Oh My Pod! Daily – Episode 008 – March 16, 2011 – Show Notes
- by Peter
Tech
MacBundle http://gigaom.com/apple/new-macupdate-bundle-includes-parallels-civilization-iv/
Pepsi Bottles Made of Vegetable Material – http://dvice.com/archives/2011/03/new-pepsi-bottl.php
Samsung Galaxy 4 and 5 – http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/samsung-galaxy-player-4-and-5-hit-the-us-this-spring/
XOOM WiFi to cost $599 – http://www.loopinsight.com/2011/03/16/motorola-xoom-wi-fi-edition-due-on-march-27-for-599/
Netflix Spends $100M to buy rights to a new show – http://www.bgr.com/2011/03/15/netflix-to-spend-over-100-million-on-first-original-series-report-claims/
Samsung’s QWERTY flipsmart TV remote- http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/16/samsungs-qwerty-flip-smart-tv-remote-is-official-along-with-new/
Games
Riddler to Feature More Prominently in Arkham City – http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/16/riddler-takes-on-bigger-role-specifically-jigsaws-role-in-bat/
Battlefield 3- http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/16/battlefield-3-trailer-sneaks-across-rooftops-avoids-giant-bulle
XBLA—Full House Poker – http://www.joystiq.com/2011/03/16/xbla-in-brief-full-house-poker/
Apple
GPS with Personal Hotspot – http://gigaom.com/apple/wi-fi-ipad-2-gets-gps-with-iphone-4-connection-sharing/
iPod touch and iOS4.3 display problem – http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/16/ipod-touch-owners-report-ui-issues-under-ios-4-3/
Apple’s New iPad inventory strategy – http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/16/apple-re-working-ipad-2-inventory-shipments-strategy/
iPad 2 on 50 HDTV – http://dvice.com/archives/2011/03/how-do-ipad-2-g.php
iPhone 5 Case Shows unchanged design – http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/03/16/purported_iphone_5_cases_show_design_near_identical_to_apples_iphone_4.html
Cars
Six Cars that are worse than their predecessors
http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/16/consumer-reports-calls-out-six-cars-it-says-are-worse-tha/
FF Configurator Online – http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/15/ferrari-ff-configurator-comes-online-we-gladly-fork-over-our-im/
MINI Coupe – http://www.motoringfile.com/2011/03/16/coupe-spied-yet-again/
Porsche greenlights Cajun – http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/16/officially-official-porsche-green-lights-cajun-production-for-l/