Archive for August, 2009

Atree J100: A Simple Widget Based PMP

August 22nd, 2009

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For those that don’t really care about the brand in a PMP but about specs and price. The Atree J100 from Korea is a nice replacement for not buying a cheap mp3 or a single purpose Digital Photo Frame. This little little 3 inches PMP can play video, audio, photos,tv and can even be used as a personal agenda, audio note recorder,  PDA, Alarm Clock and so on thanks to its very LG like Widget based Flash UI (that at the same time is based on Samsung TouchWiz that is in turn based in Windows Sidebar)

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It comes with 4gb of space but it also comes with a michoSD expansion lot so you can add a lot of space more if you need. It is not cheap at  $150 but cannot be considered expensive. but as usual with these things, it is probable it will be at $100 bucks in 3 months time. So it is not bad for what it does and it is certainly cheaper and more portable than the Chumby

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via PMP Today (for more on specs and details)

197,851 Google Gadgets for your Blog

August 11th, 2009

Seriously…there are almost 200,000 different Google Widgets Gadgets that you can easily add to your webpages. Provided of course that you can edit the code and add JavaScript based code to your site. Google Gadgets for Web Pages

It is entirely possible that there isn’t the one that you are looking for…so, just create one. Make it the Gadget of your dreams and number 197,852. Better hurry though, I wouldn’t be surprised if that number 2 spot has already been taken. Build Google Gadgets

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10 Financial Google Gadgets for iGoogle

August 10th, 2009

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Don Reisinger over at CNET got a pretty cool list of 10 Financial Google Gadgets for iGoogle that is worth checking out. Not a more “on topic” thing to post when the world is in a ongoing economic recession…. ;)

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10 iGoogle gadgets for tracking financial data

Samsung Mondi: A Widget Loving Smartphone / Smartbook / MID

August 10th, 2009

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Samsung is no stranger to widgets. But the Samsung Mondi goes beyond all the other devices when it comes to them. One thing you will note from the Title is that i could not make up my mind in what to call it because:

Smartphones are CellPhones with High End Features and a High End Mobile OS

Smartbook is a proposition term to call a “Portable Personal Computer in a Smartphone factor with a Smartphone OS but that is not actually a Phone”.

MID (Mobile Internet Devices) are usually the size of a Smartphone but come with Skinned versions of Embedded XP or tuned versions of XP home and sometimes come with phone functions.

So Samsung says that the Mondi is a MID but it don’t comes with phone functions and it uses a Smartphone OS and Factor.  So for me it more of a Smartbook. But whatever. What do you need to know is that it loves widgets.

It comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 (should be upgradeable later to 6.5 that got its own widget engine). comes with TouchWIZ that is the mobile desktop widget engine from Samsung (That may also get updates), Should come with Opera Mobile 9.5 that also got its Widget Engine. And finally it supports Flash so most widgets you have online will work too.  Lots of widgets for all!.

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It is a device to look for  now that is out and here are its specs:

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  • Windows Mobile 6.1
  • Microsoft Outlook and Windows Mobile Office
  • WiMAX Mobile Internet Access
  • WiFi Access (BTv2.1+EDR)
  • GPS: Route 66 Navigation with Preloaded Maps
  • 4GB of Internal Memory
  • Direct Push/Mobile Email (POP3, IMAP, SMTP)
  • Supports Instant Messaging and MMS
  • 3.0 Megapixel Camera and Camcorder
  • Bluetooth ® 2.0
  • Opera 9.5 Web Browser
  • HDMI TV Out
  • Supports Multiple Video and Audio Player Formats

    One Last thing to note is that it comes with VOIP apps from the let go so it does indeed lets you make calls if you were wondering why buying such a beast of a device if it cannot make calls.  It can make them but it is not a phone.

    via SamsungNews

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