Till Maessen

Member since: Sep 7th, 2005

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Joystiq	2 Comments
TUAW.com	3 Comments
Engadget	8 Comments
Download Squad	4 Comments
Joystiq Xbox	5 Comments

Recent Comments:

Teach your iPhone to swear, take two (TUAW.com)

Jan 21st 2009 5:19PM You can't say fuck on TUAW?
Really?

Microsoft calls Google out on Windows search integration claim (Engadget)

Jun 19th 2007 3:45AM Your're completly right. You can criticise MS. That's ok, but MS get's sued for including features in it's OS that everybody includes.

Apple had search and for spotlight for quite a while. You can't turn spotlight off very easily. And installing Google Desktop makes no sense on a MAC ... but you can. But nobody sues Apple for the many, many functions included in the OS.

Suing a company for things like this - and winning - is in my opinion total bullshit. They are a software company for holy somethings sake. Now other software companies sue them to forbid their software so you have to take a third party tool. I'd say: just make better software that's worse replacing the included tools.

The only thing that makes sense is not allowing them to block the installation and functions of other programs. And they have never done something like this.- An OS is only popular when there's enough software, developers ... - Maybe you can't uninstall the Internet Explorer. But you can use whatever browser you want. Period.

There's a notepad software in Windows. And there are some nice replacements for it, if you need stuff like this ... it's that easy.

MacBook Pro line updated (TUAW.com)

Jun 5th 2007 2:36PM Now I really hate my first gen 1.83 CoreDuo MacBook Pro.
I cannot love it anymore ...

Oh, what the hell ... that's not true ... well maybe it is.

AT&T gifts iPhone, Apple contemplates 3rd party software access (Engadget)

May 13th 2007 2:13PM Waht means „can do twice as much”.

I really cant understand why:
more functions = better

It is not!

This toaster can access the web, it has a lcd display and you can surf while wating for your toast. It even warns you when you're going out of toast.
You should take that over that simple to use toaster, which is realible and does what it has to. because it has more features. And you will learn fast how to navigate through the mirriads of options to get to the toast function.

This view ruins design!

Marketing research should never be the primary base for design: people just want more stuff for free.

I … and you, if you're not the CEO of MS or Apple, don't need a ton of bs applications. This ony complicates simple processes like writing an idea into your notebook.

AT&T gifts iPhone, Apple contemplates 3rd party software access (Engadget)

May 13th 2007 2:08PM The iPod's succes was not because of third party add-on, for holy something's sake … The iPod was a fine example for reduction and focusing on user experience and easy access.

I wish Apple to stand firm and not open the device for third parties. It makes no sense.
It does what it has to and that in a brilliant way. Better than any other cell-phone. It is a phone and it should stay a phone. The can't keep up the quality of the UI when they can't control everything, I'm afraid.

It makes, in my opinion, also no sense because the great majority of users don't need that, although forums like this here seem to show into the other direction. But this is a gagdet-fans blog ... nuff said.

Personally I find it sad that a lot of people want to be entertained by the device, kept busy by it. Just fill out their time with playing with the device.
Thus the device becomes „content”. But it's not. It's, as every computer, supposed to be a tool.

In addition you can be entertained, because the iPod functions are there … and that should be enough.
I even find movie watching on the go too extreme. If you've got to watch TV on the go, you've got a serious problem - but that's only my opionion.
What else do you want? Let me guess: gaming.

More features will just complicate a device that is not supposed to replace a computer - btw: Office is really a stupid idea on a cell phone. Surfing already is … Get one of those mini pcs for all that ...

If they complicate the device any more, I'm out.

Cheers.

New Zune(s) in the works? Flash, larger screen may be on the way. (Engadget)

May 9th 2007 6:31PM Aaaahhh ... the new iZune .. hehehe

Engadget Black Friday giveaways (part 1): Xbox 360 Premium pack! (Engadget)

Nov 24th 2006 4:05PM Me, me, me! Hnngg,hnngg, me, me, me!

Caption this! Jobs and Gates at the same table (TUAW.com)

Jun 22nd 2006 4:00PM This one is really easy:

Bill: Ha! Why didn't I think of that before?

Darwinia to evolve on XBLA (Joystiq Xbox)

Jun 7th 2006 3:30AM Your translation is good already.

They say they overheared a conversation on the Developer Conference 2006 and after that asked MS directly and they said it's true: There's talks. But they don't know if it' gonna happen yet.

Sony rips off Nintendo, consumers in general (Joystiq Xbox)

May 9th 2006 4:31AM Why does not Blog mention that the 499$ version is crippled, in there headlines? No HDMI? No nothing!

And PS3 Fanboys should start to understand: they've been at CGI most of them time. The graphics just won't be different fromt the 360.
Basta.