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Buzz Out Loud Lounge: 2008 predictions
my humble predictions...
by kwahhn - 11/29/07 10:00 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT1. Wiis will still be difficult to find, so will non half-***ed games for that platform.
2. Touch screen iMac....yeah, not going to happen.
3. DVD will continue to be the dominant physical media format over HD-DVD and BlueRay. Torrent pirates everywhere will continue to laugh at those loyal to a physical format.
4. Prince will stop being a dumb*** and will allow his likeness and music to be heard and seen everywhere for free. He will then appear at half time of next years Super Bowl and rock our socks off and cure world hunger AT THE SAME TIME!
5. The Zune will still be a laughable product. Creative Nomad II 4 LIFE!
6. A lesser known game developer will come out with a Guitar Hero like game which will actually require some musical skill and develop that talent.
7. 3G iPhone. Not all predictions can be funny.
8. No more DRM. Doesn't really matter since everyone who's been on the tubes has already downloaded all the songs that have every existed in the world for free.
9. Tiered Internet, Molly goes postal.
10. Skynet switches to solid state drives, one step closer to world domination.
2008 Predictions
by romzine - 1/3/08 7:27 AM In reply to: my humble predictions... by kwahhn2007 business models that exploded in growth and value where FREE.
Myspace, Craigslist, Youtube etc.
It's now time to hybryd these models into pay to use but in subscription form.
What is old is not new but virtual. Whatever exists in print or the physical only needs to be transformed into e-digital.
Craigslist is classified ads online so my thoughts are that the webpage layout that is ever expanding will now have enough landscape to place local box ads.
The average screen size is expanding and the only fault I find is that the web should be viewed length wise not width wise.
But the big winner is going to be anything "live" broadcasted.
Anyone can automate selling you a product across the world but you you really aren't being sold. NO!
Print was transformed and archived video changed but live broadcasting around the world is what I am positioning to.
Television and especially news is still status quo but not for long.
Anyway enough said for now.
NEW OUT 2008
by robertmi - 1/3/08 12:18 PM In reply to: 2008 Predictions by romzineXM Satelite Radio beam U pick movies to your car $ 3.00 NO more Messy
DVD's Sirus too.
I Know !!!
Check with ON2 tech.
My 2008 Prediction - Molly Wood will leave CNET
by kill_minus_9 - 1/4/08 8:18 AM In reply to: 2008 Predictions by romzineShe is a star. She gives good radio. Her on air personality is engaging. However you want to say it she is marketable as H-E-Double toothpicks.
I think the show is as good now as it ever has been. I listen to every episode though often several days behind. I started listening just before the infamous 'Gas Pies' rant. I think Tom and Jason mixed with Molly is a great cocktail but I believe she can go many places and will because it is too lucrative to pass on.
Personally, I hope I am wrong about this.
Proprietary UNIX guy
(NT) Meh. If you go on talent, Tom and Jason would be gone too.
by udayan71
- 1/4/08 9:13 AM
In reply to: My 2008 Prediction - Molly Wood will leave CNET by kill_minus_9
Kindle/eee/tilt/DVD player combo
by merrybrown - 11/29/07 8:57 PM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTMade by Asus, approx 7X3x1/2 unless you unfold it, and it is 7 x 6.
So it's a phone, reader, e-mail, photo, internet, video player.
A Smart Phone is still a phone
by jodydz - 11/30/07 1:00 AM In reply to: Kindle/eee/tilt/DVD player combo by merrybrownIn the "olden days" like 1984, the business machine was the Word Processor, basically an electric typewriter with a screen. Within a short amount of time, those business machines evolved into technology that could do more than just work with text. So calling a computer a "word processor" is only one aspect of what it can do. That's how I feel about calling something a "phone" - it is just one of the functions of the item.
PREDICTIONS/HOPES:
I think there will be more blending of functions and more robust capabilities. Tech will continue the direction the iphone has initiated by consolidating music, voice, graphics, social network, text,web...all the goodies, streamlined and simplified (affordable). I'd like to see better options for satellite music, like a free subscription for brief sampling like wifi hot spots. I wish the fm receiver on my gadgets wouldn't fuzz out when I walk inside a building.
My predicition (hope) is that wireless power(charging)and "green" batteries will show up more. I'd like to see more options in the waterproof MP3 Players and over the air downloads, like updating my podcasts without linking to the mothership (I know this is happening already somewhat). I'd like to have wireless sound as clear, convenient and affordable as corded headphones, a bluetooth without the bling.
I think games like the Wii will get people of all ages to get active again and try to combat our country's growth (girth) problem. Wii can do it America!
Well those are my hopes and predictions and I've got to believe some will come true!
My 2008 Predictions...
by cyndymcc - 12/1/07 6:02 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyT1. Microsoft will kill the disappointing "Live" product family
2. Yahoo will start moving into the etailing business by buying Etsy, the crafter's storefront.
(they must have noticed the growing number of Flickr photos that include links to their Etsy storefronts)
3. The increasingly annoying catch phrase for anything that fails to live up to its hype will be:
"I like to think of it as more a marathon than a sprint."
Cyndy
(NT) Hard times will come to the computer industry and the nation
by Dango517 - 12/1/07 8:32 AM In reply to: 2008 predictions by thriftyTI think I'd agree there
by Nicholas Buenk - 12/3/07 7:16 AM In reply to: (NT) Hard times will come to the computer industry and the nation by Dango517Rising cost of oil is going to harm the economy eventually as it just seems to keep going up.
Recently the economic birds have been coming home to roost
by Dango517 - 12/3/07 8:33 AM In reply to: I think I'd agree there by Nicholas BuenkMy only surprise is that it has taken this long. This post isn't about discussions, It's about what you believe the future will bring. So, lets hear your predictions. What does your crystal ball say to you?
a Harbinger
by Dango517 - 12/6/07 2:46 AM In reply to: Recently the economic birds have been coming home to roost by Dango517http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2007/tc2007125_526292.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
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by Dango517 - 12/7/07 10:52 PM In reply to: Recently the economic birds have been coming home to roost by Dango517http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9831235-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-5
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by Dango517 - 12/22/07 1:40 AM In reply to: More by Dango517http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9837311-56.html?tag=nefd.top
I'm not alone it seems
by Dango517 - 12/23/07 11:14 PM In reply to: More by Dango517http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_53/b4065048242547.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily
The bears are rising
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