Notebook of the future !

musingsofamadman — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 01:25:50 +0000

Ever imagined what your laptop would look like without that bulky keyboard and mousepad ? Would look a heck of a lot cooler if it were replaced by a 2nd LCD to form one continuous screen. It would, gauging from these pictures, appear to be, 2 iPhones joined by a hinge. Pretty cool huh ? Here are some fascinating pics of the OLPC 2.0 which I managed to dig up from Google, that show what such a mean machine this would look like.

Wondering whose novel idea this was? NO it wasn’t Microsoft, nor was it the usual suspect, Apple, that uber-god of all computing machines. No, its the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, founder and pioneer of the OLPC (One laptop per child) project, a smashing worldwide success by all accounts. Why is it that none of the big players in the notebook market never envisioned a product of this sort? The demo on Youtube (below) shows how this can be used in any form or shape, from a regular notebook, to a shared PC, to an interactive tool, to a shared game for kids, to a perfectly suited learning instrument for children in schools. Some of the images show how this device can be held almost like a regular book, to read eBooks, draw and interactively learn.

Now that this idea is out there, any guesses on who would be the 1st to market these commercially ? My bet, as always is on Apple. Keep watching this space !!

T-Mobile G1

musingsofamadman — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 08:27:38 +0000

The newest and uh NOT SO coolest creation of Google is finally here. With this, Google’s Android platform makes its much awaited debut, albeit on a not-as-sharp-as-iPhone phone. Come on, lets face it, Google is, well G.O.O.G.L.E. The least it could have done is come out with a product that was as snazzy as the iPhone 3G if not better. But in not doing so, theyve lost a big cut of the potential market even before the phone hits the shelves.

Either way, here are a couple of pics of the latest Google offering, as well as the link to the official T-mobile G1 (powered by Google) website. See for yourself and decide whether or not you would trade in your iPhone for this new kid on the block.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–

OFFICIAL WEBSITE - http://t-mobileg1.com

TECH SPECS – http://t-mobileg1.com/g1-learn-features-details.aspx

BUY IT ON – http://www.T-mobile.com

CNET REVIEWS – http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10048655-1.html

The device comes pre-installed with the following Apps :

Google Search
Google Maps
Gmail
Google Calendar
Google Talk
YouTube

So for all us Google nerds who love all of Google’s creation, this would be an awesome deal. Come on, Youtube right at your fingertips ? Who WOULDNT love that ? Go ahead, check out the websites and leave your reviews here. Is the G1 goingto be the Apple iPhone killer ? Or does it have QUITE some ground to catch up before it can seriously assert claim to that title.

Geek stuff from the Nerd world

Notebook of the future !

T-Mobile G1