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iPad to hit the streets soon
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in General, Technology on March 7, 2010
The eagerly wanted and probably the best selling gadget of the year will start selling on the 3rd of April. Techie people prepare for all tech websites not to stop talking about it. I still haven’t figured out what I would use it for and I since I hate all products Apple I obviously won’t be buying one.
The 3rd of April debuting day is the date the iPad will start shipping in America. All models will hit shelves in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K. by late April, with later rollout dates for other nations. U.S. customers can begin pre-ordering both models beginning on March 12.
In Malta the product will be available I would assume some time after. Since Malta is not considered to be part of the world.
I wonder if we will start seeing lots of people with the iPad all around Malta…
Maybe at university, MCAST and bus trips. Queues to get to Gozo will never be the same again 
Definition of Irony
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in Documentaries, General, Technology on March 2, 2010
Today’s clip is the definition of irony and its brought to you thanks to Steve Jobs and a 1996 PBS documentary called “Triumph of the Nerds“. Apple at the moment are sueing HTC for 20 patent infringements. In the clip below Steve Jobs says “Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal”. Today’s lesson is irony…
Update: Apple are sueing HTC to attack the Nexus One. HTC are the developers of the phone.
Notion Ink Adam Tablet
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in Gadgets, Technology on February 9, 2010
At the moment I do not really see why I would use a tablet computer. A touch screen laptop with a rotating screen sounds very appealing to me but a tablet doesn’t. It is way too start calling devices iPad killers. However, if I had to buy a tablet I would prefer Notion Ink’s Adam Tablet.
This tablet is powered by the Android, a very popular OS for phones and larger devices. It uses the next generation NVIDIA Tegra chipset with a Pixel Qi display. The Tegra is an incrediable chipset allowing devices to process full HD video streams while only using a little power. Combine this with the high tech display unit, which uses considerably less power and you start to understand why this device is much more appealing than an iPad.
This unit is not only more powerful than the iPad (capable of outputting full HD movies andplaying more graphic intensive games, the iPad can only handle 576p/480p) but the battery life is considerably longer than the iPad. Rohan Shravan, the CEO, suggested that the battery life of this device could be 2-3x longer than that what the iPad manages. According to Jobs the iPad manages 10hrs so this would be in the range of 20-30 hours.
Next week there is the Mobile World Congress where further details about this tablet will be announced. There will also be a demonstration of the Adam running flash; something that the iPad can’t do and probably won’t ever manage to do because of the closed user experience on the device.
During the conference Adam should be announcing an Applications Competition, similar to Google’s Android Developer Challenge. This will encourage software developers to design applications for the Adam tablet. It’s been suggested that there will be over 1 million Us Dollars in prizes to give away.
Continue reading to watch an old demonstration of the device in action.
My Next Pet…
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in Funny, General on February 4, 2010
When I was young I only had two types of pets; fish and birds. The fish weren’t much fun. The birds were a bit more fun but still nothing like a dog. Today I was thinking if I had to a have a pet what would it have to be. I made a list of requirements that this pet must accomplish. The pet must be playful, loving and helpful.
When I say helpful I mean that for example if it’s a dog it must bring in the newspaper, scare off intruders and finally change my graphics card and optimize my computer. Most of you were thinking I wanted a dog. I wanted a dog before I found out what this monkey can do.
My pet will be this monkey. It would be a perfect relationship. I would buy him a small netbook, it would be like a normal laptop for humans. Maybe even start a new company which would compete with the Apple Geniuses. If Steve Jobs reads this he might get an idea of replacing all his geniuses.
Further iPad details
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in Gadgets, Technology on January 28, 2010
After a day to think about the iPad and reflect on possible uses I have decided that it is going to be a huge success.
- Firstly it’s an Apple product and whatever they seem to be doing nowadays generates trucks load of cash.
- It’s not expensive (priced at 500 US Dollars).
- Great Battery life.
- People for some reason I can’t comprehend love iTunes.
- The ideal device for Multitouch technology
This device is attempting to seek and destroy all laptop and netbooks on a global scale. The iPad has declared war on all laptop based products.
Apple Tablet has been released and its … iPad
Posted by Malcolm Micallef in Gadgets, Technology on January 27, 2010
Its official the tablet all Apple fantics and other people has been announced by Steve Jobs. So far from what I can see is that the device has a 10 inch screen, with a ratio between 4:3 and 16:10. The tablet uses a 1Ghz Apple CPU. It runs a version of iPhone OS which allows the device to run iPhone applications without any modification to the application. The device has the same features as its smaller (but older) brother (iPhone). It is capable of WIFI, Bluetooth, has an accelerometer, compass, speaker, and mic. According to Jobs it is capable of 10 hours of use, which I have to admit is very impressive. Though from what I read so far the device does not support flash. So it really seems the best way to describe the iPad at the moment is as the younger brother who managed to get into a statch of anabolic steroids….
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