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rgb Filter Episode 005 – iPhoning It In – Show Notes

July 16, 2008April 17, 2009 Doug Groves 1 Comment

Ryan gets an official “Welcome To The Show”. iPhone Launch Coverage Bell and Telus to charge 15 cents for every incoming SMS. Industry Minister Jim Prentice responds. In gaming, we give quick reviews of Bourne Conspiracy and Dark Sector. Maxy Max Payne teaser trailer released, and looks good, and stop calling Mark Wahlberg Marky. Watchmen Video Journal 3 and 4 now online. We take a look at awesome new multimedia search site viewzi.com, and talk about the Belkin Go Station. All this and more in rgb Filter Episode 005. The…

Some of our favorite trailers so far from E3

July 15, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid E3, trailer7 Comments

Fallout 3. The trailer speaks for itself. The sequel to one of the greatest RPG’s of all time. Will be available for 360, PS3 and PC. Alex says that the PC version will naturally be the best one.

E3 starts today with Microsoft keynote – Canadians left out in the cold again

July 15, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid E3 2008, Microsoft, Xbox 3604 Comments

Today Microsoft made many exciting Xbox 360 announcements, some of the highlights were release dates high anticipated games, Final Fantasy XIII coming to 360 and ‘Xbox Live Primetime’, an online game-show channel accessed through Live. They are also completely revamping the consoles interface, with a totally new dashboard and Nintendo Mii-like avatars, but as per usual there was a kick in the nuts to Canadian gamers, with the announcement that Xbox would now support Netflix Standard Definition on-demand programming (HD in the future). Netflix is only available in the USA,…

The last iPhone post (for now…) – now it is time for E3 to dominate the news

July 14, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid iPhone0 comment

Since rgbFilter has be over saturated by iPhone news for the past few days we have decided that we will be putting moratarium on all iPhone related news for now. HOWEVER we will still be editing together all video footage we took into a series of short clips that will be posted later this week. So without further ado we present the first on many E3 related posts. (and for those who are not gamers E3 is the annual video gaming convention in L.A. where most of the big gaming…

Video Comics All The Rage

July 14, 2008July 25, 2009 Doug Groves video5 Comments

Is it just a matter of synchronicity, or something else? In the last couple of months, I’ve seen quite the increase in the idea of ‘video comics’, where traditionally drawn comics are turned into semi-animated stories. The original artwork is scanned in, voice actors recite the dialogue, and traditional camera techniques applied, such as faking depth of field, panning and zooming and so on. MTV just announced the video comic adaptation of the traditional print book “Invincible” which will air on MTV2, as well as be available targeted at iTunes…

Toronto iPhone launch turns into a debacle

July 12, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid iPhone4 Comments

Having had some time to reflect on the Toronto iPhone launch and getting some sleep (well a nap of a few hours) I am going to be posting some more detailed accounts of the night and morning. FIRSTLY I would like to point out that I am angered by the fact that Rogers quickly turned what should have been an event for all the customers who were excited enough to line up in the rain for hours on end into a media circus where the only person that really mattered…

Just a little love for our iFriends

July 11, 2008July 12, 2008 Danny X 1 Comment

this is just a very quick blurb toeveryone who was at the iPhone launch on July 11 who helped make it such a great event. I’ll be posting something a little more in-depth tomorrow about the vibe, the ups and downs, some of the more memorable moments, and how a quick trip to the mall completely saved the day. That’ll be tomorrow. Now, I must sleep. Cheers 🙂 Ps: this post written on my shiny new iPhone 🙂

Toronto, Canada, iPhone launch line up, LIVE

July 11, 2008July 25, 2009 drsquid event, iPhone8 Comments

WE HAVE SHOT A LOT OF VIDEO CLIPS WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN OUR UPCOMING PODCAST Time : 3 am rgbFilter is LIVE on the scene at the line-up at the Yonge and Dundas Rogers Plus store in Toronto, where at 8am there will be a special launch event for the iphone, with Rogers providing breakfast and prizes – are they trying to make up for all the bad publicity that they generated, or is this all a carefully orchestrated plan from them ? As the saying goes there is…

rgb Filter Episode 004 – Ryanitis – Show Notes

July 9, 2008July 25, 2009 Doug Groves Nvidia, Opera Mobile, review, Wanted4 Comments

Episode 004 of rgb Filter is in the can, and available at your friendly neighbourhood series of tubes. In this show, Ryan joins us as a brand new co-host. We also talk Canadian smartphone data rate updates, and the announcement of Opera Mobile 9.5 beta coming July 15th. http://my.opera.com/operamobile/blog/2008/07/07/leave-no-platform-behind ATI’s new cards force NVidia to lower prices, while Nvida announces the availability of it’s new CUDA SDK, allowing programmers to use the power of GPUs for non-graphics purposes. Xandros buys Linspire – is it a bid to keep their EEE…

Ubisoft buys Hybride

July 9, 2008October 27, 2009 Doug Groves Hybride, Ubisoft2 Comments

Game developer Ubisoft has purchased Montreal special effects house Hybride Technologies. According to their announcement (which I would link to here, but it’s embedded in Hybride’s flash based site): “The future of our industry depends on our ability to create brands that captivate customers and to extend our brands to other forms of entertainment,” said Yves Guillemot, chief executive officer at Ubisoft. “This alliance is a true first for the industry,” said Yannis Mallat, Ubisoft Montreal CEO. “Ubisoft and Hybride share the same vision of entertainment convergence and a common…

The Great Canadian Telecom Duopoly roundup

July 9, 2008July 25, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, Rogers7 Comments

Yep. It’s the semi-weekly Great Canadian Telecom (GCT) Roundup, taking a look at what’s happened in Bell and Rogers are doing lately (this week there’s some bonus Telus news). To start it off, the Montreal Gazette is reporting (in a story who’s title “Consumers r skrood by ph compnEz – agn” can be considered either a painful attempt at 1337 speak, or a dig (not digg) at the literacy rate amongst internet users, that Bell and Telus are considering charging customers per sms received starting in August, with speculation that…

Rogers offers Unlimited-ish Data Plan for iPhone 3G.

July 9, 2008July 9, 2008 Danny X 1 Comment

Hot off the Interwebz, Rogers is now offering a promotional $30/month Data plan for the iPhone 3G. $30/month will get you 6 GB of data (ED Note: for phones purchased on or before Aug 31st) You can add the $30 data plan to any existing plan. If you think that’s still a little tight, consider that AT&T’s advertised “unlimited data” plan actually includes a 5gb “soft cap“, meaning customers who go over that amount may be subject to additional fees. The intention is to avoid people thethering their phones and…