Killer vaporware wearables

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Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables

Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables 03/13/2003 10:16 AM

Phone Scoop : Frog Design / Motorola
Offspring Wearables Concept

Phone Scoop : Frog Design / Motorola
Offspring Wearables Concept 03/13/2003 10:21 AM
showing off some swank wearable concept devices from Frog Design and Motorola .. Cool Motorola vaporware wearables .. additional photos here .. Phone Scoop .. technolust .. Offspring .. Read

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Killer Kangaroos! No comment from the
Killer Rabbit

Killer Kangaroos! No comment from the
Killer Rabbit 07/09/2004 03:03 AM
make sure you pack an extra boomerang .. quite aggressive

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¿Vaporware del año?

¿Vaporware del año? 12/15/2003 05:38 PM

Inspector Says WMD Are Vaporware

Inspector Says WMD Are Vaporware 01/24/2004 06:43 AM
David Kay, the chief arms hunter in Iraq, resigns from his post Friday, saying he does not believe there are any stockpiles of chemical or biological weapons in the war-torn country.

Doom 3 Vaporware no More

Doom 3 Vaporware no More 01/11/2004 11:14 AM

2003's most vaporous vaporware

2003's most vaporous vaporware 01/22/2004 02:10 AM
Wired News has put together its annual list of last year's no-shows -- products that were promised for 2003 but never delivered. Among the gadgets...

Is Audible Magic Vaporware?

Is Audible Magic Vaporware? 06/02/2004 06:24 PM
The RIAA has been doing its best to talk up the wonders of Audible Magic's system for filtering out copyrighted files from file sharing networks, but some are beginning to wonder if it's all just vaporware. They've been talking about this silver bullet solution and have apparently been showing demos to politicians (not known for having the most critical eyes when seeing demos), but have yet to show anything publicly. Recently, RIAA chief Mitch Bainwol stated he "would be delighted" to show the technology to the various file sharing network companies. So, the file sharing companies took him up on the offer, and sent him a note saying that, sure, they'd like to see the technology. Bainwol has suddenly gone quiet and doesn't seem quite so interested in having them actually see it. It seems unlikely that the product is really vaporware - but it also seems quite unlikely that it really works all that well. Even if it does work, I imagine that it will take less than a day for people to figure out workarounds.

Vaporware: A Call for Submissions

Vaporware: A Call for Submissions 12/15/2003 05:51 AM
Every year, technology companies talk up products just about to hit store shelves. And every year, a bunch of them fail to appear. It's that time again: Send us your nominees for Wired News' annual Vaporware Awards. By the Vaporware Team.

Pretty vaporware: PC in a ball

Pretty vaporware: PC in a ball 08/10/2004 02:05 PM
Who knows if this PC-in-a-ball will ever become real, but it is nice looking. It's spec'd with a puny 40 G hard drive, which makes me wonder how long this thing has been in the vapor phase. Link (via Sensible Erection)

Killer Mobiles for Killer Apps

Killer Mobiles for Killer Apps 02/01/2005 08:35 PM

Continuing my series on mobile platforms, I now think killer mobile apps need mobile devices designed like game consoles, meaning that it has one or two slots for application cartridges.  Each cartridge contains one or more applications.  Cellphones would come with a built-in cartridge containing the phone app as well as others.

Adding a cartridge adds new apps.  Applications have two modes: running and stopped.  The Next-App button (aka Appy button) activates (brings to front) each running apps in turn.  Some apps can activate itself when an event fires (phone call received).  To see the list of available apps, keep the Next-App button pressed for a second.

Eventually, app cartridges will be advance to become platform cartridges, taking over the full functionality of the mobile device to offer better application platform services than the one that came with the device (i.e. easy to use app download service that auto-configures apps for your device).  If you don't like the built-in calender, just stop it and run a third-party calendar instead.

Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards

Nominations for 2003 Vaporware Awards 12/15/2003 11:41 AM

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya
Got 'Em

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya
Got 'Em 01/22/2004 02:49 AM

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if
Ya Got 'Em

Wired News: Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if
Ya Got 'Em 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Vaporware: Nuke 'Em if Ya Got 'Em .. Wired's Annual Vaporware Awards .. premios al Vaporware .. vaporware .. Wired

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Wired comes out with 2003 Vaporware
Awards

Wired comes out with 2003 Vaporware
Awards 01/22/2004 02:47 AM
It is always interesting to see who's product never materialized or simply did not work as advertised. [Wired]...

Wired releases 2003 Vaporware Awards

Wired releases 2003 Vaporware Awards 01/22/2004 02:13 AM
Wired's annual list of what should have been but wasn't.

Wired News: Vaporware: A Call for
Submissions

Wired News: Vaporware: A Call for
Submissions 12/16/2003 07:49 AM
wired calls for vaporware 2003 submissions .. this blip on Wired!

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A new killer app

A new killer app 03/25/2005 01:35 AM
Inspired by Abe Vigoda: The Terri Shiavo mortality-status Firefox plugin.

The Killer App

The Killer App 07/09/2004 10:24 AM
[Frank via Jim]...

Spy Killer v4.0

Spy Killer v4.0 09/24/2004 07:32 PM
Spy Killer is an award-winning spy software / spyware and adware detector, remover, and shield . Spy Killer also includes a stealth feature to hide its presence. The spy software / adware scan detects and eliminates over 200 hidden programs. Spy Killer's shield feature prevents certain spyware / adware from being installed on your PC. This unique feature works even while Spy Killer is running silently in the background in stealth mode. [Shareware $49.97 7 Days 4.2 MB]

Which One is the iPod Killer?

Which One is the iPod Killer? 09/17/2004 10:22 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 18 2004 1:50AM GMT

A killer Web site

A killer Web site 02/12/2004 05:46 AM
USA Today Feb 12 2004 10:06AM GMT

The Gmail Killer

The Gmail Killer 06/02/2004 01:31 PM
Aventure Media is the Gmail killer. No more waiting for Gmail to be released, Aventure Media is already offering 2GB of storage. [via theregis ter]

The Killer Library App?

The Killer Library App? 06/01/2004 11:22 PM

Ho w to Make Money with Digital Lifestyle Aggregators - Part I

"We call it digital lifestyle aggregation and it's based upon a number of assumptions - first and foremost being 'provide compelling experiences to your end-users.' That said - here's what you can do to deliver these oft sought after compelling experiences....

1. Integration. The secret to making things easy to use is in providing an integrated environment where built-in constructs (such as IM, image gallery or friends network) provide all the functionality end-users expect. We call these 'commodity features' and satisfying end-user's expectations as to what software should be - is what it's all about. These features have to be taken for granted and assumed to be there - everywhere - all the time. Even this nascent AO Zaibatsu system provides built-in friends networks to learn and leverage off of. And they have to be as easy to use as saving off a file or turning up the volume.

In the future ALL software products and services will have built-in digital camera support, cell phone gateways, universal messaging, real-time presence management, personal publishing, social networking and oh - did we forget to say - web services? But most will just patch-quilt on these functional modules, never thinking through how an integarted approach can not only make it easy to use and viable, but also achieve an elegant design result, which then causes all sorts of OTHER things to happen!

By providing an integrated environment with lots of great things for people to do, it becomes instantly more accessible and viral. By pre-wiring all of these applications and services - so that they work seamlessly together - OH MY GOD - you just may yet end up with a series of compelling experiences - 'cause heaven forbid - maybe not ALL of our end-users are the same....

2. Aggregation. Do you realize that the digital downloading universe expects end-users to listen to ONLY the songs they download from one vendor on their jukeboxes? That it's impossible to mix and match music you've bought from multiple vendors? That's like only being able to play CDs you bought from Tower Records on your CD player! Apple also prevents you from loading music from more than one machine at a time - so you're out of luck if you have two or more machines.

That's the world we're in today.

RSS News aggregators are becoming understood (you can subscribe to me here at AO Zaibatsu for instance or at my other blog - @ blog.canter.com) so what happens when we can start to aggregate other things as well? Like our digital identity or other forms of expression besides blogs?...

Aggregation is a killer app - that no one owns. It's public domain. Everyone benefits from it. So is integration as well.

3. Customization. So now let's combine Integration and Aggregation with end-users intense desire to have their software do what THEY want it to do. To have the software adapt to their appropriate usage level (beginner, average or advanced), their sex, age, demogarphics - even their location....

This is all happening - but it's all happening as SEPARATE web servcies or web apps....

I'm sorry to tell you this guys - but that doesn't work. You need more than just a single feature to acheive the oft sought after 'compelling experience" we started this post with. To start to reap the benefits of digital lifestyle aggregation - you need to get smart about architecting systems that rely upon XML, open standards and web services.

So personalization and customization find their destiny intermixed with Integration and Aggregation. The only way to produce compelling enough experiences is by integrating a wide range of built-in constructs, combining that with aggregated web servcies and content and topping it all off with unprecedented levels of control and customization. In one product or service." [AlwaysOn, via T he Doc Searls Weblog]

A long excerpt, I know, but even though the author focuses on commercial applications, revenue streams, and open source software, it's worth reading through this in the context of libraries.

I've said before that aggregation is a killer app, one well-suited to libraries and the kind of information to which we provide access. External projects such as LibraryLookup bring home hard the need for our products to very quickly adapt to web services and XML back-ends. And now we're seeing another big push for integration in our industry - federated searching, OpenURL and SFX resolvers, and statewide union catalogs are good examples of this.

So what would aggregation, integration, and personalization mashed together in one app, designed from the ground up to work together, look like in the library world? Would *that* be our version of the killer app?

Killer Instinct

Killer Instinct 05/24/2004 07:51 AM
Killer Instinct 0.41

Program Killer

Program Killer 06/17/2004 09:07 PM
Lack of Updates

Mark of a killer

Mark of a killer 05/14/2004 06:15 AM
USA Today May 14 2004 10:43AM GMT

Killer companies

Killer companies 07/02/2004 08:13 AM
Post-"Fahrenheit," the stellar documentaries -- including "The Corporation" and "Imelda" -- just keep coming. Plus: A moody meditation on familial love, or homoerotic cologne ad?

Popup Killer v4.0

Popup Killer v4.0 06/19/2004 07:21 AM
PopUp Killer is a small program that can automatically close previously selected Windows. [Shareware $13.00 30 Days 3.4 MB]

Dick Is A Killer

Dick Is A Killer 07/11/2004 10:45 PM
From Etan comes a Liberal Dance Party tune: Dick Is A Killer Some more tracks at the Party Party.

Other News: Car Killer

Other News: Car Killer 07/12/2004 11:01 AM
David Giri is developing a weapon to disable cars with a high-intensity electromagnetic pulse.

The Linux Killer

The Linux Killer 07/28/2004 04:04 AM

Killer UCAVs on the Way

Killer UCAVs on the Way 04/09/2004 04:01 PM
Noah Shachtman has written an interesting update on UCAVs (unmanned combat aerial vehicles) being developed by the US military such as the Boeing X-45 and Northrop Grumman X-47A that we've reported on quite a bit in the past. The article references a recent Wired story on UCAVs. In an amusing follow-up, Noah also mentions a Vietnam-era drone that saw some action over Baghdad.

Psycho Killer

Psycho Killer 03/06/2004 02:04 AM
A follow-up to this post about our sad Christmas tree: This past Sunday I decided that the tree had to go and I was the one to do it (since I'd put so much of a fuss over throwing it...

Killer Gaming Rig

Killer Gaming Rig 03/22/2005 09:57 PM

Hoi An, The Killer City

Hoi An, The Killer City 09/13/2004 08:40 PM
What's clear, at this late date, is that my girlfriend attempted to kill me in central Vietnam. What's unclear is why she chose the ancestral seat to the Cham people to make her fatal move. "What?" sez you. Your confusion is understandable - let me take you back to the beginning... Fog and Bus It started raining during our bus trip to Hoi An from Hue. So we whipped out the ...

The Next Mobile Killer App

The Next Mobile Killer App 02/01/2005 08:35 PM

The first killer-app for mobiles is the phone calls.  I believe static downloadable audio contents such as music, audio books, and podcasts will be the next killer-app. Only design problem is sharing one battery for both critical (phone calls) and casual (listening to audio) uses which calls for smarter power management and more powerful batteries.

Great user experience and clever hardware design is where Apple excels at so I expect Apple to introduce iPod phones within a year or two at the latest.

Unfortunately, screen-based applications and dynamic audio contents, driven by voice browser technologies, will continue to struggle in the near future due to tedious user experience.  Mobile killer apps must be available at the user's fingertip, not hidden behind a wall of patience.

Killer origami

Killer origami 12/17/2003 11:53 PM
Amazing gallery of spectacular origami. Link (Thanks, Kate!)

Why There Will Be No iPod Killer -- Ever

Why There Will Be No iPod Killer -- Ever 03/30/2005 11:33 AM

Why? Because it look slike the whole consumer electronics industry is now trying to "kill" the iPod instead of inventing something of their own. By Francois Joseph de Kermadec, O'Reilly Network

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FrogPad™ and SCOTTeVEST® Introduce First
Wearable Frog, the Industry’s First One
Handed Fabric Keyboard with Bluetooth
Wireless Technology

FrogPad™ and SCOTTeVEST® Introduce First
Wearable Frog, the Industry’s First One
Handed Fabric Keyboard with Bluetooth
Wireless Technology 01/06/2005 04:38 AM
New Wearable FrogPad Opens World of Data Entry Opportunities - Las Vegas – January 6, 2005 -- FrogPad, an innovator in data entry methods for mobile computing, and innovative clothing maker SCOTTeVEST INC., joined forces to introduce its latest innovation: the FrogPad SCOTTeVEST, the latest in mobile computing attire – making it possible for seamless data entry from anywhere. The FrogPad SCOTTeVEST is a portable fabric keyboard with Bluetooth technology that is integrated into some of SCOTTeVEST’s line of clothing. The wearable FrogPad is compatible with all Macs and PCs supporting the Bluetooth Human Interface Device (HID) profile, which describes how a keyboard will communicate with another Bluetooth device. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

Wired News: Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for
U.S.

Wired News: Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for
U.S. 04/17/2004 06:10 AM
Wi-Fi on Steroids Heads for U.S

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Wired News: Professor, Biotech Butt
Heads

Wired News: Professor, Biotech Butt
Heads 12/14/2003 04:35 AM
Professor, Biotech Butt Heads .. articolo

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Wired News: New Outlet for High-Speed
Access

Wired News: New Outlet for High-Speed
Access 02/19/2004 10:02 AM
New Outlet for High-Speed Access .. Wired

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Motorola unveils wearable communications
prototypes

Motorola unveils wearable communications
prototypes 03/13/2003 10:20 AM

Full Diclosure Network™ at the emmys
cable access news series takes coveted
award after 10 year struggle.

Full Diclosure Network™ at the emmys
cable access news series takes coveted
award after 10 year struggle. 08/06/2004 02:47 AM
With an upset win at the June 29th Los Angeles Emmy Awards, local cable access series Full Disclosure Network™ made history by beating out established Los Angeles TV broadcast news leaders to bring home the gold. [PRWEB Aug 6, 2004]

Heads-up display for motorcyclists

Heads-up display for motorcyclists 12/11/2003 01:16 PM
The kind of heads-up display found in jet fighter cockpits have been adapted to motorcycle helmets. Motion Research is selling a special display called the...

Heads Up Display for Skydivers on the
Horizon

Heads Up Display for Skydivers on the
Horizon 02/05/2005 09:28 PM
World's first Heads Up display for skydivers now in testing. [PRWEB Feb 2, 2005]

Microvision Nomad Heads Up Display

Microvision Nomad Heads Up Display 05/24/2004 09:21 AM
Microvision's Nomad is an industrial-strength heads-up display that, along with accompanying PocketPC, overlays a red monochrome display over the user's vision, using a WiFi connection and Windows Terminal Server. The $4,000 price tag should be a hint that it isn't...

Beverly Hills-Based Designer Robert Radi
Receives Nomination for the National
Design Award by the Smithsonian-Cooper
Hewitt National Design Museum of New
York

Beverly Hills-Based Designer Robert Radi
Receives Nomination for the National
Design Award by the Smithsonian-Cooper
Hewitt National Design Museum of New
York 06/30/2004 02:57 AM
The Nominations are issued on the recommendation of a distinguished nominating committee of more than 800 leading American architects, designers, educators, journalists, authors, filmmakers, and other professionals representing all 50 states. The selective process by the National Design Jury will select three finalists for each category to be honored at a Gala in New York. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

Dave Winer nominated for WIRED Rave
Award

Dave Winer nominated for WIRED Rave
Award 02/17/2004 07:51 AM

Congrats to Dave Winer for his WIRED Rave Award nomination in the Software Designer category (for RSS, of course).

Keynote design contest winner gets a
Cinema Display

Keynote design contest winner gets a
Cinema Display 05/18/2004 07:30 AM
Apple has posted details of a Keynote Design Contest that will award a 23-inch Cinema HD Display and gift certificates to the top three entrants who create winning presentations using Apple's own Keynote software. The presentation must contain 20 slides or less, and can include text, audio, video and images. The deadline for submissions is June 27, 2004 at 11:59PM Pacific Time.

Sharp Says Display Allows Mobile
Documents Access

Sharp Says Display Allows Mobile
Documents Access 12/09/2003 02:44 AM
Boston Globe Dec 9 2003 1:53AM ET

Motorola Heads To The Slopes

Motorola Heads To The Slopes 01/04/2005 11:47 PM
TechWeb Jan 4 2005 11:57PM GMT

Motorola's V80 turns heads with its
revolutionary rotating cover design

Motorola's V80 turns heads with its
revolutionary rotating cover design 07/06/2004 08:37 AM
AME Info Jul 6 2004 11:48AM GMT

Scholarship Award Tracker - Web Access

Scholarship Award Tracker - Web Access 11/19/2003 02:44 AM
demo site is up

Wi-fi heads East Why wireless web access
is proving popular in Estonia

Wi-fi heads East Why wireless web access
is proving popular in Estonia 05/05/2004 05:35 AM
BBC May 5 2004 10:04AM GMT

iPod Packaging Wins Design Distinction
Award

iPod Packaging Wins Design Distinction
Award 07/06/2004 11:57 AM
For the sixth straight year, Apple has taken home another I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review award, this time for its iPod packaging. By Brad Gibson, Mac Observer (via MyAppleMenu)

WWDC: Apple Design Award winners
announced

WWDC: Apple Design Award winners
announced 06/30/2004 02:24 PM
On Wednesday, Apple announced the winners of its ninth annual Apple Design Awards, in conjunction with Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), which is happening this week at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco, Calif. The Design Awards reward Mac developers with free equipment and recognition for their efforts. This year's ninth annual Apple Design Awards were broken into three categories: Application Software, QuickTime Content and Performance Demos.

iMac G5 wins Bottom Line Design Award

iMac G5 wins Bottom Line Design Award 03/31/2005 07:00 PM
Apple's iMac G5 was one of eight winners in Business 2.0's first annual Bottom Line Design Awards, which honor products "not just for their beauty but also for their commercial success."...

Motorola heads China tech orders

Motorola heads China tech orders 01/16/2004 11:35 AM
Peoples Daily Online Jan 13 2004 10:44AM GMT

Motorola launches display products at
COMPUTEX

Motorola launches display products at
COMPUTEX 06/03/2004 11:25 PM
China Post Jun 4 2004 2:34AM GMT

Motorola wins $307 mln order from Indian
carriers

Motorola wins $307 mln order from Indian
carriers 02/19/2004 12:52 PM
Forbes Feb 19 2004 4:02PM GMT

egrips® Technology Nominated for Product
Design and Development Engineering Award

egrips® Technology Nominated for Product
Design and Development Engineering Award 01/06/2005 04:39 AM
egrips® technology, a super grippy, silicone-based material providing users a slip-free grip for their cell phones and PDAs, has been nominated for the Product Design and Development Engineering Award. [PRWEB Jan 6, 2005]

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