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Comment on Say what? Google is going to do hardware? LOL! by Meoyskie Porter

Meoyskie Porter — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:54:31 +0000

Wonder if you had the same snark and knee-jerk response when Microsoft went hard into the home entertainment hardware business.

Comment on The first photos of Tesla’s electric SUV the Model X by Richi Jennings

Richi Jennings — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:51:52 +0000

Riiight, because that can never happen with convention doors.
Oh, wait…

Comment on If 2 GB is excessive, why is AT&T selling 3-GB mobile data plans? by John B.

John B. — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:11:07 +0000

Kevin,

Once again you point out the obvious with this article. I really hate to bash AT&T. However, they make it so easy when they pull rhetorical excuses out of their rears. I am amazed that this carrier has as many subscribers that it does. They have always been the masters of manipulation. We are fortunate that the FCC saw through this and denounced the Tmobile acquistion.

I hope people wake up and observe the direction of AT&T.

“AT&T is not responsible for consumer stupidity, but we can sure benefit from it”

John B.

Comment on Oracle buys Taleo in a $1.9B response to SAP by Brent Skinner

Brent Skinner — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:00 +0000

Great overview — I look at integration. The acquired and acquiring alike are exceedingly able organizations. But as always, integration will be the key to success — cloud-to-cloud integration and the evolution of on-premise technologies, along with their on-premise cultures, to embrace off-premise solutions (and vice versa).

Comment on Say what? Google is going to do hardware? LOL! by Rémi Jullien

Rémi Jullien — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:51:14 +0000

I think we have known this for almost a year so it shouldn’t come as a surprise. Google has always been managed weirdly, and could be viewed as a gigantic laboratory with multiple teams working on their own. Sometimes, it pays of, often it doesn’t (I will always be sad that Wave didn’t survive due to lack of focus).

On this particular project, I believe you should not be as sceptical. Google might not have a distribution network, which means it might be a bumpy road, but remember Amazon? Who would have thought the Kindle would be such a hit when it was first announced? Being French, I remember announcement regarding the fact that it was the most imported present 3 years ago, and most people hadn’t heard about it.

I say let’s see where this leads us, and hope for the best.

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Bellie Chii Ann — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:41:00 +0000

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Comment on The first photos of Tesla’s electric SUV the Model X by Vibrio

Vibrio — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:34:20 +0000

The typo is actually “gullf” with a hyphen bisecting the “f”
I’ll refrain from criticizing the gaggle of geniuses who have fixated on it thus far…….

Comment on Hands-on video with Tesla’s electric Model X by Judson Parker

Judson Parker — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:01:59 +0000

And a damn fine one at that!

Comment on Hands-on video with Tesla’s electric Model X by wburdett

wburdett — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:50:34 +0000

Katie, thanks for the hands on look great job. Would love to get your impressions of the car as well. Nice seeing it in action and boy did it look roomy in there. This could be a huge hit with families like mine. Any mention of entertainment options like hooking up video monitors, external computing devices that many suv’s have. Curious too how that impacts batteries.

Comment on Say what? Google is going to do hardware? LOL! by scottph

scottph — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:15 +0000

I’m pretty sure it’s Siegler, not Seigler. ;-)

Comment on Say what? Google is going to do hardware? LOL! by scottph

scottph — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:43:09 +0000

I’m pretty sue it’s Siegler, not Seigler. ;-)

Comment on Looks like we’ll meet the iPad 3 in early March by scottph

scottph — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:34:06 +0000

It’ll most likely be on March, 7th.
My predictions: http://scottsscripts.wordpress.com/2012/02/10/ipad-3-first-week-of-march/

Comment on Now BTJunkie shuts down: Who needs SOPA? by casey

casey — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:28:51 +0000

what ever, I’m already looking for another site! if you build it they will come!

Comment on Hands-on video with Tesla’s electric Model X by Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:18:18 +0000

I’m curious about the comment that this would make a perfect Tahoe car. Sure, from the traction side of things it sounds perfect. But what about range? Driving through a snow storm in the middle of winter, sitting in traffic over the pass, heater blasting on full strength … I sure hope the battery doesn’t die, otherwise I’d be stuck and cold! If that’s a risk, then it seems like the Model X is not a perfect Tahoe car afterall.

On a completely different topic, you guys should show Katie a bit more respect. She’s a hard-working reporting doing a good job.

Comment on Google and affliction of me-too-ism by Soma

Soma — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000

Microsoft chasing ‘search’ and Google chasing ‘social’ is an apt way to describe the wayward history of the giants. But in the same token is n’t Facebook not starting to chase Mobile OS at least in the sense of creating native richer experience in smartphones. This is where the trend could play out in Google’s favor. And Gdrive should be seen in that context…although I agree it is late.

Comment on The first photos of Tesla’s electric SUV the Model X by Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:11:18 +0000

It is an electric vehicle, the sentence says it is a minivan/suv hybrid, not a gas/electric hybrid.