Steve –

I’m eager to get an iPad and could justify it if iPhone OS offered Fast User Switching, a la Mac OS.

When my woman gets onto the device, I’d love for her to be able to switch users and have all of her app preferences loaded.

• Facebook
• Mail
• Tweetdeck
• WordPress
• Safari bookmarks/cookies/keychain
• Apple Game achievements
• iAd stats (we’re likely to see remarkably different ads).

… does this feel like something you guys are interested in?

I’m kinda excited to see if I get a reply.

Things I’m happy about:

• Backwards compatibility with DS and DSi. ‘Nuff said.
• I’m slightly interested in the DS online store, but don’t want to buy a DSi. They haven’t specifically stated that it’s going to be able to access the DSi store, but I’m confident it’ll be there.
• No glasses required for the 3D effects

Things I’m not excited about

• 3D gaming. I’ve been playing Chrono Trigger (both on DS and SNES9X), and the 2D atmosphere is quite fun. I love the innocent feeling of this generation of games, and even though I love my 360 (I’m nearly done w/ Assassin’s Creed 2 — AMAZING game), I don’t feel like I need a new gaming feature. There’s going to be an inevitable growth period in 3D gaming where developers try out new & different techniques, many of which are going to be ridiculous and will add no real fun to their game. Imagine the 3D effects in the Friday the 13th movies where an axe is tossed into the audience — that’s what I’m talking about.
• It’s coming out in Japan in March 2011-ish, but there’s no mention of a US release date
• Nintendo’s history with 3D gaming. Anyone remember the Virtual Boy? Oh, you don’t? I knew you didn’t.

It started w/ the wifi acting erratically and now I have no sound (in nor out). This Mini’s been an amazing workhorse for my modest needs, and the cheap price for such a beautiful, elegant (modestly-powered) workstation was exactly what I needed.

Sensing that the end is nigh, I decided it was time for a replacement machine. I wanted a rugged, tote-able OS X machine to carry with me to & from work, but Apple’s portables start at $1k. My reliance on Omnifocus meant that my choice was limited to a Mac-based OS. Omnifocus has become an essential tool in managing the tasks in my life, but trying to enter large amounts of data into the phone-based version was just too frustrating. I’ll save that for another post. My quest became to find the cheapest portable mac possible

Enter the Macbook Mini.
Yuusou’s praised his Dell Mini 10v for months, explaining to me just how simple it is to hack Snow Leopard onto it. When I found one for just a hair above $200, I knew I had to give it a try. Following the guide post at Gizmodo and sluething around on forums at MyDellMini.com uncovered some really straight forward instructions. After about 3 hours of install time, I can happily report that Snow Leopard runs really really well on one of the Dell netbooks.

One word of caution if you choose to go this route — don’t get a Mini10. It has to be the 10v. The hardware inside the 10 is different and won’t work (as of this writing).

Harmony PS3 Adapter next to an iPhone (Photo source: Engadget)

I just read on Engadget HD that Logitech’s finally releasing their official PS3/Harmony adapter!

Pretty much every device I care about in my house is controlled through my Harmony 890:  360, TVs, stereos, lights, my bedroom fan… with one exception.  The PS3′s Bluetooth remote was the stumbling block; the 890 speaks infrared and radio frequency, but not Bluetooth.

Once I get this thing ($60, available this month!), the PS3 will feel less like a gimmick/toy.  I suppose it’s a little unfair, since the 360 already controls fine w/ the Harmony, but watching HD-DVDs on that thing (w/ the optional drive that you had to buy seperately) always feels juvenile because of the 360′s intentionally youthful UI.  The PS3′s Cross Media Bar (XMB) shows a lot more restraint, maturity and elegance.  Even the startup routines and sounds on the PS3 are more refined, avoiding the 360′s playful and cliche’ “I’M EXTREME!” attitude.  Wrap it up with a sleek, jet black piano finish (don’t forget the quiet fans!) and you’ve got one secksie beast!

Let’s face it:  Bluray is still so new to most people that it’s a treat for me to share the new tech w/ them.  Showing off your man den is a long standing tradition.  Today, tech is a huge part of the man den.  When you have a universal remote that bends all of your commands into one button press, deftly turning on all of your different devices, dimming your lights to just the right level and switching everything into GO! mode… you look like a tool when you have to pick up a Dual Shock to press play.

Pownce : Note From kevin:
Spoke w/the CEO of Drobo – talked him into $100 off the new 2nd generation drobo (firewire/usb) for my friends. First 100 people to use code: “krose” get ‘em. Enjoy.
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