A video done in 2007 by an Italian E-Commerce company called Casaleggio Associati. Even though it was done over three years ago, it’s still quite interesting to watch. COMMENTS folks, discuss this… if you think it’s cool… say so… if you think it’s garbage… say so.

The Google Nexus One is coming soon to Verizon Wireless. How soon exactly? We don’t really know, Verizon has confirmed it will be carrying it, albeit they will be initially selling it online only (so no opportunity to go into the store and play with it first before extending the contract another two years), and Google has on their website that the phone is coming to Verizon Wireless ‘Spring 2010′. The image below of the Nexus One is also a link to the Nexus One webpage. The website looks VERY flat and simple with not much information at first, but then you’ll notice that the phone is interactive and you can see examples of some of the apps and configurations that are possible. I also highly recommend the 3D Tour of the product (link on the right side of their main phone page) and see some of the graphics and animations they have done. I like how they have kept it very basic as far as supporting graphics, but yet the graphic elements are constantly moving, which is very cool. They gave it that ‘flip-book-animation’ style look and feel. Here it is, enjoy… AND COMMENT!

This is my first graduate school paper at Florida Institute of Technology, which is based on an article originally posted on Entrepreneur’s website. Please note before reading this article that going into this paper, I was firmly against the iPad and did not believe there was any marketability for this product. As you will see, it absolutely has a very stable and growing market waiting for its release on April 3rd. Once again, Apple has amazed me… it was just a VERY delayed reaction.

Please post your reactions and thoughts.

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Ok, just watched (sort-of… live-blog) the iPad release. Well, I don’t know really what to say… The only thing announced was the iPad (no iPhone OS4, no Verizon… actually, a reiteration of the AT&T service). This device is basic. This product is just a larger screen version of the iPod Touch, not an iPhone… and iPod Touch (no phone capability) with a slightly more powerful chip, and an eReader App.

I have to say, this was quite possibly the most disappointing thing I’ve seen in a while, as the preceding hype was huge, but the release was immensely anti-climatic.

Buzz Out Loud on CNETTV said it best when they stated that the success of the iPhone and iPod Touch was primarily achieved due to the nice blend between ‘need’ and ‘want’. This product is almost purely a luxary item… a ‘want’ with no ‘need’. This was not game-changing, wasn’t even impressive… In my opinion, this product will go the way of the Apple TV or MacBook Air. Not a massive failure for Apple, but I do feel it will massively under-achieve their expectations.

So all eyes (including mine) are on the Apple ‘Latest Creation’ event at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco, CA. Among the potential news at this event? How bout the unveiling of the iSlate (aka MacTablet, iTablet, iAmazing), or the potential announcement of Apple dropping its exclusivity contract with AT&T on the iPhone this summer? Whatever the case, at 1:00 PM EST today we have a chance at seeing the unveiling of something big… and I mean huge, as in game-changing. Well, enough blabber from me, I’ll post my wrap-up thoughts on this event tonight, but until then, tune into engadget.com for a live report from the event. Engadget Live Coverage of the Apple ‘Latest Creation’ event.

So I stumbled across the press release today for the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Pureness cell phone expected to be released soon. When you first look at this phone, the details, the promo videos, all of that, you may think that this is a piece of crap that does not fully realize the potential of what they are attempting to do. What many will mistakenly do by reaching this conclusion, is assume that, like every other cell phone manufacturer out there, Sony Ericsson is going after the iPhone market. Once I got past that, I realized that this phone is exactly what it claims to be… a hot cell phone that makes a statement. Continue reading »