This is the international version of the US Motorola Droid 2 with 1 GHz OMAP SOC, 512MB of RAM, a 5 megapixel imager, and Android 2.2 in a slider phone. Coming soon.
Amazon.com discounts Samsung Captivate to $0.01
Buy a new Samsung Captivate Android Phone (AT&T)
Get the T Mobile version Samsung Vibrant Android Phone (T-Mobile)
The same discounting strategy worked for T Mobile when it offered two HTC Android phones for the price of one. Double up – buy one get one free
Android phones are everywhere and Samsung is working hard with deals, product variety, retail display space, internet marketing, and the whole array of Facebook Twitter presence. It’s working: they have shipped 1 million phones since releasing the Android Galaxy series of smart phones a month ago.
‘”No question there is an anti-Apple, pro-Android movement afoot,” said Jack Gold, principal analyst at J.Gold Associates. “It’s not just about price. It’s also about having an open alternative with much less dictatorial control of what the user can do with the device.” Gold said he expects that sales of Android devices from all manufacturers will surpass Apple iPhone sales by 2011. Gartner analysts have said the same thing.’ ComputerWorld
The closed shop at Apple puts people off. They get blocked from doing what they want. While tens millions of people agree with Apple, a closed strategy has never won the marketing battle to dominate. Continue reading
If you have a Gmail account, you can upgrade it today to place free long-distance calls from your computer with Google Voice.
Over 1 million free calls were made today already on Google Voice.
I called my son in Bracebridge, Ontario and found him shopping for groceries. Free. He may have had cell phone charges.
“I’ll call you back from my land line,” he said. I placed other calls, talked to people and left voice mails. All free. Continue reading
Bob Dylan and The Band in historic reunion tour 1974 (photo Jim Summaria creative commons)
Wolfgang’s Vault has released four concerts from the 1974 tour of Bob Dylan and The Band that are free to listen to on the web or on an iPhone with their WVIP membership.
In 1974 Bob Dylan, the voice of the sixties generation, had been laying low in Woodstock New York since 1967. His albums after the motorcycle accident had been different, not the “wild mercury” sound of Highway 61 and Bringing It All Back Home.
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Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant from Bell Mobility
Canada stopped being an Android Wasteland from this date forward. Bell Mobility is shipping the highly prized Samsung S Vibrant at the low price of $149 on a 3 year contract.
Try this on for size – SUPER AMOLED touchscreen. 4” with vivid colors in an ultra-thin display. 720p HD video camera plus 5 Mb camera for capturing everything that happens around you.
The shots I got of the flooding streets in Charlottetown were on a Blackberry. Nice but not HD. The Samsung Galaxy S is just under the amazing quality you get on a Flip UltraHD. Of course, the Flip gives you 2 hours of video but most moments worth capturing are only a few minutes long. Continue reading
Video copyright ABC News.com
With concert goers complaining about high ticket prices and even higher fees, Bob Dylan experimented last night in San Francisco. You had to pay cash at the door and the ticket had no up charges.
Joel Selvin wrote an appreciative review for the San Fransisco Chronicle.
Bob Dylan conducted something of an intimate house party Wednesday at the Warfield with more than a thousand of his closest friends or, at least, those willing to wait in line for tickets before the show.
This fan was as close as it gets to Bob Dylan 8 days ago and recorded this stunning version of Tangled Up In Blue.
Dylan does very close to Blood on the Tracks. Thanks dakind.
Dave Harris (image: Rennett Stowe on Flickr)
By Scott James, Echoes – Most musicians I know hold a dream to someday ‘make it’ in the music business. To play in front of huge crowds and live a lifestyle that they can only imagine. Many of us believe that we’ll someday get there. Unfortunately most of us find ourselves growing older with an ever increasing fear that we’re missing the boat.
We’re conditioned to believe that if we’re going to make it then we have to do it at a young age. I had already started to have this feeling when I was in my early 20′s. I felt like I was slacking because I hadn’t ‘made it’ yet.
So how old is too old? Well, I think what we need to look at is the fundamental equation the whole business boils down to. It’s a value exchange between the audience and the artist. The audience pays money for the value they get from the artist. So ask yourself: how old would a performer have to be before you stopped receiving value from them? Would you not pay for a great artist who was 65 years old? I would. One of the best performances I’ve ever seen was a rock and roll band of men who were all in their 80′s! Continue reading
Canadian Daniel Lanois is publishing his memoirs this fall. Despite the June motorcycle accident that almost killed him, Lanois continues to produce material for public consumption.
Lanois is best known for producing U2 since The Joshua Tree
Along with producing other musicians, Lanois has had a long career of personal performance and a loyal, if somewhat smaller than U2, fan base. His CDs have a mystical quality that fans cherish. His performances are simply awesome as he displays great control over the music and layering of his sound.
Lanois top CDs are Shine
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The video is dated October 25th, 2006. Dylan appeared in Seattle on October 13th, 2006 at the Key Arena. Glen Boyd wrote a review Concert Review: Bob Dylan And His Band – October 13, 2006 at Key Arena, Seattle WA of that date.
Another entry says the performance was July 16th, 2005. Amazon 10th Anniversary Concert With Bob Dylan and Norah Jones. Bill Pagel’s Bob Tour Guide doesn’t confirm either date.
Dylan’s tribute to old blues men and Willie McTell in particular was recorded for Infidels in 1983 but left off the CD. It was recorded on May 5th which is Willie McTell’s birthday.
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More than 100 mm poured down. Heavy rain started at 2 pm. (updated – the official rainfall was 94.8 mm)
Summerside residents also reported up to 50 mm of rain fell over suppertime.
Streets were flooded all over the City as storm sewers could not keep up with the deluge.
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