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As recently as a five years ago, it was relatively easy to segment the mobile market into business users and consumers. Business users had specific needs, as did consumers, and rarely did those needs intersect. Today, the idea of segmenting users into the classes of business vs. consumer is becoming archaic and to attempt that level of breakdown will lead to erroneous views of the market.
Posts Tagged ‘Digital Lifestyle’
Context is the killer app for the digital consumer
By Michael Gartenberg on Tuesday, Sep 1st 2009 No CommentsLG DV4S and DV4M are lifestyle DVD players
By Daniel Lim on Monday, Jan 19th 2009 No CommentsLG has today announced two stylish and lifestyle DVD players that didn’t get to unveil at CES 2009. Unless I missed it, I don’t remember see any wall-mounted and slim factor media players at CES show floor. One of them supports Dvix HD video playback and the other enables MP3 music direct recording.
Osaifu Saver – an RPG Game Based on Your Finance
By Satsuki Then on Wednesday, Dec 10th 2008 No CommentsSaving money is a financial strategy, but Takara Tomy says it does not have to be that boring. The toys company created a personal finance RPG game called Osaifu Saver that turns finance tracking into a fun activity.
Black Friday Tips: Hunt for Savings Online and Skip the Lines
By Brenda Stokes on Monday, Nov 24th 2008 No CommentsA lot of people like to get a head start on their holiday shopping by jumping right into the madness on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. But following the big feast, it can be difficult to drag yourself out of bed Friday morning, super early, only to stand in line after to line to maybe get a good deal. Lucky for you, we’ve compiled some of the greatest savings to be had this Friday and here’s the really great part: you can get them all online. That means no standing out in the cold at 5 a.m. in the dark waiting for store doors to open. No squeezing through stores and sorting through picked over merchandise. Convinced yet? Then, let’s get right to the savings offers you should take advantage of this Black Friday, without leaving your home.
Blackline GPS Snitch Review
By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 24th 2008 3 CommentsYou don’t have to be obsessive or a control-freak to want GPS tracking for your car: anybody with vaguely decent wheels who worries about theft has a vested interest in knowing that it’s stayed where they left it. Those, too, with teenage children could be excused for wanting to keep an eye on where they’re going and when. To those people, and more, Blackline offer the GPS Snitch, a compact, battery-powered tracking unit that allows remote monitoring through an online interface. SlashGear borrowed the car without asking our Mom first to see how well it works.
WowWee Bladestar Review – Indoor Flyer with Auto Pilot Sensors
By Ewdison Then on Wednesday, Oct 22nd 2008 1 CommentWe’ve something of a history with remote control helicopters here on SlashGear. They don’t crop up all that often, but when they do we find that readers go for them in a big way. Developments in contra-rotating blades and other cleverness has done a lot to minimize what user expertise is required, and now WowWee have stepped into the fray with their own, super-simple Bladestar remote control helicopters. Can they carry over their tradition of straightforward, right-out-of-the-box fun to historically finnicky flight? We put on our best pilot’s goggles and silk scarves and took a look.
Curse of the Bluetooth Headset
By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Aug 8th 2008 6 CommentsSince recent California legislation went into effect that bans talking on cell phones while driving, the sale of Bluetooth headsets has significantly increased. And while it’s reassuring that motorists are actually abiding by the law, I’m not sure that Bluetooth will alleviate the problem that is cell phone-yacking drivers swerving all over the road.
An Open Letter: The Geeks that Give Us a Bad Name
By Brenda Stokes on Thursday, Aug 7th 2008 6 Comments
Dear Geeks Who Shall Not Be Named,
I’ve talked about the geek trend here on SlashGear before. In fact, I’ve been primarily acting in defense of nerds in general, being that I am one. But there’s one thing I can’t stand: the geek that gives the rest of us a bad name.
You know what I’m talking about before I even describe them, don’t you? These are the nerds that take it all a little too seriously. The ones that have no sense of humor. The ones that devote hours upon hours to playing D&D. No wait, I take that back. There’s nothing wrong with D&D. But if you dress up in costume and adopt a British accent while play sword fighting, well, I have a problem with that.
Shopping Experience – Best Buy Will No Longer Get My Business
By Brenda Stokes on Saturday, Aug 2nd 2008 23 CommentsAwhile ago, I needed a new printer. Nothing fancy, just something for my home office. I’d settled on an HP all-in-one. But when I went into Best Buy, not once did any of the blue-shirted customer service reps offer to assist me, but that’s just as well. That’s not what I found to be rude. Rather, once I’d picked a printer, I had to get an employee to either retrieve my selection from the back room or from one of the mountainous stacks above the display shelves. But after approaching three different blue shirts, I noticed a trend: they run away from you.
PSA – Don’t Text and Walk
By Brenda Stokes on Friday, Aug 1st 2008 3 Comments
You may remember the ITN news video that circulated the web back in March. It showed street posts wrapped in cushioning to protect those pedestrians that chose to text and walk at the same time. And while this was really nothing more than a publicity stunt, just how severe is the texting and walking problem? According to the Wall Street Journal, people that text and walk are more likely to trip and when they do so, land on their faces because the devices are held too close to the face for their hands to break their fall!
I’ll admit it. I’ve texted and walked before. I think just about anyone with a cell phone has committed this crime against paying attention. So if we all do it, it’s not really a problem, right? Wrong!
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