Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Tango Video Calls
One of my first posts in this blog was about making video calls through i phone. I was suggesting that if apple downloads a video call application that uses 3G will be much flexible to use specially in areas without internet connection. Couple of weeks ago, an apple application was developed that uses 3G for calls and video calls! The name of the application is Tango Video call. Any two person using i phone and can download the application can call and watch each other through the application. Personally, I really like this technology because now I can call anybody using tango back home for free. I heard that there are other applications that do similar job. It is amazing that now I can call through tango while being anywhere without concern about internet connection; all I need is my 3G. I wonder what would be next for video calls!
Monday, November 8, 2010
The future of touch Screen technology
The Touch screen technology is based on touch, where you can change and control what is on the screen with your finger. TAT is Swedish company that work to combine aesthetic with technology are proposing how touch screen technology will be in the coming couple of years. TAT is imagining daily life of a person in an interesting video. You can click on the link below to see the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PbW-H02lh8
Another approach of screen technology is the multi touch technology. Multi-touch displays enable two or more fingers to tap and trace on a surface. When combined with software, these screens could allow large-scale collaboration among many people. This can be useful in several of things such as in brainstorming screen, or other type of screens where you need the collaboration of people.
Sunday, November 7, 2010
E-book Reader
Since 1970s, the e-book were invented t be for specialty areas and limitied audience. But with the availability of internet since 1990s, people are receiving bunch of information digitally. Some books were able to be read digitally, although there was still some limitation. In 1998 U.S libraries began to provide e-book to the public.
In 2009 a new hardware comes to life which is e-book reader. Three dominant model of e-book readers are Amazon kindle, sony’s PRS, the barnes and nobles’s nook. Through e-book reader you can download electronic books with lower prices. In the last months of 2010, amazon sold 180 e-books for every 100 hardcopy book. The e-book are cheap in price comparing to hardcover book; you can get popular books from amazon for example with only 9,99 $, and also you can get some books for free.
Besides competible price for books, e-book reader saves a lot of space one might need specially when buying tons of books. The e-book reader is a compact electronic device that can store thousands of books, newspapers, magazines or images/songs and can provide the same reading experience as on a regular book
Also you can search your word easily. You can put the word you are looking for in the search tab and it will show pages that have this word.
With a regular digital display one might experience difficulty of reading because of long time viewing or reflection of strong light. However, the e-book reader uses a different technology: e-ink displays. These screens simulate a regular page from a book. Reading from them is exactly as reading from a printed paper, but you get more advantages: you can adjust the levels of darkness desired for the texts, you can re-size fonts, you can search inside books, and others.
Before buying an e-book device, have a look at the different features of the different devices. This will help determining which is better to purchase.
In 2009 a new hardware comes to life which is e-book reader. Three dominant model of e-book readers are Amazon kindle, sony’s PRS, the barnes and nobles’s nook. Through e-book reader you can download electronic books with lower prices. In the last months of 2010, amazon sold 180 e-books for every 100 hardcopy book. The e-book are cheap in price comparing to hardcover book; you can get popular books from amazon for example with only 9,99 $, and also you can get some books for free.
Besides competible price for books, e-book reader saves a lot of space one might need specially when buying tons of books. The e-book reader is a compact electronic device that can store thousands of books, newspapers, magazines or images/songs and can provide the same reading experience as on a regular book
Also you can search your word easily. You can put the word you are looking for in the search tab and it will show pages that have this word.
With a regular digital display one might experience difficulty of reading because of long time viewing or reflection of strong light. However, the e-book reader uses a different technology: e-ink displays. These screens simulate a regular page from a book. Reading from them is exactly as reading from a printed paper, but you get more advantages: you can adjust the levels of darkness desired for the texts, you can re-size fonts, you can search inside books, and others.
Before buying an e-book device, have a look at the different features of the different devices. This will help determining which is better to purchase.
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