Eee Pen#*% Envy, is your Drive Big Enough!

One of the things that put me off getting a netbook, was storage, will it be big enough to do what I want to do with it? Will it provide satisfaction?

a lot of the earlier EeePc models, offered limited SSD storage, which leaves you dependent on memory card expansion, for a real storage solution.

Well now there’s a real Viagra solution for your EEEPC that wont get you the little finger flip, and will up your size for a reasonable price as well!

These drives will come in 16 GB, 32 GB and 64 GB capacities, selling for $53, $79, and $149 respectively. They will offer a maximum read speed of 40 MB/sec. and a maximum write speed of 15 MB/sec.

Unlike some other NetBooks, you can upgrade a Eee without voiding your warranty.

Increase the Storage Capacity of an Eee PC to 64 GB

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BlackBerrWinMo? Could Microsoft buy the real competition?

Look, as much as I may like to goad my fellow writers around here that the iPhone is kicking the snot out of Windows Mobile - reality is Microsoft only has a couple real competitors in the business market and Apple is not one of them. But RIM (the undisputed king of email) could in theory be taken out, not by some catastrophic meltdown causing downtime in their data centers, but by catastrophic meltdown in the housing markets. Never would have seen that one coming!

With all the turbulence in the American financial markets, the mass layoffs, the mass business failures, and all the other things remaining to be seen, RIMM’s market value has taken a serious turn for the bottom of the pool with its current stock value at almost 1/3rd of the year’s high value of just over $148/share.

Rumors of Microsoft’s interest in Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM have swirled in the past, but no deal has ever materialized. A marriage of the two companies would bring together two of the best-known high-tech names in the world and give Microsoft a formidable wireless-handset presence through access to RIM’s roughly 20 million BlackBerry subscribers.

Brandon’s Feeble Minded Take

Reality is this isn’t likely to happen. I can’t for one see Microsoft admitting defeat in the business market by purchasing RIM. And yes, it would be defeat - simple because if Microsoft can’t beat someone in a product line, history has proven they either steal it or buy it. I also can’t see RIM letting this happen, nor the fed, nor a billion other entities.

But, would I like to see it? Yes. Definitely. I would love to see Microsoft pick up RIM and bring some of the email-centric qualities of the RIM devices into their fold, like the near “dummy-proof” setup of accounts. I would also love to see it happen on the chance that adding the RIM engineers to the WinMo group would hasten a change in direction for WinMo. I think we all can agree that the slogan “more of the same” can’t be attached to the next version of WinMo - and the purchase of RIM might be just what the doctor ordered.

(via billions of blogs pointing to Reuters)

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Everything’s coming up Android!

You’d have to admit that the introduction of a new OS like Android is exciting. The fact that it’s an open system, welcoming developers to  add to it’s functionality, with seemingly no limitations, says the sky’s the limit. So eventually you would think this will be a boon both to industry and personal users. Let’s face it, it’s not going to be a Blackberry,out of the box, and there are not going to be a range of great applications available for a while till the platform proves itself, and some of the more mainstream developers who already have experience with cross platform programming, decide to wade in to the mix.

  
There are a few, I don’t know how many,[I’m sure I know at least one person that’s got one and can’t say] people who already are Hands on with the G1. A forum member over at Android Community, has done what may be the first public review of the G1. Again, I’m sure this person will get their wrist slapped for this.
The real news though is that other manufacturers are going to pick up the OS and build appropriate devices. Even rumours that the Touch HD, [which isn’t coming to  the US any time soon, WinMo flavoured] will somehow appear in an Android version, I’d like to see that. Anyway, twelve days to go so back to normal viewing…

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Tossing up Idea’s!

I’m in a muddle, EEE PC 1000H, Touch Dual, or HTC Touch Cruise. All around the same price, Touch Cruise = WM 6.1, Touch Dual = WM 6, and I can get a display EEE PC 1000H for AU$ 598. Yeah I’d prefer a Diamond, or the Touch Pro HD, but considering my location, and the availability of devices not under contract, my choices are as above. I’m leaning towards the Eeepie, but I’m enamoured with the touch dual. Who wants’  to let me know which of these three devices will get me more bang for my buck?

Thanks to Jack for the Cruise News!!!

Let me know what you think in the comments, I’m about ready to pull the trigger

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Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server - October 9th

Alright, look - I’m not going to waste my time or yours debating whether legally buying music or illegally downloading music is right or wrong. Chances are my opinions are going to be totally different from yours and that’s just fine. However, my big issue is not the cost of music - my issue is the ridiculous crap that LEGAL downloaders are continually put through. Let’s be perfectly clear on this, people with DRM’d tracks are SCREWED when the DRM auth servers shut down like Wal-Mart is about to do. LEGALLY purchased music will NOT WORK after October 9th. That my friends is complete and utter BS. I personally am SICK AND TIRED of the people who DO THE RIGHT THING, getting screwed.

We hope you are enjoying the increased music quality/bitrate and the improved usability of Walmart’s MP3 music downloads. We began offering MP3s in August 2007 and have offered only DRM (digital rights management) -free MP3s since February 2008. As the final stage of our transition to a full DRM-free MP3 download store, Walmart will be shutting down our digital rights management system that supports protected songs and albums purchased from our site.

Click the link below for the full text of the Wal*Mart screw you email and get some instructions for jumping through the legal hoops

via BoingBoing

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Eenie Meanie Minie Mo, Which OS Is Your Go?

How much choice do you want? On the one hand, I think “different strokes for different folks”, and we all like a choice, something to emphasise our individuality. We’ve done the whole I’m a Mac/PC thing, but Brandon mentioned that he’s also a Penguin.

What does that mean exactly, the big L, Linux based systems. Now a lot of the incredibly popular NetBooks, that are emerging are offering, a Linux, alternative, operating system. We’ve come a long way recently, from the traditional M$/Mac war, that a lot of us would relate to.

Think about the OS’s out there though, that serve our truly mobile lifestyle. start with Symbian/UIQ based systems, move to WinMo, add Mac OSX and now “Robby the Robot”(android), Oh and BlackBerry, and Palm, and that’s only the mobile phone extension of Mobile OS’s. From there we could go straight up to NetBooks, but there are categories of devices in that gap that we need to think about.

Mids and the UMPC.

One of the things that the need for mobility has done, is make developers focus on a less technically focused community, and start to make UI’s for the every day user, so this version of Ubuntu, for mobile, hopefully goes there!

The interface has been changed to cater for plenty finger use, where buttons are slightly larger while applications are launched in full screen glory at 1,024 x 600 resolution. Firefox has been taken out though, replaced by a default browser known as "Midbrowser" - it will be interesting to see how the user experience turns out, will it be similar to that of the iPhone?

 

Good info from Ubergizmo, and Tech Digest.

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