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Well. It seems true. Everyday that passes by, there are more indications that Apple will be at it again Christmas time by keeping its hands in your pockets. Apple’s marketing machine never stops and if you can avoid the temptation of iPhone 3G, you will surely not going to turn down iPhone nano, especially Christmas time when 50% of people are drunk and the other 50% are mentally too tired to hang on to their hard-earned money. DailyMail has the story.
The rumors are going around that Apple may allow iPhone Nano owners to play with other wireless carriers such as T-mobile, but at this point we are not even sure whether iPhone nano will be released in the U.S. The U.K seems to be the sure bet, but I can’t imagine the U.S. market not getting any Christmas present from Apple.
It seem insurance companies are going hi-tech to perfect their art of risk assessment. The top companies are working on hi-tech gadgets that will help them monitor your behavior and assess your risk based on that. For instance, a gadget that will monitor your speed, the number of times you hit the break, or anything else that you do in the car could tell a lot about you as a driver to insurace companies. It seem Progressive is using one, though I haven’t seen it. Seems to be a worthy risk for insurance, though I am not sure how they can sell the whole concept to the consumers. Privacy anyone?
Here is another rumor that has been going around a lot. You may know that Prius is basically auto parallel park capable in Japan and Europe, but this feature has not yet been introduced in the U.S. The 2009 series will definitely won’t have it available but now most fans are hoping for Toyota to finally get it right in 2010. Prius is not exactly a cheap car so it’s totally acceptable to expect Lexus like features from it. Here is a video about this cool feature.
They have done that before. X-Box is one of those products that has a cult following, and Microsoft has used it in the past to push their products. But with Zune struggling mightily, the solution could be Microsoft combining Zune and X-box into a new mobile gaming phone device. Right now, Zune is just a sitting duck, waiting to be put out of its misery. But if Microsoft plays its cards right, a X-boxed Zune could provide legit competition for the iPod and iPhone series. T3 has the original story.
It got to be at this point. Now I am not sure if the name will be that, but where does Microsoft go from here with X-Box 360 aging rapidly. Of course, X-Box 360’s alliance with HD-DVD folks did not pay off as well as Microsoft expect it to, but X-Box 540 will allow Microsoft to put things right and have a device for next generation HD games. Now this is not something new, but as we get closer to the end of 2008, we should hear something from Microsoft about this whole X-Box 540 thing.
