RIM unveil Blackberry Playbook a Blackberry tablet-pc

Research In Motion today release its tablet-pc called Blackberry Playbook on its Blackberry Developer Conference. This new baby boast uncompromised web browsing, true multitasking and high performance multimedia while not forgetting the advanced security features.

Powered by a Cortex A9-based dual core 1GHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM  and Blackberry Tablet OS and also equipped with dual HD cameras ( one is front facing, and yes its for video conference ) which can record HD video at the same time. The Blackberry Playbook is also has an HDMI output for presenting to external displays, MicroUSB jack, 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi and Bluetooth connection.The audio output is also offering rich stereo sounds. 

The Blackberry Tablet OS is built upon the QNX® Neutrino® microkernel architecture which mentioned as one of the most reliable secure and robust operating system architectures in the world. In term on integration Blackberry Playbook is also possible to be paired with Blackberry Smartphoone using secure Bluetooth connection where user can opt to use the tablet display to display any email, BBM, calendar, tasks, documents, etc which RIM described it as " an amplified view what is already on your Blackberry Smartphone".

Take a look for the specification and features of this new gadget :

• 7" LCD, 1024 x 600, WSVGA, capacitive touch screen with full multi-touch and gesture supportBlackBerry Tablet OS with support for symmetric multiprocessing
• 1 GHz dual-core processor
• 1 GB RAM
• Dual HD cameras (3 MP front facing, 5 MP rear facing), supports 1080p HD video recording 
• Video playback: 1080p HD Video, H.264, MPEG, DivX, WMV
• Audio playback: MP3, AAC, WMA
• HDMI video output
• Wi-Fi - 802.11 a/b/g/n
• Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
• Connectors: microHDMI, microUSB, charging contacts
• Open, flexible application platform with support for WebKit/HTML-5, Adobe Flash Player 10.1, Adobe Mobile AIR, Adobe Reader, POSIX, OpenGL, Java
• Ultra thin and portable
• Measures 5.1"x7.6"x0.4" (130mm x 193mm x 10mm)
• Weighs less than a pound (approximately 0.9 lb or 400g)
• Additional features and specifications of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be shared on or before the date this product is launched in retail outlets.
• RIM intends to also offer 3G and 4G models in the future.

via Blackberry Blog and via Market Wire

 

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September 27, 2010

New CPU and Graphics update for Sony Vaio E , F and L Series

Sony has upgrades their Vaio series lines. The Sony Vaio E Series is available for 2.66Ghz Core i5 580M and 2.53Ghz Core i5 460M and also new 2 Ghz Pentium dual-core option.

The updates also available for Sony Vaio EA and EB which provide Mobility Radeon HD 5650 graphics video and 1020 pixels display. E Series also provide purple as a color choice. Sony Vaio F series is also update its video graphics for newer GeForce GT 425M which is available by this month and equipped with USB 3.0 ready to meet fast external hard drives.

The Sony Vaio L Series has options for Blu-ray and 2 TeraByte hard drive. For CPU it has 2.66Ghz Core 2 Quad S and has options of a TV tuner.
via electronista

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September 26, 2010

HP unveil TouchSmart 310 all-in-one PC

HP announced its new all-in-one PC on their TouchSmart product line. This latest TouchSmart powered by 2.8 Ghz Athlon II 24oe Dual-Core processor, 4GB RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4270 Integrated graphics and 1 TeraByte storage drive. The HP's latest version Windows 7 Touch with custom user interfaces for Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, Netflix and HP's built-in TV tuner running on an 20-inch 1600x1900 resolution touchscreen. The product will hit the market on this 22nd.

HP TouchSmart 310 all-in-one PC

 
via endgadget

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September 20, 2010

Lenovo LePad coming in this December

Remember the Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 Hybrid ?, the netbook that have retractable multitouch screen. It called Hybrid because it will runs on two different operating system and two processors. It seem the retractable screen part that will hit the market very soon;  it called LePad, while the U1 dock will be released later. The tablet will be obviously sized 10.1 inch touchscreen. What about the LePad specification ?

Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 Hybrid, the retarctable multitouchscreen will called LePad

Although it is not clearly what are being put into this device, back during CES it was featuring ARM CPU and Windows 7 and Skylight Linux OS , however it has since been changed to Android OS. Rumours said  the device might also featuring 16 GB flash drive and 512 MB of RAM.

This will be likely more interesting once U1 is released, the netbook will comes with Core 2 Duo CPU, 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 128GB SSD, a full QWERTY keyboard, additional ports and Windows 7. Quite powerful device, and it's great choice for Xmas gift too.

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September 19, 2010

How to handle 49.4C02 errors on HP Laserjet P3005 series

Have you ever facing the problem when your HP P3005n Laserjet Printer is returning 49.4C02 Errors on its control panel screen ?. Recently I got it and found the solution is very easy. My colleague was sent the printer to the vendor for fix but apparently he was asked to pay $250 to replace the printer main board. I said no and would be glad if he can pay me only a half of those price if I can fix his printer *grin* . The error occurs when users are trying to print from Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.x , however it is not always occurs on every documents that are opened with Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.x, hence only happened on few documents, depend on the content. So how is the solution ?.

The cause of the error is the firmware. You need to update your HP Laserjet's firmware to the latest one. HP confirmed their old firmware is having problem with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.x, and probably any later version. To update your printer's firmware you need the firmware itself and firmware update utility from here . Extract the firmware update utility and the firmware. Copy the firmware, usually it has .rfu extension to the firmware update utility. Execute the firmware update utility and select the printer that need to be updated. Wait a few minutes for the uploading the firmware to the printer is processed. When the process is done, the printer control panel will be back to status READY. This indicating the firmware process is done. Now your printer is ready to print.

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September 18, 2010

Backup Outlook Express email with free Amic email backup

For most PC users, home computer user or small business computer user, backup for email is important, since not all email client provide this feature. Amic email backup is a free software that is designed to backup copy of emails database. It can save emails, address book, mail settings, mail and news accounts, message rules, blocked senders lists and signatures to a single, compact, compressed backup file that can be easily restored whenever necessary.

With Amic email backup, backing up Outlook Express email is easy. Amic backup email can works in two working mode, a wizard mode and a standard mode and it can be set for auto backup the email using schedule option whether we want to backup daily, weekly or at any period of time intended.

Beside working with Outlook Express, Amic email backup is also works with other popular email clients such as Microsoft Outlook, Eudora, Netscape Messenger, IncrediMail and PocoMai etc.

The installation is simple, just download and open the file AmicEmailBackupSetup.exe and follow the installation wizards.

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October 12, 2008

Dictionary application for iPhone and iPod Touch from wordweb

If you are looking for a dictionary program for an iPhone or for iPod Touch, this dictionary application from wordweb is a must application. Wordweb which is known for its comprehensive one-click English thesaurus and dictionary released its dictionary software for iPhone and iPod Touch. It claims to be uptodate international English dictionary based on wordweb and can works offline and

• Has fast, simple navigation
• Has synonyms and many usage examples
• Has over 222,000 word senses, 370 000+ words including derived forms
• Includes many proper nouns, compounds and phrases
• Has bookmark and recent words list feature
• Includes full coverage of American, British, Canadian, Australasian and Asian English

The software is available for download from iPhone Application Store.

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October 9, 2008

Google logo of Large Hadron Collider

This logo of Google made me curious at first, until I found that the logo depicting Large Hadron Collider, a multi-billion dollar project that has been under construction since 2003. It has been installed in a 17-mile-round circular tunnel down under Swiss-French border and expected to complete and starts fully operating early next year. .

What is it actually ?, this beast is made in attempt to help human know what actually in God's mind in creating universe, be precisely the collider will helps scientists on studying particles and forces that yet unobserved, where collisions of beams of protons travelling at the speed of light will show what particles are created during collisions. The collider will re-create the rapidly changing conditions in the universe a split second after the "Big Bang", the beginning of the universe. Did you see how Google text are split on the logo when collision is happened?

more infor about the collider is here and here

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September 10, 2008

Studio Hybrid : unique, stylish and green desktop PC from Dell

Dell's Studio Hybrid is most unique and stylish Desktop PC yet greener PC in the market. Studio Hybrid designed in ultra compact design available in 6 interchangeable color sleeves and Bamboo to match your sense of style.

Environment friendly

Uses energy-efficient Intel^® Core^TM 2 Duo Mobile Processors, Studio Hybrid consumes about 70% less power than a typical desktop PC and comply to Energy Star 4.0 with an 87% efficient power supply. The material are also made from 95% recyclable materials and comes with a system-recycling kit and has about 75% less printed documentation by weight compared to typical desktops.

It's Portable

As the design is about 80% smaller than standard desktops, this cutie is tends to be portable

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September 6, 2008

Ubiquity : control the web with language-based instructions

Recently Mozilla Labs announced the launch of Ubiquity, an experiment from Mozilla Labs to connect the web with language in attempt to provide new user interfaces that enables everyone to do common web tasks more quickly and easily.

Ubiquity is made to simplify tasks on Web interaction. As illustration Mozilla gave an example, there are lots of tasks you should do to send invitation to a friend for a meetup in a restaurant where in the invitation email you want to include the map of the restaurant so your friend easily find them as well as a review of the restaurant. All of these requires you to do many web tasks, composing on a web-mail service, finding the map on map site, copy the map image to the email or maybe just put the link of the map, searching review on search-engine, then paste the review to email or just put a link of it. Can you count how many clicks and windows involved ?.

Ubiquity to map a location

"Most people do not have an easy way to manage the vast resources of the Web to simplify their task at hand. For the most part they are left trundling between web sites, performing common tasks resulting in frustration and wasted time."

For those troublesome activities is Ubiquity made for, Ubiquity is made to explore how best to empower users to control the web with language-based intructions, enable on-demand, user-generated mashups with existing open Web APIs and at last it will extend the browser functionality easily. Ubiquity lets you define your own commands and share it for others.

To get the big picture of what Ubiquity, the above video explains it very well and to experience it just install Ubiquity. I have tested it for emailing , updating Twitter and searching the web, translating the web etc. In searching the web, it reminds me to search the web with Launchy.

Ubiquity to search the weather

Ubiquity to search a keyword in Wikipedia

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September 5, 2008