Comments for Zatz Not Funny! http://www.zatznotfunny.com All your digital media goodness. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:20:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by Ben http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85257 Ben Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:53:16 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85257 Greg, Almost all phones can send a business card over bluetooth, including WinMo, Palm, Symbian and most non-smart phones with bluetooth. Not sure about an iphone as ive never tried it with an iphone but I bet they can. Greg, Almost all phones can send a business card over bluetooth, including WinMo, Palm, Symbian and most non-smart phones with bluetooth. Not sure about an iphone as ive never tried it with an iphone but I bet they can.

]]> Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85256 Dave Zatz Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:39:38 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85256 Greg, given the amount of handshaking and gadget fondling plus the fact that a large percentage of people arrived sick (including me), dry hands from Purell is a reasonable concession if it holds the CES flu at bay. henderpa, Awesome - thanks for digging that up! Man, it's amazing how much crap I borrow from Tofel. That extended battery in 2007 came from him as well. I probably had a link to him, but I recall the former Netgear webmaster removed most if not all of my outbound links. Guess he didn't get what a 'blog' was. ;) Greg, given the amount of handshaking and gadget fondling plus the fact that a large percentage of people arrived sick (including me), dry hands from Purell is a reasonable concession if it holds the CES flu at bay.

henderpa, Awesome - thanks for digging that up! Man, it’s amazing how much crap I borrow from Tofel. That extended battery in 2007 came from him as well. I probably had a link to him, but I recall the former Netgear webmaster removed most if not all of my outbound links. Guess he didn’t get what a ‘blog’ was. ;)

]]> Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by henderpa http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85255 henderpa Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:24:28 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85255 Dave, here's the Google cached link from Netgear's Denmark page: http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:vxRPV37WlqMJ:dk.netgear.com/Community/Blog/20070110_zatz7.aspx+%22Blogging+CES:+Tools+of+the+Trade%22+%2Bzatz&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a It's hard to believe they'd delete anything written by the "King of CES"! Dave, here’s the Google cached link from Netgear’s Denmark page:

http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:vxRPV37WlqMJ:dk.netgear.com/Community/Blog/20070110_zatz7.aspx+%22Blogging+CES:+Tools+of+the+Trade%22+%2Bzatz&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us&client=firefox-a

It’s hard to believe they’d delete anything written by the “King of CES”!

]]> Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by Greg http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85254 Greg Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:03:54 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85254 Purel dries out my skin, which is awful in a desert environment like Vegas. As for business cards, why are we still using them? So that we can retype the info afterwards? Why can't we get a better way to exchange contact details? I used to love when a Palm could beam your contact data to someone else. We need something like that again. Purel dries out my skin, which is awful in a desert environment like Vegas.

As for business cards, why are we still using them? So that we can retype the info afterwards? Why can’t we get a better way to exchange contact details? I used to love when a Palm could beam your contact data to someone else. We need something like that again.

]]> Comment on TiVo Beefs Up Search Functionality by MickeS http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/tivo-beefs-up-search-functionality/#comment-85253 MickeS Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:23:56 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6498#comment-85253 "I believe they use a third party for some development (think Rhapsody integration) " The less I think about the TiVo-Rhapsody integration, the better... :D that's the absolute worst piece of TiVo-related software ever created. This new search looks very promising. I like the 16:9 interface. I do hope they figure out a way to enter text other than the on-screen keyboard - cellphone-style character-entering would be much preferred. “I believe they use a third party for some development (think Rhapsody integration) ”

The less I think about the TiVo-Rhapsody integration, the better… :D that’s the absolute worst piece of TiVo-related software ever created.

This new search looks very promising. I like the 16:9 interface. I do hope they figure out a way to enter text other than the on-screen keyboard - cellphone-style character-entering would be much preferred.

]]> Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by Cassidy Napoli http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85252 Cassidy Napoli Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:23:13 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85252 I only replaced my 6700 3 months ago and you've gone through how many phones since CES 2007? :) The _only_ thing I really miss off the 6700 is the flash led. I used a hack to turn it on or off flashlight-style. The iPhone flashlight apps are not an equivalent replacement. The tethering capability was nice, but I never really had to rely on it in all that time as I really don't travel much. Things I DO NOT miss about the 6700: weight, size, shape, WinMo, and the very lousy battery cover. I only replaced my 6700 3 months ago and you’ve gone through how many phones since CES 2007? :) The _only_ thing I really miss off the 6700 is the flash led. I used a hack to turn it on or off flashlight-style. The iPhone flashlight apps are not an equivalent replacement. The tethering capability was nice, but I never really had to rely on it in all that time as I really don’t travel much.

Things I DO NOT miss about the 6700: weight, size, shape, WinMo, and the very lousy battery cover.

]]> Comment on TiVo Beefs Up Search Functionality by Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/tivo-beefs-up-search-functionality/#comment-85251 Dave Zatz Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:56:36 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6498#comment-85251 I believe they're developing it in house. Though, I believe they use a third party for some development (think Rhapsody integration) and much of the Java/HME tech came via their acquisition of Strangeberry a few years ago. In regards to licensing, the TiVo experience is being ported to DirecTV, Comcast, and Cox... so it's not out of the question, those these are partnerships. I believe they’re developing it in house. Though, I believe they use a third party for some development (think Rhapsody integration) and much of the Java/HME tech came via their acquisition of Strangeberry a few years ago. In regards to licensing, the TiVo experience is being ported to DirecTV, Comcast, and Cox… so it’s not out of the question, those these are partnerships.

]]> Comment on The Blogging Gear of CES by Dave Zatz http://www.zatznotfunny.com/2009-01/the-blogging-gear-of-ces/#comment-85250 Dave Zatz Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:54:20 +0000 http://www.zatznotfunny.com/?p=6526#comment-85250 I'm somewhat bummed... Looks like Netgear killed their blog. Which is where I wrote up a similar post on how I covered CES 2007. Back then, I tethered a Sprint 6700 to a 14" Dell for Internet connectivity. I’m somewhat bummed… Looks like Netgear killed their blog. Which is where I wrote up a similar post on how I covered CES 2007. Back then, I tethered a Sprint 6700 to a 14″ Dell for Internet connectivity.

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