Evening Reading

by Brian Leahy, Jan 05, 2011 5:00pm PST

Sadly, the 1.2 patch for StarCraft II has been pushed until next week. As soon as it goes live, expect a #shacknews chat room on Battle.net for organizing Shack matches and custom games.

Also, anyone interested in looking at SC2 statistics, build orders, win percentages, APM, and a ton more should go ahead and grab SC2Gears. This program doesn't interact with SC2 at all and runs completely off of replays. It will also autosave and rename your replays when it sees them pop-up in the SC2 folder.

It can also be used to easily upload replays, like so! I will never get tired of writing ER posts about SC2. Deal with it.

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Motorola unveiled their iPad killer a little while ago: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-xoom-becomes-official-on-motorola-site-joined-by-unann/

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Motorola unveiled their iPad killer a little while ago: http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/motorola-xoom-... : thecatinthehat
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  Dual-core mother truckers! : oldschoolbob-o
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    I'm sure Apple is going to unveil a duel core a5 SOC in June. I mean they kinda have to at this point bec... : thecatinthehat
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      They don't have to at all since no one outside tech blog readers cares about hardware specs since they're... : derelict515
      
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      What about about all the people who bitch about how slow the iPhone 3g is? I bet they wish the specs were... : thecatinthehat
      
      The iPhone 3G used the same CPU from the first generation iPhone. The tipping point for good performance ... : Serpico74
      
      I don't care about the specs. It was perfectly smooth when I got it until software changed that. I don't ... : derelict515
      
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      I'm not sure if it's due to 2.3, but the nexus s is really damn smooth. : terath
      
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      All I know is the Galaxy Tab is absolutely not : derelict515
      
      Galaxy Tab is a piece of shit. : Wisp!
    - It's actually an apple tradition to be behind the hardware curve. Just in recent years with the transitio... : Hoax
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  There's 20 quadrillion fucking tablets. I go to engadget and have tablets forcibly raping my brain. Hopef... : locater16
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    This is basically the "official" Android Honeycomb tablet. If this isn't an iPad killer than I doubt any ... : thecatinthehat
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      why does it have to be an "ipad killer"? why does the entire market have to focus on one device? : harold.johnson
      
      It doesn't have to but the iPad showed that there is a real tablet market. : thecatinthehat
      
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      Because that one device practically owns the entire market. : afty04
      
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      The market isn't even remotely saturated, though. Android tablets don't have to "kill" the iPad. They j... : Arcanum
      
      I agree. My point wasn't whether competitors have to kill it or merely compete with the iPad. HJ remarked : afty04
- Specs look good. Wonder what it will cost. : edgewise
- I don't care that much about what's going on inside the tablet. We know it's not that difficult to have e : Danny5225
- I hope I can buy this without any Verizon strings attached. : TEXIT
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  There will never be an iPad killer. People that purchase apple products won't be swayed by things like b... : Turd Ferguson
  - What if the product came with a turtle neck? That would get 'em thinkin. : TEXIT
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    Except features like low cost, the best software market and excellent build quality? Unlike the desktop m... : edgewise
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      The software thing is a big issue I see for Android tablets. There's so much momentum with the App Store... : riptyde
      
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      This is basically where I stand. I have an iPad and an iPhone and even though much of the new Android toys look appetizing, I simply won't switch when I've already spent money on the apps. It's literally like making an OS switch now.
      
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      This is basically where I stand. I have an iPad and an iPhone and even though much of the new Android toy... : yoonix
      
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      Blame it on the "app" crazed society. Despite the fact we have a completely neutral platform (the web bro... : flasher 907
      
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      This, one thousand times. If someone argued a few years ago when internet applications were coming to the... : g3dHorse
      
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      even over wifi I pretty much never want to use a web app/mobile site on my phone or tablet if a well desi... : derelict515
      
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      Well yes we definitely need to see an advancement in internet applications through web browser before I'd... : g3dHorse
      
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      Sure, but why not use a native client when possible? Office Web is great but if I'm at my PC I'm going to... : derelict515
      
      Personally I avoid native apps where I can. When faced with managing my linux work laptop, win7 home gami... : flasher 907
      
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      It's shaping up to be an even more dominant position than the iPod market. At least with music you can ri... : edgewise
      
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      Not really. Android phones are selling faster than iOS phones. Apple is already losing dominance there.... : Arcanum
      
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      Apple is restricted by carriers I the phone space so the analogy doesn't carry over to tablets. : BouillonCubes
      
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      The point is that riptyde and edgewise were talking about dominance due to applications carrying over fro... : Arcanum
      
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      Abundance of hardware is hardly the only factor to consider. It's well known that despite there being mo : BouillonCubes
      
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      I attribute a great deal of the app selection and purchasing to a chicken-and-egg problem. People don't ... : Arcanum
      
      It may be solvable, it may not, but your core argument that sheer numbers is wrong. A good number of pho... : BouillonCubes
      
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      I don't see how you're making the jump from "Selling more" to "App advantage in the long run". : Danny5225
      
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      It's not complicated. More people with Android phones -> more people buying Android apps and more people... : Arcanum
      
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      Wrong. There are more Wii owners than 360 owners and yet 360 has much better downloadable sales than the... : BouillonCubes
      
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      The Wii has huge inherent limitations compared to the 360. They're arguably not even competing in the sa... : Arcanum
      
      But they are. They're both consoles. They're both for games. They both have an online store. They bot... : BouillonCubes
      
      I think you're over-simplifying what's required to create a successful marketplace. It seems like it requ... : Danny5225
  - Well Apple usually puts a really good first product, like the ipod. Other companies can do it better, b... : kingdepork
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    That doesn't matter, Apple was there first much like they are with everything else and that's a huge head : jingletard
  - Enjoy your itunes and mouse with one button! : Xencer
  - You're right, it's the total experience and price that matters but this doesn't just apply to "Apple Peop... : BouillonCubes
  - I WANT THE ONE WITH THE BIGGER GEEBEES : MercFox1
  - how's the weather up there? : halophoenix
- I sure hope they can fix that screen glare. Holy shit that's terrible. ;) : K1Bond007
- yes but can it play we doodle : Chandler55
- i like it all except for the lack of a pixelqi screen :/ and i hope it isn't verizon only, a wifi vers... : harold.johnson
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  Wow, that's the first credible threat I've seen for the ipad. Pretty sweet. : Mister Groin
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    Yeah, hardware-wise this thing looks killer. : edgewise
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      I want to engrave this on the back of every Android device. : sgtsanity
      
      lol :\ : bolneze
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      MONDAY NIGHT COMBAT FUCKER : armybob
      
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      I've got two episodes of Cougar Town to watch. It's so good! : Deathlove
      
      Lord help you. : anhero
- price?!?!?! : spiderfill
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  They could release a quad core, 4gig ram, radeon 6850 video card, blow job giving android tablet, but if ... : freakynipples69
  - ^ This. So many good and useful apps for the iphone. Both Business and home. : SirX
  - if it gives blow jobs it don't need no apps : kabex
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  How heavy will it be? How will it stack up to the iPad 2 (which will be released by then)? Are ther... : sgtsanity
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    Most importantly, will it blend? : Mister Groin
    - I want them to invent a tablet or phone that won't blend. : guido anchovy
  - The specs say 1.6lb. Same as the iPad. : boarder2
- Why do I find Aussie female accents so sexy? : Fred Garvin
- Spelled zoom with an x. Preorder cancelled. : flasher 907
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  The Asus tablet with Wacom looks much more interesting... : ArtilleryMarker
  - http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/04/asus-eee-slate-ep121-officially-unveiled-ips-display-core-i5-a/ : ArtilleryMarker
- yay! 2011 is bringing many a sweet android tablet option to the table. im glad most of these guys waited ... : smacknca
- It looks really good actually - and the preview of Honeycomb looks really really good too. Here's hoping ... : halophoenix
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  - I guess it's a Honeycomb thing: http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2011/01/t-mobile-posts-a-handful-of-... : GreatGooglyMoogly

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