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Note just to myself

Nook Color

Who thought the first real challenger to the Ipad would come out of the dark. The nook color as quietly been taking the USA by storm. Nearly 3 million units sold by some news stories. I've got a Kindle and my son has the Nook color and they are very different experiences. I've tried to like e-ink and it great in direct sunlight but I want to read a book before I fall asleep in bed and e-ink on my poor old far sighted. E-ink has those led lights but they don't seem to help my eyes. The LCD display is great on the nook and the resolution reminds me of the iphone 4 retina display. Whats even nicer is that the NOOK is very hackable. Honeycomb hacks are available on the net turning the nook into a slow but very usable tablet. Nook default latest release has flash and a few apps. A simple rooted nook can access the android market and alot of applications work. A list of working apps can be found online a nook dev. Amazon is rumored to working with samsung on a stripped/locked down galaxy tab to be branded as a Kindle Tablet. Apple sued Samsung recently I wonder why, a Kindle tablet could seriously attack their Ipad sales, the nook may be hurting their sales already. One problem for the nook color is battery life but I can live with that.

MOG

Finally a music service that is worth the money $5. My CD's are slowly collecting dust and should be stored away in a box. I ripped them to AAC a long time ago but I've finally given up on owning music after experiencing MOG. MOG is simply put amazing. You want to listen to something an 5 seconds later it's playing. I've found a few songs it does not have but 99% of time it's there. I listen to the new Foo Fighters album, then pulled up deadmau5 tracks followed by Dire Straits, Philip Glass, then Carmen. When I think I used to pay $15 for a CD with a couple of tracks which I listened to for a few months and then forgot.

I've heard a lot about cord cutting. I believe it is possible if you are the right person but if you are a sports fan or love a particular live show it not going to happen. I've noticed that the following service are 100% internet based and provide my 360 of services.
1) First netflix is now great. I've got 250 things in my queue and it beats cable.
2) Second Audible: Not only can I get great books but the new york times everyday.
3) NPR has a create web site and the chrome plugin works great.
4) MOG is amazing and provides music well
5) XBOX live works well and provides great gaming
6) ROKU works well with the above services.
7) Itunes for podcasts.
Now most of these services are not free but combined they are lot less than I'm paying for dish.