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Rumormill: GMC Acadia's future uncertain {Autoblog}
Feb 16th 2011 5:33PM Oh god.
This thing wearing Cadillac badges... hasn't Cadillac done enough over the years to cheapen the Cadillac brand image?
Is this to undo the recent progress that has been made to restore Cadillac to something resembling a [admittedly still rappy-plastic interiored] competitive luxury brand?
Seriously, GM.
At least this isn't as bad as the rebadging Chevy Trailblazer/GMC Envoy/Buick Rainier/Oldsmobile Bravada/Isuzu Ascender/Saab 9-7x/phew...
...but it does underscore the issue GM has with creating a basic platform, producing a cheap Chevy version, then putting lipstick on the pig to doll it up as an "upscale" model for other brands, although it uses the cheap parts required to make the platform work for the cheapest Chevy version.
Pew study finds majority of Americans don't want government to prioritize affordable broadband {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2010 9:42AM At the dawn of the invention of the telephone, when it was still an exhorbitantly priced luxury good that was a status symbol among the wealthy, someone had a bright idea to invent a survey by telephone, to try to predict the next president at election time.
Results of survey? Republican, by a HUGE landslide victory.
Results of election? Democrat, by a huge landslide victory.
Very often (hmm, wonder why... broadband...) these surveys have flaws causing them not to reflect reality.
ASUS prices 10-inch Android Eee Pad under $399, 8-inch Eee Tablet at $300, other tablets too {Engadget}
Aug 13th 2010 9:05AM I'll be watching with interest for an 8" tablet.. the article says it, but the text only talks about a $300 black/white e-reader...?
Anyway - 8", widescreen, and having the usuals we expect in an Android phone (motion sensor, GPS antenna, etc) - that's what I'm looking for.
And - a capacitive screen.
Keepin' it real fake: Imouse MI-092 is one dull Razer ripoff {Engadget}
Aug 12th 2010 10:58AM Unlike a cell phone, using a KIRF mouse doesn't seem like a bad idea, though.
$35 Tablet makes an appearance on Indian TV (video) {Engadget}
Aug 11th 2010 3:35PM I'd gladly pay $235 if it had a capacitive touchscreen, GPS antenna, and motion sensor for screen orientation/etc... the usuals for Android phones anyway.
If they can do one without those, with a resistive touchscreen for $35, I'm sure $135 might actually even be a realistic price point.
That would be incredible - please make it happen!
Apple keeps antennagate alive with Droid X's 'kill switch' (video) {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2010 2:53PM So unbelievably sad.
Rather than trying to make a superior product, they are trying to show that everyone else is almost as crappy as theirs is...
..."therefore our crap is justified. Shut up and be happy"
I may NEVER be an Apple customer with negative campaigns like this - really shows some insight into the company's mentality.
Immaturity.
This is like the little kid who was picked on, so he now thinks he will feel better if he picks on everyone else.
We're big boy adults out here, Apple. The only way to show there's no problem, is to fix the problem you have - not attempt justify it.
Spend money on improvement R&D, not manipulative and negative PR.
I'm so glad I'm not an Apple customer.
HP Slate no longer a consumer product, will arrive for enterprise this fall {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2010 2:48PM In other words, the HP slate has been deemed not a competitor to the iPad, and not tapping into it's customer base.
Not to mention, they've already missed the first surge into this new area.
The biggest problem, IMO, is that they are trying to make a tablet PC. That's not what the iPad did, and therefore is not why the iPad was successful.
IMO... RIP. You will not be missed - I'm optimistic now that someone realized the error of this particular implementation.
Now, if that someone could refocus that hardware on an Android OS base, and enable it with all the features/toys (GPS, motion sensor, compass,etc) that is expected in Android devices... use ADW.Launcher with it to make it more "tabletable"
...they'd have an actual iPad competitor that could best it at everything it does.
Rubik's Cube solved in twenty moves, 35 years of CPU time {Engadget}
Aug 10th 2010 1:48PM My Snapple cap told me just the other day that it could theoretically be solved in 18 moves from any scrambled position...
Snapple doesn't lie.
General Dynamics' GD300 is the Pip-Boy that runs Android {Engadget}
Aug 9th 2010 9:51AM @magadget ...um... this isn't an iPhone... it's running Android.
Motorola Sage pictured in glorious detail, on a collision course with AT&T {Engadget}
Aug 4th 2010 11:14AM I wouldn't mind this phone in a non-slider version...
The Android keyboard is so good, with it's word-guessing and auto-completing, and figuring out what you meant to type even though you hit all the adjacent letters and barely any of the letters you were aiming for...
...so much so I never use my slide-out keyboard.
I'd much rather trade some improved pocketability/thinness than having a keyboard, and the trackpad is interesting.
