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Windows Phone 7

logtech — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:59:42 +0000

The new Windows Phone 7 is miles ahead of his predecessor Windows Mobile. If you are familiar with the Zune interface you will be at home with Windows Phone 7. The interface is clean and appears pretty easy to use. Windows Phone 7 is very integrated with social and web services such as Facebook, Bing search, Bing Maps, and photo cloud services. All of the in phone and in the cloud services are tightly integrated with one another. The music and video apps are just like they are on the Zune player. You will also be able to download content from the Zune store over Wi-Fi or 3G. There will be an app hub coming soon which will have applications like games. In the near future they will also be releasing Windows Office Hub, which will be programs like Word, and OneNote but made for the phone. This future will probably integrate closely with Windows Office 2010 on your computer which has show off some share options itself. Of course there will be the typical apps like e-mail, calendar and Bing Maps. Internet Explore on the phone is much cleaner and user-friendly than any of their earlier versions. Microsoft said there will be many more futures that they did not show at the Mobile World Congress 2010, which hopeful will make this phone ever more user-friendly and easy to use. Despite quite a few bugs in the prototypes that they show off at the show, the phone as a very big potential to do well in the phone market coming later this year.

How Electronic Magazines should be…

logtech — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:34:44 +0000

Google’s First TV Ad

logtech — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:55:32 +0000

This is Google’s First TV Ad that premiered Super Bowl 2010

sikuli

logtech — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:27:48 +0000

“Sikuli is a visual technology to search and automate graphical user interfaces (GUI) using images (screenshots).”-sikuli.csail.mit.edu. latechna video below.

The Way of the Apple

logtech — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 03:05:37 +0000

Apple’s new iPad came out this Wednesday, and many were expecting a revolutionary device. Except for some features like iWorks, and a larger screen size, the iPad is not too different from the iPod touch.

Many were expecting a high price, but then again we were expecting a better device. Granit it is the first generation, however Apple should have enough experience with the iPad’s brother the iPod. Overlooking the similarities of Apple’s previous devices, the iPad doesn’t include many essential features that we would expect from a device of similar price. It doesn’t include multitasking, which would be helpful in a netbook replacement.

Also another cool feature would be a camera which would allow for teleconferencing and other video applications. One of the biggest things missing, however, is Flash support. Flash makes up a very large part of web content and a device that is suppose to give you, “the best web experience”, does not deliver. There is a lot brewing up on the web about the Flash support and Adobe themselves, the makers of Flash, respond to the no Flash iPad in a blog post. Stating on the Adobe blog, Adrian Luidwig said, “It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers.” It is clear that Apple should rethink the web experience and hopeful come out with an update that includes Flash support.

Apple’s new book store, iBooks, was bound to come. Considering the expanding market for e-books and e-readers, it was clear that Apple had to get in. Although the iPad has nice 9.7 inch, LED backlit display, it does not mean it is a good reading device. I have not got a chance to try the device out for myself, but from what I have seen there is no way it could replace the quality of e-ink devices (or a real book). Because of this, the iPad will not cut away too much at the Amazon Kindle market, and other markets. The iPad is made much more for reading textbooks and business documents, not full novels.

It is clear that this is not a device that could replace the laptop. Despite that it is light and carries features like a stripped down version of iWorks and the Apple Appstore, does not mean it is a replacement for a netbook, let alone a laptop. It is clear that the iPad (1st gen.) may go the way of the Newton, but I hope that Apple can make a better 2nd gen. tablet that is more like a netbook or even a laptop replacement.

The New latechna.com

logtech — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:31:50 +0000

Welcome to the new latechna.com. Here at latechna.com we decided to make our blog the first thing you see and we wanted to make an impression. Right off at the top you see the latest news and blogs post. Just below are all the blog post. Just to the right is our subscribe button which is easy to find and use. Just under that is our latest videos which is linked to the soon to come latechnaTV. You can also check out our new Tag cloud which lets you pick any category that interests you. Finally we have added a support button which lets you leave a comment or ask question about general tech. This support button is linked to our new help site at latechna.com/help. We hope you enjoy the new latechna.com for 2010.

Apple’s iPad

logtech — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:27:37 +0000

Despite the name, Apple’s new iPad is an attractive device. In essence the tablet is a 9.7 inch iPod touch with the ability of 3G. It runs on a new version of the iPhone software and has a fairly high quality screen. It has a very nice browsing experience (except no Flash yet) and a good mail client. Viewing pictures is a clean and easy process however there is not build in camera which is a disappointment. Video including Youtube, will play in HD . The AppStore and iTunes are the same except for the addition of iBooks. iBooks is like iTiunes for books, and that’s about it. iBooks is defiantly not a new idea but will help a industry. And of course there is a maps app and a calendar app. Most apps in the store will work on the device. The most important part of this however is the price. The starting price is at $499.99. This was a lot lower than expected, however it is not surprising because if they priced it at 999 for example, it should be more like a computer which it is not (Price list below). The 3G is a lot cheaper than you get with a computer at $ 30.00 for unlimited data. The iPad is said to last 10 hours and a month on standby. Over all this is a sleek device that will create a new category that we will see change the way we do computing. However, this is probably not the device to define this new tablet category. (The iPad wifi is available in 60 days and the 3G in 90 days).

	16 GB	32 GB	64 GB
Wi-Fi	$499	$599	$699
Wi-Fi + 3G	$629	$729	$829

Google Chrome OS Consent Video/Tour Video

logtech — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:51:34 +0000

10/GUI

logtech — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 04:38:50 +0000

10/GUI from C. Miller on Vimeo.

http://10gui.com/

Envivio iLiveTV

logtech — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:51:43 +0000

Envivio iLiveTV is a new service for the iPhone and iPod touch that allows you watch live TV from online. Envivio uses Apples new HTTP streaming format which allows for the live video to be streamed right to the phone or iPod. iLiveTV works over 3G and of course Wi-Fi, however your mileage on how well the stream comes through may vary. Over all on a Wi-Fi connection the stream came through fairly well and only had a few buffers in the beginning. iLiveTV is a online app only and there is nothing to download. This is a ok idea, however the interface can be a little odd. At the moment the app only has about 6 channels including KRON, KTEH, KGO-TV and few others. These may not be main stream channels but it is a good experiment that works well. If you would like to try this for yourself you can be put on their waiting list for a password for the site. Check out the pictures below.

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.