shandy1948

Member since: Feb 16th, 2007

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Download Squad	2 Comments
Engadget Mobile	2 Comments

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Does product activation suck? (Download Squad)

Apr 20th 2007 6:08AM Although the Newsfire experience was clearly negative, people can be unfairly critical on the issue of product activation in general. There's an intriguing article (from a non-Microsoft source) *defending* Microsoft Product Activation here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/04/20/in-defence-of-microsoft-product-activation/

Google exec confirms phone in the labs (Engadget)

Mar 15th 2007 1:24PM Beyond the clever interface, the interesting thing about the Google Phone (in common with the iPhone) is that it is likely to treat the network operators as dumb pipes. There's an intriguing article about it here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/03/10/mobile-operators-as-dumb-pipes/

Modeo smartphone unboxed (Engadget)

Mar 1st 2007 9:31AM I really can't see mobile TV taking off the way some people are predicting. There are so few times when it would actually be useful or usable. Check out: http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/26/a-poor-reception-for-mobile-tv/

Modeo boosts signal power, shows off DVB-H SD and mini-PCI cards (Engadget)

Mar 1st 2007 9:29AM The problem is that mobile TV is beset by context-of-use issues.
There's an intriguing article about it
here:http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/26/a-poor-reception-for-mobile-tv/

Verizon's VCAST TV launch plans! (Engadget Mobile)

Feb 26th 2007 11:46AM The problem is that mobile TV is beset by context-of-use issues. There’s an intriguing article about it here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/26/a-poor-reception-for-mobile-tv

Nokia's N77 with DVB-H mobile TV (Engadget Mobile)

Feb 26th 2007 11:20AM The problem is that mobile TV is beset by context-of-use issues. There's an intriguing article about it here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/26/a-poor-reception-for-mobile-tv/

HD-DVD encryption meltdown continues (Download Squad)

Feb 17th 2007 4:23AM There seem to be two interesting things going on here. Firstly, the the DRM on next-gen DVD is being thoroughly circumvented. And secondly, the so-called 'war' between Blu-Ray and HD-DVD is turning into a damp squib.

There's an intriguing article about it here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/01/24/the-phony-war-over-next-gen-dvd/

iPhone to run $300-400 after contract? (Engadget)

Feb 16th 2007 3:21PM Whether or not this ad is fake, it all looks like a very good deal from Cingular's perspective - as they're not having to subsidise the handset. There's an intriguing article about the significance of the iPhone pricing structure here:
http://www.robinontech.com/2007/02/12/the-iphones-real-significance/