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Entourage eDGe review – 9.7 inch eInk screen and 10.1 color LCD, powered by Android OS

Posted by ts On 05.03.2010

source – alltouchtablet.com author – John Pope

Entourage eDGe: nice to get as a gift

Covering CES 2010 early this year I was surprised by the amount of dual screen netbooks and hybrid devices small producers tried to push into market to see customer’s reaction. Entrourage eDGe is one such product featuring a dual screen design, one 9.7 inch eInk screen and 10.1 color LCD, both powered by Android OS and an 1.2 GHz CPU.
Laptopmag is the first to post an early review of the Entourage eDGe and shared their opinions with all of us, so here’s what you can expect from this nice concept. Even if 1.2 GHz seems a lot for a mobile CPU, in practice the device is overall slower than the Motorola Droid, which has a 550 MHz CPU. Also things are not getting too far with the battery life, which is not helped by the Power Management software that seems not to be able to close the screen once you fold the device.

The nice part is the ability to focus attention on just one screen by folding the Entourage eDGe back on back and flip the device to face the screen you want. Unfortunately the resistive touchscreen layer on the LCD screen is hard to press some times and has shallow viewing angles, while the eInk screen can be used with a special stylus made for the digitized screen that allows the user to take notes on the eBooks he reads. The only problem is that a page with annotations takes 4 seconds to turn.

The virtual keyboard is not that responsive but gets the job done

Even if it uses Android, Entourage eDGe doesn’t have access to Android Market so there aren’t many apps you can install and the book library only has 250.000 books and I’m not talking about bestsellers here. Add to that over one million of Google Books and I guess you can be satisfied, but no newspapers and magazines are available.
For now the 499 $ dual screen tablet is a nice concept but there’s much to be improved and hopefully there will be a second generation of Entourage eDGe.

read entire article with video review at alltouchtablet.com

Google killed Bambi

Posted by ts On 05.03.2010

Google buys Picnik – online image editing app

Posted by ts On 02.03.2010

source –googleblog.blogspot.com Posted by Brian Axe, Product Management Director

More than ever before, people are sharing and storing their photos online. But until recently, you had to edit your photos using client software on your computer. Today, we’re excited to announce that Google has acquired Picnik, one of the first sites to bring photo editing to the cloud. Using Picnik, you can crop, do touch-ups and add cool effects to your photos, all without leaving your web browser.


We’re not announcing any significant changes to Picnik today, though we’ll be working hard on integration and new features. As well, we’d like to continue supporting all existing Picnik partners so that users will continue to be able to add their photos from other photo sharing sites, make edits in the cloud and then save and share to all relevant networks.

We’re very impressed with the Picnik team and the product they’ve created, and we’re excited to welcome them to Google. We’re looking forward to collaborating closely with them to improve the online photo editing experience on the web. In the meantime, we encourage you to head to Picnik, import some of your photos from Picasa Web Albums, Flickr or Facebook and try your hand at photo editing in the cloud!

Astri MyID dual screen tablet will cost 150$ maximum (VIDEO)

Posted by ts On 27.02.2010

source – alltouchtablet.com Author: John Pope

Dual screen tablet prototypes have been shown during CES 2010 by a lot of small manufacturers eager to differentiate themselves from big names by doing something utterly different. Astri was one of them with their MyID eInk + touchscreen combo. I’m glad they managed to catch attention of investors as they’ve just announced the MyID will soon hit production. What’s so important is the price: 65 $ for materials and manufacturing, which translates in 150$ max as retail price, a bargain considering you get a device which can open up to 6 eBooks at the same time and navigate the web on the other screen (powered by Android).

Astri MyID: the innovatorAstri MyID: the innovator

The only downside I see is the diagonal of both screen, which at 4.8 inches isnt’ that much bigger than a HTC HD2 for example (which is much more expensive, I have to say), but resolution is OK at 800 x 480 pixels. Below there’s a short video with Astri MyID showing how it works in real life:

Android Tablet(Notion Ink Adam) vs iPad

Posted by ts On 24.02.2010

source –androidtapp.com by Antonio Wells

Notion Ink demoed its final version of the Android tablet called Adam prior to Mobile World Congress 2010. In the video cofounder Rohan Shravan shows off some awesome hardware innovation.

It was demonstrated in an area outdoors which was partially shaded and fully exposed to bright sunlight. This was done to show how wonderfully the tablet adapts in either condition; beautiful LCD display in normal lighting and crisp monochrome display in direct sunlight.

Unlike the Apple iPad, Adam has a camera that conveniently swivels 180 degrees. Imagine the use cases: turn towards yourself to have video chats, turn away 90 degrees to record a lecture or seminar while working simultaneously, turn another 90 degrees to take a picture of someone in front of you. Let’s not forget to throw in multi-tasking capabilities.

Another interesting feature places the touch pad on the back, very interesting to control touch screen operations without looking. The Adam tablet also features 3 USB ports, one HDMI out port for full HD in 1080p, eco-friendly using a tenth of the power, and boasting 24 hours of battery life (more than 10 hours viewing full high definition video).

Notion Ink plans to customize the Android operating system it will ship with, plus open up the API for developers to write apps for the larger screen. Although the final software was not ready for the demo, they noted they will have split screen virtual keyboards to allow typing with thumbs on the tablet. Look for it in June 2010 with a price point of $327-$800.

Below are side by side specs compared with the Apple iPad courtesy of Technoholik. See more exclusive photos at Technoholik’s Flickr stream.

Apple iPad Notion Ink Adam
Screen 9.7 inch 4:3 IPS LCD (1024×768) 10 inch Transflective LCD Pixel Qi screen (1024×600)
1024×768 pixel resolution at 132 pixels per inch (ppi) Low power full color black & white mode
OS iPhone OS 3.2 Android, Unbuntu, Chromium
CPU Apple A4 processor nVidia Tegra 2
Dual Core 1GHz + Graphic
Internet Browser Safari Firefox, Chrome
Outputs: VGA, Dock connectors (extra) HDMI, 3x USB
Video Out 720p 1080p
Camera No Yes, 3 Megapixel with Autofocus
Battery Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music 16 hours, 160 hours on backlight off mode
Wireless Wi-Fi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Bluetooth Wi-Fi, 3G (HSPA/GSM), Bluetooth (US Edition)
Weight 1.5 pounds 1.7 pounds
Other: RF, ambient light sensor. AGPS, Proximity sensor, accelerometer, Touchpad
Multitasking No Yes
Adobe Flash 10.0 support No Yes
Storage No Yes, (SD Card slot)
Price $499-$829 $327-$800
Availability April/May June/July

Motorola Devours (video)

Posted by ts On 22.02.2010

source – engadget.com By Vladislav Savov

We’re only a few breathless days away from the Devour hitting some retail locations ahead of nationwide US availability in March, so what better way to fill that gap than with an official teaser video? Moto’s Rick Osterloh is our tour guide in a seven minute hands-on demo of the device, which takes us through the major attractions on offer. He firstly calls out the Qualcomm CPU inside and points to the phone’s responsiveness, which is (quite naturally) followed by a couple of instances of perceptible lag between his input and the phone’s reaction. All the same, it does look like a sprightly little machine, and the inclusion of Blur, Google Maps Navigation with turn-by-turn voice instructions, and Moto Phone Portalmakes for a compelling software package. Head past the break to see them in action and to catch another eyeful of the hardware as well.

Google Chrome for MAC Video

Posted by ts On 12.02.2010

Google Street View hits Vancouver ski slopes

Posted by ts On 10.02.2010

source – Official Google Blog

The view from Whistler Mountain is something everyone should see: a range of rugged mountains, trails of snow, fir trees and placid lakes below. It’s changed since I lived there some years back — there are many more houses, and far better chairlifts — but what remains is the rare feeling of being free, in nature, about to tear into peak snow.

In time for the Games in Vancouver and Whistler, we’re thrilled to be bringing this view to the world through Street View on Google Maps. How were we able to gather imagery at 7,000 feet (2,000 meters)? The Street View team’s constant experimenting yielded a snowmobile decked out with cameras to capture slope-level imagery of several runs on Whistler Blackcomb Mountains. The view from the top of 7th Heaven chairlift on Blackcomb and from the peak of Whistler are among my favourites, as are the top of the Dave Murray downhill, where the men’s alpine skiing events will start, and the Peak 2 Peak gondola. (That’s Whistler’s new feat of engineering which takes skiers and riders from Whistler to Blackcomb.) With the Street View trike, we’ve also covered Whistler Village and Whistler Creekside at the mountains’ bases. There’s more about the snowmobile’s journey and this imagery on the Google Lat Long Blog.

This imagery and many other tools are now ready to ride on our new website with information about the Games, available in 40 languages. We’ve combined up-to-date medal counts, news, event results and event schedules with rich visuals: 3D models and Street View imagery of the competition venues, plus new aerial imagery of the Vancouver-Whistler area. It’s all in aniGoogle gadget, too. The site also connects you with real-time search results for the Games, local experts’ Favourite Places and a special Picasa Web Albums gallery of featured photos from Vancouver — some submitted by users and others from Google News. Whether you’re celebrating at home or in Vancouver, simply add a “wintergames2010” tag to your own photos in Picasa Web Albums, or use “wintergames2010” as the email subject if you’re uploading from your mobile phone, and we’ll feature the best ones.

As an extra treat for enthusiasts, check out the Google homepage from February 12 to 28 for a special doodle each day celebrating the Games. You can also get the most up-to-date medal counts, event results and schedules by doing a simple Google search. I’ll be following [men’s hockey] myself, and rooting for Team Canada.

Posted by Jonathan Lister, Managing Director and Head of Google Canada

Google Buzz – Screenshots

Posted by ts On 10.02.2010

source – techcrunch.com author – MG Siegler

Now that the Google event is over, the company has started turning on Buzz for Gmail users. Here are some quick screenshots of it in action.

Google Buzz image
Company: Google
Website: buzz.google.com
Launch Date: February 9, 2010

Google Buzz is a social network and sharing product built by Google. Based within Google Profiles, Buzz offers a stream of status updates, pictures, links, and videos from your friends. You can… Learn More

Information provided by CrunchBase

google sreet view car captures a photographer and he returns gesture

Posted by ts On 07.02.2010

source – flickr.com credit – Newbrigand

Some time ago I took a picture of the google car driving through my home town and there I am on google street view.

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