17Mar2006
You Decide! now that there is a way to install an OS via the Memory Card on to the PSP (hey! this could be next contest - install Windows XP Tablet OS 2005 on a PSP).Engadget sighted few new accessories that are due sooner for PSPs. But there is an inetesting article in the TG Daily about this.
Leading the way this fall will be a pair of attachments that can collectively convert the PSP into a digital camera, voice-over-IP conferencing station, and a GPS navigation system. WiFi connectivity with Web browsing has already been added to the component, as part of the PSP’s version 2.x firmware upgrades, which were rolled out last October. Now, with the PSP-300 “EyeToy” attachment on-board, the PSP can effectively become a semi-portable communications device, at least within the vicinity of one’s home or, with a little ingenuity in both the technical and social departments, a campus. Video e-mail becomes a possibility, as well as video podcasts, presumably to be distributed through Sony’s network, perhaps among others.
What isn’t clear at present (no photographs appear to be available) is the degree to which standards will be employed in the conferencing process. Will PSP users be able to do VoIP conferences with PC users, and if so, which software will they have to use? Or will this just be a clever walkie-talkie for the PSP crowd? Amid Kutaragi’s apologetic mood Wednesday, on account of the PS3 delay, many details weren’t made clear - in fact, it appears Sony’s own PR has been relying on independent press reports to determine the extent of what Kutaragi himself said. But had the mood been just a bit brighter, perhaps both Sony and its press followers …
Full article at TG Daily
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis.
Microsoft believes consumers are looking for an uncompromised level of computing on the go. Thus, it began the process of developing what is now called the Ultra-Mobile PC back in 2002. Heading that team is Otto Berkes, the device’s architect and now general manager of the UMPC team.
In an interview with BetaNews, Berkes says the impetus behind the creation of this new type of computing device has to do with several changes in the industry. Today’s desktops and laptops are not designed for true “on the go” use, he explained, but people are increasingly going mobile.
The UMPC opens up a wider array of computing scenarios, including easier in-car use, or walking down a hall between meetings. The device does not take away from the PC experience, because it is running a full version of Windows, Berkes added. “It looks like something you’d pick up with two hands.”
Although it may appear to be, the UMPC is not intended to be a replacement for any other … Read the full aricle at BETA NEWS
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17Mar2006
UPDATE: Now available from YouTube.
Sure, Hugo Ortega will buy an UMPC when it’s out, but looks like he could not wait until the product hits the stores to get the experience, He had used the UMPC Emulator that microsoft released a few days back on this touch screen. Now he has shared a video of the same, Take a look.
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Hardware.
We all know it’s design, size and dimensions are very close to that of TabletKiosk and yes! PBJ might have them in white or various colors. Their site says we will have to wait until the 24th of March to get more info!.. Nah we’ll get back to business. Let the so called “SmartCaddie” come to life when it needs to…
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Asus and Reviews.
Gordon Kelly of Trusted Reviews has a simple review of the ASUS R2H
…a 7in touch screen LCD with 800 x 480 resolution, Windows XP Tablet OS with Touch Pack, 802.11b/g wireless and a couple of USB2.0 ports. Where it goes above and beyond the call of duty is in adding Bluetooth 2.0, a front mounted 1.3MP digital camera and built in GPS with retractable antennae. A tasteful bushed aluminium exterior also adds a little class. Curiously a 900MHz Celeron M ULV processor has been muted as the beating heart of the R2H but this would fall below Microsoft’s minimum of a 1GHz clock. We’re quizzing Asus about this right now so we should have a clarification soon…
Read the full article at Trusted Reviews
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