If you’ve been searching for the perfect portable GPS navigation system, look no further than the Garmin nüvi 760 4.3-inch widescreen bluetooth portable GPS automobile navigator. This GPS is really the best that money can buy - especially if you aren’t trying to go broke when purchasing one. The dimensions are 4.8 x 0.8 x 2.8 inches and weighing in at only 2.8 pounds, this widescreen model features built-in bluetooth and FM. Its also easy on the eyes because its got a 4.3 inch touch screen, 480 x 272 pixels, and Wqvga display with a color backlight. We mentioned bluetooth and FM, which is a great deal because it allows you to make hands-free calling and offers traffic broadcasts by using a “silent” FM data channel, which determines the best route based on the traffic status.This model also preloaded with City Navigator and North American Nt Maps, along with the “Where am I/Where’s my car?” feature - which is something totally new and only offered by nuvi, the first GPS to answer two common questions: “Where am I?” and “Where’s my car?”. At any given moment, your exact latitude and longitude coordinates can be given to you, along with the nearest address and intersection. The nuvi 700 can also direct you to the closest gas stations, police stations, and hospitals. And you no longer have to worry about not being able to find your car in a huge parking lot - this model can automatically track the exact spot the car was in the last time it was removed from the mount. Unfortunately, it can’t carry you to the car, but we’ll wait for that to come out next year. And for its last trick, the speed limit indicator displays speed limits for all highways and interstates.So, besides the fact that this GPS has a super user-friendly interface and the sleek, slim, and pocket-sized design is so pleasing to the eye, lets talk about price on the Garmin nuvi line. No need to panic, we’ve found it on Amazon for $199, which is a lot better than the original price of $399. In fact, less than a year ago, you would only been able to get a nuvi250W for $199. Sound like a good deal? You’re right - it is.Let’s face it, there is really nothing better than having a cool gadget that tells us how to get from A to B. Now, thanks to the nuvi 760, you can hold the world in the palm of your hand at a very sweet price.
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First things first, the easiest, cheapest and quickest way to speed up a computer is by formatting and re-installing the OS, this does however bring in a few probelms, especially if you have hundreds of programs installed (Like me).
The second, more advisable way is to start uninstalling programs you do not use. Many of these will have background processes, some which start on boot and then close back down, others will constantly run. Either way they all will slow down your computers boot time by a small but significant amount.
You can uninstall programs from the control panel, however this often leaves things on your computer which can still slow it down, for this reason I suggest using something like Perfect Uninstaller
Once you have uninstalled the useless unused programs off your PC the next step in speeding up your computers boot time is to clean up the registry. Registry cleaning is often considered insignificant, however a single registry clean up can cut your computers boot time in half! Registry cleaning is as simple as a single click with products like Registry Easy!
Once you have removed all these excess programs then your next step is to keep your computer clean, An Antivirus such as McAfee and some anti-spyware tools such as Adaware are pretty much essential here!
Once you have the basics out of the way you can look at more interior ways to speed up boot time on your computer. These small tweaks can massively increase your computers Boot time
Change your Bios to speed up boot time on your PC, make your Hard drive the primary boot device (Ususally CD drive as default) and reduce the time the boot program pauses to let you press the safe mood and system set up keys.
Remove the boot up splash screen to speed up Windows boot time, this can be done in MSCONFIG by checking the /noguiboot option.
If you are using windows vista you can massively speed up vista boot time by using the fantastic ReadyBoost system. This actualy turns a USB flash drive in to extra memory for your computer, and gives a huge boost to your computers boot speed in Vista!
And there you have it, some cheap easy ways to speed up computer boot time!
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The smoking ban in the UK has touched many, so it’s not surprising that alternatives are being sought the country over. Fortunately for thoseof you who have the nicotine dependancy I Want One of Those has just brought out the Electronic Cigar, a disposabledevice which evaporates a mist of a concoction containing nicotine and flavorings to make it similar to smoking the real thing!
And since there is no smoke, this is not affected by the smoking ban!
Good for 600 puffs of carciogen free heaven you will love this disposable electronic cigar!
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Sometimes the simplest gadgets are the best, and this is certainly true with the ingenious digital photo keyring, giving you the photo or even slideshow you want to be showing on your keyring.This great little gadget can store a hundred of your digital camera phots and will let you carry them around where ever you go, whether you attatch it to your keys, bag or pocket!
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Olympus have been one of the leading providers of consumer digital cameras for the past decade. For that ten years they have led the digital revolution and now they are preparing to finish the Mega Pixel Race. Olympus have now declared that 12 mega pixels is more than enough for the average consumer. Instead Olympus will be focusing on lense quality, features and sixe. This will bring the consumer/SLR divide that much closer, providing home consumers with cheaper, higher quality digital cameras.
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Today we are proud to announce the official unveiling of the long awaited portable e-book reader the Amazon Kindle 2. The first inception of the Amazon Kindle was fraught with criticisms, from its price to its functionality. Today however amazon have decided to fight back by releasing this fantastic slimline piece of hardware!
Despite the Amazon Kidle 2’s price still being on the hefty side, $359, the new device comes with some amazing features, at 25% thinner and 20% faster these two basic features alone are stunning, and with a massive 25% extra battery life you can go for 2 weeks without a recharge.
The screen has been improved as well, going from the 4 color gray scale to an impressive 16 shades of gray. This allows the user to customize the Kindle 2 much more effectively for easy reading!
Though the Amazon Kindle 2 is thinner, faster and all in all better that the original Kindle it still lacks a lot to be desired. Despite its 3G downloading giving you a book in less than 6 seconds many people are still unhappy about the restrictions placed by Amazon with DRM software. This is especially frustrating when you can get cheaper PDF and text document readers out there for a lower price and with no restrictions whatsoever,
While the Amazon Kindle 2 is a nice device, and they have addressed a lot of problems, making this a truely sweet device to use I cannot help but feel that they really need to relax the DRM and lower the price to somethign just a little more reasonable.
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As a long time windows user I have kept no secret of my distaste of Apple products. Unfortunately as the years pass it seems that the once restrictive controls of apple have begun to losen and I have found myself with less and less to crticize. They have brought out fantastic free software, they allowede a windows emulation for macs and they made some fantastic devices such as the iPhone and iPod, even if they still have some majorly pain in the ass restrictions on the music you place on them.For this reason I felt yet again disappointed as apple released yet another superb product, this time being the iLife ‘09. iLife 2009 is an amazing piece of softwware for photo management with some impressive features and astoundinly well thought out designs.And while this great product has compatability with geo taggin on gps devices and improved events album management what really caught my eye was the Face Recognition functionality.Yes after tagging one of your friends you can not only set iLife ‘09 to tage every other photo with your friend in it with one of those funky Facebook style squares but you can also upload them to facebook tagged. This means that there will be no more labourous tagging of facebook friends, you can simply upload your new photo’s to iLife ‘09, it will tag all your friends and then you can put them straight onto facebook, with the tags and the location.This feature seems os brilliant to me that it may even convince me to take the plunge and by one of those overpriced incompatible mac things, or maybe not.
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The SLR Digital Camera is fast becoming a complete replacement for normal SLR Cameras, much like the recent exodus on consumer cameras that has crippled many companies who did not adopt to the digital phenomenon..
The use of digital SLR cameras has vastly reduced many of teh significant problems found in the film based SLR cameras. Though one major issue has always been that there has never been a duel lcd screen to allow off the hip or from the ground easy picture taking.
This issue is mainly because an extra LCD screen would make the camera extremely bulky and much heavier. This is something that has hindered progress on flexible screens on digital SLR cameras since they first became available.
Until now.
In recent years technological advancements have been focused around the high tech industry, but rather like a caveman in the 90’s it has taken the genius of the team at flipbac to provide us with a genius cheap and flexible device.
The Flipbac angle viewfinder is an amazing product which allows the photographer to change his viewing angle of the digital camera screen with nothing more than a small mirror with a small attachment device that fit most Digital SLR Cameras!
This handy little viewing divice has raised a storm from the digital SLR enthusiasts, many of whom still promote the optical viewfinder as the only true way to take photo’s. The truth of the matter is though that this growing minority are keeping themselves locked away from a huge convenience and speed factor in picture taking!
]]>The Truphone currenly only lets you ring other Truphone and Google talk users via a WiFi network. (So slightly more limited than an iPohne as you need ana vailable connection) This is all via VOIP so once you have converted you iPod touch to an iPhone you will be able to make 100% free calls to other users.
Truphoen have also announced that the app they have created to allow calls from an iPod Touch will soon be able to make calls to landlines and mobiles, current pricing structures are currently in creation.
Personally I think this is great news for iPod Touch users who wanted a bit more flexibility with their device. The Truphone iPod touch to iPhone conversion software is available to download on the Apple iStore! for Free!
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The new Nokia N97 is a beauty to behold, but under the sleek smooth exterior is held an amazing array of smart, useful and downright clever functions for its users.
First lets cover the basics, this phone is similair to many stand alone personal internet devices, but this device contains both a sliding screen and a full QUERTY keyboard.
This phone, while having the telecommunications functionality also has a GPS function which is used by the device not only for route finding but also to automatically update all your social website accounts with your location and to tag images you take with were they were taken!
The home page itself has links to several social networking sites, but it is fully customizable for anyone who would like different websites at the click of a finger.
Under the hood of this beautiful device we have more surprises than you could shake a rabid chincilla at. For starters the device has 32GB of storage BUILT IN! with flash upgrade capacity of an extra 16GB. It has a media player built in, and WiFi for at home browsing and file transfers. On top of this it is fully 3G compatable for ont eh move browsing and downloading.
The camera on this device is a top notch 5 megapixel godsend which is surprisingly good in low light and normal situations. It has the good ol’ Carl Zeiss lens so you are guaranteed a high quality shot!
While this phone has broken the trend of touch screen, better for texting but worse for web browsing, I do predict it will be a massive success on it’s release in Europe in the beginning of 2009. For 550 euros though the N97 is a little pricy for many people!
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The Nokia N85 is the latest Nokia phone to hit the market. While currently lagging behind many other phone manufacturers Nokia has released phone after phone with briliant features and yet a scarily high price tag. The N85 is unfortunately no exception, with a starting price of $400 it has a cost that would make Chuck Norris wince. And yet the Nokia phone itself is still strangely aluring. With the remarkable Nokia two way slider giving easy access to the music lovers media keys and the other giving the old texting keys, sadly missing on several of the newr phones, the N85 remains a great combination.But the Nokia N85 really is well equipped with anything all but the most pedantic of phone lovers could want, its stylish exterior contains a well designed media player, easily navagated menu, GPS System and a fantastic 5mp camera. In a bit more detail lets look at those functions for a music lover, ontop of the slider function you have a 3.5ml jack for headphones, great loudspeakers and a fast multimedia player you also have an FM transmitter, so for all those long car journeys hey presto you got yourself some music! Those wanting the usual phone functions will eb gla to hear the N85 has fantastic battery life, due in part to the N85’s OLED screeen, new technology providing lower power consuption with crisper images. Product life will be a bit shorter but hey, phones only last a few years anyway!Those looking to use the camera will be impressed by this phone, which unlike many other cell phones has great night image picture taking. the 5 mega pixels gives you high quality images and the phones memory is easily upgradable for those with a trigger happy finger. All in all I love this phone, but the price tag is just that bit too much for me. Those with money to burn and quality in mind though will addore this feature rich multi purpose phone!
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The Motorola ZN5 is the latest camera phone to hit the market. Infact it is such a high specced device that it is more like the latest Camera with a handy mobile phone attached.
The Motorola ZN5 is a combination of the Motorola brand with , get this Kodak, the brand you once saw everywhere! Kodak have just began a serious foray into the digital world by teaming up with Motorola to release a camera phone with unbeatable specifications!
But things get better, ontop of the 5 megapixel camera that comes with this phone it also has WiFi built in, so no more cable, simply walk into your house and you can instantly upload all of your photos straight to your computer!
As an addition to the Motorola ZN5’s camera functionality not only does it have a brilliant camera inside but it also has a TV link, so if you have a handy TV nearby you can see all your photos on the big screen!
In a move from most phone cameras the Motorola has a defining 0.2 second click to capture time for taking pictures, that means that when you press that button the picture gets taken, unlike many other phone cameras where you may find yourself waiting for upto 2 seconds for the photo to be taken.
Personally I love this phone, and it’s smooth curved finish. I think it is a breath of fresh air from a phone company that has found itself well behind the times compared to other phone companies, much like kodak which was left behind with the digital revolution.
I look forward to seeing more from these previously redundant companies as they appear to be making an offencive cmoback with stylish well designed and feature heavy mobile camera cellphones!
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Shiro, one of Japans leading MP3 player marketers ahs come up with the new Solar powered Mp3 player. Its specs are nto that amazing but only 4 hours in direct sunlight will give your MP3 player a full battery, or around 6 hours playtime.
The MP3 player itself has a standard but adequate 16gb hard drive and 1.6 inch lcd screen. When teh sun isn’t out it has a USB power adapter to refill the old power cells!
Many users may find it’s control system unintuitive though, especially in the face of products such as the iPhone!
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Adobe, the worlds leading graphics design software manufacturer, have today anounced teh specs of th eeagerly awaited Photoshop CS4.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is a ground breaking on several levels, first and foremost its graphic card utilization, a first outside the Apple Mac, and defiantely something that should be worrying the ol’ iPod creators.
The graphic card utilization gives Photoshop CS4 a whole new level of graphic manipulation, veiwing and modification power, greatly reducing lag. Mix this is with CS4’s 64bit compatability and its new Pixel Bending technology (Reduces rendering time on special effects) and suddenly CS4 is not only a more diverse, but also a much, much quicker product.
Along with the new speediness you also have Flash compatability now, allowing greater flexibility when creating flash documents and a new host of tools within photoshop!
My allover favorite feature though is content aware scaling, this can stretch and distort an image while retaining key areas. Say for interest stretching an image of a couple walking on the beach, you can stretch the image to the length you want while retainingt he size of the settnig sun and avoiding the couple becoming grotesquely fat!
All in all I love the new Adobe Photoshop CS4 and look forward to buying it on release!
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I have heard many claims in my life of the worlds greatest, smallest, lightest and fastest devices. Most of these I discount as pure tosh. Everyone claims to be the best at their own target audience, it is after all the name of the game.
This time however the Fit-PC seems to have pulled off being the worlds smallest XP compatible PC, or maybe even just the worlds smallest PC . The Fit-PC comes in at a tiny 10cm wide, 11cm long and only 3cm deep, making it quite possibly the worlds smallest computer.
Considering its tiny size the fit-PC has a fairly decent amount of hardware under the hood,
| CPU: AMD Geode LX800 500MHz |
| Chipset: AMD CS5536 |
| Display: Integrated Geode LX display controller up to 1920×1440 |
| Memory: 512MB DDR 333MHz soldered on-board |
| Hard disk: 2.5” IDE 60GB |
| Ports: RJ45 Ethernet port 100Mbps WLAN 802.11b/g 54Mbps 3 x USB 2.0 HiSpeed 480Mbps mini RS-232 (cable available from CompuLab) VGA DB15 Stereo line-out audio (headphones) Stereo line-in audio / Mic |
While it would not stand up to many of today’s games the fact that all this is packed into the worlds smallest XP compatible machine makes it more than worth the downgrade!
Unfortunately I soon realised that while this is possibly the worlds most portable PC it is just the PC, include the power pack, monitor, the monitors power pack, keyboard and mouse and suddenly I think you would find you asking yourself why in gods name didn’t you just buy a laptop?!
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Personally I could not care any less if a company recorded information abotu what i bought, searched for or similar, I would prefer to have adverts relevant to me rather than an inbox full of, to put it bluntly, bullshit.
I find this move a hysterical response to an ‘internet phenomenon’ and that this is just anotehr example of nanny state behaviour appearing from the EU. Many internet companies succeed becasue tehy can see that a certain number of people like certain things, if this information is removed or becomes unreliable the tax losses for governments nationwide will be pretty damn big as companies go under and new ones cannot start.
I use google keyword stats regularly so am more than well aware of how advert targetting is imperative to the survival of small business on the internet.
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This is quite a unique kind of Pen drives we have ever encountered. This Pen Drive, produced in the shape of a Nike Shoes, is fast and wraps the NAND memory and the connector with some rubber. With pen drive will make sure that you empty all the neighboring USB slots though.
4). iDisk Diamond
iDisk Diamond is the smallest Pen drive made so far. This pen drive fits into the USB port of you PC. In terms of memory, it amazes you with the amount of data it can hold. iDisk Diamond comes in all memory sizes, be it 128 MB or the 8 GB (Say WoW).
3). Wallet Flash Drive
Walletex has developed the Wallet-Friendly device, the Wallet Flash, the world’s first credit card sized USB Flash Drive. The Wallet Flash USB flash drive has received the CES innovations 2006 Design and Engineering Showcase Honoree in the Personal Electronics Category, right upon its launch, and awarded “The 2007 Promotional Gift” by Promotional World.
This world’s slimmest USB device, and the only one that can be conveniently carried in a wallet, provides the discerning user with several major advantages over the conventional USB drives exist on the market.
2). World’s Heaviest USB Drive
Chris Spurge decided to permanently “embed” his USB drive to a 16-pound Galaxie 3000 bowling ball in fears of losing it. One caveat: connecting it to a computer. I can see the new trend now - flash drives stuck into Foreman grills, Karate trophies and old Pintos. The future is a beautiful place. While attaching this device to laptops and PCs within cramped confines probably isn’t desirable, it should definitely keep that precious data out of the washing machine, but we doubt this bad boy lands a strike anytime soon with such an extrusion.
1). 007 USB Flash Drive
For some people, losing is pen drive is not a worry, but the data filled inside it is. What if a person steals your Pen drive containing all your personel records like Name, Age, Bank Account number, Credit card information and the worst of all, you bank account or PayPal password. That is where 007 USB Flash Drive comes to rescue. This device “not only keeps would-be data thieves from getting to the thumb drive, it also will physically lock the drive to an object, such as a desk, via the bundled steel cable.
So, what is you kind of pen drive? Did we miss anything? Scribble through the comments section below.
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The Dark Knight is about to create records and break records of the Titanic by being the highest revenue generating Movie so far. But it is not limited to Cinemas. Rumors are that people have seen XBox 360 for sale sporting Batman logos in the front and center. If that doesn’t rock you, hear this. Microsoft has also showed off a “limited edition”of Dark Knight XBox 360 in an exhibition in Taiwan. However all of you avid gamers won’t be able to have their hands on this Limited Edition of XBox 360 but chances are that Microsoft will change their mind and put these kinds of consoles in mass production.
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In the mean time, read my past posts, dig and stumble me, comment on what you love and comment on what you loathe!
Au Revoir!
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On the plus side thought the tracks sony release wil be 100% DRM fre, meaning you can swap and change the MP3s between your devices without any worries of incompatability.
There is no news as of yet as to how much this will cost, how many songs you will get or even if they will be downloadable straight onto your set top box, watch this space for more information!
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The iPhone 3G has been around for only a week and yet already there is a huge amount of software available for it. The applications for the iPhone 3g vary wildly, from the rathe unimaginative to the wacky and insane software you can get for it. The iPhone 3G third party tool I have found most useful however is a small application called Jott, which is a personal Dictaphone for you iPhone. Not only does this utility do the normal voice recording, but it also converts your voice to notes and then allows you to store or send the text!
This iPhone 3G utility is showing incredible power, as you can create lists, swipe off notes you have finished with and send htem on to others who need the information, in the future I would not be surprised if this is modified to allow for voice commands as well!
This is however one of my top iPhone software applications, its usability and usefulness have made this tiny little applicaion indespensible to me on a day to day basis!
Of all the tools so far Jott is by far the best iPhone application, for both work and personal life have allowed me to quickly say what I need to do rather than type in and organise, a nifty little prioritisation feature makes sure that I never forget the things most important and I am hoping soon they will insert calendar functionality!
But of course the best thing about this piece of iPhone 3G software is that its 100% Free to download!
You can get the Jott Dictaphone tool for the iPhone 3G Here for Free!
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The news on the Xbox 360 Price Cut is in, Microsoft hasn’t confirmed but plenty of big name nisider bloggers have!
The Xbox 360 is set to have its price dropped in America to $299 (A saving of $50) making one of the leading consoles just that little bit cheaper. You can now get the xbox 360 for less than a mobile phone after Microsoft cut the Xbox 360 price.
This seems like one more nail in the coffin for the Playstation 3 which has struggled repeatedly to gain a footing after its overpriced release with few games. It seems Microsoft has learnt from its defeat against Sony’s Playstation 2 several years ago.
In the meantime however Microsoft have everything to gain as the latest Price cut before the E3 Game conference this year is set to rapidly increase the rate of sale of XBox 360s now they are so much cheaper.
The XBox 360 Price Cut is expected to happen within the next two weeks.
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With the PlayStation 3’s firmware upgrade however it does look as if things may be set to change, with a huge array of upgrades, the full list or which is impressive
* Friend category
* View, send, receive messages via your Playstation 3
* Manage downloads
* Set the vibration feature of the PS3 controller
* Sign in to PlayStation Network
* Register friends
* Manage Bluetooth devices
* Terminate the game
* Music category
* Use the system BGM
* Work the system BGM operation panel
* Settings category
* Assign PS3 controllers
* View profiles
* Game category
* Set audio devices
* Use the voice changer
Like many people I get frustrated by the short lifespan of my laptop, it seems help may soon be at hand though as Ultracell release a 14 hour life span batterie for military laptops.
Unfortuantely the wattage is only 25 watts, but on the plus side this may bring in some streamlined energy efficient laptops that will allow true office free working, with internet and word applications while still giving a full 14 hours battery life.
This is great news for me as it actually means I will be able to go and work down by the river for more than a short 45 minute stint before my laptops battery gives out!
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Polaroid today announced the release date for their long awaited digital upgrade to the Polaroid Camera. The PoGo is a Pocket Sized Bluetooth Portable Printer that uses no ink (Thats right a completely inkless printer.
By making the printer inkless they have ensured that it is Robust, small enough to fit in your pocket and has fantastic quality even while on the move.
The other great thing about the Pogo Pocket Printer is its Cellphone compatability, it can print directly from your cell phone via Bluetooth or USB, making it the ultimate mobile portable printer.
The pocket printer works by heating special crystals found on the paper that comes with it, this gives pictures created by the pogo a fantastic non pixelized look that is prevailent in todays printed world.
The Pogo portable pocket printer will cost around $149 on release and uses a special stickybacked paper which will cost around $0.35 each, this is fairly cheap for on the move portable printing, but the pictures do only come out wallet sized!
The fact that the Pogo Pocket Printer can print fast pictures directly from your cell phone is a great idea, i cant see it taking long before colleagues begin to take advantage of this to pat you on the back leaving a picture or two stuck there!
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This week the Release of the Apple iPhone 2 3G was announced by Steve Jobs at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference.
The news was both sour and sweet, the sweet being 3G download speeds, GPS Tracking and Third Party applications, the sour however was very sour indeed.
Apples iPhone 2 can now only be bought on a 24 month contract, how many people keep one phone for that long? The worst part is may iPhone users will still be locked into an 18 Month contract they signed for a free iPhone.
The reasoning behind this is to keep a strangle hold of power on the distribution of the iPhone so the right people are making money out of it, and in the near future many people are forseeing a u-turn by apple similar to the removal of Apples DRM systems last year.
There are other little quirks that still have not been fixed, including thnigs such as Video capture capability, or even Multimedia messaging, something found in the most basic of phones for the last 5 years.
All in all there is a lot of disappointment in the air, though I do not doubt that apple will still shift a huge amount of these when the iPhone 2 is released on the 11th of July.
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Fans of the Apple iPhone went frantic this weekend as pictures were released showing the Apple iPhone 3G in all its slim lined Glory.
While specs have still not been confirmed for the Apple iPhone 3G they are set to be impressive. One of the major drawbacks of the original iPhone was its slow download speed from the iTunes service, this looks set to be fixed with the broadband speed downloading offered by 3G. the Apple iPhone has been a fantastic product and has excelled in bot the US and European markets. Seeing a new, sleeker faster version of the IPhone 3G is something we are all looking forward to! It is however expected that the new Apple iPhone will be fully WiFi Compatable
Of course as with many early release photos there is a high chance that these may be fake, several people have noticed that the lock button is missing on the red phone. THere is however some Contention over this though as it would be expected that the ‘red’ version would be released later, as part of the anti - AIDS campaign.
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It seems as if the future is here today as Telstra demonstrated a working Hologram displaying a person giving a speech from 460 miles away in Australia.
The life sized 3D image was projected onto the stage where CEO Hugh Bradlow interacted with the audience (who he could see via webcam feeds)
This has been one of the few real examples of hologram technology put into use for communcations, although it is still too expensive for any real business or personal use.
The hologram technology is a fantastic step forward, and proof that it can be done with todays tehnology. It seems that the star trek future is not quite as far away as previously expected.
The holographic future is something that has always seemed a far and distant future, idolised in sci fi series and films the likes of Minority Report. The ability to place a complete image of someone infront of an audience is an immense achievement, demonstrating the possibilities of the future, something only hampered by its current incompatability with mass production and the price hike that goes with that.
Either way it leaves the possibility that Hologram techinology, home videos and phones could see the light of day within my lifetime!
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Samsung today released details on their latest Solid State (No Moving Parts) Hard Drive. Measuring in at a gigantic 256 Gigabytes it rivals the size of many of todays more conventional hard drives, and at speeds of upto 200mbps data transfer it is looking like it soon may be faster than even the most advanced regular hard drives on todays market.
The Flash SSD Series from Samsung is used in most recent notebooks today, since Solidstate Hard Drives are smaller, more resilient and reliable there is no surprise in this. The 256GB version of Samsungs Solid State hard Drives is Due to be Released at the end of 2008.
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