Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nokia today launched the 5630 XpressMusic. The new mid-range phone in the company's media-focused lineup centers around a rare voice recognition system that will play artists, songs and other music content just through speaking its name.The 5630's music emphasis comes through dedicated side controls, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a microSDHC slot that comes with a 4GB card as well as room for up to 16GB. Nokia expects the UK and certain other countries to get a Comes With Music version that offers a year's worth of unlimited yet permanent music downloads for a higher price.
A 3.2-megapixel camera with flash, Wi-Fi and software N-Gage game support are also supplied with the handset.
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In other new tech gadgets, Sony Ericsson has launched a pair of handsets that both have features often left out of non-Japanese cellphones. The Cyber-shot S001 has the 8-megapixel camera still rare for the company but centers on an extremely sharp, 854x480 OLED display with enough color saturation to help previewing photos or watching 1Seg digital TV. The camera itself also has features closer to dedicated cameras with shooting up to the equivalent of ISO 1,600, image stabilization and detection of both faces and smiles.
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Joining Google's Android, Calendar, Docs, Mail, Maps, Reader and a few dozen other products today is a new application, PowerMeter. It's not launched yet, but when it is, it will help you keep track of your home power usage by tapping into information sent from your devices to your electrical meter, and from there on to the "smart grid".
What Google is showing of PowerMeter looks a bit like a line graph, with the X-axis representing time and the Y-axis showing both the amount of power used and which device used it. The theory is that if people can see how they're wasting electricity, they'll change their behavior. As its motto for PowerMeter, Google is using a Lord Kelvin quote: "If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it."
Labels: cell phone, doodle 4 google, nokia, powermeter, sony
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Good grief, I thought all the different Windows Vista options were a pain in the neck, but with Windows 7 there will be even more!
* Windows 7 Starter
* Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets)
* Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows 7 Professional
* Windows 7 Enterprise
* Windows 7 Ultimate
Good luck.
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Using a Wi-Fi connection for voice calls is not a new idea , as we're currently enjoying the Truphone app on the iPod Touch and the specially created Skype phones from 3, but this is the first time T-Mobile have chosen to dip their toes into this treacherous pool. They've updated their Shadow handset, which will now be capable of using a Wi-Fi signal. This allows you to make unlimited calls over Wi-Fi networks, moving away from the standard cellular network.
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Google announced its "Doodle 4 Google 2009" competition Tuesday. According to the company, all Kindergarten through 12th grade U.S. students can design a Google logo based on the theme, "What I wish for the World." Applications will be accepted until March 31 and the winner's doodle will be displayed on Google's homepage on May 21. The winner will receive a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for their school. Google will also award a school district $10,000 for the "greatest quality participation."
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Do your kids need a "screen time" manager? Parents don't have to worry about just too much TV viewing these days, they also have to worry about just how long their child is glued in front of their computer screen.
Hook the gadget up to your computer. With each child, you can pick and choose how long you want them to be able to be on the computer. It can track hours per day and hours per week, as well as being able to recognize periods of time when they’re not allowed on the computer at all. Once they’ve reached the time limit, it shuts off the device.
* Windows 7 Starter
* Windows 7 Home Basic (for emerging markets)
* Windows 7 Home Premium
* Windows 7 Professional
* Windows 7 Enterprise
* Windows 7 Ultimate
Good luck.
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Using a Wi-Fi connection for voice calls is not a new idea , as we're currently enjoying the Truphone app on the iPod Touch and the specially created Skype phones from 3, but this is the first time T-Mobile have chosen to dip their toes into this treacherous pool. They've updated their Shadow handset, which will now be capable of using a Wi-Fi signal. This allows you to make unlimited calls over Wi-Fi networks, moving away from the standard cellular network.
*~*~*
Google announced its "Doodle 4 Google 2009" competition Tuesday. According to the company, all Kindergarten through 12th grade U.S. students can design a Google logo based on the theme, "What I wish for the World." Applications will be accepted until March 31 and the winner's doodle will be displayed on Google's homepage on May 21. The winner will receive a $15,000 college scholarship and a $25,000 technology grant for their school. Google will also award a school district $10,000 for the "greatest quality participation."*~*~*
Do your kids need a "screen time" manager? Parents don't have to worry about just too much TV viewing these days, they also have to worry about just how long their child is glued in front of their computer screen.
Hook the gadget up to your computer. With each child, you can pick and choose how long you want them to be able to be on the computer. It can track hours per day and hours per week, as well as being able to recognize periods of time when they’re not allowed on the computer at all. Once they’ve reached the time limit, it shuts off the device.
Labels: doodle 4 google, Gadgets, google, kids, truphone, windows 7
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