and the award for most random intro to a movie ever goes to…

Oh yes while i am mentioning Indiana Jones and the crystal skull that intro has got to be the most unexpected thing ever. That was not the impression i had got from Indian Jones films although i must admit I have never watched the others ‘properly’. Oh and what on earth was with the monkey scene? Seriously??

Only payed 3 quid though (love student discount) and it was definitely worth that – even for laughing at how it wasn’t taking itself seriously. Pleasantly surprised…stop talking liam go to bed…

My Prada is Awesome!

As I write this fully aware I will not remember it in the morning, I would just like to commend LG on one hell of a job. Rushing to meet a friend for the new Indiana Jones movie and realising that the cinema I only visited twice last year was actually a lot further away from my new house than I though, i dropped my phone twice, smack front touch screen first onto the pavement.

How twice? well that’s embarrassing as  it feel out of jacket pocket so i moves it to my jeans before forgetting and putting it back in my jacket after checking the time again.

But the POINT of this post is that both times  i slowly picked up my beloved phone expecting the screen to be cracked to complete my hideous day and both times  i was amazed to find not even a single (new) scratch on the phone. If anything the bangs seemed to have made the touch screen more responsive, course I’m not really going to test this theory further….

So well done LG and  the morale is i still love my Prada

Zune… not quite the ipod killer

With the news today of the zune being discontinued from gamestop stores I  thought this would set me up for a quick mindless rant whilst my exams continue to contribute to the currently increasing infrequent use of my blog.

Now when the zune was pre released a lot of people were talking about how it going to change the mp3 player genre instantly- “the ipod killer”… I laughed. My good friend even said “  I thought you of all people would love this?” and this comment  had a good basis in logic as  I am not really a fan of the current market leader. Take the fantastic marketing out of the way and what has the ipod really done differently compared to every cheaper and equally as functional example on the market? Short of forcing you to use itunes (which i will admit has turned into a great music download service) there was nothing, but the point is the Zune was never going to take the crown – not in the first round anyway.

Pre release the Zune sounded great but it was hit by some last minute feature drops  and confusion and we saw it flop. Alas spawned the jokes of “omg that guy has totally got the only Zune in the world” (the fact that this joke was done by at least 100 different people on their one friend who owned a Zune didn’t seem to diminish the humor). The point however was clear; the Microsoft MP3 player took a mere modest chunk out of the apple (groan) and many would see that as the end of it.

I think these people are forgetting something. This is MICROSOFT! They are but one of few companies who have the luxury of getting a launch wrong and doing it again with more money. The Xbox was practically rammed down consumers throats until it became a household name (/item) and now the 360 has continued the growth and  I would be shocked if the next generation of Zune didn’t continue this trend. Will they outsell the ipod in the near future ? no chance! Will they outsell the ipod ever? possibly..  but don’t count the little device out yet at least not while its backed by its big OS selling daddy.

PS. Although hopefully this generation we won’t have more ” coming zune….” adverts.  Meh back to language engineering