Van Baker

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Palm’s Woes Point to the Need for the Total Package

by Van Baker  |  February 25, 2010  |  Comments Off

Palm revealed that its Pre and Pixi models are not selling as well as they had hoped and that revenue will fall well below expectations. So what is wrong with Palm? It has a very good user interface that is similar to Android which is selling well. They have the advantage that Apple has of [...]

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Sony’s Blu-ray Player: Sound Judgement or Just Good Luck?

by Van Baker  |  March 10, 2009  |  Comments Off

Sony recently announced a new Blu-ray player with integrated 802.11n Wi-Fi connectivity. The networking configuration for the player is different from its networked television sets which have Ethernet built in. The network connectivity is necessary to support BD Live which adds interactivity to recent versions of Blu-ray movies that offer interactive content including integrated games, [...]

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