Seesmic enabled version of Twhirl updated
LaptopsThe Inquisitr » Tech:
The Seesmic enabled “private” version of Twhirl has been updated, adding additional features, but sadly, no Seesmic recording yet.
Twhirl 0.8.3a adds support for the “active conversations” panel to show the same conversations as available on seesmic.com. The timeline now includes real-time updates of the public timeline, and the options dialog allows users to adjust some basic settings such as transparency, font face and size.
Loic’s full Seesmic video of the announcement above, and you can download the new “private” version of Twhirl here.
Twhirl
APC Mag Gets An Exclusive iPhone 3G Review
Gadget NewsGizmodo Australia: 
If you weren’t too keen on Walt’s review of the iPhone 3G, Dan Warne over at APC has gone and written his own review - and it takes an Australian viewpoint as well. How he got his hands on an iPhone, I have no idea. But I commend him for the effort - it’s a pretty solid review. If you’re wondering what he thinks of it… well, hit the link. I’m not going to rewrite it for you.
[APC mag]
Telstra’s Store Openings For iPhone Revealed, But Data Pricing Still A Mystery
Gadget NewsGizmodo Australia: Telstra has given us an insight into where and when customers can pick up their NextG iPhone, although the specifics of their plans are still under wraps.
If you live in Sydney or Melbourne and can be bothered getting to the respective T Life store at 6am, then you could be one of the first Next G customers riding the iPhone wave. Other T Life stores around the country will open at 8am, including Chadstone (VIC), Hobart and Canberra.
The full list can be grabbed from Telstra’s website.
[Telstra]
Telstra’s Store Openings For iPhone Revealed, But Data Pricing Still A Mystery
Gadget NewsGizmodo Australia: Telstra has given us an insight into where and when customers can pick up their NextG iPhone, although the specifics of their plans are still under wraps.
If you live in Sydney or Melbourne and can be bothered getting to the respective T Life store at 6am, then you could be one of the first Next G customers riding the iPhone wave. Other T Life stores around the country will open at 8am, including Chadstone (VIC), Hobart and Canberra.
The full list can be grabbed from Telstra’s website.
[Telstra]
Vodafone officially confirms iPhone price leak
Mobile PhonesMobile Phones - CNET.com.au: Mobile carrier Vodafone Australia has confirmed portions of an advance leak of pricing information for its local iPhone 3G launch on Friday morning are accurate.
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: 
Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…
Google Lively not well recieved
UncategorizedThe Inquisitr » Tech: Google launched virtual world service Lively earlier today and The Inquisitr’s JR Raphael finished his post with the words “Looks like we may have another Google home run on our hands.” I know where JR is coming from as anything Google launches immediately has a weight of presence that over the middle to long run delivers hits with the majority of services. I’d note though that a hit doesn’t necessarily mean a market leader, but certainly enough users to make it a top five product in the space with millions of users.
My initial negative on the product was a lack of support for Macs, a very un-Google like product launch. Daring to open Windows in VMWare Fusion, I eventually decided to give it a go. Maybe it doesn’t like Vista in a virtual machine, but I found Lively close to unusable. Slow to load, clunky to use, and the popular rooms devoid of avatars to interact with. Underwhelmed isn’t the half of my reaction. But am I alone? Here’s a pick of the coverage from FriendFeed. I tried to find someone who praises it, but aside from a couple of people suggesting that we should all give it a longer chance, I couldn’t find any positives reviews.
l0ckergn0me:“I didn’t realize it was possible, but Google Lively is WORSE than Second Life. LIke, astoundingly bad. Don’t try.”
tried it out today and wasn’t too impressed. Although if they implement an API that would allow me to integrate my users in there might be some value to it. - Brad Williams
I tried it, it is a very, very, very unpolished 3d chat room, no more, no less.. it’s not a social medium… it’s a fancy chat room. - David Silvernail
Almost all of Google’s first efforts are crap. They…