Comments for Rob Kenedi http://kenedi.com Technology From A Canadian Perspective Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:55:13 +0200 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Where to Read What by rob http://kenedi.com/2010/08/25/where-to-read-what/comment-page-1/#comment-663 rob Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:55:13 +0000 http://kenedi.com/?p=153#comment-663 I think the remarkable thing about this article is how <em>few</em> puns I've managed to put in. Thanks for the feedback! I think the remarkable thing about this article is how few puns I’ve managed to put in. Thanks for the feedback!

]]> Comment on Where to Read What by Rochelle http://kenedi.com/2010/08/25/where-to-read-what/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Rochelle Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:53:10 +0000 http://kenedi.com/?p=153#comment-662 Great article. I love how the iPad has "re-kindled" your interest in comics. har har. Great article.
I love how the iPad has “re-kindled” your interest in comics. har har.

]]> Comment on Palm Pre Pix by Miquel Lax http://kenedi.com/2009/01/09/palm-pre-pix/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Miquel Lax Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:10:31 +0000 http://kenedi.com/?p=22#comment-649 I've had my Pre due to the fact shortly soon after launch and am glad to find (via this forum) that I can now set a ring tone on incoming text messages and can seek by means of e-mails and such. Now is there any hope for an upcoming release in which I can lookup my calendar? Would make my occupation very much simpler, obtaining dates of last appointments. No other complaints, except that yesterday I had been in and out of Sprint assistance (not unusual). I believe I was roaming, and looked at my calendar. Everything inside the calendar was one hour earlier than what I had input. The clock was one hour early as properly. I had been scared to death--then, once we got back into Sprint provider again, anything was normalized. Has this happened to any person else?? Shopping forward to answers, but please remember, I'm no techie and speak English as opposed to technospeak. I’ve had my Pre due to the fact shortly soon after launch and am glad to find (via this forum) that I can now set a ring tone on incoming text messages and can seek by means of e-mails and such. Now is there any hope for an upcoming release in which I can lookup my calendar? Would make my occupation very much simpler, obtaining dates of last appointments. No other complaints, except that yesterday I had been in and out of Sprint assistance (not unusual). I believe I was roaming, and looked at my calendar. Everything inside the calendar was one hour earlier than what I had input. The clock was one hour early as properly. I had been scared to death–then, once we got back into Sprint provider again, anything was normalized. Has this happened to any person else?? Shopping forward to answers, but please remember, I’m no techie and speak English as opposed to technospeak.

]]> Comment on iPad: Are You Appy? by bryanf http://kenedi.com/2010/06/28/ipad-are-you-appy/comment-page-1/#comment-617 bryanf Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:29:21 +0000 http://kenedi.com/?p=93#comment-617 Oh, erm, specific to apps, because the install base is so much smaller, the app base will need to cater to people who would actually shell out for an iPad. I expect much less mass market goofiness, and much more niche and targeted apps. Also, it seems like the vast majority of apps could be redone as HTML5 web sites, and be multi-platform, so once developers start doing that for free, or ad views, the app store is toast. Oh, erm, specific to apps, because the install base is so much smaller, the app base will need to cater to people who would actually shell out for an iPad. I expect much less mass market goofiness, and much more niche and targeted apps.

Also, it seems like the vast majority of apps could be redone as HTML5 web sites, and be multi-platform, so once developers start doing that for free, or ad views, the app store is toast.

]]> Comment on iPad: Are You Appy? by bryanf http://kenedi.com/2010/06/28/ipad-are-you-appy/comment-page-1/#comment-616 bryanf Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:25:09 +0000 http://kenedi.com/?p=93#comment-616 I think far fewer people will by an iPad, because they're much more of a luxury item. Most people need a phone, so it's no so hard a sell to upgrade them to a more expensive phone with the payoff that it does cool stuff. There's no such justification with the iPad, and it's more than twice the price (compared to iPhone with contract). Various people at my work think that the iPad (or future devices like it) will save the print publishing world, by allowing print publishers to replace current subscribers with paid content delivered electronically. I don't see how it makes economic sense to pay for an iPad and then pay almost the same amount for a magazine or newspaper subscription as you do for the hard copy. Maybe if the electronic edition was a small fraction of the price, but the publishers haven't gotten there yet. Though I have to admit, at $189 the Kindle looks a lot more attractive now, especially now that they also have Kindle apps for so many platforms. I think far fewer people will by an iPad, because they’re much more of a luxury item. Most people need a phone, so it’s no so hard a sell to upgrade them to a more expensive phone with the payoff that it does cool stuff. There’s no such justification with the iPad, and it’s more than twice the price (compared to iPhone with contract).

Various people at my work think that the iPad (or future devices like it) will save the print publishing world, by allowing print publishers to replace current subscribers with paid content delivered electronically. I don’t see how it makes economic sense to pay for an iPad and then pay almost the same amount for a magazine or newspaper subscription as you do for the hard copy. Maybe if the electronic edition was a small fraction of the price, but the publishers haven’t gotten there yet.

Though I have to admit, at $189 the Kindle looks a lot more attractive now, especially now that they also have Kindle apps for so many platforms.

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