Since the advent of search engines the only way to look for information via the internet is to type keywords into search boxes, you simply type the keywords and press the search button and the engine returns all the relevant results for your query. For years the web has been filled with great quantities of information, some of which is very hard to decipher, this is where Google Goggles comes in.
I installed the new iOS 5 beta 2 for both my iPad 2 and the iPhone 4 and noticed something cool. WiFi syncing which will bring a lot of relief to a number of people tired of plugging in their cables to the computer and syncing. Now remove all the cables and it's all OTA (Over The Air) synching and backups.
I find this so very convenient esp when synching apps or downloading new apps on my computer and it just syncs to the device I want. In iTunes I can now choose which device needs syncing as you can see by the screenshot below, 2 devices are now listed on iTunes, Previously we could not have multiple devices at the same time on iTunes.
I came across Press Reader over a year ago as I heard a lot of great things about it. What is Press Reader anyway? Here is what they say on their site: PressReader is the only application that lets you read a growing list of over 1,800 full-content newspapers from 94 countries in 49 languages available through the world's largest online newspaper and magazine kiosk PressDisplay.com.
With PressReader you will enjoy reading complete digital replicas of your favorite publications, often before the printed editions hit the newsstands! Every article, advertisement, crossword puzzle and cartoon is presented in its original context.
I got the HTC Flyer in Taiwan on my Computex Trade Show trip and have been playing with it on and off on top of all the other gadgets I have. Finding the time is the hardest part. In any case after a couple of weeks of use, here are my thoughts and review of this little tablet.
The Hardware:
The HTC Flyer is a 7" Tablet using the Android 2.33 Gingerbread build. Many expected the Honeycomb build in it but it wasn't to be. The Flyer uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.5Ghz single core CPU and comes with 1GB of RAM. It also comes with 32GB of Storage. The storage will depend on where you buy the unit from. I also got a WiFi plus 3G version and paid roughly $700+ USD. It's a very expensive tablet comparing to others out there with bigger screens. It is also a bit heavy, weighing in about 421 or so grams. Dimensions around 195.4 x 122 x 13.2 mm. It is not a bad size and feels good holding it. The display is a LCD capacitive touchscreen with 16M colors and resolutions to 1024X600 pixels. The display is quite good and crisp. The HTC Flyer also comes with a carrying pouch. The battery power is 4000 mAh, a decent power considering the size of the tablet. My unit also came with a Pen which can be used to scribble notes etc. It is available as an option in a lot of countries like the U.S. More on that later.
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A few days ago I installed the beta of iOS 5 for both the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2 to check out all the changes from iOS 4. I will talk about all the things I have noticed along with a bunch of screenshots so you can see some of the cool changes. Apple have announced that the public version of iOS 5 will be available sometime in August.
The 2 big things in iOS 5 is the notification system and Apple's new iCloud system. iCloud is cloud service from Apple which was announced on the 6th of June at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference. The service allows users to store data such as music files and automatically sync between multiple devices such as: iPhones, iPods, iPads, Mac's and PC's. It also replaces MobileMe which will cease to exist next year, acting as a data syncing center for email, contacts, calendars, bookmark, notes, to-do lists and other data. WIth this update no more syncing with your computer and itunes. Can all be done over the air now. This I have been waiting for a long time and it is finally here.
Lets dig into the new version and see what we have.
Here we have the notification screen that shows Phone, messages, emails, Twitter and any kind of notification for any app that you can set. We have seen this before in the Android OS. This however looks much more organized.
