Crave Reports that iTunes will Launch Rental Service

Okay, selling a video I can see but rental??? This is going to be a tough one. How much is it going to cost to rent a ''5 x ''3 movie or TV show. Why not just order cable??? Note to Apple: Work with cable providers to download to your device. Think "Pocket Dish". Hello people!!!!! This can be done a whole lot easier. See the PocketDish Here.

clipped from crave.cnet.com Reports: Apple, Fox planning movie rental service Apple is reportedly planning to get into the movie rental business and license its digital rights management technology, and it could announce a deal within the next few weeks. Both the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal are reporting that Twentieth Century Fox Film has signed a deal with Apple to let iTunes users download new movies and keep them for an unspecified (but likely short) period of time.

CNET Ranks the Best Smartphones for 2007

I found their summary to be pretty well rounded. That Samsung SCH-i760 from Verizon was a sleeper. I might have to get one of those myself. It the perfect smartphone for my digital living and lifestyle.

clipped from reviews.cnet.com Best smartphones of 2007 Bonnie Cha, Senior Associate Editor December 11, 2007 Smartphones are no longer just for business users, early adopters, or gadget hounds. The use of these devices has spilled into the consumer space, thanks to more entry-level models and versatile designs. Plus, all users are realizing the benefits of these cell phone/PDA hybrids, so much so that market research firm In-Stat has predicted that smartphone sales will grow at a rate of more than 30 percent over the next five years, and they're outpacing the sale of laptops--pretty amazing.

Konsole Kingz Gaming it up at 2007 BETHip-Hop Awards-Life-Digitized

My Knosole Kingz have been hitting the scene hard lately. Just a couple of weeks they did it big in the ATL with the Halo 3 release and most recently providing digital gaming living backstage at the 2007 BET Hip-Hop Awards. Visit their site and see it all for yourself!

clipped from www.konsolekingz.com First off, we have to say. The 2007 BET Hip Hop awards was 10 times better than last year’s snoozefest. The 2006 edition was the perfect place to catch some Z’s if you needed to rest from the night before or recharge for afterparties. Since that’s out of the way, we’ll “put the hatin’ on pause” like host Katt Williams suggested to the attendees in the packed out Atlanta Civic Center. The Konsole Kingz showed up fashionably late (well, not really we had other shit to do beforehand) and missed Kanye’s performance. But, we’re starting to believe that we probably didn’t miss anything because when we finally got to our seats, no one was standing and begging for more. Nor did anyone bother to tap us on the shoulder and say “dawg, you missed that shit.” Read the rest of this entry »

Konsole Kingz Halo 3 Celebrity Chalenge in the ATL!

My folks at Konsole Kingz did it big for the much anticipated Hallo 3 release. They sponosored a celebrity Halo 3 challenge featuring celebrities such as Lil Jon, Ying Yang Twins, E-40 and more.

Shop www.life-digitized.com and get the limited edition Halo 3 X-Box 360. Halo 3 for X-Box 360 and the X-Box 360 gaming systems are available now at www.life-digitized.com

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iPod Touch is Already Reporting Problems - Screen Related

Its you digital living and lifestyles partner giving tyou the 411 on the new Apple iPod Touch devices. Sevral articles are popping up discussing problems with the device's screen. Check them out.

clipped from tech.yahoo.com Apple has admitted that a "small number" of the screens on its new iPod Touch have trouble displaying dark images. Now let's see if Cupertino takes the next step and replaces the glitchy Touches free of charge.

HDTV Owners Aren't Familliar with what HDTV is!

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Port Washington, N.Y. — Among those who currently own HDTVs, 52 percent are familiar with the availability of high-definition DVD players, but only 11 percent expressed strong intentions to buy one in the next six months, according to a new survey released by The NPD Group.

The Apple Newton is Re-born as the iPhone!

It has been almost 15 years since Apple Computers (now just Apple), introduced the release of the Apple Newton Personal Digital Assistant. Seven failed models and almost 20 years later, the time for this portable device has finally arrived.

It is as if it had always been Apple's plan...

The Apple iPod is practically an offspring of the Apple Newton. The Newton's ARM processor was the foundation for iPod's operating system which ironically, was created by Pixo. A company founded by two ex-Apple Newton developers. Part of the Newton's 2.1 handwriting recognition system was included in Mac OS X , (Jaguar 10.2 ).

The new iPhone, cleaverly introduced at Macworld 2007 in San Francisco while the rest of the consumer electornics industry were attending the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show covention in Las Vegas, runs on Apple's OS X operating system. Interestingly enough the 'mobile life' concept of the new iPhone is the same vision the Apple Newton once promoted. The difference between now and 15 years ago is technology and an oversaturated PDA market.

The movement of processors, storage and displays in smaller and more efficient packages has opened the door for a Newton-like product to excell in todays personal consumer electronics market. As digital phone manufacturers battle for position amongst each other, content still proves to be the deciding factor amongst shoppers.

This is why Apple currently has the advantage. They rule the portable content market for music and are making steady growth in video content as well. All the iPhone has to do is offer the same content power as the mid-level iPod offering and decent mobile phone service. Current iPod customers will make the switch and dump their traditional mobile phone companies in a heart beat.

When Newton was introduced 15 years ago the term 'music download' was irrelevant. But Apple's technology framework for instant mobile consumption of content was in place via the Newton. The name 'iPhone' doesn't properly encompass all of this new products posibilities. Maybe they should name it 'iMate', (get it? eMate? Nevermind..). Dropping the computer out of Apple's corporate name is a smart move. It is also a sign that the lines between content and hardware manufacturers is blurring. Probably a lot faster than most may think.