Friday, October 30, 2009
iPhone Alluminum?
Email me at:
Atenedoro@mypeekmail.com
here's the link from tysiphonehelp:
http://tysiphonehelp.com/?p=515#more-515
Is the force with verizon?
The motorrola droid is the first phone in the market to come using the android 2.0 operating system by google. Unless you have been somewhat under a rock for the the past week, Twitter was in a blaze over the unveiling of the droid by motorrola to come out in the verizon network. The online commerial brought out much hype, taking direct hits and launchig personal attacks on the iPhone. "idont have a keyboard, idont tether, idont copy/paste", are just some examples of the "droid does " motto. So is this going to be an iPhone killer? Well we will know on November 6th when the droid officially comes out on sale. Hopefully before then cnet reviewer Bonnie cha will have a complete review available on cnet, considering they are now in possession of the phone. By the way, it should he mentioned that the droid phone is co founded by Lucas arts, ushering their arrival in the cell phone industry. Is the force with this phone?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Quick update
camcorder from Bwana from bwana.tv. Also I have been working on
getting my access to google wave, as well as my fixing of some psp's.
Everything is slowly but surely coming along with my new projects in
the making, so just stay tuned. Don't forget to follow my Twitter
@minipeekster (yea very original) and stay tuned to everything I'm
going to be releasing in due time. Until then take care!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Windows 7
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Apple Event?
The new Macbook now has a uni-body design similar to that of the macbook pro, but all plastic. It now has a back-lit LED screen, as well as the glass trackpad on the macbook pro's. It also sports a longer lasting battery very similar to the macbook pro's battery. The ram of the macbook has also been changed from ddr2 ram to ddr3, making it a more powerful machine very similar in performance to the low end 13 inch macbook pro, however it maxes out at 4 gigs while the macbook pro maxes out at 8 gigs. It comes with a 250 gigabyte 5400 rpm hard drive which of course can be upgraded to 320 or 500 gigabyte. It has the same Nvidia 9400 graphics card and comes with standard 2.26 ghz intel core duo processor, which can't be upgraded unlike the macbook pro.
The new imac comes in 21.5 inch and 27 inch size screens, and feature full HD 1080P display. It now has an LED backlit screen, which now makes all of Apple's computers having backlit LED screens. It features 4 USB ports, 1 SD card slot, and 1 firewire 800 port. The all in one computer has everything built in from speakers to the massive terabyte harddrive which can be upgraded to 2 terabytes. The 21.5 inch model can sport 3.06 ghz or 3.38ghz using the intel core 2 duo processor, while the 27 inch comes with 2.66 ghz using an intel core i5 processor which can be maxed out to 3.2 ghz, or if you're feeling lose with your money you can get quod core with a 2.8 ghz quod core intel i7 chip which can be boosted to 3.46 ghz. It also comes with 4 gigs of ddr3 ram with the capability of running up to 16 gigabytes. There still is no blu ray drive, so you are only left with a dvd burner.
The new magic mouse is a one of a kind, allowing for some of the same touch controls as is on the iphone. Allowing you to scroll and move between pages by simply scrolling across the mouse. Its more indentured towards the bottom though, leaving you with an awkward feel. It runs on blootooth, and comes standard along with a new wireless keyboard with the new Imac's, but you can buy the mouse for retail for $80.
The new design on the white macbook has made it more appealing as well as upgrading some of the features now makes the macbook a worthy buy, with the only real differences between it and the low end macbook pro being a back-lit keyboard, sd card slot, all glass display, and the potential of 8 gigs of ram. The new imacs step up the calibur for all-in-ons, showcasing an amazing display and computer performance, as well as giving apple the edge in finally using quod core technologies, and of course using snow leopard you can feel the full experience of your processor. All in all it was a good even with some great releases.
Monday, October 19, 2009
How to add third party applications on the Zune HD
Here are the links for the downloads:
Visual C# 2008 Express
http://www.microsoft.com/express/vcsh...
XNA Game Studio 3.1
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...
XNA Game Studio 3.1 Zune Extensions
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/de...
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Iphone that can't be Jailbroken?
Apple is finally taking action against the Dev Team, notable for coming up with the Jailbreaks for the Ipod Touch's and the Iphone. The new Iphone 3GS has begun shipping with iBoot-359.3.2, a new Bootrom which makes it near impossible for current jailbreak methods, has been introduced. This is the first time that Apple has taken action against Jailbreaks other than with software and hardware changes, actually changing things in line of production. For the time being, recently shipped Iphone 3GS users are going to be unable to jailbreak their devices let alone unlock them.
Now, why is Apple taking action against jailbreaking? The same reason that Sony takes action against homebrew for the PSP, it opens up the door to piracy. There are over 75,000 applications on the app store, all of which can be obtained free and illegally with the jailbreaks. Now, not everyone with a jailbroken Iphone or Ipod touch pirates app store applications, but enough do so to get the developers of the apps to harass Apple. Some time ago, there was a website called haklabs which worked endlessly to report websites that offered hacked applications. Websites like ifortnerforum were forced to shut down their application threads.
I myself have a hacked PSP and at one time I had a jailbroken Ipod Touch (its out of service atm). On my PSP, I enjoyed using homebrew applications, NOT pirating games, and on my Ipod Touch I enjoyed taking advantage of applications from Installer. The installer application was here BEFORE there was even an app store, so being able to run third party applications and beta apps before they were released in the app store like tap tap revenge (called tap tap revolution back then) was fun. I don't condone piracy, but come on Apple, stopping jailbreaking is what you need to do to stop the app piracies. Change the coding in the distributions of applications.
And come on, lets be honest, you can't stop software piracy. It's impossible. The dev team will eventually find an exploit in the new Bootrom and jailbreak it.
Zune HD Third Party Apps?
Visit zhdapps.com for more details on how to install applications and games to the Zune HD, I will be posting videos made by the team who discovered this pretty soon.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Google Documents
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Google Wave Overview
Friday, October 9, 2009
First post I make on the actual site
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Hehehe A Nice rant =]
So, Kathy mentions that in her school, anyone that doesn't have a macbook is considered a loser, because macs run so much better than PC's and pc's are for losers. Oh Kathy...Kathy...Kathy...Kathy...one thing you should never do, is say something so ignorant, so stupid, so FUCKING DUMB in front of a techie. A real techie knows the truth behind the mac/pc wars. Sure, a Macintosh machine is beautiful. It works well because all of the parts are manufactured by Apple. The OS is brilliant, having so many new and innovative features that you just won't find in a windows machine. And now, they are even more affordable than some of the pc's in their own category. BUT! There is NO WAY...I repeat...NO FUCKING WAY that you can compare the power from a fully suped windows machine to a Macintosh. You will not get the same power, and I can one hundred percent guarantee that. So Kathy, I'm sorry if I made you feel bad, but come on, how can a technical school be so keen on aesthetics and not on actual performance? Performance is key when it comes to working in computers, and while OS X is prettier than windows and runs smoother in some aspects, you have to see that most computing is done on windows and linux (in terms of coding and running servers).
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
PSP fail?
Techno Buffalo
Tonight technobuffalo was live for open beta testing for about 45 minutes. If you don't already know, techno buffalo is supposed to be THE social networking site for tech enthusiasts. In my opinion, from the testing that i've done, I pretty much agree with what their mission statement says they are. Its an amazing social networking site that you can join if you want to find other tech enthusiasts. Its great for socializing, asking questions, and you can even make your own blog there. You can even make money from your blog using your own advertisements. Overall buffalonet offers a rich experience that you will get only for tech enthusiasts.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
No blog tonight
Monday, October 5, 2009
Short Camino 1.6.10 web browser review (sorry busy studying)
Sorry for this terribly short review, I am trying to keep it to the point because I have much studying to do for my history class for tomorrow. I didn't want to wait to write this up tomorrow because I am trying to put a new post up at least everyday. Enjoy this and from now on you will know why my blog's title is labeled "From My Peek", because this is all typed on my Peek Pronto and emailed to blogger!! Thanks again and enjoy.
http://download.cnet.com/Camino/3000-2356_4-38260.html?tag=contentBody;photoPromoMain
On September 29th, Camino 1.6.10 was released. The Camino web browser is a Mozilla product running on a similar engine as Mozilla's firefox browser, using some of the open source encoding from Apples safari. The result from such a merger gives as much power and speed as firefox with the stability and security as well as a similar interface to safari. Unfortunately the browser uses older versions of both browsers limiting it in its capabilities of rendering advanced java engine applications and fancy html encoding. On a test run, just running on a webpage such as Facebook, the lagg of the browser showed. It was unable to load the chat application within facebook, periodically opening and closing and even opening in a separate window because it could not be contained on the same webpage. Farmville, however, ran pretty smoothly with minor control lag. On other websites such as twitter, I was hindered from accessing full portions of the site; often being told that I needed to upgrade to a newer version of firefox (what?).
Adobe flash was was a plus, streaming youtube and hulu videos much faster than on safari (still slower than chrome/firefox though). The interface of Camino is still pretty good. Interchangeable and customizable toolbar set it apart from other browsers, and its ease of use of navigation is pretty cool. It was definitely much more stable than safari 4.0 on my macbook pro. It was also less intensive on my processor than using firefox, being able to load videos on youtube while exporting a video in imovie 09 (something which usually forces my computer to lock up). Do I recommend camino as a stand alone browser? I prefer personally using google chrome simply because its engine is faster and smoother than anything on the market at the moment. Then again, I am biased and a google fan boy (insert pun here).
Sent on the go from my Peek
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Camino Web Browser Review (coming soon)
-More to come on camino soon.
Peek Pronto Review
Sending and receiving mail on the Peek is easy as well; the Peek Pronto runs on a PUSH network, so all of your emails are instantly sent to you as soon as it is sent. The Peek Pronto also supports 5 email accounts’ POP, IMAP, and now Exchange, so you can get email from work and school servers. It also allows for downloading of your contacts from your email, which currently works with aol, yahoo, hotmail, and gmail. I found this especially usefull considering the only email account that has all of my contacts is my gmail account. The Peek has an excellent battery life, allowing you to be able to use your Peek for days at a time before you need a recharge. Recently with the new software upgrade, the Peek now supports full text messaging. Simply typing the 10 digit number on the address line allows you to send messages to a cellular phone. It runs on a faster server than PUSH and uses the 3jam services, so the recipent gets a number that they can associate with your Peek and in turn reply to your message. Currently with the newest software upgrade, the Peek supports a new feature called "Peek Social" which allows you to update your facebook and LInkedIn accounts from the device. There are also a wide array of 3rd party services that you can use along with your Peek Device; for example using twittermail to update your twitter account, and ping.fm to update all of your different accounts at one time.
In the future, further support for twitter/IM/and social networking in general will be added to the Peek. The Peek Classic is currently on sale at Target for $9.99 and will cost $19.99 a month for the service, or you can pick up the Peek Pronto at radio shack for $39.99 and the monthly service of $19.99. Recently the Peek company has released a Peek Pronto with a lifetime of service for $299.99 at amazon.com.
Ipod Classic Versus Zune 120
For some time now, Apple has dominated the market place with its intuitive IPOD. It is compatible with many formats, plays tons of videos, and has UBER storage. Who wouldn’t get one?
When the Zune first released, it was plagued with buggy firmware and faulty hardware. Many people (myself included) found that after dropping the device once, it would be easily damaged. It was also bulky and heavy, much larger when compared to the then IPOD Video. Another annoyance people found was the lack of removable hard drive space, meaning you were unable to use it as a portable drive for your files and backups. Zune had rough beginnings indeed, controlling only a small share of the mp3 market by the end of its first year.
Now let us fast forward. Zune software has again updated. A newer Zune, the Zune 120 released with 120 gigs of storage. The touch pad is more responsive, the number of crashes has gone down, and its slimmer than the older Zune. The Zune software has a more refined navigation, much better than the IPOD classic, and its sound output has better quality. Not to toot the horn of the Zune, but the screen is huge, doubling the viewing size of pod casts and videos than on the IPOD. The Zune subscription pass, a unique music subscription service offered only by Microsoft, allows a monthly paid subscription to millions of songs archived on the Zune Marketplace. Its wireless capabilities have also increased, allowing you to view the Zune Marketplace, and tag songs heard through the Zunes built in radio for later purchase.
The IPOD classic was also modified in the past year. The addition of the genius play list allows users to create a smart play list of songs grouped together in similar categories. This is a new feature, introduced first in the IPOD touch with firmware 2.1, and allows users to find new similar sounding music. Similar to the way Pandora Radio works; users found it much easier to locate new music. It still features the cover flow option and has a vibrant colored screen. It sports a portable hard drive capability, which makes it a plus in the market, but other than the genius play-list feature it has no real new functions.
So who wins? Do the new features of the Zune make it a better product than the IPOD Classic? Or does IPOD still hold a viable market share because of its name? What do you as a consumer believe? The IPOD Classic 2g, or the Zune 120?
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Zune HD Review
I received an email from zune originals stating that they apologized for my order being late (they assumed I ordered express when I only ordered Standard), and wanted to compensate me with $15 in Microsoft points. Well, who am I to turn down free points now? Notice they still did not charge me for the order. So now I began thinking. "Am I getting this free?" They still haven't charged me, and I'm even getting free points for an order they messed up. Things were looking pretty neat. Eventually a few days later the Zune HD arrived. Still Microsoft did not charge me, and as of this point that I am writing this, my money is still in the bank in my account. So now lets get on to the review.
On first look, it is considerably smaller than the older Zune as well as the IPOD touch. It is also considerably lighter. Design wise, it is similar to the design of the IPOD touch. On the top of the device is the power/lock button. It has a button on the bottom center of the device that is used as a "home" button similar to the IPOD touch, and has a dedicated "media control" button on the left of the device which brings up the media controls on the screen. The particular device that I ordered had a custom artwork done by...i forgot his name....and it looks awesome. The screen is an OLED screen, which is the first device of its kind to have a screen like that. Now, the screen is smaller than the IPOD touch being only 3.3 inches and the resolution is slightly smaller being at 480x272, but that beautiful OLED screen just shines colors 100x better than on the IPOD touch. The accelerometer is also a place where the Zune surpasses the touch. It is EXTREMELY faster than the touch. The processor on the Zune, an Nvidia Integra Processor, surpasses the touch in too many ways, giving you much more performance and power.
Software wise it runs Zune software 4.1, which you need to connect to the Zune software upon initial boot-up in order to run. It features a unique interface, which was a plus for me being stuck in the IPOD touch's springboard for such a long time (even though it WAS hacked and I had winterboard, it was still boring). On the right you have the generic menu that you would find on the Zune running 3.0 firmware, with the added internet and apps options. On the left you have a new set of menu options. You have a history set, which shows any recent things that you have done on the Zune, from looking at pictures to being on a website and also to playing music on the radio. You can also ping items to a "pins" set, which can include songs, albums, play-lists, websites, pictures, and radio stations. It is an absolutely amazing feature, which cuts down time when wanting to listen to just your favorite tracks or show someone a certain photo album. It also has a "new items" set, which puts all new albums, pictures, videos, and podcast that you have recently added to the device. This is wonderful for music junkies or when you upload content on a regular bases and often forget what you have added.
Now something that everyone wants to know when comparing it to the IPOD touch. What about the web browser? Now, before I get into this, I need to applaud Apple for the safari browser that they have implemented on the touch and iphone. It is YEARS beyond the current competition. Their mobile browser is the best mobile browser that you will find on ANY device, being the closest to offering the same experience you would get on a desktop computer. Now, lets compare the Zune browser to the IPOD touch browser. Its decent, offering a similar experience. Something that I do not like about it however, is that it automatically loads up the mobile version of websites. You can however, just click the button on the mobile site that allows you to view the desktop version of sites, and it is extremely close to a desktop site. It is the closest that you will find to any device that can compare to the browser on the touch. It offers several of the same functionality with the multi-touch screen, allowing you to pinch in and out to zoom in, and the accelerometer moves the screen based on the position that you have it.
I recommend the Zune HD highly to anyone who is in the market for a new media device. Although I must say, the app store on the touch still looks enticing, I love the Zune software and it is because of that and its new features that I bought it, well sorta bought it :).