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19
Feb
I don’t understand Google Shopper. Not because the function—searching for books, CDs, DVDs and more by using the cover art or barcode—is confusing. But because they already have a visual search app built into new Android phones, Goggles.
Goggles does the same thing: You take a picture of something, like a book cover, and it searches for it. I get that Shopper is slightly different, with more of a direct Amazon-competitive slant, since you can bookmark products to buy them later (presumably through Google Checkout).
But why not just integrate that into Goggles? Why the hell does this separate other product exist? Like Fake Steve says, WTF is going on over there? Android and Chrome OS? Wave and Buzz? (Okay, Buzz and Wave aren’t an entirely fair comparison, though try explaining them to a normal person.) Now Goggles and Shopper? Am I just missing something? [Google]
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Google Shopper Visual Search App Officially Confuses Me: WTF Is Google Doing? [Google]
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2009
12
Nov
Introduced as a prototype one year ago, and displayed at DoCoMo’s booth during the last CEATEC 2008, Fujitsu officially announced their latest wonder, the Separate Keitai F-04B, today during a Press Conference in Roppongi….
The F-04B is a “new type” of Keitai that can be separated in two parts: Display Unit and Keyboard Unit connected via Bluetooth (each part features a Lithium Ion battery)… To put it simple, the user will be able to use its phone like he wants since the screen part features an LCD Touch screen of 3.4-inch.
For example, you can use only the screen part to watch movie, listen to music, send mail, watch TV (1Seg) and let the QWERTY keyboard part in your bag. Regarding the Keyboard unit, it can be used as keyboard (of course), microphone, Speaker device, game pad…
And to please Japanese Customers, Fujitsu also offers the possibility to attach both parts together in order to use it as a classic Slide phone since we’re talking about a dual Keayboard Phone…
But, probably the most interesting feature that caught our attention was this optional projector unit. With a brightness of 6 lumens, the user will be able to project movie, pictures, game… It features an 800 mAh Battery with 2hours of lifespan (at the highest Luminance), as well as Texas Instruments Inc’s second-generation “DLP Pico” chipset, and it provide a resolution of 854 x 480.
And to be able to use it, the user will have to replace the Keyboard Unit by this Projector Unit, and use the keyboard as a real remote control…
Anyway, Fujitsu presents this Keitai as a real all-in-one solution and announces to target 20 -30 years old Japanese people…
Our impression:
The F-04B is a nice All-in-One phone, little bit bulky, but different from what we use to see in Japan (Clamshell phone)… Bulky, but when you divide your phone into two parts, you have a quite sleek and light display Unit that can be used without the Keyboard Unit…
Regarding the overall quality, we have something well build and quite stylish. The game pre-loaded on the phone displays nice graphics. The Camera module, a 12.2Mpix camera, is not bad and takes nice pictures for a phone.
We like the idea of a separated QWERTY keyboard allowing the user to type mail, or use it as a Game Pad, or a remote control. The projector, even if it’s still a “gadget”, is really interesting, and should be enough to display a movie on your ceiling when you are in your bed…
However, we are a little bit disappointed by the LCD touchscreen… It’s accurate, but not really responsive…
Anyway, even if the screen is not perfect, it should be way enough to enjoy multimedia, mail, internet…….
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Fujitsu F-04B: A splitable phone with Projector, Dual Keyboard, Touchscreen (Hands-on)
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Video Review
2009
1
Nov
I can’t imagine how long it took to cut out these extremely detailed maps of NYC. By removing the bustle of street names, traffic flows and landmarks, nothing is left but the city’s organizational beauty.
There are four separate 3′x4′ panels that represent Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. When they’re combined, you’ve got one gorgeous piece of wall art.
I wouldn’t try and take it on a road trip though. [Dude Craft via Neatorama]
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New York ‘Map Cuts’ Aren’t for Traveling, But Sure Are Purdy [Design]
2009
31
Oct
SF’s Bay Bridge is still closed after a quick repair job fell apart. Terrifying, since my hometown is known for, you know, earthquakes, and this bridge is just falling apart even without them. Here’s a pretty good visual/text explanation of what is happening. [sci-experiments via TokyoMango]
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Why The SF Bridge Broke [Engineering]
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2009
27
Oct
As one of the last two Vista holdouts on HP’s online laptop store (the other being HDX16), we were wondering what was going on with the Pavilion dv3. Well, it’s still not stateside, but Germany and the UK can apparently pick up the Windows 7-equipped touchscreen dv3-2200 now for ?799.99 / €899 (somewhere between $1,305 and $1,350, respectively, in comparable US currency), with difference of pricing based on the separate listings. Additionally, we spotted the 11.6-inch dm1-1000 — which was also leaked alongside the dv3 — with a 1.2GHz Celeron processor and that hot new OS from Redmond. We’re sure it’ll come to the US eventually, but for now we’re just gonna have to wait ever, ever so patiently.
[Thanks, Adam and everyone]
Read – Official HP dm1-1000 page
Read – Official HP dv3-2200 page
Read – PC World UK listing for dv3
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HP’s Pavilion dv3 and dm1 wash ashore on European land originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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2009
23
Jul
100,000 users to get access in September
Google’s new “Wave” service, announced in May, is to open to the public in a controlled beta program in September of this year, it’s been announced.
Wave combines instant messaging, email and sharing functionality to create a potentially powerful open-source communications tool, and autumn access will be offered to those who have pre-registered for the service.
In a blog post Google has said: “We plan to start extending the Google Wave preview beyond developers on September 30th. This will take place on wave.google.com rather than the separate ’sandbox’ instance we are currently using, and we plan to involve about 100,000 users”.
Early Google Wave APIs have also been revealed with “Groupy-the-bot” offering users the ability to create groups and manage their own subscriptions and “Waves in WordPress” described as “a neat use of the embed API that makes it easy to put waves in a post or page on WordPress”.
Leading up to the semi-public rollout, Google says it’s “focusing on improving the speed, stability and usability of Google Wave”. We will keep you posted.
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Google Wave gets beta launch date originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:04:46 +0100
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NEWS: Google Wave gets beta launch date
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2009
22
Jul
Easy spam-filtering
Gmail has added a new feature that lets you get out of those irritating mailing lists that you can’t quite be bothered to unsubscribe to. When you mark certain lists as spam, Gmail will offer to unsubscribe on your behalf.
Gmail says: “We don’t think you should be burdened with managing messages you don’t want to receive. We do our best to put messages in Spam when we’re pretty sure you won’t want or need them. But everyone has different preferences about the mail they want to see”.
“We’re providing you with an unsubscribe tool for some messages. You’ll see the unsubscribe tool when you mark a message from particular types of mailing lists as spam. If the particular message is a misuse of a mailing list you like to receive, you can Report spam as usual. But if you never want to receive another message or newsletter from that list again, click Unsubscribe instead”.
Quite a useful tool, though it won’t work on every mailing list. It’ll also usually take a few days to process the request.
What features would you add to Gmail if you had the option? Share in the comments.
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Gmail allows auto-unsubscription from mailing lists originally appeared on Pocket-lint on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:56:41 +0100
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