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ASUS Launches the AiGuru S2 Internet Phone with Skype
It certainly pales in comparison to the iPhone. A fate that is sure to befall most manufacturers for some time to come.
The AiGuru S2 is a cordless USB Internet phone offering support for Skype™ software, Windows® Vista™ SideShow™, and both Apple iTunes and Windows Media® Player for wireless music play. The AiGuru S2 remains true to ASUS' three main product design concepts – style, ease of use and seamless integration with PC applications that users are no longer tied down to their PCs or laptops. The premium slim design, brilliant color display and backlit keypad make the AiGuru S2 comfortable to use around the house or office, regardless of where the computer is located. Access to broadband Internet is required.
Why do people want the iPhone?
Well, there are a few reasons why there’s such a pent-up demand for an Apple cellphone:Cellphones today suck. Especially smartphones. It’s 2006 and a good phone — and I mean an honestly really good phone — still hasn’t been made. A new competitor — any new competitor, be it ALP or Linux or the Applephone — is highly anticipated.
People are already sick of Windows Mobile dominating the landscape. I’ve been a long time Windows Mobile user, but let’s face it, it’s pretty much the only smartphone game in town in the US. You can go Symbian, but the devices just aren’t there through carrier purchases. Palm is obviously a joke, and Linux / JUIX is nowhere to be found.
Cellphones haven’t gotten music integration right. Sure, there are enough phones with media buttons and microSD slots to go around, but that doesn’t mean they work well.
Using your phone and your Mac is often a painful and tedious experience. In fact, the same goes for using your phone and most any computer.People are curious to see how radically the cellphone can be re-envisioned, and the expect Apple to lead that charge.
Why do people want the Applephone so much? - Ryan Block
Tricks to make your phone smarter
Sure, you bought a great cell phone, but is it reaching its full potential? If you're like most mobile phone users, the answer is no.You can, however, make a New Year's resolution to turbocharge your phone with five new capabilities. The best part is that you don't have to spend a dime. It's all free.
Five fantastic free phone tricks
Towards a Ubiquitous Networking World
... the world of ubiquitous computing envisioned by Dr. Mark Weiser at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center more than 10 years ago now seems just around the corner, thanks to the advancement of microchip technologies and short-distance wireless technologies in recent years. In an ideal ubiquitous networking world, a vast number of computing devices that are found everywhere provide people with the best services by automatically tracking their needs, objects and surrounding environments. Ubiquitous networking offers us a chance to create a new world that can best be described as a "ultra-environment" by linking the real space to the virtual one; real people, objects, and environment are organically connected with contents and date in a virtual world created via networks.
NTT DoCoMo R&D - Persons 001-Towards a Ubiquitous Networking World
A Google cell phone?
But what may be on its way is a branded cell phone. The Observer in London wrote Sunday that Google is in talks with French cell phone carrier Orange to develop a mobile handset that would be optimized for Google's content, namely its search, mapping and perhaps video applications. The phone would be manufactured by HTC of Taiwan, according to the Observer, and would have Google software built in.The phone could also provide location-based information on nearby restaurants, stores and movie theaters, said the Observer. The paper said the phone wouldn't appear before 2008.
The Technology Chronicles : Google cell phone?
7 tips to extend your mobiles battery life
When it comes to batteries it looks like we are at the same point we were 10 years ago. Batteries don’t last longer than a few days. But to be fair to the battery designers we have to admit that nowadays’ smartphones require much more energy than phones 10 years ago. We can’t really compare them but what we can do is use them with more care. Here are a few good tips how to go about it:1. Turn off your Bluetooth – I find Bluetooth to be the most power hungry application; turn it off when you don’t use it
2. Disable sounds and vibrating alert – you don’t really need keypad tones to be on, do you? What about vibrating? It is surely useful on the meetings or in a cinema but most of time you’ll do just fine without it; I usually set up a vibrating profile to be used in places like cinema or theatre and in all other profiles I have vibrating turned off.
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