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Friday, December 31, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 10:00 PM

I wanted to wish everyone across the Thoughts Media Network a happy new year - may 2011 be filled with prosperity, love, joy, and happiness for you and your loved ones. Be safe tonight!


What The Geeky Got for Gifts

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home News" @ 05:30 PM

http://mashable.com/2010/12/31/ipad...-mashable-poll/

"If you got an iPad as a gift during the holidays, you certainly weren't alone. In a recent poll of holiday gift recipients, iPads accounted for a full 22.7% of all gadget or hardware gifts, making iPads the single largest category in our gift poll, outstripping the nearest runner-up by nearly 14% of votes. That runner-up was Amazon's Kindle - not surprising considering that the Kindle is the best-selling product in Amazon's history."

It's a relatively small sampling size - less than 2400 votes, and only from people who read Mashable - but among the geek-set, there are a couple of stand-out points: the iPad was the #1 gift, more people got Macs (60%) than Windows machines (40%), Android phones let the way in the smartphone category with a hefty 50.3% figure (iPhones were 30%), but Windows Phone 7 devices at 10.3% just eeked out Blackberry devices (9.4%). Not bad for a brand new platform that most people still haven't heard about! Lastly, the Xbox/Kinect one-two punch clobbered the PS3 with a 54.3% figure versus only 11.9% for the PS3. The Kinect really is driving the Xbox 360 to new heights of popularity!


Sunday, December 26, 2010

So How Was Everyone's Christmas?

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 10:00 AM

...and we're back! It's a tradition here at Thoughts Media that we kick off the post-Christmas break by asking our community what they got for Christmas - specifically, any gizmos or gadgets. Or did you gift a loved one with some new piece of technology? Got any great tech support stories to share? I don't know about you, but whenever I'm over at a family member's house for Christmas, I inevitably end up sitting in front of their computer fixing/tweaking something. I don't mind though - I find it fun, and I like to help.

Speaking for myself, my tech stuff was pretty light this holiday - as it is every year - because if there's something tech that I need, I tend to buy it for myself when I need it, not when a holiday/birthday rolls around. I got a Kindle this Christmas from my wife, but, you guessed it, I bought it (with the help of a friend in the US) and gave it to her to give to me. Such is the life of a professional geek! ;-)

What about you? What did you do over Christmas, and did it involve technology in some way?


Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to All Thoughts Media Readers!

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 05:00 PM

If you celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas on behalf of all the staff here at Thoughts Media. If you celebrate Hanukka, Kwanzaa, or any other special event related to this time of year, may it be a special time for you and your family. I wish you all a time of peace and happiness over the next couple of days (and beyond that too of course!). We won't be posting news on the 25th, but will resume things on the 26th. Merry Christmas everyone, and thank you for your support in 2010.


Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas to all Thoughts Media Readers!

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Off Topic" @ 05:00 PM

I want to wish you a very merry Christmas on behalf of all the staff here at Thoughts Media! If you celebrate Hanukka, Kwanzaa, or any other special event related to this time of year, may it be a special time for you and your family. I wish you all a time of peace and happiness over the next couple of days (and beyond that too of course!). We won't be posting news on the 25th, but will resume things on the 26th. Merry Christmas to you all!


Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Merry Christmas to All Thoughts Media Readers

Posted by Jason Dunn in "Thoughts Media Status Updates" @ 06:00 PM

If you celebrate Christmas, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas on behalf of all the staff here at Thoughts Media. If you celebrate Hanukka, Kwanzaa, or any other special event related to this time of year, may it be a special time for you and your family. I wish you all a time of peace and happiness over the next couple of days (and beyond that too of course!). We won't be posting news on the 25th, but will resume things on the 26th. Merry Christmas!


Friday, November 7, 2008

Holiday Gloom?

Posted by David Tucker in "Zune News" @ 12:13 PM

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008....fortune/2.html

"Microsoft's latest answer to the iPod, with 120 gigabytes of storage and a 3.2-inch high-resolution color screen, is a vast improvement over the original Zune, which debuted in 2006. But the new Zune faces the same problem as the iPod: Smartphones and other Web-enabled devices chock full of features (think iPhone) threaten to render these one-trick players obsolete."

The holiday season is getting close and that means big sales for a lot of gadgets. Fortune has a list of gadgets, though, that it thinks will be flops. Fortune's biggest issue is that the prevalence of smartphones make the mp3 player start to look a bit long in the tooth. I'm not sure I agree with that assertion. Camera enabled phones have really done nothing to the digital camera business. Most people realize that a stand alone device is better in a lot of cases.

I think that, for now at least, the standalone MP3 player is still superior to almost any phone based option. The only one that really is a usable solution is the iPhone. And really, with phones tied to carriers, who wants to use that as their primary entertainment device. I really don't know that many people who have eschewed their iPod for an iPhone. Even people who have an iPhone mostly seem to have an iPod as well.

So with all that said, I think the impact on the Zune will be minimal. There is a large market for MP3 players that I really just don't see going away any time soon.

Tags: holiday, list

Friday, December 14, 2007

Zune Holiday Deals!

Posted by David Tucker in "Zune Talk" @ 02:03 PM

http://www.zune.net/en-us/products/holidayoffers/default.htm

It’s a holiday Zune sale bonanza! I’m sure that all of your loved ones would like nothing more than to get a Zune and with the holiday season upon us, its time to find great deals on them. Zune.net has listed several different options for bargain hunters. Here’s what your choices are:



Zune 80 - $239.99
Zune 8 - $184.99
Zune 4 - $139.99

Also, with the purchase of a Zune 4, you will get $5 to put towards an MP3 purchase from Amazon and a Zune 8 will get you $15 for music.



Zune 80 – Free shipping (I guess if you want Best Buy Reward Zone points this isn’t a bad deal…)



Zune 4/8 - $15 eGift card with purchase
Zune 80 - $20 eGift card with purchase



Zune 4 - $147.88
Zune 8 - $194.54
Zune 80 - $247.88

Zune 4/8 also get 97 cent shipping

Personally I think the Amazon deal is the best one. Circuit City isn’t too bad since you do get a gift card too! Anyone getting their loved ones a Zune for the holidays? (Is there any better way to express your love?)

Tags: zune, sale, holiday

Friday, December 8, 2006

Amazon Customers Vote: Zune for $90

Posted by Darius Wey in "Zune Events" @ 10:21 AM

http://promotions.amazon.com/gp/holiday/cv/homepage/103-6748250-5685422

"First, vote for the deal that you want. If you vote for the deal that gets the most votes in the end, you will be eligible to receive a claim code only for the winning deal. If you vote for one of the runner-up deals, you will be eligible to receive a claim code only for that deal, at the runner-up discount. (The runner-up discount won't be as ridiculous as the winning discount, but it will still be pretty darn good.) Remember: you are eligible to buy only the deal that you voted for; you need an authorized credit card on your account; the claim codes will be distributed only to randomly selected customers."



It's pretty simple. Vote for the Zune, hope that it's the winning deal (hey, we have to give Tickle Me Elmo some credit), and if you're lucky enough to score a code, you can pick up a brand new Zune for $90. Unlike the infamous Xbox 360 offer, codes are pre-allocated, so you won't have to worry too much about Amazon's servers dying in the heat of the moment. Voting ends at 11:59pm (PST) on December 10, and on December 12, codes will be randomly distributed. Good luck!


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