie" and he's rightActually, RTFM doesn't workI have several digital camera manuals here and they're all terrible. They're perfect at telling you how to set the camera to the different megapixel settings as well as adjust every other setting....; Tags: Digital cameras, Pogue, optics, Fine Manual, camera, digital camera, CPU; Discussion threads 2007-02-08
Pogue exposes the digital cam megapixel scam as "big fat lie" and he's right: The New York Times David Pogue has written the story that Ive wanted to write for about three years now but never got to mostly because consumer tech isnt my primary beat. Pogue has very articulately pointed out that theres a point of diminishing returns when it comes to the...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Pogue, pixel, photograph; Blog posts 2007-02-08
With some reviewers, Microsoft can't win: With some reviewers, Microsoft can't winCustomers are like that....... we get similar things on frequent enough basis to be well used to it. The phrase [i]"Can we have facility xxxxx?"[/i] followed some time later by [i]"Can you remove facility xxxxx?"[/i]. On follow up the most common reason for removal is...; Tags: Backups, Microsoft Corp., backup, Pogue; Discussion threads 2006-12-19
Pogue: Vista is a Mac copy cat. Computerworld: Mac needs 15 improvements: Interesting juxtaposition of commentary out there. While the NYTs David Pogue spots the lengths to which the developers of Vista went to imitate OS X. Although some of those lengths turned out to be not long enough, aspiring to OS X is apparently a good thing for users of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Pogue, Apple, Hardware Infrastructure, Software Infrastructure, General; Blog posts 2006-12-15
David Pogue reminds me why not to buy a GPS system anytime soon: At the beginning of April right as I was coming off my "back surgery vacation," I wrote a kitchen sink blog that, amongst other things, dragged consumer-targeted global postioning solutions like those from Tom-Tom through the mud. But, at $500 to $700, I found the pricing for something...; Tags: GPS; Blog posts 2006-06-02
Finally, an application for Origami (and maybe dinner for Tim Bray): Tim Bray, Sun's grand poo-bah of Web technologies says: It’s guys like [Pavel Buzek] who are going to cost Berlind the price of a nice dinner. At issue here (and the...; Tags: Java development tools, Keyboards, Development tools, OOA/OOD/OOP, Pavel Buzek, Sun NetBeans, Tim Bray, Origami, Pogue, programming; Blog posts 2006-05-04

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Apple's iPhone activation server problems (updated 2x): Apple's iPhone activation server problems (updated 2x)Upgrade experienceI'm upgrading a 4 gig June 29, 2007 phone and got the same -9838 message, and a bricked iPhone.I've just tried again and got the -4 message, however, my phone is still bricked, showing a pretty image of a USB cable plugging into...; Tags: Cellular phones, GUESS IT, Apple iPhone, Apple iPhone activation server problem, activation server problem, Apple Inc., phone; Discussion threads 2008-07-11
Apple's iPhone app parade begins; Salesforce, Oracle get early jump: Apple's iPhone app parade got an early jump on the 3G version of the popular device Thursday, but business and productivity apps seem to be lagging in the back of the line. Aside from Salesforce.com and Oracle, enterprise heavyweights seem to be sitting out the early wave...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., App, Business Indicators Software, 3G, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Digital Music, Wireless, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-10
News to know: Midori; Yahoo; iPhone; VMware: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: On the road to Midori: RedHawk, MinSafe and Sapphire Next Microsoft enterprise instant messaging/VOIP server: Think 2009 Microsoft to push XP SP3 via Auto Update on July 10 Microsoft to deliver SQL Server 2008 in August...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., VMware Inc., Phishing, 3G, Cyberthreats, Hardware Upgrade, Spam, Strategy, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-10
NY Times and USA Today weigh in on iPhone 3G: NY Times and USA Today weigh in on iPhone 3GNo GPS mention? What review did you read?"Curiously both Mossberg and Pogue completely ignore the iPhone 3G’s new GPS feature with nary a mention of it in their reviews? What gives guys?"From [i]For iPhone, the ‘New’ Is Relative[/i]"The new iPhone...; Tags: GPS, Cellular phones, WIRELESS, G.P.S., Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, 3G, USA Today, New York Times Co.; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
NY Times and USA Today weigh in on iPhone 3G: Last night I reported that Walt Mossberg has posted his review of the iPhone 3G. Following in his footsteps are Apple's other preferred journos David Pogue from the New York Times ("For iPhone, the â€˜New' Is Relative") and Edward C. Baig from USA Today ("Apple's new iPhone 3G: Still not...; Tags: Apple iPhone, USA Today, New York Times Co., Apple Inc., David Pogue, Apple PR, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3G: Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3GRE: Mossberg, Pogue and Baig pass judgment on the iPhone 3GGood thoughts and exact to the point. People forget that this is just a phone.......an overpriced one at that. It may look pretty and some gadget gurus and women...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, Apple iPhone, Baig, Apple Inc., 3G; Discussion threads 2008-07-09
MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash: I was 90% sure I was going to buy an iPhone 3G on Friday, but a couple of things changed my mind tonight and I decided I will not be buying the device on Friday. One of my main motivations for buying the iPhone was to be able to write...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., MSM Apple iPhone Review, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-08
iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price": iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price"re: "half the price"My sister has had the iPhone for some time. I have an HTC Mobile 6 phone with ATT. She is on Edge, I am on 3g. When we were looking for directions...; Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, 3G, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-09