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Welcome to Shelly Palmer’s Technophobe’s Guide to HDTV — a very biased, highly opinionated, absolutely partisan instruction manual focused entirely on purchasing something you absolutely don’t need.   George Bernhard Shaw once said, “Every profession is a conspiracy against the laity.” And, retail television salespeople (most of whom also sell toaster ovens) have the added Continue Reading →

Shelly Palmer chats with John Abell, Wired.com’s NY Bureau Chief about iPad competitors. Continue Reading →

International CES 2011 is in the history books and it was a wonderful show. Over 135,000 attendees, over 20,000 new product announcements, over 1.6 million square feet of exhibit space — it was a non-stop tech festival that truly has no equal anywhere on Earth. Samsung, Sony, Sharp, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Vizio, Joe, Sally, Tom, Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110106_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] The 2011 Consumer Electronics Expo has officially started and over 150,000 people are here to see what the future of technology has in store. It’s only day one and there are plenty of things to be excited about. First up, Comcast is releasing an app that will Continue Reading →

If you’re thinking about buying an HDTV, now is a great time to get one. HD sets come in sizes from 5 inches to more than 100 inches and are priced to fit almost any budget – and that’s all you need to know. Today, any HD set from a major manufacturer will display a Continue Reading →

What’s New at Apple? Apple CEO, Steve Jobs unveiled an updated version of the MacBook Air on Wednesday, that uses flash memory for storage instead of a hard drive. The new MacBook Air laptops are priced between $999 and $1599. Jobs also announced the new Mac OS X “Lion.” The new Mac operating system features Continue Reading →

Windows 7 Smartphones Unveiled Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer unveiled the final version of the Windows 7 mobile operating system on Monday. The Windows 7 OS will run on 9 different smartphones from manufacturers like LG, Samsung and Dell. The new phones will premiere on AT&T’s network November 8th and will expand to T-Mobile, Verizon and Continue Reading →

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I was moderating a Socratic discussion entitled, Digital 101: The Evolving Living Room at the recent Digital Sports Summit and I wanted to stir things up a bit, so I decided to ask my panel the wrong question, “Considering the amount of personal devices people are using to consume media, is there really a living Continue Reading →

Windows 7 Phones Coming to AT&T Microsoft hopes to effectively compete in the crowded smartphone market with its Windows Mobile 7 platform. Microsoft will be offering three new phones manufactured by HTC, Samsung and LG. AT&T will be the exclusive carrier in the U.S. and will begin selling the Windows 7 devices this November. Cybercrime Continue Reading →