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Austin Welles updated 2 products

Austin Welles — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:29:10 -0400

1. updated Cowon J3 - September 28, 2010 at 5:29 pm

tapped as "love it"
tapped as "want it"
agreed: "Plastic back, brushed aluminum front"
agreed: "proprietary data transfer cable"
disagreed: "no date or release information for North America"
disagreed: "no WiFi / browser / apps"
disagreed: "Made in Korea"
agreed: "prices are hard to swallow - the same as the basic Touch for the 8GB model ($199)"

2. updated Asus G51J - September 28, 2010 at 5:26 pm

found Austin Welles's review helpful
tapped as "want it"
tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"
untapped as "want_it"
disagreed: "huge top bezel"
disagreed: "no Blu-ray drive option"
agreed: "16:9 display is great for media playback and gaming"
disagreed: "quality 2.1 Altec-Lansing audio system"
agreed: "quality 2.1 Altec-Lansing audio system"
agreed: "respectable weight for a gaming machine (7.2 pounds)"
disagreed: "horrible keyboard - offset due to number pad, cheap keys, lots of flex"
agreed: "Intel 802.11N WiFi"
agreed: "Speakers output at a comparably low volume."
disagreed: "everything a gaming laptop is - loud, hot, large, heavy and has poor battery life, poor price:performance value compared to desktop equivalents "
agreed: "loaded with crappy Asus bloatware"
disagreed: "loaded with crappy Asus bloatware"
disagreed: "cheap blocky glossy plastic enclosure"
disagreed: "thicker and heavier than your standard 15" laptop"
agreed: "comes with Windows 7"
agreed: "includes Asus-branded backpack and Razer gaming mouse"
agreed: "keyboard includes a full number pad"
agreed: "capable of playing the latest games"
agreed: "extremely powerful - quad-core Core i7 processor, 4GB DDR3 memory, dual 320GB drives, dedicatd Nvidia graphics"
agreed: "full 1080p capable display"
agreed: "HDMI output"
agreed: "affordable price considering the performance"

Austin Welles updated Cowon J3

Austin Welles — Tue, 11 May 2010 23:03:39 -0400

May 11, 2010 at 11:03 pm

agreed: "nice packaging"
agreed: "customizable EQ settings with a healthy number of presets"
agreed: "FM radio"
agreed: "quality brushed aluminum build"
agreed: "great battery life - up to 64 hours of audio, 11 hours of video"
agreed: "available in white and black"
agreed: "2010 reddot design award winner"
agreed: "Cowon is known for their MP3 players, with high audio quality compared to the competition"
agreed: "redesigned UI"
agreed: "made in Korea"
agreed: "built-in speaker and microphone"
agreed: "smaller size than the S9"
agreed: "4, 8, or 16GB of internal flash storage"
agreed: "3.3" AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display (480 x 272px resolution)"
agreed: "MicroSD memory expansion for additional cheap add-on storage"

Austin Welles updated 5 products

Austin Welles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:57:39 -0500

1. updated Apple iPad - March 11, 2010 at 2:57 pm

agreed: "As book reader it's no a real i-ink technology device."
agreed: "No third-party applications (binding to Appstore)"
agreed: "aesthetic closely resembles an oversized iPhone with a large bezel "
agreed: "requires being "tethered" to a computer, similar to iPhone/iPod"
agreed: "no HDMI output"
agreed: "no replaceable battery"
disagreed: "you know that versions 2 and 3 are going to be WAY better"
agreed: "no SD/SDHC card reader"
agreed: "cannot run full O/S applications, such as those found on laptops/netbooks"
agreed: "adding 3G to any model costs $130"
agreed: "no camera"
agreed: "no Flash"
agreed: "no multitasking functionality"
disagreed: "managed by iTunes"
disagreed: "ships only 2 months after launch"
disagreed: "might drop in price not so long after launch"
disagreed: "dock connector for hardware expansion"
disagreed: "No worry about viruses because apps are jailed, they can't infect anything else on the system."
disagreed: "4:3 screen aspect ratio excellent for editing documents, reading books or browsing the web, and is just as good as a 16:9 screen of the same width for watching widescreen movies."
disagreed: "VGA video connectivity offers widest compatibility as just about everything from projectors to plasma panels has a VGA port"
disagreed: "No unnecessary outdated junk like floppy drive or flash means reduced cost and increased stability."
disagreed: "huge developer ecosystem so there's going to be a ton of cool apps"
disagreed: "built-in applications are more Mac-like than iPhone-like - including a fully featured iTunes, iPhoto, iWork, etc..."
disagreed: "available in 16, 32 and 64GB capacities"
disagreed: "fairly affordable - starting at $499 for the 16GB model"

2. updated Sony Playstation 3 - March 11, 2010 at 2:54 pm

tapped as "want it"
tapped as "love it"

3. updated Google Chrome - March 11, 2010 at 2:52 pm

agreed: "updates are pushed automatically, unannounced"
disagreed: "not avaliable on Linux"
disagreed: "No "copy link name" feature "
agreed: "Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE "
disagreed: "Can't switch between custom search engines as quickly as Firefox or IE "
disagreed: "Location bar isn't as intelligent as Firefox awesome bar "
disagreed: "No addons yet "
disagreed: "themes and extension pool suck in comparison to Firefox so far"
disagreed: "lots of themes are hideous"
disagreed: "Can't add or find favorites as easily as I Explorer."
disagreed: "installs Google Update, which runs constantly in the background, spyware like"
disagreed: "Security Flaws prevalent"
disagreed: "Doesn't render XML/RSS pages very well - FF, Safari, IE are all better"
disagreed: "updates are few and far between"
tapped as "have it"
tapped as "love it"

4. updated Ubuntu - March 11, 2010 at 2:50 pm

tapped as "love it"
tapped as "have it"

5. updated Cowon S9 Curve - March 11, 2010 at 2:38 pm

untapped as "want it"
tapped as "have it"
agreed: "Extensive codec format support"
agreed: "gapless support for MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC (as of 2.31b2 firmware)"

Austin Welles commented on Cowon S9 Curve

Austin Welles — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:48:13 -0500

March 11, 2010 at 2:48 pm

"This is most likely the best media player out there. It is extremely light and people don't believe at first just how good it it is.I love the beautiful quality of the screen and the screen is very responsive. I never did get to use the Bluetooth on it, though. Sound quality is by far the best out of any player out there and the equalizer is perfect for those perfectionists like myself when listening to music. I listen mostly to techno, rock, power metal, and alternative. On just about every single one of these, there is a level of clarity that I have never heard before. I was astounded by how good they sound with using a pair of $35 SkullCandy Lowrider headphones. Not to mention, this is also one of the loudest players ever. If you want to share your music in a small group of people, they can hear it clearly if using on-the-ear headphones. One important factor is that the original UI that comes with it is trash. You should go to iAudiophile to pick up a new theme where you can customize just about every aspect of the player. Also, the headphones that come with it are pretty lame. You should at least get some sort of replacement above $15 to bring out the quality of the player. I would also personally recommend on-the ear or around-the-ear headphones just because there will almost always be more bass response and clarity to the music. My final verdict: If you know how to customize it right, this is the best media player on the market anywhere. Just take it from my advice that this is not waterproof. It my own fatal mistake and there is no extended or accidental warranty on the product."