Jumat, 22 Agustus 2008

Sheraton to Install Microsoft Surface in Five US Hotels

microsoft-surface-sheraton.jpgLast week, Sheraton Hotels and Resorts ordered 13 Microsoft Surface PCs, for installation in five branches located in Boston, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle.


The units, which feature 30-inch touch-sensitive displays will be placed in common areas. Sheraton hopes that the guests will find the table computing platforms very useful. But don’t take our word for it! Continue to see an official video of the unit in action! < --more-->




What an ideal situation, don’t you think? Let’s see where it can go wrong:



  • “Beat it kid! I’m trying to look through this map!”

  • “Stop touching that! It’s my turn to choose songs!”

  • “Mommy, why is that woman smiling at me?”


Also, imagine how hard it would be to keep table clean. To be fair though, the demo looks impressive; let’s hope Microsoft does have their multi-touch act together.



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Unboxing of the Samsung Omnia

Who would’ve thought the Samsung Omnia’s box comes with all the bells and whistles?






Thanks to reader Rey for the tip.


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The iPod Nano Failures Prove that Apple is Human After All

ipodflamo.jpgThanks to a “can do no wrong” image cultivated by its effective marketing machine, people make the mistake of assuming that Apple’s the best out there—bar none (may we invite you to revisit the myth of the Apple iPhone’s overwhelming superiority?). So you can imagine the amount of press coverage the flaming iPod nano (which has something to do with its battery) has received:




Wha? The Apple iPod nano actually failing is news? When did we anoint Apple and Steve Jobs as god-incarnate, incapable of any gadget-related error whatsoever? Apple may have a lot of undeserved attention from the online and offline media, but this also means its really under the magnifying glass; the smallest slip-up generates news stories from here to Timbuktu.


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