Product: Belkin TuneFM for iPod nano Price: $49.99 USD I was quite optimistic when I opened the Belkin TuneFM for the iPod nano. Boasting the “best-in-class audio performance,” I expected nothing but. The TuneFM nano is a sleek little tuner. It connects directly to the nano’s dock connector … Read More »
Archive for December 2006
It’s always fun to take a look at the stats at the end of a calendar year. For instance, it turns out approximately 86% of GigaOm readers visited using cable, DSL or corporate broadband connections, with only 7% using dial-up and 7% unknown. With … Read More »
What’s On GigaOM Network
By Om Malik
Dec. 31, 2006, 4:45pm PT
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Happy New Year!
By Jason McMaster
Dec. 31, 2006, 4:00pm PT
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We at Giga Gamez wanted to take a moment and wish you all a very happy new year. Thank you for reading our work! Please be careful tonight and act responsibly! See you in 2007! Read More »
Sittin’ around the small tube tonight? Don’t feel left out — point your browser over to YouTube for an online New Year celebration, which will be spiced up by a lot of mainstream music thanks to big sponsor Chevrolet and Warner Music, which are promising … Read More »
2006 Peer To Peer Review
By Om Malik
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:48pm PT
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A comprehensive look at P2P in 2006. More Read More »
This Week At Giga Gamez (12/25/2006 – 12/31/2006)
By Jason McMaster
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:29pm PT
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The last week of 2006 has turned out to be a rather interesting one. We’ve gone from DS Lite shortages to a virtual reality network that may, or may not, be real… or virtually real… whichever. The jury is still … Read More »
Sony To Release 3rd PS3 SKU?
By Jason McMaster
Dec. 31, 2006, 2:05pm PT
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I’ve been driving around lately, looking for a Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and every store I go to I check out the console section. I keep seeing PS3 after PS3 sitting on store shelves and no one is terribly interested. Of course, this whole thing isn’t … Read More »
Why people play games?
By Om Malik
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:45pm PT
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People enjoy the sense of accomplishment that a game gives them after completing set tasks, or the freedom to explore a new world… more at GigaGamez. Read More »
Take one part online video, one part WiFi and on part IPTV. Mix and shake vigorously. What you get is Wi-Fi TV, a company listed on Pink Sheets, which has promised to help you set up, “global Internet TV channel, viewable by virtually anyone in the … Read More »
MobileTechRoundup podcast 84: Happy New Year!
By Kevin C. Tofel
Dec. 31, 2006, 1:15pm PT
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CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 84 is 37:00 minutes long and is a 34 MB file in MP3 format.INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta … Read More »
More Must Reads
Hate those long lines at amusement parks? If you’ve got a mobile phone or other device with Internet access, this note I just received two minutes ago from Dave Zatz might come in handy: "At Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure today… In line at … Read More »
It was a whopper of a year for technology mergers and acquisitions – close to $600 billion, according to Dealogic. (via WSJ) For the fourth consecutive year, the telecom sector led the M&A activity, thanks to ongoing consolidation in the wake of turn-of-the-century meltdown. … Read More »
Long before the release of the Zune I wrote an open letter to Microsoft explaining what I felt they had to do if they wanted the Zune to seriously compete with the iPod. The … Read More »
By Om Malik
Dec. 30, 2006, 8:00pm PT
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SEC documents show that a class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple over Fairplay DRM.. Read More »
Tucker v. Apple Computer is a class action suit alleging monopolistic practices in breach of the Sherman Anti-trust act and California state fair competition laws, according to a report filed by Apple with the SEC on Friday. It’s only one of a number … Read More »
Often, it’s the quiet utilities you use every day that speed your workflow. Without the bells and whistles of expensive commercial software packages, and lacking hoopla, they simply are there to help your Mac work better. Apple’s Preview application, which comes bundled with Mac … Read More »
File sharing is what the Internet is for. Whole reason it exists. What it’s been doing successfully since it started. But in 2006, some of the spotlight fell on the simple act of file-sharing, or more specifically, sharing files with others that might … Read More »
Miyagi, my Fujitsu P1610 Tablet PC, is a true workhorse and I couldn’t be happier with the boost in productivity I am enjoying having it around. The small device is so light it begs to be taken everywhere and makes it simple to do so. … Read More »
Over on the reBang blog, there’s a post about the Neuronet announcement by the IAVRT, Internation Association of Virtual Reality Technologies, and how it may possibly be a scam. We reported on the announcement of the Neuronet yesterday, and how it is … Read More »
If you have been around long enough in Silicon Valley, you see this story play out again – a start-up rises out of nowhere, is championed by the technology elite, becomes a successful company, and one day becomes a market leader, a dominant force. The market … Read More »
Do you have the need in your everyday life and business to store and send files? I believe we all do in some form or another, whether it is to show off a proof of something, or share ideas and collaboration. We were recently invited to try … Read More »
Apparently, that’s what the HTC Athena will set you back based on this HTC roadmap info tipped to us by Mobility Site. Both of those links will … Read More »
Dean Takahashi, game columnist for the San Jose Mercury, and author of the recent book The Xbox 360 Uncloaked, gives GigaGamez his thoughts on the year that was, and the year to come: The big game industry news items for 2006: - “Nintendo swiftly offered to … Read More »
My doorman just brought a package of blogger kryptonite, aka the Acer Ferrari laptop tricked out with Microsoft Vista and Office 2007. Before the recent brouhaha broke out, I was going to do a simple review, and then send the machine back to Microsoft. … Read More »
Sean Uberoi Kelly, CTO, founder and principal inventor of Wallop has left the San Francisco-based social networking start-up. We were able to confirm this information with Karl Jacobs, CEO of Wallop. According to him, Kelly has no plans to work on any other project. Kelly led the … Read More »
There might be something fishy about Neuronet and the organization behind it. We have not heard back from them for a while now, and there are others who are raising questions about the organization, IAVRT. GigaGamez posted an update, and points to Sven Johnson … Read More »
Qwest, according to a Light Reading report, is now looking to build out FTTx styled network and had asked equipment vendors to send in their proposals before Christmas 2006. In the request for proposal documents obtained by Light Reading, Qwest admits that current methods have … Read More »
In a bit of sensationalist journalism/blogism today, I see article titles like this: “Apple Stock Options Fallout Continues” What fallout? I don’t see Jobs getting into the Pope-mobile and heading to his plane to hide in Switzerland. I called my friends at Cupertino and lunch … Read More »
Whenever most people hear the term “virtual reality”, a few things come to mind, but more often than not, the first thing to pop into peoples minds is either The Matrix or the holodeck on Star Trek. The idea of being part of a world that … Read More »
Lately I’ve been trying to weed out the over-grown garden that is my del.icio.us account. Going back to some of the original things I posted (from 2004!) I found one in particular that I thought may be of use to some of the readers of … Read More »
MacAppADay – in my estimation – gave away some decent software for free throughout the month of December. I found some apps that I probably wouldn’t have tried otherwise, and this was really the ultimate goal for the developers. So it worked … Read More »
Vista offers more customization and control over the user environment than any prior Windows version. Take for example, the desktop icons and shortcuts. You can use the standard icon sizes, but why use cookie-cutter dimensions? After all, everyone has different preferences and you want those icons … Read More »
Liz Gannes and Paul Kapustka have written a piece over on NewTeeVee on what to expect in 2007 when it comes to online video. Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Dec. 29, 2006, 8:41am PT
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Sprint has said it is already working with Motorola and Samsung to build its $3 billion WiMAX network. Now the WSJ says Sprint is close to choosing Nokia as a third provider, among competitors Alcatel/Lucent, Nortel, ZTE, and Huawei. The report also … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Dec. 29, 2006, 8:30am PT
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When the alternate-reality game, I Love Bees, first started, people were completely engrossed. Hours were wasted combing the website for clues and trying to piece together the mystery. Of course, we know that I Love Bees was a marketing campaign for the best-selling XBox … Read More »
I realize this is a subjective question, so let me explain why I’m asking. Yesterday, I got the "Google Reader" bug. Sure, I tried the Google … Read More »
Looks like the much vaunted deal between Edelman PR and Technorati is all but done, according to Handelsblatt, a German news daily. Wolfgang Luenenbuerger-Reidenbach, the head of online conversations at Edelman Germany (and a blogger himself), confirmed my information that both companies won’t renew their partnership … Read More »
Word of the Medion RIM 1000 ultra-portable PC began surfacing a couple of months ago and there was even a short video of the mystery device that surfaced on YouTube. The RIM 1000 is interesting because it has what appears to be a very usable … Read More »
Co-written with Paul Kapustka. Bonjour, madames et monsieurs. Would you like a look at our menu of online video for the next 12 months? You may choose prix fixe or a la carte, whatever you wish. It’s a mixed-metaphor extravaganza! For hors d’ouvres, may we suggest … Read More »
By James Kendrick
Dec. 29, 2006, 6:41am PT
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Maybe MSM is finally figuring out what the rest of us have known for a while that the small size and plentiful features are the UMPC’s main strengths. PC World reporter Dennis O’Reilly likes the new Asus R2H for it’s plethora of features that includes … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Dec. 29, 2006, 6:00am PT
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If anyone asked me why I play games, I would have a hard time putting it into words. The easiest and most obvious answer is to just say “because they’re fun.” Sounds about right, doesn’t it? Sure, but that answer is a complete cop-out. What is … Read More »
One interesting phenomenon in 2006 was the emergence of user-generated commercial contests, such as those for Firefox and Converse. In 2007, the stakes will be raised significantly, with fan commercials being shown during the broadcasts of the Super Bowl and the Academy Awards. I first found … Read More »
Wired News is summarizing 2006 as Steve Jobs’ Best Year Ever. Leander Kahney points out highlights for Apple from each month in 2006. It has been an incredible year, with highs like the Intel Macs, Boot Camp, and new iPods; and lows like the accounting … Read More »
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