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- iPhone touchscreen differences
- A post on Apple's discussion forums sheds some light on two different touchscreen panels being shipped in iPhone. The two different panels presumably made by different manufacturers are indistinguishable when the backlight is off but that are, in fact, much different.You can find out which panel your iPhone has by...
- Tags: Touchscreen, iPhone Diary, iPhone, Hardware, Disney
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Apple beefs up iPhone battery specs
- It's a classic example of Apple's under-promise and over-deliver philosophy. In a last minute surprise Apple has posted new information about the iPhone battery and touchscreen that is sure to please potential buyers. In a press release posted this morning Apple claims that iPhone now gets up to eight hours...
- Tags: Battery, Displays, Hardware, iPhone, Multi-Touch, Touchscreen
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
- 10 things wrong with touchscreens
- While we're on the topic of lists, another list that caught my eye recently was Nigel Powell's 10 serious problems with touchscreens that you should know before 29th June via TUAW. While Nigel doesn't claim to have ever held an iPhone, he brings up some good points about the downside...
- Tags: Hardware, iPhone, Keyboard, Multi-Touch, Touchscreen
- Blog posts 2007-06-18
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- Please tell me an actual Apple netbook is on the way
- I've said it several times before: I want a netbook. An Asus Eee would be great, the HP MiniNote is a bit pricey but looks very slick, Dell's proposed netbook is still vaporware but worthy of excitement, and I'm still waiting for US OEMs to pick up on the...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Keyboards, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!
- The computer mouse set to die out in the next five years? Don't bet on it!I've used perfect Voice Recognition--it still sucksWant to experiment with perfect VR? I did! Here's how:Have a friend (who is willing to be your input device for a full 8 hour day) type for you...
- Tags: Mice, Keyboards, mouse, computer, computer mouse, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- 10 things we'd change on the iPhone 3G
- There's plenty that's great about the new iPhone, says silicon.com's Natasha Lomas. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things for Apple to think about for the next time round. The 3G iPhone has finally arrived--a year and a half after CEO Steve Jobs first confirmed...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Apple Inc., 3G iPhone, 3G, Keyboards, Advertising & Promotion, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Marketing, Networking, iPhone 3G, Apple, smart phones, Natasha Lomas, silicon.com
- News items 2008-07-15
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboard
- Blackberry steals iPhone's virtual keyboardCopying Apple???By stating that RIM is "stealing" iPhone's virtual keyboard, you are assuming that Apple were first to market with said on screen keyboard.Back in the real world, where Apple are lagging behind "big time"... they are one of the last mobile phone manufacturers to use...
- Tags: Keyboards, Well Let, Touchscreen tech, keyboard, virtual keyboard, Apple iPhone, touch screen, Apple Inc., RIM BlackBerry, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Scorpion Jukebox (zip)
- The Scorpion Jukebox is an application that allows the user to select and play music from a locally stored music collection. The Scorpion's music selection is based on downloaded album covers in an extremely flexible way. The Scorpion uses DirectX to be able to achieve a user interface with a...
- Tags: Future-eggs, Scorpion Jukebox, Scorpion, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Peripherals, Components
- Software downloads 2008-07-11
- Linux-based cell phone drops July 4
- The Openmoko Neo Freerunner, a Linux-based cell phone that "will help enable ubiquitous computing in the 21st century," will be on sale starting July 4, with shipping to begin July 7. According to company specs, the phone utilizes GNU/Linux and comes with core software for dialing, SMS...
- Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Linux, Telecom & Utilities, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- Will the iPhone 3G support MMS?
- Will the iPhone 3G support MMS?Same settings?I don't think that the same settings for MMS apply as for SMS but never mind. The Iphone was a novelty because of its nice touchscreen. It was and it is an incomplete piece of work. No mms while people are using that for...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular phones, 3G, MMS, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G
- Discussion threads 2008-06-27
- Details on HP's new laptops and all-in-one desktop
- HP released a slew of new consumer and business products--including 17 new laptops--at an event in Berlin earlier today. In addition to HP and Compaq notebooks, new products include a refresh of its TouchSmart all-in-one PC, a Voodoo-branded desktop and notebook (the Voodoo PC site had been down for several...
- Tags: Voodoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, Laptop Computer, Notebook Roster, HP DreamColor Display HP, Desktops, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- The CIO ledger: Pondering iPhone plusses and minuses
- The CIO ledger: Pondering iPhone plusses and minusesNegatives!!!What negatives!?RE: The CIO ledger: Pondering iPhone plusses and minusesWho gives a shit what cio's think? aren't these the very same jerks whose stocks are plunging, without the iPhone? How many ford execs have Blackberries? enough said.RE: The CIO ledger: Pondering iPhone plusses...
- Tags: Games, E-mail, Hacking, iphone, Pondering iPhone, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price"
- iPhone 3G - Apple's reality distortion field redefines the phrase "half the price"re: "half the price"My sister has had the iPhone for some time. I have an HTC Mobile 6 phone with ATT. She is on Edge, I am on 3g. When we were looking for directions...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, phone, 3G, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?He's probably stressed it more than you haveI've crashed mine a few times, too doing stuff it was never intended for. Like using data URLs to create 4MB bookmarks. That will bring an iPod touch to its knees pretty quickly.NOT MOVIES??!!??!![i]I've thrown everything at it and have...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Archos, Archos 605
- Discussion threads 2008-06-09
- iPod touch 2.0 anyone?
- It's almost a certainty that Steve Jobs will announce the next-generation iPhone at the WWDC today. But in the midst of all the iPhone 2.0 speculation and rumors, we seem to have overlooked other Apple products due for a revamp - such as the iPod touch. I...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- News to know: Vista search; Android; Gmail
- Notable headlines: Ed Bott: Fixing Windows Vista, Part 5: Faster, smarter search Phil Wainewright: Scaling the cloud, deflating the price of software Ed Burnette: 50 questions asked and answered on Android News.com: Google to let users test new...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, E-mail Providers, H-1B, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-05
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgrades
- Handicapping Windows 7's effect on Vista upgradesNot a good enough reasonReally, the fact that Windows 7 is not anything new is hardly a reason to upgrade to Vista. When you are supporting 15000+ clients workstations and laptops, why break what's already working? Users tend to hate fundamental changes...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Yes Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-05-28
- Negroponte shows off amazing XO2 design - but will OLPC survive?
- OK, so this does look cool: OLPC's XO2 is a touchscreen-only book-like device that serves as ebook reader, media player, computer and presumably game machine. Nicholas Negroponte unveiled the specs of the new machine at a press conference in Cambridge. Some crucial facts: estimated cost $75, displays from Pixel...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Get one of these: Chumby (updated)
- So what is Chumby? It kind of defies description. When I first saw Chumby I thought that it was an alarm clock that displays that weather and news headlines – which it does – but it's really more than that. It's really a little WiFi connected Internet...
- Tags: Battery, Computer, Chumby, Productivity, Wireless LANs, Keyboards, Engineering, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Hardware, Peripherals, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)
- Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder updatediPod Killers & iPhone Killers?As soon as a product gets tagged an iSomething Killer it seems to be doomed to a lower market share.So what do we have with the Thunder? After a mountain of posts about how bad the iPhone is without...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Cellular phones, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone, touch screen, High Tech Computer Corp., cell phone, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
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