Wed May 19 2004
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04:33 PM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
...says Tim O'Reilly from the famous O'Reilly Media publisher. Well, I did read his nine arguments, actually twice (!), but I cannot agree with him. "Gmail is fascinating to me as a watershed event in the evolution of the internet. In a brilliant Copernican stroke, gmail turns everything on its head, rejecting the personal computer as the center of the computing universe, instead recognizing that applications revolve around the network as the planets revolve around the Sun." To me it sounds as if Tim was among those celebrities like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Henry Kissinger, Shaq O'Neal who put money into Google in 1999 through Angel Investors. Now he might be waiting for the big bucks in return. Would you want your mail being scanned by a bot for commercial purposes? |
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Tue May 18 2004
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04:51 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
"One of Dell's new Axim X30 models is an updated version of one of Dell's earlier handhelds, the Axim X3i. Like its predecessor, the new device offers Wi-Fi and a good amount of memory in a relatively small Pocket PC. To this, Dell has added a 624 MHz processor and Bluetooth wireless networking. Perhaps the most significant change in this model it the move to the latest version of the Pocket PC operating system, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. This allows the X30 screen to support both portrait and landscape modes." Brighthand conclusion is that the Axim X30 is a must have for 350 USD. Edit: An even more in-depth review can be found at Aximsite, with a conclusion similar to that of Brighthand: "Over all I believe this is a A+ upgrade from the X3i." |
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04:40 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
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04:14 AM by Colin Dunstan in Miscellaneous | Lounge
Be quick as I am not sure for how long the discount works! Related to this: Office Depot is running a Buy 1, Get 1 Free sale this week on Belkin PDA accessories. |
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Mon May 17 2004
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01:34 PM by sUnShInE in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
According to the Tapwave press release, "In addition to launching at retail, Tapwave will release up to 10 new premiere titles by the end of the year, along with 60 to 75 Tapwave Certified titles, such as MicroQuad (arcade/racing game), Hellfire: Apache vs. Hind (helicopter combat game), Orbz (action arcade) and Acedior (RPG)." The Zodiacs come in two different confirgurations, the Zodiac1 for $299, with 32MB RAM; and the Zodiac2 for $399 with 128MB RAM. Both units feature an ATI® Imageon™ graphics accelerator and Motorola® i.MX1™ ARM 9 processor, and "[i]n the near future, the Commodore 64® engine will be available for the Zodiac, and will be supporting Bluetooth multiplayer play." For more info on the company and its current line of products, check out their website, or stop into CompUSA next month! |
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12:47 PM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Portable Audio/Video
According to the writer, "[t]he iPod is over-priced when compared with these competitors," and "[i]t also falls down on battery life, with some portable MP3 players lasting three times as long, while its lack of support for Windows Media files will upset many PC users". Its recommendations instead: iRiver iHP-100 Series, Rio Karma, Rio Nitrus, iRiver iFP-300 Series, and the iRiver iFP-500 Series. |
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09:41 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
From the review, "the screen is, as with all the new PalmOne screens, gorgeous. You can't dim it as much as the T3, which makes it a little bright at night, but that's the only fault I can find with it. As for the processor – it plays Sonic the Hedgehog (via GuineaPig) only slightly slower than my 400Mhz T3, a nicety of the new PXA270. Sound is very similar to that of the T3 – solid, but nothing particularly special." Sounds nice, especially for $299 ESP. Only drawback is that the device has no Wifi support, which I consider obligatory for my use (I personally don't care for BT). |
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09:14 AM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
The Inquirer goes even one step farther and predicts the end of the mobile phone business if the banning of cell phones continues. It concludes: "Genuine fad for true sneak "intimate" photography of ordinary pictures is most unlikely to become widespread. The resulting images are unlikely to be even vaguely erotic, and boredom would set in quickly. But the law prohibiting such devices may rest on many statute books for many years, nonetheless." |
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