Happy October everyone! And welcome, to another edition of “The Roundup”!
This week I’m talking about Google Docs becoming more student friendly, new Mac Mini’s possibly on the way, and a Gmail user getting kicked out of their account (temporarily), for no good reason. Take a look, after the jump.
That’s right, people, the 2009 Gizmodo Gallery is here! As I’m sure you have read, it’s bigger and better! Guess who got to go to the media day today?! That’s right, The iLife!
Take a look after the jump, and get a sneak peek at whats inside.
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Hey everyone, I’m Geoff, and I’m taking over this edition of “The Roundup”!
Keith is still away, but he will be back next week. So, I’m talking about the increase in mobile uploads to YouTube since the release of the iPhone 3G S, HTC’s Sense UI not coming to “Google” branded phones, and IBM’s attempt to increase to battery life. Take a look, after the jump.
Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!
This week I’m talking about Google’s latest product release, The new Microsoft Zune, a Hackintosh maker going bankrupt, and a reminder about Windows Vista SP2. Take a look, after the jump.
In the United States over the last half century a large amount of consumer goods were originally government sponsored military devices that trickled down to the consumer market. Think GPS, handheld radios, Toughbooks, Nextel cellphones, Roomba, the internet, and modern computers started originally as a military project. All of these things started out in the hands of Uncle Sam, and then went on to the consumer market to become what we know today.
However, now the military has started to look at consumer goods and apply them for military usage. The iPod Touch is starting to become integrated into the US military. They can be used (soon) to help soldiers communicate with the local population. Snipers use a calculator on the iPod to make better precision shots. The reason they are looking into consumer products is because consumer products are made to be cheap. To have a military standard device capable of less than what a $230 iPod can do can be twice or more the price purely because less of them are made. Because iPods are made to be mass produced, they end up being cheaper to configure the iPods (like add a screen protector or case) then it would be to have a military specific device.
This of course benefits us as consumers because if the government starts buying something on the cheap, it requires less of our national budget to buy military goods, which in turn means either less taxes, or more welfare for the needy.
The US military has always had a problem with their development cycles for new products they need. If the military wanted a iPod touch like device for soldiers to use in order to communicate with locals, they would put out a contract to engineering firms around the country to design something. The thing would end up being bulky and durable, but would most likely be limited to just communication features. And on top of that, it would take 5-10 years until the device was finalized and accepted by the branches in order to start deploying them. This is on top of what I said earlier, compared to the consumer market there would be a very limited number of these things made, meaning their price would be through the roof. And if they ever wanted to upgrade or modify it, that would be another 5-10 years cycle of intense research and development with a large amount of expenditure.
At this point, hardware isn’t the issue, software is all the military really needs to worry about. There are plenty of things we at home already use day-to-day that can be retrofitted to survive in harsh environments and that only really need new software to do what they need.
Welcome back everyone, to another edition of “The Roundup”!
This week I’m talking about a new worm on Twitter, The U.S.’s biggest talk show host is about to join Twitter (and possibly take it fully mainstream), Amazon’s search delisting “glitch”, and the Palm Pre might be here soon than you think. Take a look, after the jump.
Happy April everybody, It’s time for this week’s Roundup!
This week, I See whats up with Skype, take a look at what Twitter is up to, play with the new Digg Bar, and a reminder about the Nintendo DSi.
Take a look, after the jump!
I had the opportunity to get a review unit of (Recently acquired by Cisco, see last week’s Roundup) Pure Digital’s Flip Mino HD.
The entire Flip line is known for their ease of use, quality, and portability, but this is the first Flip to be High Definition capable, with a resolution of 720p. Since the Mino boasts a rather small size of 3.94″ x 1.97″ x 0.63″, and a light weight of 3.3oz, it’s really easy to throw into your pocket when you go out. It’s really great as a day to day video camera, when you just want to get together with some friends and throw something up on YouTube. It’s also a great starter camera for a tween, so that they can make their first home movies. It even includes some basic video editing and sharing software called FlipShare, which comes right on the camera. FlipShare is really nice, because it allows you to do some basic editing, like trimming and combining clips together, or adding a background audio track, and upload it directly to YouTube. However, if you want to use the clips in another program, like embedding a video into a PowerPoint, or cataloging them in Picasa, you will have to convert them first.
Overall, the Flip Mino HD was really fun and easy to use. All you have to do is hit the big red recording button, and you’re ready to go! You line up your shots, and playback your shots on the built in 1.5″ screen. Personally, I think it would have been nice if it was a little bit bigger. The camera also had battery life, you get about two hours of recording off a single charge, and you can record about one hour of HD video using the cameras built in 4 GB of storage.
Read the rest of the review, after the jump.
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