Motorola Atrix
"Welcome, to the real world!" this is how Morpheus from The Matrix would great you. Today I'm gonna tell you about a device that's worthy of 21'st century. This is a powerful smartphone that can be easily transformed into a netbook with the help of a docking station that includes a 11.6 inch LCD display, a qwerty keyboard and usb ports among other things. The hardware powered by an nVidia Tegra 2 system on a chip can easily handle most of everyday tasks whether you are editing docs, browse the net or watch HD movies. This device might be a good choice for those who are annoyed by the multitude of devices to choose from when up to a task. Should I use the desktop pc, the notebook, the tablet, or the smartphone? Motorola seems to get back in the game with a device that has multiple uses for the consumer. It's not everyday that innovation strikes and gives us a glimpse of the future, it seems Moto has challenged another "Milestone". Be sure to post your opinions on this. See you around!
Link: Complete review
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Cloud Computing - Sky's the limit!
The cloud computingWhat up? Clouds computing, what the heck? Maybe the clouds in your head - Axy says... and I say - Yeah, you got that right - the cloud computing.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has its definition: "Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources (e.g. networks, servers, storage, applications, and services) that can be rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction."
So, what does that mumbo jumbo means? Each time you use your web-based e-mail account, you are using cloud computing. Are you editing your documents on the go with Google Docs? Again you are the proud user of cloud computing. Are you storing your files on Microsoft's SkyDrive? Yet again this is cloud storage service. The best thing about cloud computing is that you don't need a high end pc to get the job done. Sometimes a mere smartphone with a decent web browser is enough. The way the pc tablets and many electronic gadgets evolved past the years makes these devices the weapon of choice for many cloud services users. The future is fast (app)roaching - making the cloud (app)s part of our everyday life! Is this good or bad for ya? Looking forward for your comments, have a good one!
Link: Cloud computing explained
Friday, May 6, 2011
Google TV - The future is now!
The Google TV
Remember the days when TV's used to look like big square boxes with an antenna on top? Fast forward to today: HDTV's and thin LED displays. Have you ever felt like something's missing when acting like the average couch potato? Let me give ya one clue: it ain't Al Bundy. It's the Internet experience I'm talking about.
Google, Intel, Sony and Logitech got together at a picnic and decided to set plans in motion for the next gen TV experience.
You can now browse the net, access your facebook account - even play some Farm Ville all of it running on an Android platform inside your TV like the Sony NSX-46GT1, on Logitech Revue Companion Box or on a Sony NSZ-GT1 Blu-ray Player - all of them featuring Google TV. So, I'd like to know your opinions/comments on this technology.
Link: Google TV
Have a nice weekend!
Remember the days when TV's used to look like big square boxes with an antenna on top? Fast forward to today: HDTV's and thin LED displays. Have you ever felt like something's missing when acting like the average couch potato? Let me give ya one clue: it ain't Al Bundy. It's the Internet experience I'm talking about.
Google, Intel, Sony and Logitech got together at a picnic and decided to set plans in motion for the next gen TV experience.
You can now browse the net, access your facebook account - even play some Farm Ville all of it running on an Android platform inside your TV like the Sony NSX-46GT1, on Logitech Revue Companion Box or on a Sony NSZ-GT1 Blu-ray Player - all of them featuring Google TV. So, I'd like to know your opinions/comments on this technology.
Link: Google TV
Have a nice weekend!
Your multiple lifestyles, you decide!
The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101
The tablet wars gets hotter by the day. Many companies have deployed lots of foot soldiers on the battlefield but it's seems that Asus has the advantage of a sharpshooter, aiming right at their hearts - the price tag. The Eee Pad Transformer runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and it's based on nVidia Tegra 250 SOC (system on a chip) platform.
Apart from being the most affordable Honeycomb tablet on the market, it can be hooked up to a keyboard dock thus transforming into a netbook form factor with full Qwerty keyboard and extended battery life up to 16 hours. Here are the full specs: Eee Pad Transformer
This video: I can transform ya - would make a fine product commercial, don't you think?
The tablet wars gets hotter by the day. Many companies have deployed lots of foot soldiers on the battlefield but it's seems that Asus has the advantage of a sharpshooter, aiming right at their hearts - the price tag. The Eee Pad Transformer runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and it's based on nVidia Tegra 250 SOC (system on a chip) platform.
Apart from being the most affordable Honeycomb tablet on the market, it can be hooked up to a keyboard dock thus transforming into a netbook form factor with full Qwerty keyboard and extended battery life up to 16 hours. Here are the full specs: Eee Pad Transformer
This video: I can transform ya - would make a fine product commercial, don't you think?
Go turn every screen into a computer!
The Asus EeeKeyboard PC EK1542
That's right guys - The Asus EeeKeyboard PC EK1542 is a fully fledged PC in a keyboard form factor. It's got its uses mainly at home if you wanna surf the net from the comfort of your sofa or bed, or just use it as a personal media center. Hardware wise it's based on EeePC architecture: powered by an Intel® Atom™ N270 cpu, 1GB of ram DDR2, Video Decoder Broadcom 70010/ 70012 Solution, 16GB or 32GB SSD, Bluetooth ver.2.1, WLAN B/G/N connectivity and wheighs about 1kg. It also features touch controls on a 5" touchscreen.
Overall this is a great addition for the in-home computing. As usual you're more than welcomed to post personal opinions.
Link: The EeeKeyboard PC EK1542
That's right guys - The Asus EeeKeyboard PC EK1542 is a fully fledged PC in a keyboard form factor. It's got its uses mainly at home if you wanna surf the net from the comfort of your sofa or bed, or just use it as a personal media center. Hardware wise it's based on EeePC architecture: powered by an Intel® Atom™ N270 cpu, 1GB of ram DDR2, Video Decoder Broadcom 70010/ 70012 Solution, 16GB or 32GB SSD, Bluetooth ver.2.1, WLAN B/G/N connectivity and wheighs about 1kg. It also features touch controls on a 5" touchscreen.
Overall this is a great addition for the in-home computing. As usual you're more than welcomed to post personal opinions.
Link: The EeeKeyboard PC EK1542
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
To play or not to play - while you're away :)
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play
Hello everyone! Have you missed me? Strike 1, strike 2, strike 3 and… you’re out! I guess I’m out and about… to write about something… well, where was I? I can’t find my keys and I’m not talking about Alicia cause she’s hot anyways. That’s it! Stop playing already, those people have gathered here to read opinions about a cool gadget not about some random guy’s mumbling nonsense.
Most of you heard about Playstation at least once or twice in their lives. The PSX or the PSone console was a huge success back in its days, then the PS2 followed. The PS3 set new standards for the gaming console by also acting like the living’s room Media Center. The PSP or the Playstation Portable was and still is a breed of its own – striving to get portable gaming to a new level.
What if you could use your PSP to place phone calls? But what if you have to answer an incoming call from your mom or gf while your game’s main character gets chased by a gang of green goblins wielding baseball bats? The game would pause automatically just like the Nokia N-gage used to.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play combines the PSP’s hardware controls with the skills of a full touch Android Smartphone. The OS is 2.3 Gingerbread meaning that the web browser supports Adobe Flash 10.2 and various enhancements that could replace your netbook/notebook on the go. The screen estate is 4” wide and at 854x480 pixels resolution playing games, surfing the net and editing documents (using the onscreen keyboard) is a sheer pleasure. The connectivity options cover pretty much everything from Bluetooth ver.2.1 with A2DP to Wi-Fi, 3G (video calling is a no-go) and GPS (if you ever miss the bus stop from playing games).
Under the hood there’s a 1GHz Scorpion processor (Axy take care not to sting yourself :)), Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset and 512 mb of RAM. The internal user memory is up to 400 mb and a 8GB microSD card is included in the standard sales package. The onboard camera snaps 5MP stills and shoots WVGA video at 30 fps.
To sum it up the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play is an interesting gadget bringing Android OS and Playstation experience altogether in your pocket.
As usual feel free to express your own opinions on this. Stay tuned for more, see ya!
Link: Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play Review
Hello everyone! Have you missed me? Strike 1, strike 2, strike 3 and… you’re out! I guess I’m out and about… to write about something… well, where was I? I can’t find my keys and I’m not talking about Alicia cause she’s hot anyways. That’s it! Stop playing already, those people have gathered here to read opinions about a cool gadget not about some random guy’s mumbling nonsense.
Most of you heard about Playstation at least once or twice in their lives. The PSX or the PSone console was a huge success back in its days, then the PS2 followed. The PS3 set new standards for the gaming console by also acting like the living’s room Media Center. The PSP or the Playstation Portable was and still is a breed of its own – striving to get portable gaming to a new level.
What if you could use your PSP to place phone calls? But what if you have to answer an incoming call from your mom or gf while your game’s main character gets chased by a gang of green goblins wielding baseball bats? The game would pause automatically just like the Nokia N-gage used to.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play combines the PSP’s hardware controls with the skills of a full touch Android Smartphone. The OS is 2.3 Gingerbread meaning that the web browser supports Adobe Flash 10.2 and various enhancements that could replace your netbook/notebook on the go. The screen estate is 4” wide and at 854x480 pixels resolution playing games, surfing the net and editing documents (using the onscreen keyboard) is a sheer pleasure. The connectivity options cover pretty much everything from Bluetooth ver.2.1 with A2DP to Wi-Fi, 3G (video calling is a no-go) and GPS (if you ever miss the bus stop from playing games).
Under the hood there’s a 1GHz Scorpion processor (Axy take care not to sting yourself :)), Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset and 512 mb of RAM. The internal user memory is up to 400 mb and a 8GB microSD card is included in the standard sales package. The onboard camera snaps 5MP stills and shoots WVGA video at 30 fps.
To sum it up the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play is an interesting gadget bringing Android OS and Playstation experience altogether in your pocket.
As usual feel free to express your own opinions on this. Stay tuned for more, see ya!
Link: Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play Review
Monday, May 2, 2011
Smartbooks - to be ola or not to be ola *(ola - online always)
So, here we are ladies and gents almost mid 2011. The tablet-hype reached it's peak. Nowadays even grandma wants to read the news online or check the e-mail - most of which could be spam anyway. You can find touchscreen tablets everywhere, ranging from dirt cheap to the full price of a Core i5 powered Notebook. I won't get into much details cause stirring up an Apple fanboys rebellion it's not my cup of tea, at least not today.
So let's take a look at the big picture: Smartphones, Netbooks, Touchscreen Tablets - they all fit in the MID (mobile internet devices) bucket. What about smartbooks? First time I heard about 'em I was like wtf? A mobile OS designed for touchscreen usability transferred to a netbook form factor? As I got the chance to experience Android 2.2 on a Asus Eee PC 900 (fresh OS install by me) I had a sudden change of heart. Everything fell on place just like a 3 year old puzzle. Using keyboard and mouse with the Android OS it's not a bad user experience after all.
Nowadays I'm eager to get my hands on a Toshiba AC100 Smartbook. It's powered by a nVidia SOC (system on a chip) Tegra 250 with dual core cpu, full HD capabilities and it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. Don't know if an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb would be available but still, hardware wise it's more than a match for most Netbooks out there powered by Intel's Atom cpu's. So I'd like to hear from you, don't be shy and post your own opinions/comments on the matter. To be continued...
Links you might be interested in:
Porting Android OS to x86
Smartbook - Wikipedia
Toshiba AC100 Smartbook
So let's take a look at the big picture: Smartphones, Netbooks, Touchscreen Tablets - they all fit in the MID (mobile internet devices) bucket. What about smartbooks? First time I heard about 'em I was like wtf? A mobile OS designed for touchscreen usability transferred to a netbook form factor? As I got the chance to experience Android 2.2 on a Asus Eee PC 900 (fresh OS install by me) I had a sudden change of heart. Everything fell on place just like a 3 year old puzzle. Using keyboard and mouse with the Android OS it's not a bad user experience after all.
Nowadays I'm eager to get my hands on a Toshiba AC100 Smartbook. It's powered by a nVidia SOC (system on a chip) Tegra 250 with dual core cpu, full HD capabilities and it runs Android 2.2 Froyo. Don't know if an update to Android 3.0 Honeycomb would be available but still, hardware wise it's more than a match for most Netbooks out there powered by Intel's Atom cpu's. So I'd like to hear from you, don't be shy and post your own opinions/comments on the matter. To be continued...
Links you might be interested in:
Porting Android OS to x86
Smartbook - Wikipedia
Toshiba AC100 Smartbook
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