Archive for July 26th, 2008A great man and a madman died this day. Guess whose passing is more tragic? Just four days after escaping a federal minimum-security work camp, “Spam King” Eddie Davidson shot his wife and child and wounded a teen-age girl before turning the gun on himself. Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of gunfire in the small plains town […]
A great man and a madman died today. Guess whose passing is more tragic?
The only ray of light in this story? Davidson’s 7-month-old son was left alive and won’t remember his horrible father. Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian  At this point, we’ve seen the Tube from everyone but Nokia — heck, even Morgan Freeman got a chance to show it off — and it looks like that trend isn’t going to abate any time soon. Another round of in-the-wild shots of the supposed XpressMusic 5800 have popped up (yes, the latest prototype seems to have dropped the “XpressMedia” badge), showing off a pretty uninspiring keyboard that we can only hope has no bearing on the final product. Guess that’s why they haven’t announced this sucker yet, eh? We hope? [Via The Nokia Blog]
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John Carmack hearts the iPhone as a gaming platformPosted by: admin in Oline Networking NewsI like John Carmack. He’s a very smart guy, primarily as a game designer but also in his sense of the industry. Doom, Quake, and Doom 3 all revolutionized the industry, and while id has been relatively quiet of late (Rage excepting), I think he’s got a handle on what might move gaming forward again. […]
Carmack feels that the iPhone has big untapped potential due to its better hardware, responsive controls, and a ridiculous amount of space available: 10MB or more (the previous de facto limit was around 300KB). Given unlimited time and money, he feels he could make an amazing iPhone MMORPG (not what I would do with unlimited time and money but hey), but in the real world he’s aiming for “something good, and something quick.” Which I’m sure they can deliver on. I look foward to it — as long as it’s not ASCII Doom.
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If you think the Meridian F80 was overpriced take a look at their new iPod dockPosted by: admin in Oline Networking NewsA few months ago, we told you about the $3,000+ radio from Meridian named the F80. One of the features the F80 was missing was an iPod dock. Well, they’re going to mend that problem this August with a $400 iPod dock named the i80. Most audiophiles snub the iPod since it plays compressed audio, […]
A few months ago, we told you about the $3,000+ radio from Meridian named the F80. One of the features the F80 was missing was an iPod dock. Well, they’re going to repair that problem this August with a $400 iPod dock named the i80. Most audiophiles snub the iPod since it plays compressed audio, but Meridian states they have the ability to fix that. They say the i80 can processes the files from the iPod to reveal more of the recording. This supposedly helps your music sound superior. The i80 will grant you to control the iPod with your F80’s remote or front panel buttons. It will also pull song information and display it on its own OLED screen. Although this $400 dock has a few neat features, I don’t think any of them justify the price. |
I like John Carmack. He’s a very smart guy, primarily as a game designer but also in his sense of the industry. Doom, Quake, and Doom 3 all revolutionized the industry, and while id has been relatively quiet of late (Rage excepting), I think he’s got a handle on what might move gaming forward again. Of course, like everything else these days, 
