Constructicle Boy: Tick Tech Talk Episode 1 - iPhone Is Available In UK and Germany

Tick Tech Talk Episode 1 - iPhone Is Available In UK and Germany

Written by Constructicle Boy on 11/09/2007 06:17:00 AM

Good day to all!As you know that there are so much new technology advances that we have problem catching up.Miss out something?No worries!I will be digging the news and compiling on this new weekly series which I am focusing on giving the latest,the useful and the useless news and finding on the Technology World.So let me move on to some interesting findings for the week!

Tick Talk Tick Tech Talk!

The top tech news of the week

For the UK and German readers that is reading this article,rejoice as Mashable has reported that the iPhone has finally arrived in your country.The price for the an iphone 8GB will be £269 (about $562 weak US dollars) in the UK, and 399-euro in Germany ($587 USD).BBC also report of the craze it is causing in these 2 areas.
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Hardware news that will make you techy!

Over at Tech Crunch,It was reported that HP was very pissed off with their lost in the market share for Digital Camera.This has resulted them in abandoning all future plans on Digital Camera and is writing ''Digital Camera'' off their dictionary.

Apple,which is well known for their Ipods,could be expanding their business with Asus to produce Apple Tablet Computers.But could that be a good thing?It is hard to say due to the lack of reception for Tablet Computers from the other computer manufacturers.

And well,this could be old news to some but it seems that Google is teaming up with the Open Source Alliance which features 30 Technology Giant Companies such as T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel, NTT Docomo, China Mobile, Telefonica, Telecom Italia, Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Qualcomm, Intel, and Google itself to create an open source,very powerful Linux Powered based phone known as the Android.This could indeed be a major force in the mobile phone industry with an all-star line up of technology giants teaming up to create one project.Exciting indeed!

For the many freelance DJs like myself,there is an interesting little (i mean literally little) device that is going to save us lots of trouble in terms of transporting DJ equipment from one location to another.Bird Electronics is unveiling a mini Mixer that could be plugged into a traditional Turntable,CDJs and even iPods to start mixing!How convenient!Whats unique is that the mixer could be powered using AA batteries!

Pmptoday mentioned that there is a new Portable Media Player in the market which is the brainchild of Reachgood Digital Manufacture Limited which is now known as the Thinnest PMP player at 5.5mm!Some typical functions of this ultra thin PMP player are :

1.8 inch 260k color TFT screen. (5.5MM thickness, stainless steel case)
MP4/MP3/WMA player, USB storage disk (USB2.0 interface), voice recorder, built-in FM radio, game.
Album function to view photos in JPG format.
E-book function, support Text format.

Even the 3rd world countries are getting techy and BBC reported that Quanta,a computer manufacturer is creating a '$100 laptop' in their 'One Laptop per Child' project at Changshu,China so that children in the 3rd world countries can learn how to operate a computer and use it for educational purposes.

Software news.The new,the hip and the free!

Zen and computing gave a great tip on How to Remove an Item from your Facebook Feed.

My digital Life too gave a handy tip on How to Open Windows Application with Custom Made Keyboard Shortcuts.Some great shortcuts to avoid your mouse from biting you!

Download squads gave this two-sided opinion on the New G-mail Firefox Add-ons.Why good and why is it bad.

They also mentioned on the long awaited Firefox 3 and gave a sneak preview on it!Yummy!

Waiting for Opera mini 4 operating system?It is finally out and Ajaxian is giving an ABC introduction on its improved functions.

Youtube is indeed aware of their visitors' needs and has improved their functionality with a multi-file upload.That is something for massive youtube uploaders to rejoice!

As you know,Playstation 3 is not sweeping the gaming world with their latest console.Guess what?It is down to a fox-like alien and his robot sidekick to perhaps save the galaxy and Playstation from falling even further back in terms of sales generated

Now for some FREE presents for you.Freedocumentaries is offering interesting and perhaps provocative documentaries for your viewing pleasures.

But maybe documentaries may bore the sh*t out of your armchair.Here is something (ahem) legally illegally that allows you to watch full movies online and discuss with your fellow movie buffs on whether the movie sucks or not.(Ahemmm ahemm)

Conclusion
To end of these episode,there is a funky modified Japan's Tokyo Subway Map with a technology Twist!