nuvi + phone = nuvifone!
January 31, 2008
Some exciting news from Garmin - available later in 2008 (Q3), look for the Garmin nuvifone! With a 3.5" touch screen, and similar in shape to an iPhone, thie nuvifone will be the ultimate gadget, with 3.5G internet connectivity, Bluetooth, wi-fi, GPS with turn-by-turn directions (duh!), an internet browser, multimedia capability, camera, email access, etc.  The next step is for Garmin to choose a carrier. No longer will one have to compromise between using their phone and using GPS - the Garmin nuviphone will do it all!  I wonder what the battery life will be on this baby…

Resco Defender V1.20
January 29, 2008
Requirements: Smartphone200x
Overview: Resco Defender is a real time Tower Defense strategy game. The objective is to protect the ramparts against invaders by building defend towers and creating mazes in which enemies find their death.
Isometric graphics
Support for VGA, QVGA and square-display
100 game levels
Four difficulties (Easy, Medium, Hard and Endless)
Many kinds of enemies
10 types of defending towers
interactive tutorial
screenshot saving
Slide gets $50 million
January 21, 2008
Social-network software maker Slide said on Friday it had closed a $50 million institutional financing round, marking the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook’s wave of popularity.
Slide, a 65-employee company founded by Max Levchin, 32, the Ukrainian-born co-founder of online payments company PayPal, is the creator of several of the most popular software programs running on Facebook and News Corp.’s MySpace.com. Its Facebook programs include Top Friends, FunWall, and SuperPoke.
In an interview, Levchin declined to name the institutional investors. But sources close to the financing deal said the investors were Fidelity Investments and T Rowe Price.
The New MacBook Air Envelope Ad - Video
January 20, 2008
MacBook Air - Apple’s new laptop
January 18, 2008

Apple’s latest offering is the their new laptop or simply called “MacBook Air”, Mimicking the 13-inch silhouette of the current MacBook line, it’s .76-inch thick at its thickest part. Apple calls it the “world’s thinnest notebook.”
Though the MacBook Air is not quite the thinnest laptop ever, it is among the thinnest ever seen (the Fujistu LifeBook Q2010 and the Toshiba Portege R500 both measure 0.8 inch thick, but neither tapers to 0.16 inch as the Air does).
The MacBook Air includes the usual iSight camera, an LED backlit display, an ambient light sensor, and a big touchpad that works with multitouch gestures, such as rotating a photo by twisting your fingers on the touchpad.
As for what’s inside this slim laptop, we’re looking at a 1.6GHz or 1.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU, custom-made by Intel to fit into the slim chassis, 2GB of RAM, and a choice of either an 80GB standard 1.8-inch hard drive or a 64GB SSD drive (which really should be standard for something so forward-looking).
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The price? - $1,799
More on the MacBook Air:
Apple introduces MacBook Air
Hands on with the MacBook Air
“MacBook Air” or just Hot Air?
SRS WOW XT
January 9, 2008
Summary: Panoramic three-dimensional audio on WM6
Requirements:
Windows Mobile 6
Description:
SRS WOW XT, which is based on the company’s SRS WOW technology, was developed specifically to address products designed with closely spaced speakers drivers. In addition to the features of SRS WOW, SRS WOW XT adds specialized versions of SRS 3D and TruBass to ensure a very wide stereo image and improved low frequency performance.
SRS WOW XT(tm) provides a panoramic three-dimensional audio image and improved low frequency performance through use of specific processing controls, expressly designed for small, closely spaced speakers drivers. SRS WOW XT provides a cost-effective, demonstrable audio improvement without the need for expensive hardware design changes.
Birdsoft eXtreme Agenda v3.1
January 8, 2008
Requirements: wm03/05 for smartphone
Overview: eXtreme Agenda is the first true Personal Information Manager for the Windows Mobile Smartphone. It features enhanced Schedule, Task, Notes, Secure Wallet, and Contact views with complete customization and great high-end features found only on other platforms. So if you want to upgrade your Smartphone’s built-in Pocket Outlook Applications, there is only one real choice!
Project View
Timeline Week View
New Options Lists
Collapsible Lists
Saved Views
Task Templates
Smart Contact Number Pad Search
Advanced Themes (Images)
New Color Options
Assign Icon to Appointment
OTA Update lists New Features
Links in Parsed Text List
Improved Text Parsing
Improved Auto Capitalize
Color Work Day in Timelines
Front Color Bar in Agenda Lists
Active Task Display Option
Displays More Available Phone Numbers
Recently Viewed Sort in Contacts
Follow Edited Task Option
And Oh so much more….
Taking Extreme to the Extreme!


