aPad? (Andriod)

Now that we've seen the iPad when will Google or HTC announce the aPad? iPad's ugly but more powerful, feature rich, open and cheaper sister?

iPad File System Questions

I haven't looked at iPhone 3.2 OS yet, so I think I'm okay on this. Has the file system for Apps changed? iWorks is a suite and so it should be able to share files with itself. But what about other Apps? As you may know, currently, iPhone apps can only see their own document directory and so each app needs to be able to do all of it own file management work. Not just file creation but moving files on and off the device. Steve didn't mention how iWorks will move files created on the iPad back to the Mac and expressly did mention iWorks when he talked about syncing and backups. Maybe it covered, don't know just wondering.

iPad

The iPad has been announced! Not announced but out and currently downloading is the iPhone OS 3.2 beta.

The big thing for me is iWorks and the dock, $9.99 each for Keynote, Pages and Numbers. Average Joe doesn't need a laptop anymore. Mobile general computing for everyone, 10 hour battery life, the world has changed.

Netgear's Push2TV another Step Towards Convergence

Netgear's Push2TV is the first implementation of Intel's Wireless Display (WiDi) technology. WiDi transmits, via WiFi, what is on your monitor to the little box below, which in turn is connected to a display via a HDMI cable.



Right now its only 720p and there is a lot of latency. Right now its good for watching media residing on your computer on your TV. It also requires a new Intel processor on your computer. But give it a few generations and it will be on your phone and the latency will be gone. Your phone will have a 1080p display. So the question is, what apps should be on your phone?

Intel Wireless Display

Airnergy Hoax

Got this link from a friend:

http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/01/14/airnergy-charges-your-gadgets-with-wi-fi-signals/

Which lead me to this link:

http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/rca-airenergy-pulls-power-thin-air-charging-your-phone-wi-fi



A battery charger that gets it energy from wifi signals, I tend to agree
with this guy:

http://www.joewein.net/blog/2010/01/14/rca-airnergy-looks-like-a-hoax/

If it sounds to good to be true...

Android SDK 2.1 is Now Available

The 2.1 SDK is out!

CES 2010

So much show, so little time!

Ran into Andy Germano and the Femto Forum crew. Femto Handset API is moving along but not published yet. No news on when the At&t Micro Cell will finally reach Culver City.

The iLounge was filled with iPhone related paraphernalia, too much to even get my head around. Lots of cases and battery extenders. Finally got an actual copy of "iPhone Life". iPhone Life is a magazine that keeps sending me invitations to advertise with them. Even though everyone keeps saying "print is dead" I still like magazines. That said, why would anyone pay to get a quarterly advertisement?

Couldn't attend the big Palm announcements, but the PDK announcement is huge! Native access to the Palm hardware is what that phone needed.

Non-Mobile News

• Boxee has its own box and it runs apps! The Boxee demo was given by an App Developer. Her app was Suicide Girls
  
  and she is Bob Suicide. Not your average developer.


• Sharp Aquos 920 is phenomenal and it supports limited apps. Four colors per pixel is clearly better.


• Apps are clearly the future of TV! With Apps on your phone and on your TV the consumer PC is history! Maybe the TV is the screen that needs to be linked to the phone.


• LG's ultra thin TVs are unbelievable, someday they are just going to hide everything in the glass.


• Dimmable Par 30 LED light-bulbs are coming soon, they may cost 3X a halogen bulb but they are so much greener. At least it seems like they should be. Has anyone done reasearch of the carbon footprint of a halogen bulb v. led bulb?

Next year I'll allocate more time to the show.

AT&T Developer Summit

Very cool, lots of good info, very little iPhone, but lots of cool announcements like the "HTC Sense Experience" (Android) is coming to AT&T. A Motorola Android is also on the way. All mid-level phones (30% of the market) coming to AT&T will soon run BrewMP and AT&T wants to push development in that sector. Palm is coming to AT&T in 2010.

Fun HTC Android trick, your talking with someone and the phone starts ringing. Your almost done so you don't what be rude and just pickup the phone, but you also don't want to hangup, what to do? Flip it over, ring sound stops because phone is instantly move into silent mode. So, finish up and answer it.

Motorola Backflip (Android) looks good and is video conference friendly since the camera and display can both be direct towards you or switch to normal camera mode.



Great show! Wish "Code Camp" had a little more code and a little less party but hey I'm a geek!

Keyboard and Mouse for Jailbroken iPhones

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/iphone-and-magic-mouse-linked-up-by-btstack-video/