One of the best Blackberry devices that gives you both CDMA/EVDO (Verizon’s network in US) and GSM/GPRS roaming when abroad (basically what the rest of the world uses) has launched on Verizon Wireless. If you’re on Verizon Wireless and have been waiting to jump on the ‘berry bandwagon then this is the one you’ve been waiting for. Apart from the global roaming capabilities, it has the latest BB 4.2 OS, an amazing screen, sleek and lightweight form factor as well as the new trackball nav.
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In what can only be called as perhaps one of the biggest if not the biggest milestone for desktop Linux in recent history, Dell recently starting sell three systems (2 desktops and one laptop) that come pre-loaded with Ubuntu Linux.
I used Ubuntu for quite some time now and the newest release, Ubuntu 7.04 is a huge improvement from last year’s 6.06 release but it’s still got a while to go yet. First of all, Ubuntu is free and easily downloaded from their site. It will install on most modern computers with little or no effort so purchasing a Dell preloaded with it doesn’t seem to make any sense to me. Also as some users have noticed, the Linux Dell systems are lower in possible specs than their Windows counterparts.
Unless you’re absolutely new to Ubuntu and the world of Linux (in which case you shouldn’t be buying it in the first place) you’ll probably want to stick to either downloading/installing it on your existing machine, an old one lying around or buy a regular Windows Dell PC and install Linux on there yourself – at least you’ll learn about Linux that way in the process.
I just tried out this killer multi-client chat app and it truly is an evolution from previous chat applications for the Blackberry. It’s currently in public beta so it’s free during this time, although not sure what they’re thinking of charging once it’s officially released.
I highly recommend anybody who is remotely curious – no anyone who HAS a Blackberry – go to www.beejive.com/download on your Blackberry browser and download the version that’s appropriate for your Blackberry.
Give it a shot, at the very worst you can just delete it when you’re done or the beta ends.
Enjoy!
So I know it might sound stupid to jump on the proverbial HD-format bandwagon since there really hasn’t been a clear winner between HD DVDÂ and Blu-Ray, I figured I might as well jump in. I went ahead and ordered a Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player from Amazon and of course the Planet Earth HD DVD set (original BBC series) to accompany it.
I got the HD-A2 pretty quickly and it was very easy to setup via HDMI to my Onkyo TXSR803 receiver. Sadly the Planet Earth HD DVD set was delayed and only shipped late last week. I’m anxiously waiting for it to arrive so I can truly test out the capabilities of the HD DVD format. However the few Netflix HD DVD rentals I’ve tried all came across pretty well, quality varied by film and I’m assuming the transfer of that film to HD.
But if you do the math, the Toshiba HD-A2 can be had on Amazon for around $320 plus you get 5 free HD DVD movies to mail away for. Then the Planet Earth HD DVD set usually $99.99 is for $69 which is a decent deal. So basically for ~$400 you get a competent HD DVD player, an amazing series and HD showpiece and five HD movies of your choice. Not a bad deal at all.
By the way, if you do end up getting a Toshiba HD DVD player (whichever model it is) keep in mind that firmware updates are your friends and these players only come with RJ-45 (ethernet jacks) so make sure you are setup to hook this bad boy into your home network to download firmware updates. I did that as soon as I got mine and the update I downloaded had some pretty major fixes such as “pixelation fix”…no joke.
All in all I’m liking the Toshiba HD-A2 a lot and as soon as I get my Planet Earth HD DVD set I’ll post my impression of that. If you’re thinking of taking a HD disc format for a spin this is not a bad way to go.
P.S. I have an Xbox 360 so the HD DVD accessory was a thought but I wanted Dolby TrueHD and other losless audio codecs which are only possible over HDMI which the Xbox 360′s HD DVD accessory don’t support. Ok, enough rambling now.
While Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser has lost further market share this year, there has been a significant slowdown in the acceptance of its largest competitor, the open source Firefox browser, according to a white paper released by Janco Associates on Aug. 11.
If you currently don’t use Firefox, please head over to www.getfirefox.com and download a copy today. It’s a much faster and secure browser than Internet Explorer, it also has a great deal of “extensions” or customizations that really can enhance your browsing experience.
It never hurts to try it out because it’s free.
The recall affects certain Inspiron, Latitude and Precision mobile workstation units shipped between April 2004 and July 18, 2006.
You can get to the Dell recall site by clicking here
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