When the promotional video finally lands on the iPad, Motorola zings Apple by saying the iPad is nothing more than a giant iPhone.
Well, all the crtitics can keep laughing and making fun of iPad, but Steve Jobs has the last laugh when he sits down to count the tons money he made from selling the product.
http://www.tuaw.com/2010/12/20/motorola-calls-ipad-a-giant-iphone-in-honeycomb-teaser-video/
Popular game app Angry Birds, for example, sends a user’s username, contacts, location and phone ID along to Google/Chillingo (a unit at Electronic Arts, which markets the game) and to Flurry, an application analytics company. Do Angry Birds actually seem more menacing to you now?
It’s not only smartphone apps. Facebook apps leak alot of information too. That’s why I’m very particular when adding apps.
Read the whole article from the link below.
http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2010/12/20/how-smartphone-applications-spy-on-their-users/
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I was kidding with my colleague this afternoon about Apple TV. I was saying since it’s running iOS and can be jailbroken, we could potentially hook it up to a 47″ LCD TV and get a damn big iPhone/iPad. We were laughing about it and talking about how damn thrilled his daughter would be to play Coin Dozer on the giant iPhone. Only problem is that we don’t get touch screen, or the multitouch at that size in the market.
But who knows! I’m wrong! There’s actually this overlay multitouch that has sizes up to 103”. Looks like my wild idea isn’t that wild after all. Well, that is if you can afford to fork out about 3000 SGD for that overlay.
This is the link to the multitouch thing I’m talking about.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/07/displax-overlay-multitouch-turns-your-lcd-or-plasma-into-a-touch/
“Google Voice for Students
Google Voice gives you more control over your communications with transcribed voicemail sent via email, free SMS and more. Enter your .edu email address below and we’ll send you an invite within 24 hours.”
I’m not sure if this is also applicable in Singapore, but I suggest just giving it a try.
Sign up here
http://www.google.com/googlevoice/students.html
This is an interesting piece of work. Imagine waking up to sceneries rom various parts of the world in the morning, instead of staring at the opposite HDB block….boring.
There’s an IPhone app to act as the remote, and the images and app to control the perspective runs from a Mac. It’s also mentioned in the Winscape website, that a Wiimote can be used to track the motion.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqu9NuINKbc
It’s pretty surprising. I thought the IPad was intended for the education market when news of their collaboration with a renown published was leaked out before their launch. So now where is the IPad heading?
iPad banned from several American universities over ’security’ concerns
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Original article is at Engadget.com
Alright! Hold your horses if you have not bought your Wii Motion Plus. Even if you have already bought your’s, no problem. You can still get the Nyko Wand+
This product was exhibited at the CES 2010. What they have done is to build in the Wii Motion Plus into the WiiMote-size Nyko Wand+, so you won’t have to attach that addition piece of hardware to your WiiMote making it look quite awkward. With the Nunchuk it looks even messier. So this is cool. No additional attachment, no worries of breaking the contacts between the WiiMote and the Motion Plus.
This is a “must buy” item for me when it’s available in March.
But something puzzling me though. Why didn’t Nintendo think of it?
This the cost of the phone plus shipping for Singapore buyers. You still have to add 7% more for GST when it arrives at the custom.
So now the cost is USD $806.10 excluding GST. Add the 7% GST, the total cost will be SGD $862.50 or SGD $862.60 depending on whether it’s rounded up or down.
I had a hard time resisting the urge to click on “Place Order” button.
And in case you are wondering about support, HTC has a local number for you to call. And I believe there’s a local service center too.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/nexusone/
The Google Nexus One is finally out, after half a month of rave rumours (which are surprisingly accurate). Here’s some figures for potential buyers in Singapore.
Cost of the phone $529
Cost of shipping: Approximately $26.65 by DHL
Import taxes and duty at Custom: 7% GST on Cost of phone + Shipping inclusive
The whole cost would come up to close to $600 USD, which is about $840 SGD.
All my figures are rounded up and based on my estimation of shipping charges. The cost might be higher depending on the type of shipping option that Google uses.
This looks like a phone that every geek should have, but I’m waiting. Who knows one of our local telcos might have a surprise for us in the next few days to offer this with contract.
Here’s some links for reference:
Official Nexus One Order Page – http://www.google.com/phone
Shipping Charges for Nexus One – http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Google+Mobile/thread?tid=1ebc1fc326c1e75e&hl=en
This is found on Sun Microsystems‘ website. Oracle has spoken. That was the statement that Larry Ellison, Oracle CEO made.
There are alot of uncertainties on the future of Sun and MySQL ever since the announcement of the acquisition. And the European Commission’s recent probe into the deal didn’t help. This has resulted in Sun potentially losing substantial business to rivals like IBM and HP over the short span of 3 months.
Anyway, this should allay fears and uncertainties from customers and potential customer. I’m a Sun supporter myself. It’s good to see that the business carries on with better prospects and directions.