Tue January 10 2006
 Is a new Palm LifeDrive imminent? (rumor)
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03:56 AM by Colin Dunstan in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
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PalmAddicts has Mon January 09 2006
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New weather forecaster uses E Ink
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02:56 PM by Brian in E-Book General | News
Now Ambient Devices, another MIT spinout, have announced the Weather Wizard, a wireless weather station that displays a five day forecast using an E Ink display. The device gets weather information wirelessly over the Ambient Information Network, which covers over 90% of the U.S. population. Unlike Xerox's e-paper spin-out Gyricon, who recently pulled the plug on e-paper, E Ink has found several manufacturers to utilize their electronic paper display technologies in consumer-oriented devices. Full press release here. |
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Here's another device to add to the growing list of recently announced products using |
Sony Reader CES roundup
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09:57 AM by Brian in E-Book Readers | Sony Reader
Here's an audio & video roundup for those of you who can't get enough Sony Reader goodness, thanks to Podzinger: TWiT 37:CES Podcast @ 16mins, 35secs If you want to see a video of the Reader in use, including the pages being "turned", check out the DLTV videocast. In Patrick Norton's hands, the Reader looks a lot smaller and thinner than some of the photos might suggest. |
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Are mobile devices the end of boredom?
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09:37 AM by Bob Russell in Miscellaneous | Lounge
Mark Cuban writes effectively about this topic in his very popular BlogMaverick. He says that mobile technology has filled all those downtime minutes on the train, or in waiting line or even just sitting around. It used to be that these were often boring times with nothing to do. Now mobile devices give us an abundance of distractions and entertainment that awaits us every time we can find a spare moment. As expressed in his blog, Mark has hit the mark as usual. He always has a way of writing something that makes you stop and think about something in a new and interesting way. But if we think it through a bit, we may find that it's a great point, but not the whole story. Boredom is always going to be part of the human equation. It can be reduced, but will never go away. No matter how many games and books and movies we carry with us, we'll still be bored. There are times when it just seems like entertainment is the same old thing over and over and we get tired of it. It often just doesn't seem meaningful. So, sometimes we feel like we're just not in the mood to pick up another frivolous book or watch another movie. And at times it just feels like too much work to attack a book that's profitable and useful to read. So despite the increased options, we again find ourselves bored. Isn't it only when we fill our life with meaningful pursuits and activities to the brim that we discover the nooks and crannies of spare moments are delightfully filled with frivolous pursuits? So, whether it's due to an overabundance of leisure, or just because there's something more important on your mind, simple forms of entertainment will not always be engaging. We'll still have moments of boredom. On the other hand, having said that, I can confidently say that I'm looking very much forward to my lunch break today when I'll watch an episode of a very exciting spy series on my Treo. I'm definitely not going to be bored! |
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It's something that the tech geek has known for many years now. You can carry music, video, ebooks, email, games and much more with you wherever you go. But has it ever occurred to you that, in fact, we might have pretty much come to the end of boredom? Almost true.Sun January 08 2006
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Scobleizer's coolest CES gadget: Celestron SkyScout
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05:54 PM by Alexander Turcic in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
It'll cost you around USD $400 (preorder from Amazon), but who is counting when you can impress your lady on the next starry night? |
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Not exactly the kind of device that comes to your mind when you think of gadgets, the |
Sony reveals pricing for its Portable Reader PRS-500
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04:51 PM by Alexander Turcic in E-Book Readers | Sony Reader
If you like Sony to notify you by e-mail when the Portable Reader becomes available, click here. Related: |
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The Sony Portable Reader PRS-500 has dominated our headlines lately and made everyone want to kick out some cash for one of the most promising e-book reader devices. Unfortunately it won't hit the market before this coming spring. Upon visiting |
Some pretty amazing TI calculator programs
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07:14 AM by Bob Russell in Archive | Handhelds and Smartphones
But calculators have come a long way, and one almost has to admit that in the realm of mobile computing they are a legitimate member of the family. I'm even more convinced of this after seeing some of the thousands of programs available for the TI-83/84 Plus models. The web site TIcalc.org has some impressive archives of programs, and for many TI calculator models there are games, utilities and PIM programs. You can even play chess on a calculator. It's really amazing. You can find an alternate OS, or play baseball or do many other things I would never have expected on a calculator. Programs are written in BASIC, assembler and even Flash (although I have to wonder if this is the same Flash we think of on the web). If you have one of the more sophisticated TI calculators, or are thinking of getting one and want some information, be sure to check out the site. |
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When I think of calculators, I still think of the basic functions. I haven't really used any of the newer and more sophisticated models. And I haven't programmed on one since my TI-56 and TI-59 days in the late 70's. 
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