Tim Acheson

Member since: Aug 14th, 2009

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Download Squad	1 Comment
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Microsoft Kinect gets official, Video Chat announced (Engadget)

Jun 16th 2010 7:57AM This is the future. Kinect leads the way into a new era of natural user interfaces.

Kinect is the perfect name, capturing the two key concepts -- kinetics and connection.

http://www.timacheson.com/Tags/Tag?tag=kinect
http://www.timacheson.com/Tags/Tag?tag=gaming

Nexus One review (Engadget)

Jan 5th 2010 9:00AM "the Nexus One is at its core just another Android smartphone ... not in any way the Earth-shattering, paradigm-skewing device the media and community cheerleaders have built it up to be..."

Nexus One review (Engadget)

Jan 5th 2010 8:58AM The new Google Nexus One phone is characteristically over-hyped.

It's just another mobile phone by HTC. (I love the HTC HD2.)

It's also another obvious attempt to replicate the iPhone.

Microsoft starts Office Web Apps preview (Download Squad)

Dec 3rd 2009 10:40AM Anybody can start using MS Office Web Apps, right now! Web-based MS Office, and it's FREE! To activate MS Office Web Apps just download Office 2010 Beta, and save a file to SkyDrive.

For full details follow the link in my last comment at the end of this page:-

http://bit.ly/4rvp0B

I love it. Very cool stuff, like seeing MS PowerPoint presentations complete with animations in a web browser, and using Excel on a mobile.

Microsoft borrows Apple Store blueprint, manager (video) (Engadget)

Nov 30th 2009 5:45AM No, Apple didn't invent the concept of a shop.

It's not really big news when two companies in the same industry sector do similar things. Especially if that similar thing is opening a store or selling things in a branded shop.

The response from Apple fanboys and the anti-MS community is as typical as it is comical.

Intelligent people will welcome more the extra competition in this retail sector, which is dominated by a handful of major retailers.

I welcome the opportunity to purchase these excellent products direct from MS.

Video: Windows 7 launch party parody is bleeping genius (Engadget)

Sep 24th 2009 8:14AM Dirty tricks and negative marketing -- these fake Microsoft videos serve as excellent examples of these! :)

How obvious is it that Apple paid for this viral video campaign?

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/sep/windows_7_launch_party_spoof_videos

Microsoft's Project Pink finally bearing fruit in 2010 with two self-branded phones? (Engadget Mobile)

Sep 21st 2009 7:33AM Thanks for sharing the rumour. It's not long since I wrote a blog post predicting this, in which I explained why it seems inevitable:-

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/aug/zune_hd_portable_media_player_launch_date_announced#comment49

I'm glad you mentioned Zune HD in this context: "the fact that the Zune HD shares 99 percent of its DNA with what could be a top-notch Windows Mobile-beating smartphone". To quote my own original blog post:

"I predict that by 2012 Microsoft will launch something that could be described as a Zune phone."

Molyneux announces Fable III at GamesCom, coming 2010 [update] (Joystiq)

Sep 16th 2009 9:00AM I can hardly wait for Fable III. I wonder whether it'll be available to download from Xbox Live in episode format, like Fable II: Game Episodes

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/aug/lionhead_studios_announces_game_episodes

Apple enlists David Puddy to take on the Laptop Hunters (Engadget)

Aug 25th 2009 12:22PM Some consumers will be impressed by an ad with celebrities in it.

"Wow, they actually paid C-list actors with recognisable faces to play those parts, therefore I must be influenced by this marketing."

Mac is a designer brand. Certain types of people do like to have designer brands. These people will pay extra just for a label..

Apple enlists David Puddy to take on the Laptop Hunters (Engadget)

Aug 25th 2009 11:38AM Interesting. Microsoft's TV ads are so much better than this though.

http://www.timacheson.com/Blog/2009/aug/itunes_is_most_expensive_music_download_shop?comment=62#comment62

Microsoft cunningly keeps the message very clear: Macs are much more epensive. Why pay more to get less?

Mac is a designer brand.