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Video: Google TV…

logtech — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:59:41 +0000

iPhone 4

logtech — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:56:23 +0000

WWDC 2010– Apple announced their new iPhone at the recent WWDC 2010 conference. The new iPhone 4 will have a new body design and a few new hardware and software features. The design change includes a squarer rounded edges and a “stainless steal band”. There is also the new Retina display which is suppose to provide higher more crisp picture on the iphone’s screen. The phone also now has the A4 processor made by Apple which is suppose to make it much faster.

Other more interesting features include two cameras, one in the front and one in the back. According to Apple the camera on the back will shoot 5-megapixel pictures and HD video (720 p; 30 fps) The camera also a a small LED flash. Along with the camera there is also going to be a iMovie app coming to the App Store for $4.99.

There are other smaller features that will ship with this new phone this summer, but the most talked about at the conference was, “FaceTime”. FaceTime is a video conference call on the iPhone. You will be able to call other iPhone 4 users and be able not only to talk but see. However, the app only works on Wi-Fi and you can only call other iPhone 4 customers. We will also see whether other company like Skype launch service which will do the same thing but reach to a larger connection network.\

Over all the iPhone 4 is a nice upgraded, however it seems to be just that. If you currently own a iPhone and you are not eligible for the upgrade than you may want to take a second look before paying out. Even though it has some nice new features like FaceTime and the new camera, you will still get the new iOS4 as a iPhone 3G customer. If your in the market for a new phone it is definitely worth a look, but take a second look if you are just upgrading.

Available July 14th for $199 (16GB) and $299 (32GB)

Google’s New look

logtech — Sat, 01 May 2010 23:32:30 +0000

Recently Google has changed their search page for some users. The change is for less than 5% of users using Google. The interface is clean and easy to use. It is somewhat like Bing.com, with settings on the left side and the search on the right. You can refine your search with categories like video, blogs, and updates. This new look is all cosmetic and no new features were added. It is unknow when this will go out to all users as they are still in the testing stages. Some pictures we took are below.

Opera Mini iPhone/iPod Touch

logtech — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:49:26 +0000

Opera Mini has finally been released on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch. From the current test it is 10 times better than Safari. The first thing you will notice is speed. Pages load much faster than Safari (lifehacker chart). The speed of a loading website makes a considerable different especially when on Edge or 3G. The tab browsing on Opera is nice, it is out-of-the-way and easy to use. Page zooms are quick, however we found sometimes they were to quick. We also found there is only one zoom level, however, Opera will re size everything so you don’t have to worry about that too much. One feature which we found useful was search in the website which Safari lacks. With some test we found that Opera had some trouble with formatting pages, cutting off text, and making headers too big. However, this does not take away from the over all experience. Over all it is a speedy browser that has some issues like startup time and zoom, but is probably one of the best mobile web view experiences yet.

Update: Skyfire another mobile web browser may come out on the iPhone and iPod Touch soon; it might have flash.

Whats next for the tablet

logtech — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:05:43 +0000

The iPad official launch was Saturday and it went well. With the over hyped media saying that this will revolutionize the industry, what are other companies doing to keep up. There are the rumors that the Microsoft Courier will hit the market soon with its double-sided note taking capabilities, however so far it seems to be only that. More resent the HP “Slate” is said to be a pretty powerful competitor to the iPad with several advances over the iPad. According to Engagdet who said they got their hands “on what looks like an internal HP Slate presentation”, breaks down some pretty cool statics. The HP Slate is said to be around the same price as the iPad but have a more powerful possessor. It was also said to have a card reader, USB port, and a HDMI port. The report also said that it would contain two camera one of them a VGA camera, which unfortunately the iPad lacks any camera. And finally it said that the HP Slate would run Window 7 which means Flash and full web capabilities. Over all the HP Slate appears to be a very nice competitor to the iPad and in my opinion over shoots the iPad by far. However, this is all speculation and who knows when and if this device ever comes out. Right now the iPad is solo in this new market and it could be for some time until we see some good competition

Tutorial: Quartz Composer

logtech — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:34:21 +0000

Tip: Loop Video on the Apple TV

logtech — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:30:29 +0000

The Apple TV can do a lot. However, one thing it can’t do is a simple loop of a video. Let’s take for example you want to use the Apple TV as a small video player to loop one or many videos over and over. There is no checkbox to loop the video so you have to do a little workaround. It is not so much of a trick as just playing with playlist. Here are the steps.

1.Connect the Apple Tv to your iTunes library as the main library not as a shared library.
2.In iTunes create a normal playlist.
3.Drag your video into the playlist.
4.Now sync the Apple TV so the playlist transfers.
5.In the Apple TV’s Settings menu select Audio and Video.
6.In Audio and Video settings make sure that “Show playlist” is set to “All”
7.Now go to Movies and My Movies
8.You will see something that says playlist once selected you should see the playlist you transferred.
9.The movie will loop

Tips:
When the video transitions to the next replay of the video the transition is sort of harsh (a quick flash). If you want to better transition just place about .5-1 second of black at the end of the movie. You may also choose to add to the front of the video and add a fade transition.

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