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Now we're starting to make sense, as in synergy, or convergence as Sony likes to say (or at least at one time was interested in).
Make sense? Yes, as in Sony is planning to launch a PSP video download service for its cool portable gaming platform early next year.
This service will enable PSP owners to download a film from the Internet to a PC and then transfer a single, legal version of the film to a Sony device.
And why not indeed!
According to reports, shopping mogul Amazon is planning to launch its own music download store a la iTunes in the first quarter of next year.
And why not indeed!
Record labels aren't all too thrilled about iTunes cornering the music download market and consumers aren't all to thrilled about not having enough choices for where they can download music legally.
(Illegally is another matter ...)
Can you believe ringtones are such a big business?
Well, if you don't want to add a few more bucks to your monthly phone bill for a custom ringtone, then Magix's Ringtone Maker 2 might just be the product for you.
Ringtone Maker 2 lets you personalize your cell phone by creating your own ringtones from music and video hits without paying any subscription or download fees.
With Ringtone Maker 2, you can create as many ringtones as you like on your PC and then transfers them to your cell phone as a realtone or polyphonic ringtone.
I'm talking across-the-room wireless connectivity, not just short range like other wireless keyboard/mouse combo kits.
With the Logitech Cordless Desktop MX 3200 Laser, you get leading-edge performance, comfort and style as well as things you never thought you could do from your keyboard.
Now, I can take advantage of my PC's great media and communication capabilities, even if I had Windows Vista.
Hey, I'm not picking on Sony this time, but Nintendo, which is facing a silly Wii situation where the strap that holds the do-hickie on your wrist seems to break too easily.
The BBC (aka "The Beeb") has all of the details here.
If you want to find out how to replace your strap, click here (link will take you to Nintendo web site).
Remember when video eyewear looked like huge black things right out of a 1950's horror movie? You know what I mean -- really large, really noticeable and really strange.
(Who would wear these things?)
Now we are finally starting to see the introduction of video eyewear that is almost three times lighter.
Everybody wants to rule the world ...
(Tears for Fears, anyone? But wasn't "Mr. Roboto" a Styx song?)
Anyway, looking beyond Microsoft, Bill Gates is now discussing converging technology trends that he believes will make robots a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives in the not-too-distant future, just like he viewed PCs 30 years ago.
MyTVPal.com is the world's first 1080P HD streaming Video on Demand (VOD) and IPTV service for PC Player and IPTV receiver set top box (STB) clients.
(How about that description!)
The service starts with more than 700 free IPTV channels from more than 70 countries, including Standard Definition and HD channels to any broadband user with 1.5 Mb/sec speed or higher.
A wide range of VOD titles will be offered for a low monthly fee in the months to come with new TV channels and VOD titles being added each month.
Nero may have fiddled while Rome burned ... hey, not that Nero. I'm thinking about Nero because Roxio is alway bumping heads with that company when it comes to more than all-in-one suites that offer CD and DVD authoring, burning, photo, video and music applications.
Roxio's Easy Media Creator 9 is a substantial upgrade to that company's comprehensive suite, including more than 100 new features and trend-anticipating capabilities such as mobile entertainment support, Blu-ray Disc (BD) recording, Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility and HD video creation tools.
It's about time someone decided to come out with computer desk and media accessories that have some uniformed style and grace.
And that's just what the Cupertino and Redmond collections of computer and media accessories from Allsop offer.
Finding inspiration in the iPod (why not?) and other popular high-tech items, the collections are designed to complement the best of the consumer electronics market in both style and function.
The collections feature clean lines and a colors (Apple white in the Cupertino collection -- pictured at left) and more basic black in the Redmond collection).
You know, not everyone is going to get a new iPod this year. (Or other MP3 player for that matter).
In fact, maybe it's just that the earphones have worn out.
Well, if it's replacement time and you don't want to blow beaucoup bucks on high-end 'phones, Altec Lansing offers an incredibly wide selection.
