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CES: Mobility at the ShowStoppers event

CES 2008 in Vegas doesn't seem quite as busy on the show floor, but there were a ton of press at the Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers events. There isn't a ton of new and breakthrough devices, but there are some cool products if you look around a bit. I had...

Tags: Mobile, Headset, Mobility, ShowStoppers, Neuros OSD, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Proof that Showstoppers 'gets' social networking in way that Pepcom doesn't

Earlier this week, I wrote about how Pepcom's Chris O'Malley was threatening to ban me and other editors from CNET from the events it produces: events that are essentially private technology trade shows for the press. See Pepcom to CNET: If you organize any get-togethers after our events, we’ll...

Tags: CBS Interactive Inc., David Berlind, Event, Network, Pepcom, Showstoppers, Social Networking

Blog posts 2007-08-09

Pepcom to CNET: If you organize any get-togethers after our events, we'll ban you

Pepcom to CNET: If you organize any get-togethers after our events, we'll ban youRealisation Sets InThe feedback that I expect they received was something along the lines of how good the aftershow was.Suddenly realisation sets in and they wonder how long it will be before vendors stop paying for stands...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Pepcom, Showstoppers

Discussion threads 2007-08-06

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CTIA 09: Hands-on walk through BlackBerry App World, 30% of apps are free

We knew the BlackBerry App World launch was coming soon and rumors had it for 1 April. While in a conversation with fellow writers at the Showstoppers event an email appeared on my phone that the BlackBerry App World was available and ready for installation. I pulled out the RIM...

Tags: RIM BlackBerry, CTIA, Handhelds, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-04-01

Clash of the Touch Titans; iPhone 3G 3.0 vs. Palm Pre

Clash of the Touch Titans; iPhone 3G 3.0 vs. Palm PreiPhone 3G 3.0 vs Palm Pre = No conclusionWhat a load of crap. You first write about how much you love the iPhone and own an original plus looking to buy a 3G? I'm not sticking up for Palm here...

Tags: 3G, Business services, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G 3.0, Apple iPhone 3G, Palm Pre, Palm Inc., Touch Titans

Discussion threads 2009-03-24

Palm CEO: WebOS bigger than just the Pre base

Updated: Amid weak fiscal third quarter results, Palm CEO Edward Colligan said that the company is well positioned to launch the Pre and promised a roadmap of smartphones and an application ecosystem built on the company's new WebOS.  Bottom line: Palm envisions an entire product line built on the WebOS....

Tags: Palm Inc., WebOS, Pre, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Marketing Research, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-19

Live coverage of Apple's iPhone 3.0 preview event

Live coverage of Apple's iPhone 3.0 preview eventHere's a list...1) User replaceable battery.2) Carriers OTHER than AT&T.3) Tethering...as I do now with my Verizon LG Voyager...and have done with EVERY cell phone since I got my first Star-Tac!4) Better 3G chip in the thing.5) Let ME decide what apps are...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, PEARL, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3.0, phone

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

The elusive $99 iPhone may lose 3G, GPS

The elusive $99 iPhone may lose 3G, GPSRE: The elusive $99 iPhone may lose 3G, GPSWe currently deploy iPhone 3G and whatever cheap Nokia AT&T gives us for free, would be nice to drop the Nokias all together and upgrade those users to an entry level iPhone (that should also...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Wireless and Mobility, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, phone, 3G, GPS

Discussion threads 2009-02-11

What do you want from the next iPhone?

What do you want from the next iPhone?iPhoneIt's obvious what all of us iPhone owners want, which if the firmware 3.0 comes for the new hardware they should be bright enough to know what we want.. MMS, iChat, Video Recording without Jailbreak, Copy and Paste.. Loaded QuestionI have a first...

Tags: GPS, Engineering, Bluetooth, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Wi-Fi, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-01-29

CES 2009: Recession could be good to us, AMD says [day 4]

AMD's global VP of advanced marketing and prolific blogger Pat Moorhead sat down with me today to discuss AMD latest products and their plan for 2009, and according to Moorhead, "AMD is positioned well for this economy," referencing the company's new product focus with regard to the current recession. ...

Tags: Recession, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Netbook, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-09

Sun vs. MySQL: the Widenius theses

Sun vs. MySQL: the Widenius thesesNow they turn on each other?Boy, the Sun and MySql folks are taking out their AK47 and drawing up a circle. The order is given: "Fire! Let's get these sons of *****!!!" They are blasting each other off in front of the public eyes. FOSS...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., MySQL

Discussion threads 2008-12-08

Oracle joins iPhone mania

Oracle joins iPhone maniaScreenshot size vs. iPhone sizeThe content inside the screenshot is incredibly small and hard-to-read, how bad does it get on the real iPhone hose screen is even smaller? Does this app support finger-based zooming and panning? Even if, that's hardly a good UI for a...

Tags: Handhelds, WIRELESS, Oracle Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-07-11

Software we'll never see in the App Store

Software we'll never see in the App Storejsp, php, perl should workJSP, PHP, and Perl should all work because they are server side technologies that deliver html back to the browser. The only thing the iPhone doesn't accept is java applications and applets on the actual phone because they...

Tags: Scripting languages, Java, Programming languages, Instant messaging, software, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., JSP

Discussion threads 2008-06-19

Firefox 3 RC1 code complete, due in late May

Mozilla now expects Firefox 3 RC1 will be ready to go in late May. RC1 was originally planned to be released last month but several bugs have arisen during the final phase of development that needed to be addressed, including problems with the new Places bookmarking feature, themes UI and...

Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Firefox Team, Web Browsers, Internet, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-11

Select group of testers get new builds of XP SP3, Vista SP1

Microsoft released yet more test builds of both Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 and Windows Vista SP1 this week. Microsoft made the newest test build of XP SP3, which it is calling XP SP3 Release Candidate RC Refresh 2, available to 15,000 testers on January 23,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-24

News to know: AMD Spider; Patch day; Mac Pros; CES galore

Notable headlines: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hands-on with the AMD Spider - Phenom 9700, 790 chipset and Radeon 3850 graphics. Gallery right Christopher Dawson: Cheap PCs keep on coming...Good news for tight budgets Don't pay too much for memory upgrades ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Enterprise Search, Larry Dignan, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sales Strategy, WiMAX, Desktops, Search, Sales, Wireless, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-01-09

CES2008: You have to see this...(!)

Showstoppers plus the Podtech BlogHaus... by Tom Foremski

Tags: Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-01-08

Image Gallery: Mobile gadgets and gear at CES 2008

CES 2008 is taking place in Vegas and the show is again one crazy place. The following images were taken at the press-only Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers events and show some of the mobile gadgets and accessories being demoed on the show floor. by Matthew Miller

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller, product photos, portable gps, ipaq, hp, bluetooth, tablet pc, linux, media player

Image galleries 2008-01-07

Leopard suffers the post release blues

Leopard suffers the post release bluesActually he has bashed on MS before did you FROget?Mactards rarely read, only repeat, and never look at facts of which are presented clearly here.You are such! :)It's not like he's a *real* journalist or anything like that...It's been pointed out previously by ZDNet staff...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2007-11-01

BlueAnt's Supertooth Bluetooth speakerphone keeps it simple

From the ShowStoppers event in New York, ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind interviews BlueAnt Wireless Senior Vice President Peter George about his company's latest offering--a Bluetooth-based hands-free speakerphone with some innovative features and a spartan in a good way user interface.

Tags: Personal Technology, Speakerphone, BlueAnt

Videos 2007-09-27