Big day for technology

January 27th, 2010

Today is going to be a big day for technology. Two major technology events are going to happen at the same day – January 27th, 2010:

Sun + Oracle Sun + Oracle merger: At 9:00 AM PST (17:00 GMT) There will be an Oracle + Sun Strategy Update Webcast. It is entitled “Transforming the Way You Buy, Run, and Manage Your Business Systems”. The Sun acquisition by Oracle is by far one of the most significant transformations in the Enterprise segment, making Oracle an even bigger giant.


And then comes the most awaited event by the general public:

Apple Apple: The long awaited announcement of a “major new product”, as dubbed by Steve Jobs, is going to happen at 10:00 AM PST (18:00 GMT). All rumors in the tech circles point it’s going to be the public presentation of the mystical Apple tablet, called iTablet, iSlate or iPod Tablet Edition. There is no live feed from the event, but rumor has it there is going to be a video on Apple’s website as soon as it’s finished.


To all people interested in technology – enjoy!

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Nokia N900 Tablet

September 6th, 2009

Nokia Nokia just announced the preorder availability of its new 3G Tablet phone Nokia N900. It runs the Linux-based open-source operating system Maemo 5.

Technical specifications include:

  • Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1700/2100
  • 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA) Touch screen
  • 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss autofocus camera with dual LED flash (4:3 and 16:9 ratio) with CMOS sensor
  • Side-slide full QWERTY keyboard
  • Up to 32 GB internal storage with up to 16 GB microSD memory card extension
  • Total available application memory up to 1 GB (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)
  • GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA, HSPA, WLAN WiFi IEEE 802.11 b/g, Bluetooth
  • Desktop with up to 4 personalizable views
  • Email, Mozilla-powered browser with Flash 9.4 and AJAX support
  • Integrated A-GPS receiver with Ovi Maps application
  • MP3 (.mp3, .wma, .aac, .m4a, .wav) and Video (.mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp) player
  • Micro-USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack, TV out (PAL & NTSC)
  • Tons of applications from the Ovi store and maemo.org

Nokia N900 – Product showcase

Maemo 5 user interface

N900 interaction documentary

The Nokia N900 Tablet is available for preorder for 499 £ (UK) or 599 € (most of Europe, 649 € in France).

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Always-On PC

August 19th, 2009

AlwaysOnPC There is a new service available for the people, who wish to have a full-featured desktop while on the road. The service is called AlwaysOnPC, and is in essence a virtual desktop, stored on a server that you can access anytime, and from anywhere.

As it is described on their website:

Introducing AlwaysOnPC, the world’s first personal cloud computer that works from any device, anywhere – including your iPhone™.

Your own online virtual personal computer loaded with a full set of applications and 2 GB of personal file storage. Accessible from an iPhone (other platforms tba) as well as any netbook, laptop, desktop, Internet kiosk.

The service includes an always-on PC with 2 GB of storage, available for documents, files, photos, etc. It is ideal for the travelers, who need to access their desktop remotely from different locations – a computer, their iPhone and soon-to-come other internet-connected platforms. It includes a variety of applications:

  • Internet applications – Firefox browser, Email client, Instant messenger (supporting multiple IM services, such as AOL, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo!, etc.)
  • Office package (Word processor, Spreadsheet, Presentation application, Project-management application)
  • Utilities (Contacts manager, Calendar, Text editor, Archive manager, Calculator, Dictionary, etc.)
  • Multimedia (Movie player (no sound for the time being!), GIMP – a full-featured image editor, etc.)
  • Games (17 board and puzzle games)

and even some heavy-duty programming tools including Eclipse and Glade interface designer.

AlwaysOnPC Desktop

Important! You can get a free registration to try it for 5 days, but in order to get the service permanent, you have to download the AlwaysOnPC app from the Apple AppStore (a one-time 29.99 USD) and login from your iPhone or iPod.
From Xform Computing.

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