NextBuses App on Iphone
Malcolm Barclay is the developer of this new UK-based application NextBuses. He merely sold over 200,000 copies of iPhone applicatios such as Tube Deluxe, Tube Status and London Bus. He is really into transpo applications!
“Nexus One” Denied to Google
Google had bid for their newest smartphone to be named as “Nexus One”. However, the US Patent and Trademark Office denied their request just as what happened to the former “Android”.
Canada’s $75 Ipod Levy
In Canada, it is basically illegal to copy music from a CD you purchased to an Ipod. Luckily, it’s not in the US! So Canadians figured out that a levy could ensure artists and music producers that they can still makes money even if you’re not re-buying their music.
JBL MS-8 in-car DSP Almost Here
It has long been waited as it debut last 2007 in a BMW. JBL MS-8 will soon be available!
According to JBL, MS-8 includes a display, a wireless remote control, a binaural microphone, a setup CD and an eight-channel amplifier/preamplifier that can be connected easily to any car’s existing head unit via speaker- or line-level inputs. It also includes Lexicon Logic 7 soundstage and a center channel speaker that could create seamless images to every passenger in every seat. Awesome!
JBL’s On Time 200P Ipod Dock
JBL’s newest release ON Time 200P loudspeaker dock could definitely wake you up with its adjustable snooze and sleep timers while it makes you smile as you tune in to your favorite AM/FM radio station.
Energy Efficient AT&T Zero Charger
Admit it! We often overcharge our drained phones on the wall. We are too tired from work or school that we usually leave it plugged up overnight. According to AT&T, mobile phone chargers that are left plugged wastes electricity enough to power 24,000 homes for a year, or brew three to four million cups of coffee each day.
John Grisham Agrees on E-book
The biggest bestseller of all time finally agrees to an e-book revolution!
John Grisham had some opposing concepts about e-books before. He is concerned that neophyte authors would have difficulty on publishing themselves through the internet.
I don’t seem to get it! With the evolving technology, e-book publishing may eventually compete with the traditional publishing models. E-book creation is cheaper in ways that there is no distribution cost and turnaround time is faster as the authors can easily upload their work and the readers can simply download it. Authors can quickly send their manuscripts to different publishing sites such as Amazon Digital Text Platform, Smashwords, Scribd, Lulu, and Sony Publisher Portal.
There may be few setbacks with e-book publishing platforms but we could still find ways! An author of an e-book can apply restrictions to his book. He can limit the downloading of an e-book for a single purchase, and the amount of devices to which the e-book can be transferred. The popularity of e-books is growing faster and aspiring authors may have their bestselling break through self-publishing platforms. Interesting isn’t it? Authors may find this new route much better than the traditional paperback publishing!
Sony VAIO M, Budget Laptop
Sony just launched its newest mini-notebook!
Sony’s latest Vaio M is a 10.1-inch widescreen netboook, which runs with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom processor and features PineTrail Architecture. Vaio M is quite bare and far from last year’s luxurious Vaio W with chiclet keys. Yeah! It’s the new budget-friendly Vaio released in the market!
The new Vaoi M has a 1GB RAM with a respectable 250GB hard drive. It is preloaded with numerous Vaio software and Windows 7 Starter Edition. It is practically light at 1.4kg with supplied 6-cell battery rather than the usual 3-cell. Hopefully, its battery life could last up to 8 hours! The screen has a 1024×600 display with LED backlight. Connectivity ports include WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 and three USB ports. Sony had also equipped a Motion Eye camera, stereo speakers plus mono microphone for great video chatting. Not bad, isn’t it?
Sony has to cut off few goodies to match competitors so it came up with the “affordable” Vaio M. This is not the typical Sony Vaio that people drool for Vaios! Try looking at its specs, I bet it also works a lot like the usual Vaio standards anyway. What do you think?
Checkout for HTC HD2 with T-mobile this coming March
Are you looking for the newest and the trendiest phone? Grab HTC HD2 with T-mobile when it is out in the market this coming March. HTC HD2 has a 480×800 WVGA resolution that enables you to watch videos as if you’re watching in a real TV, because of its 4.3 inches corner to corner big screen.
Skype Video Calls Go High-definition
Communication at the present day goes way beyond the normal chit-chat and conversations. The advancement of technology substantially improved improves the means on how people communicate with each other. Communication alternatives like chatting and video conferences became one of the hottest trends in the modern world. Long are the days that you use snail mail. Skype, one of the most widely used communication alternative in the internet, finds to innovate their video calls.
