Hello folks and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Let’s see what is going on this week.
Netflix gets CBS Streaming Deal
Netflix and CBS have come to an agreement to bring older shows to Netflix’s streaming service starting in April. Among the shows will be Star Trek, Cheers, and Frasier among others. No word if past seasons of NCIS will be included but that would be nice if it were the case.
Amazon Announces Streaming Service
Not to be outdone in the streaming media business, Amazon has announced its own service if you happen to be a Prime subscriber. The offerings are only a fraction of what Netflix and Hulu offer, but for a startup it is not too bad.
HTC Thunderbolt plagued with Battery Issue
The heavily promoted HTC Thunderbolt Android-based smartphone apparently has bad battery issues and it hasn’t even been released yet. The phone is Verizon’s first LTE-based phone and their answer to AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G Android phone.
Amazon Kindle 3G coming to AT&T on March 6th
Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader device is coming to AT&T stores on March 6th in the form of the 3G model. For those that don’t know, you can use your Kindle at any AT&T WiFi spot to download content this includes McDonalds and Starbucks locations.
Well, that is going to do it for this edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. See you all next week for another installment and come back Thursday for my all things Apple post, AppleTalk Thursday, and Google news on Friday with Googling Friday. See ya’!
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Showing posts with label Motorola Atrix 4G. Show all posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Tuesday Tech Talk #81
Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Tuesday Tech Talk. Let’s see what is going on this week.
AT&T CEO: App Stores are Bad
So according to the AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, app stores like the iTunes App Store and Android Marketplace are bad because they are platform specific. Uh Ok, well if that were the case then why have 10 billion apps been downloaded just on the iOS platform? What is his solution? Web-based apps, you know like the first gen. iPhone had. Remember how boring those were? I sure do. Mr. Stephenson is completely out of touch with the reality of what the customer wants.
Apple vs Google vs Amazon on Subscription Plan
AppleInsider has a rather in-depth article on the subscription plans offered by Apple, Google, and Amazon Kindle. It is worth the read if one has quite the time to read as it is about 3 pages of reading. Here is a quick breakdown chart found in the article though.
Motorola Atrix 4G Rooted already
The thing is not even out yet and someone has already managed to root it. I have to admit, this is a nice looking phone and might be the first Android device to make me want to cheat on my iPhone...why do I feel so dirty all of the sudden?
Well, that is all I have this week. Kind of a slow week for general technology. Come back later this week for AppleTalk Thursday where I will have some choice words for Apple and their new subscription policy. See you next week for another Tuesday Tech Talk.
AT&T CEO: App Stores are Bad
So according to the AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, app stores like the iTunes App Store and Android Marketplace are bad because they are platform specific. Uh Ok, well if that were the case then why have 10 billion apps been downloaded just on the iOS platform? What is his solution? Web-based apps, you know like the first gen. iPhone had. Remember how boring those were? I sure do. Mr. Stephenson is completely out of touch with the reality of what the customer wants.
Apple vs Google vs Amazon on Subscription Plan
AppleInsider has a rather in-depth article on the subscription plans offered by Apple, Google, and Amazon Kindle. It is worth the read if one has quite the time to read as it is about 3 pages of reading. Here is a quick breakdown chart found in the article though.
Motorola Atrix 4G Rooted already
The thing is not even out yet and someone has already managed to root it. I have to admit, this is a nice looking phone and might be the first Android device to make me want to cheat on my iPhone...why do I feel so dirty all of the sudden?
Well, that is all I have this week. Kind of a slow week for general technology. Come back later this week for AppleTalk Thursday where I will have some choice words for Apple and their new subscription policy. See you next week for another Tuesday Tech Talk.
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