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Google - the Marketing Giant

Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 1:25PM

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Google have dropped/inspired another in a line of new innovative Hardware products, and with the Chrome OS and the series of Net-books being worked on, you might find yourself thinking that Google is trying to make a play for the hardware device market.

With the drop of Nexus One, Google appears to have pulled out all marketing stops. Using services like YouTube to create Apple-like buzz around their new product. Not to mention the Twitter buzz and Yahoo Buzz. And the rumours dropped a few weeks ago by Techcrunch to start the hype was very Apple-ish. It looks as though Google are quite serious about a move into the hardware device market.

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Jason Remnant |

Apple vs Google vs Commonsense

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:00AM

You may have heard about the Google Voice app that may or may not have been rejected by the Apple App store. It seemed to be all the Internet was caring about there for a while, and Techcrunch have brought it up again.

Am I the only one that doesn't care what Apps Apple allow in their own Apps store, for their own platform, to run on their own hardware? The reason the device is as good as it is has a lot to do with the way Apple manages and implements the rest of the ecosystem, so for craps sake people, get over it, or buy another phone/device.

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Jason Remnant |

Gadget Mania

Friday, September 26, 2008 at 6:00AM

I like technology, and I love gadgets. I have a fondness for the device that offers me problem solving, with a dash of technology, and of course an element of geekiness (views expressed here are that of the writer, and are not that of his long suffering wife and very non-geeky children). You can imagine my squeaks of delight at all the developments in mobile phones and computing.

I spend a bit of time watching tech news on sites like Engadget and Gizmodo, allowing me to get my fix of nerd bling. There are so many cool gadgets out there, and I'm sure that many of them will never be seen (which is a shame, ha ha!), or perhaps they just don't make it to our conservative Australian shores.

The problem with keeping up to date with the latest gadgets and technology is that you are never happy with what is currently available, because you know that the next big thing is right around the corner, just waiting to get clearance off the boat.

Along with the good, there are also a lot that don't quite make it to Australia and into Big W or Harvey Norman. Here are a couple I found this week that really define the word "Gadget".

The Vertical Bed
First, the Vertical Bed. The Vertical Bed sums up the whole problem solving part. It is a gadget the solves the problem of having a nap while you are waiting in line for concert tickets or iPhone.

Watch Safe
Now here is a nifty gadget to keep your watches safe. The Bentley Watch Safe is one of those security gadgets that will always appeal to the "I wish I had money to spend on watches" in all us guys, but will only be bought by the "Do you also have a safe for my Ferrari's?" kind of guy.

Sorry 3 year old Pulsar, you'll have to go in the drawer again.

HTC Touch HD
Here is an example of keeping up-to-date when I'm drooling over the pre-release of a mobile phone that probably won't be available in Oz for some time. The HTC Touch HD looks like it will be the Windows Mobile phone we will all want in the coming years, as long as the build quality is a little better than the JasJam, and the rest of their lines. But I can dream, and doesn't it look good next to the iPhone?

But wait there is more...

There is also the Toaster computer and the USB drive bottle opener, but I'm sure y'all already have one of each. There are crazier gadgets out there, the tech world seems to revolve around throwing weird things at people and seeing who throws money back.

I can only hope one day to earn just one of their R & D budgets.....

Jason Remnant
....if it ain't broken, why fix it?

Hands-On With T-Mobile G1 Android Phone [T-mobile G1]

Don't Like the iPhone? Checkout 3 Other Touchscreen Phones

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And the winner is.....?

Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 6:00AM

Image by scottpartee via Flickr

Waving my hands mystically, and channelling the universe.....this is the future of computing..... The home PC market will be dominated by Apple and custom Linux installs from Dell. The Mobile (Cellphone) market will be a fight between Android and Apple. Microsoft and Google will control the Cloud. Video Gaming will be done on consoles that look more like supercomputers, probably between the same three as now - Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo.

Why do I say this? Look at where the money is going, and where the consumers are going.

Here is the finer details:

Microsoft, and many others, will shift to the Cloud to stop piracy. If you want/need office, just subscribe to it, download and desktop client and you're away. They are already flirting with it, I'm sure they will see the advantages of a crossplatform market, once they're out of it.

Apple make the hardware we all want and once you get the iPhone and move to the Cloud you too can have that perfectly designed PC or Mobility Laptop for your home, and/or lap. And not to worry, all Microsoft's clients will run fine.

Google will continue their Ad supported hippy code-fest, and with their lead, will hold a good share of the Cloud space. Their push into the mobile market will be helped because with major cellphone manufacturers, when faced with competing with Apple, just made their phone's compatible with Android and re-skined the UI. So there is the elegance of the iPhone and the nerdiness of the Google Phone. Rolling a twenty to see the winner.

Gaming is a tricky one because the hardware manufacturers that don't get in with Apple and Dell, or who want to push the envelope, will need to get into the Video Gaming field. As the PC will be all but dead, consoles, water cooled by this stage, will be the platforms of choice. And with the money at stake there will always be enough room for the big three.

This is the future according to TBL Nostradamus. And we all know his record......So? It could happen!