Aug 22, 2006 | blog
I have to ask. Is Dell over the peak? Are their best days behind them? Have they turned into the big corporate computer loser that seems to overtake all PC companies?
Nothing is a given, and the way Dell goes after sales, ships units, and reports earnings has always made me a little edgy. In my corporate life, I deal with Dell directly, and have never been fond of their sales tactics, or staff. When I’ve had them onsite to answer questions, they are always prepared to sell, not to answer to their current shipping product deficiencies.
Seems to me that its time to find the next PC supplier. I’ve been recommending Dell for years, but I don’t know that I’ll be recommending them for this holiday season to friends and family. Too many variables – and their are more compelling models from Toshiba, Compaq, HP, Asus, and the rest.
Check out the article at PC Mag below, interesting read.
Link to Column from PC Magazine: Has Dell Lost its Way?
Aug 21, 2006 | blog
Ok, I’m in for quad-core chips as well! My only question is one of software licensing though. If I remember Microsoft’s OS licensing correctly, XP will recognize up to 2 processors, Server Standard supports 4, Enterprise supports up to 16, and on and on.
Am I remembering correctly or will the shipping version of XP (and presumably Vista) only support 2 processors and not the full 4 in the core?
Hope I’m wrong, anyway read CrunchGear’s post on Intel’s chip plans.
Link to CrunchGear » Blog Archive » Quad-core is On the Way
Aug 21, 2006 | blog
Engadget has the good stuff today!
Check this out, the HTC Excalibur is being approved for distribution in the US. This QWERTY equipped Smartphone with landscape QVGA screen is built by HTC, the same company responsible for the HTC Wizard and other fantastic Pocket PC & Smartphone designs.
Rumored to be a Moto Q killer, the HTC Excalibur is a Microsoft Smartphone based device with the standard compliment of Bluetooth, WiFi, and GSM/GPRS/EDGE support. Look for this on the Cingular or T-Mobile networks, though there is no indication at this time as to which carrier will pick it up first. I hope both will snap this bad boy up ASAP!
Link to HTC Excalibur gets FCC nod – Engadget Mobile
Aug 21, 2006 | blog
Very interesting – if this article from Engadget Mobile (link below) is true, then Verizon customers will have no trouble roaming off-continent with this device.
I’ve known they were working on this type of solution for awhile, but frankly, I’m surprised that they have it ready to go in the timeframe mentioned in the article.
Verizon subs waiting for the latest BB goodness, your wait is over!
Link to Verizon releasing 8700 with GSM support? – Engadget Mobile
Aug 16, 2006 | blog
So my newly upgraded MDA seems to have different volume levels for different sounds. The phone has one level, media player another (both within my expectations) and a different one for reminder sounds.
Yikes!
When a reminder goes off, it seems like 3 times as loud as the ring tone. I’ve been through the sound & volume settings a dozen times, but can’t get a handle on what’s driving the higher reminder volumes.
I also run Pocket Informant and Pocket Breeze for PIM management and Today Screen display of information. Both of these applications don’t have settings for reminders or sounds.
Its baffling me, I’ve never run across this in 5 years of PPC ownership. Definitely the old ROMs for the MDA and other variants like the Qtek and iMate don’t exhibit this volume issue.
Anyone else see this?
