Sony Ericcson’s new w350 is Sony’s latest Walkman+Mobile Phone. Aimed at the youth of the mobile phone market, the functionality and music and media playback make the phone a decent contender. However, the Sony Ericcson w350 seems to be a bit confused about its anatomy and style. Is it a media centric smartphone or is it a repulsive attempt at a retro flip style phone?
I am willing to opt for the latter. I don’t think I have seen a phone like this since the late 1990’s. The flippy plastic “spit guard” (my description) serves no technologic function, and is the product of poor taste and style. [click to continue...]
…at least in terms of clever advertising. Intel, the ultratechnologized company most famous for making computer processors, was recently hit up for $1.45 billion for abuse of market power (see full article at Forbes). While they might not be the hottest or most loved tech company at the moment, their new commercials are absolutely genius and poke a bit of fun at the uber-geek, but it is fun for everyone. Check it out.
This is the first of two of these type of ads so far, and I am hoping that they will turn it into a bit of a series. Note to self – if your company ever ends up in trouble, be sure to hire an excellent marketing and advertising team…
Sling Media made waves in 2007 when they released their hot TV accessory tagnamed the SlingBox. Since then, the SlingBox has made significant progress and has sprouted a few new features and capabilites – the most notable of which is the SlingPlayer.
The SlingPlayer is the mobile extension of the SlingBox. The SlingPlayer has been around for a little while and has been available as a paid downloadable app on most super-phones (usually smartphones, and other full-screen non-flippy mobiles). Just recently, the SlingPlayer made its appearance in the iTunes iPhone App Store. New iPhone apps hit the App Store every day, so you may be wondering why [click to continue...]
The general idea and principle behind CarsForAGrand.com is not necessarily new. I guess you could call CarsForAGrand more of a “SpringOff” than a “Startup” – but I have to admint that what the guys behind the website are doing is phenomenal.
At its core, CarsForAGrand is an eBay niche store website that aggregates cars on eBay priced less than $1,000. The website offers users the ability to narrow the results by area code and locality – and to subscribe to an RSS feed of local cars so that a good deal on a cheap car is not missed. While the idea is not new or simple, CarsForAGrand is brilliant. It is the epitome of entrepreneurship – providing a simple solution for a common problem. People want cheap cars, CarsForAGrand delivers. [click to continue...]
A quick look around the internet shows mixed reviews for AT&T’s wireless service. Many customer’s complain of lack of good customer service, expensive monthly plans, and narrow service areas. Other vehemently praise the mobile phone service company for their Rollover Minutes plan, exclusive partnership with Apple’s iPhone, and their extensive service network (hmm…I guess it depends on where you live. It is generally advised to look at service areas before buying a service so that you don’t buy in and get screwed out of it. I’m just saying…) Essentially, every company has their weaknesses and their strengths. Thanks to two great announcments this week, it looks like AT&T might get a little stronger.
iPhone Service Plan. Rumors started making their way around earlier this week about a possible $10 monthly cut on iPhone data [click to continue...]
The LIVIO stereo is one of the first of many products to eventually come out, making the internet more than just a thing to be accessed via a computer. Perhaps the first device to do so was the telephone via VIOP – but telephones are boring. Everyone has a phone. Bring on something new, and something a bit more innovative. LIVIO did.
The LIVIO stereo is Pandora in a box. Pandora is a self-proclaimed “music genome project”. Essentially, it associates bands and music artist based upon genre and likeness to produce [click to continue...]
…I wouldn’t count on it just yet, although the Sony OLED Walkman is a super-sweet piece of tech. Back in the early days of techsplosive.com I whipped up a little post for the Sony OLED TV and told you all just how awesome it was and how perfectly detailed the picture would be. The OLED was made so that your eyes would stay glued to it. Sony struck again by bringing their super-hot OLED technology to their “walkman” (Sony’s line of portable music devices…a.k.a. mp3 players?) [click to continue...]
Wikipedia – also known as the brain of the internet, contains information about almost any topic, person, or event worth knowing about. The amazing thing is that it is completely written, edited, revised, and moderated by the public.
HubPages - At HubPages users can create single web-pages (hubs) about any topic. Users are compensate with a percentage of advertising revenues.
Squidoo – Squidoo works much the same way that HubPages does, except they prefer to call their pages “lenses”. Squidoo also compensates users for contributions.
Knol – Knol is google’s attempt at building a sort of hybrid between WikiPedia, HubPages, and Squidoo. Knol encourages experts in their field (i.e. PhD and other credentials) to write and share about topics relating to their fields of work. However, Knol is not exclusive and does [click to continue...]
The new Kodak ESP Printer series was debuted on the Celebrity Apprentice 2008 show, and has now ramped up their efforts to get the word out about their new and revolutionary “money saving” line of printers. [click to continue...]
It was not too long ago that FaceBook overtook MySpace as the most popular and used social networking website. FaceBook was a breath of fresh air to the social networking scene and stole the hearts of college students who in turn passed it on. FaceBook has also enjoyed an almost complete measure of success in the age 30+ group of social networkers – a virtually non-existent group of users on MySpace.
Twitter enjoyed moderate success and a growing momentum for the past several months. In the past two weeks Twitter has completely exploded thanks to a couple of celebrities and a national news network. Twitter’s user group is similar to that of FaceBook as they enjoy [click to continue...]
Sony Ericcson’s new w350 is Sony’s latest Walkman+Mobile Phone. Aimed at the youth of the mobile phone market, the functionality and music and media playback make the phone a decent contender. However, the Sony Ericcson w350 seems to be a bit confused about its anatomy and style. Is it a media centric smartphone or is it a repulsive attempt at a retro flip style phone?
Sling Media made waves in 2007 when they released their hot 
A quick look around the internet shows mixed reviews for AT&T’s wireless service. Many customer’s complain of lack of good customer service, expensive monthly plans, and narrow service areas. Other vehemently praise the mobile phone service company for their Rollover Minutes plan, exclusive partnership with Apple’s iPhone, and their extensive service network (hmm…I guess it depends on where you live. It is generally advised to look at service areas before buying a service so that you don’t buy in and get screwed out of it. I’m just saying…) Essentially, every company has their weaknesses and their strengths. Thanks to two great announcments this week, it looks like AT&T might get a little stronger.
The LIVIO stereo is one of the first of many products to eventually come out, making the internet more than just a thing to be accessed via a computer. Perhaps the first device to do so was the telephone via VIOP – but telephones are boring. Everyone has a phone. Bring on something new, and something a bit more innovative. LIVIO did.
…I wouldn’t count on it just yet, although the Sony OLED Walkman is a super-sweet piece of tech. Back in the early days of techsplosive.com I whipped up a little post for the 
FaceBook was a breath of fresh air to the social networking scene and stole the hearts of college students who in turn passed it on. FaceBook has also enjoyed an almost complete measure of success in the age 30+ group of social networkers – a virtually non-existent group of users on MySpace.
Twitter
