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Carte postale vidéo de San Francisco
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5 minutes and 35 seconds
Country:
Canada
Language:
French (Canada)
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Video Blog
Producer:
Bruno Guglielminetti
Director:
Bruno Guglielminetti
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325
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Posted by:
shl on Aug 7, 2008
L'auteur du Carnet techno, Bruno Guglielminetti, une chronique publiée sur radio-canada.ca, a enregistré cette vidéo le 14 juillet 2008 à l'aéroport de San Francisco après y avoir passé quelques jours. Il parle notamment de l'arrivée remarquée du iPhone.
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- Good morning, welcome to San Francisco.
- Well, to the San Francisco Airport, SFO.
- I'm about to leave, waiting for the plane and it was kind of quiet so
- I took the opportunity to prepare a video postcard for the Techno Blog.
- A short visit to San Francisco today...
- Today is monday, so about 3 or 4 days after the launch of the IPhone.
- I tell you, here the IPhone craze is still strong.
- I dropped by in the Apple Store and...
- there were people waiting in a queue
- as long as the one we could see in Montreal on Ste.Catherine Street
- and this, several days after the launch itself.
- So even though they've sold one million IPhones 3G, it looks like a lot of people still want to get a hand on one.
- This was obvious to me in San Francisco.
- And... not only at the Apple Store
- I also visited AT&T, which is Apple's partner in the United States
- I peeked in a couple of AT&T stores and in one of them, the largest one,
- I heard people still complaining about the IPhone's activation problems.
- Though people seemed happy just to own an IPhone.
- And again, it was very crowded down there when people tried to get an IPhone, some cops were dispatched.
- So that's about it for the IPhone.
- What is really interesting is the advertising that is going on in San Francisco.
- Here, billboards advertise the Samsung Instinct
- Sprint has launched a huge campaign.
- Of course, it's a new model that is supposed to rival the IPhone.
- Also... Just checking my computer, I have notes written down...
- The cell phones fees shown here are so much lower than what you'd expect from Rogers, Bell or Telus.
- I don't want to bug you with that but...
- Just have a look at AT&T's website, or Spirit, PCS, or Mobile...
- Ok, no more comments but quite a difference in the cell phones rates.
- And talking about cell phones,
- I just remembered that I was using my legendary Nokia N95
- to figure out what was the wi-fi network like in downtown San Francisco.
- and it was quite amazing
- At some point, I found on one street corner about 22 hot spots.
- Of course, some were secured but 5 or 6 were not.
- So think about it, that's something! 21-22 accessible hot spots at a crossroads, I was impressed.
- This being said, talking about wi-fi and let's stay in San Francisco...
- I got caught in a Starbucks where I wanted to check the Techno Blog.
- But no, because of Starbuck's alliance with AT&T, you have to become a member
- and because of that, I never managed to read the comments from the blog.
- I had to wait until tonight, at the airport, to be able to connect to an AT&T hot spot.
- Well done, by the way. Good connection, I feel at home with such a fast connection.
- And one last word, maybe you wonder why I'm in San Francisco, not in Los Angeles
- where the E3 is going on right now...
- Well, my trip to San Francisco was planned well in advance. I hadn't really tought about the E3.
- Big news coming from E3. Apple Over holds a press conference over there today.
- Also PlayStation and Nintendo are among the big news we're going to check.
- I'll talk about all of this in the Techno Blog.
- This will be the blog's last real-time update. I'll be on vacation (for real!)
- My girlfirend will be excited to hear that!
- I'll be in Europe without any gadgets... apart from my N95, but it's not what I need to write posts for the blog anyway.
- So during that 3-week break, I invite you to go and read the posts that are there and to comment.
- When I come back, I'll update the blog.
- So there you are, goodbye. Intel will hold a big press conference today
- to announce the release of new microchips
- It's the Centrino 2.
- So great news because they're testing the new microchip and it looks like it will be compatible with Wi-Max and Wi-Fi.
- So just imagine that kind of chip in your laptop, in your car or even in your phone. That would allow you to connect either to Wi-Max or Wi-Fi.
- This is almost like a dream come true.
- Of course, it'll be expensive at first but aftwerwards
- the market should help bring the prices lower.
- So for now I wish you a great summer
- Who knows, maybe you'll see me again before the end of the summer through a video on the net.
- I'll also update the blog this week so please participate. I read all your comments and messages.
- Have a great summer. I'll see you later... After a short break, I'll be back at work on August 11.
- So long from San Francisco !


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