Archive for December, 2007

The Apple CGI I’m a Mac Santa Holiday Ad

Posted by metroxing in Wednesday, December 26th 2007

Topics: Advertising, Apple, Apple Mac, Computing, Design, Internet, Media, TV Tags: 129, 200, 32, 4, 93

In case you missed it – cute, funny, nicely done! (click on screen shot – Apple.com)

How to Hook Up Your LCD Plasma DLP HDTV – HDMI? DVI? Component?

Posted by metroxing in Tuesday, December 25th 2007

Topics: Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Marketing, Retail, TV Tags: 117, 133, 146, 149, 172, 173, 174, 194, 195, 227, 240, 241

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Congrats on entering the world of HD. Unlike the TV’s of yore (yore being 2003 of course), buying an HDTV and signing up for HD service does NOT assure you of actually receiving HD quality reception on your new TV. YOU HAVE ONE MORE THING TO DO. You need to make sure you are connected [...]

Happy Holidays One & All!

Posted by metroxing in Sunday, December 23rd 2007

Topics: Advertising, Film, Marketing Tags: 108, 121, 140, 144, 155, 203, 226, 30

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Thanks for a great year – glad to share in our obsession together! Now that the glad tidings & holiday spirit are over, I’ll be the guy wedging my way into the back room and yelling, “I know you have the launchers and 3-packs hidden back here?! Where they be?! I’ve got cash … well, [...]

Peter Jackson to Helm The Hobbit

Posted by tizmanian in Wednesday, December 19th 2007

Topics: Books, Film Tags: 176, 180, 198, 221

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Peter Jackson apparently is burying the hatchet and will be involved in creating the long-awaited Hobbit film! The adaptation of JRR Tolkien

iPhone Caller ID: Glitch Fix

Posted by metroxing in Friday, December 7th 2007

Topics: Apple, Computing, Gadgets, Mobile, iPhone Tags: 118, 16, 184, 259, 4, 94

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This might not apply to everyone but if you added additional information to the phone number in ADDRESS BOOK and after transferring/syncing – the iPhone cannot interpret the additional text and the iPhone CALLER ID feature won’t work correctly. As a result, it will only display the incoming numbers only when the person is in [...]

AT&T CEO “Leaks” News of iPhone Going 3G

Posted by metroxing in Sunday, December 2nd 2007

Topics: Advertising, Apple, Computing, Design, Financial, Gadgets, Internet, Marketing, Media, Music, Retail, iPhone Tags: 112, 16, 184, 4, 90

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To some, Randall Stephenson, CEO of AT&T blabbing that a 3G iPhone is coming is a slip of the tongue, to some, it’s a well planned metaphoric stab at Steve Jobs and to others, it’s old news. The bottom line is it’s a combination of all three but the consequences are very mimimal. Why? Because [...]