Grab bag: Hobbitty goodness

Commence geek ecstasy now. Can’t wait for this movie.

One long fail: “As far as I could tell, there was one thing and one thing only that the Flash Player for Android 3.0 accomplished successfully. On the stock Android browser, Flash content is invisible, so you don’t notice Flash-based advertising. With the Flash Player installed, however, all those ads suddenly appear where once there were none, their animated graphics leaping and scuttling under your fingertips like cockroaches on a dinner tray — some achievement.”

Sounds great–service to translate fonts from one format to another.

So you have to tether the tablet to a BlackBerry phone to get BlackBerry email; the ergonomics of the buttons are confusing; they’re still pushing daily updates for the review devices right before launch; and the co-CEO is cracking up. Other than that, how’s the RIM tablet?

Email marketing provider hacked by targeted malicious emails. Ah, the irony.

Notes on the inevitable demise of standalone devices.