Monday, April 27, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Winds of Change: Adobe Air
While I don't think that the tagline of "Banish Your Browser" is quite accurate at this point, the tools described on this PCWorld article are quite useful if you want to get more functionality out of Web 2.0. The only deterrent for some folks might be that you have to download and install these applications. I think DeskTube, DestroyFlickr, TweetDeck, Snackr and Nomee seem to be the most likely candidates to show to customers that have their own computers. I don't think any of these programs will appeal to folks that lack the hardware and a regular connection source.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Subsidizing Laptops & Capping Data
Just noticed that AT&T is subsidizing some more laptops in order to charge $60/month for their service. This isn't necessarily a great deal. Plus, you could run into paying exorbitant fees for data overage, which is appropriately satirized on this site. Check out some of the initial comments from this ArsTechnica article about the kill-switch on upcoming subsidized laptops from Ericsson.
While not paying your bill should cause some sort of limits on your connectivity, the obfuscation of the charges for exceeding your bandwidth should be a crime (a measly 5GB??). Yet again another example of a company getting over on folks who want/need to get on board with this technology, but get suckered into a raw deal. Yes, they should do their homework, but if you're signing this contract, do you really think they even know they should do any homework?
