If you didn’t get an invitation to Apple’s September 1st music themed event, worry not because you can still watch it live streamed. According to the Apple’s officials the press conference will be released live streamed at 10AM PT, pretty cool and innovative. You can log on to live video from Apple.com, but there are some [...]
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Looks like Apple is running into some last-minute trouble getting content providers to provide content for the iPad . The device goes on sale next week, and Apple has already seen plenty of pre-orders —even if those pre-orders may have quickly fallen off . The deal is that Apple had wanted to offer TV subscriptions alongside the device’s launch, so that every episode of The Office and Parks and Recreation would automatically be downloaded to your iPad. That was the idea, at least. The problem is that these companies are scared. They’re afraid of a number of things: that cutting a deal with Apple with endanger their relationships with “traditional” TV outlets such as cable companies, or that any deal will give Apple too much sway over their future decision-making process. Apple’s temporary solution, perhaps, is to lower the price of TV shows from $1.99 and $2.99 to 99 cents. You’ll note that Apple has had zero issues getting book publishers on board, but that’s sorta “meh”: how many books per year does the average American read versus the number of hours spent watching American Idol and the like? Exactly. Newspaper companies are also being pains-in-the-neck, but that’s partially for technical reasons. The iPad doesn’t support life-giving Adobe Flash, and digital newspapers need that for their multimedia goodness. I don’t know, I’d be surprised if this iPad thing becomes anything more than a mere toy for people who always have to buy the latest shiny new piece of plastic.
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Here’s a fun diversion for your Thursday: the “Ben” 本 NanoNote laptop palmtop miniature computer netbook smartbook thingie! Described as a “full copyleft hardware” device, this thing isn’t going to win any performance competitions — it runs OpenWRT, which you normally find on hacked Linksys routers — but it does represent an interesting option in the realm of traditionally expensive small computing devices. There’s tons of info on the Qi Hardware wiki . The CPU is an Ingenic Jz4740 Multimedia Application Processor running at a whopping 336 MHz. It has 32 megs of RAM, and a 2GB flash chip. It doesn’t have Ethernet or WiFi, but the whole thing weighs just a little over four ounces (with battery!). I’m sure inspired hackers will find all manner of great uses for this little guy, since the price is right and the device is open. Available for purchase from sharism or hackable devices .
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