19Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis and General.
That’s the educators take on this.
David Whyley - ICT Consultant Headteacher, handheld learning guru and key figure in Wolverhampton’s Learning2Go initiative, the largest handheld computer pilot currently in Europe, takes a trip over to CeBIT to meet Microsoft’s Origami first hand to see what all the hype is about and assess it’s possibilities for use in Schools….
The device will certainly be of interest to all of us I am sure. It is basically a tablet PC with a really cool user interface. It can be operated by pen like a tablet and also has a really nice on-screen keypad which you operate with both hands like those ergonomic keyboards of a few years ago…
Read the full article [here] VIA: [UMPC Buzz]
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17Mar2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis.
This is not an average Mac/Apple addict article, Apple Matters (a serious, yet irreverent look at all things Apple) has an article which states,
…people might ask “Why would Microsoft go after iTunes and not the more profitable iPod?” An excellent question. Microsoft and its hardware partners have learned the hard way that taking on the iPod directly is next to impossible. If you build a better spec’d player it isn’t as intuitive. If you build a cheaper player, it isn’t as stylish. If you build a superior player in every quantifiable way consumers will simply say it won’t run iTunes. In the end, all the assaults on the iPod have come to naught. One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results. Microsoft is not deranged….
Here is the full article
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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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