Paul Guyot released this email to the NewtonTalk (a Newton list). He had a special showing of his latest build of Einstein Platform 2006 at the Apple store in Ginza. Here is a picture of the participants, Newtons in hand. The 770 build is going to be released shortly– if you have a Zaurus, you…
Monthly Archives: May 2006
MacBook LCD Screens- Gloss or Not?
There is a large amount of chatter regarding the new glossy LCD screens on the MacBooks, and the option to have one on your MacBook Pro. I found an amazing link to page that describes what the technical differences are, and why you want one or the other. It seems to me that it comes…
FBreader- Holding the 770
Update on ebook reading with the 770: Adam Wolf kindly alerted me to his page where you can clearly see what I am talking about in terms of the haptics involved with reading on the 770. Thanks Adam for taking those shots. This is where the size of the 770 clearly comes into play. Any…
Fun With Google Trends
Blackberry vs. Treo…
InfoLinks for Google & Nokia Announcement
Is the new Nokia Internet Tablet device is coming out next Tuesday? More news about the Google Talk & Nokia collaboration: SeattlePI CNN Money Daily Tech Not any real new info- just that a new Tablet is coming out, with Google Talk as the VOIP software. The announcement is Tuesday- who knows if the device…
700 Ebooks and FBreader – Missing the Point
So I was fighting with FBreader for a long time, and not understanding why it was so great- until I realized a few basic things, which I’ll pass along– in case you haven’t been using it for all your reading lately. Rotate the screen 90 deg Go full-screen Use the rocker button, which is now…
Google Trends and the 770
So Google trends is now live– with it you can compare all sorts of things, like how the UMPC (remember Origami?) could turn out to be just a flash in the pan as the reviews of the first devices (just the Samsung for now) are rolling in– and almost all of them are dismal. …