Isaiah's Tech

Yesterday, i set my own personal record. I posted an overwhelming 7 posts in one day. It was actually 8, if you count my post in my other blog. With special help from having no school and the whole day off, it was a pretty productive blogging day. I'm certainly satisfied with what i did yesterday. A day which consisted entirely of relaxation and blogging.

There has been breaking news that Dell will be making its way into the smartphone market. Oh wait, this is old news. This rumour about Dell going into the smartphone business has been going on for far too long now. Dell's smartphone prototypes seem to be imitating the Pre and the iPhone in a way. One of the phones will have "a touchscreen but no physical keyboard" and the other prototype phone is a "slider-style phone with a keypad and that slides from beneath the screen." It doesn't seem too interesting to me, but i`d still give these a second look. They are also looking to use the WinMo (hopefully not 6.1) and the Android OS for their smartphones. "The formal move into the phone market could happen as early as February, perhaps just in time for the 3GSM global phone biz show in Barcelona on the 15th. Dell could be unveiling something big soon, but it's nothing we haven't heard before. More news about that, when it actually happens.

The picture you see on the left side is a new pen concept that seems to be in development. It seems like a magnificent idea and it is also very creative. "An ink pen that reads the color of any object you place in front of it, then mixes red, blue and green ink to match it." It sounds like a good idea to me, although it may be a long time from now until we'll be able to use one of these things. Still very Interesting.

There is new evidence of a Google GDrive. This thing, to the extent my knowledge, is pretty much confirmed, but the only thing yet to be determined is when it will be released. In a part of Google`s code, it mentions that "GDrive provides reliable storage for all of your files, including photos, music and documents" and also that "GDrive allows you to access your files from anywhere, anytime, and from any device - be it from your desktop, web browser or cellular phone." Be prepared for this soon. I hope it`s released this year because it`s something i`d definitely try out.

On your left side, you will see a photo of what appears to be the Samsung S3500. This leaked photo "has a styling quite similar to the highly successful U900 Soul." This phone will have the usual Bluetooth and USB capability, but only has a mere 35MB of internal memory. Luckily, you can expand that using its MicroSD card slot. This will, most likely, be shown more at this year`s MWC 2009, which i still can`t wait for.

Dell's Prototype Phones (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5142507/dell-builds-prototype-android-and-windows-mobile-phones-may-finally-sell-them
Pen Concept (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5142452/pen-concept-uses-optical-scanner-to-let-you-choose-ink-color
Google GDrive (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5142669/googles-gdrive-will-allow-access-to-files-anywhere-anytime
Google GDrive: http://mashable.com/2009/01/30/gdrive-rumor/
Samsung S3500 (and picture): http://www.gsmarena.com/stylishly_simple_samsung_s3500_makes_its_way_to_the_headlines-news-764.php

If you love Google like me, this blog post will be amazing to read. It might even be as fun to read as it was for me to type this up. Anyways, let's get down to the Google news.

Ever since the pictures of the [ugly] T-Mobile G2 came out, there have been numerous fake Android G2 phones popping around all over the web. In my opinion, this one pictured on the left looks like the best one. I say this because it looks like a skinnier, white HTC Touch HD. Although, i don't like the skinniness of the phone too much, it still manages to look better than the current G2. The buttons on this fake G2 also could have been done better and they could have also included a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Now that would be my dream phone. An HTC Touch HD + Nokia N97 + Android all-in-one phone. The HTC Touch HD's looks and camera, mixed with the N97's storage and slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Dump both of their Mobile OS's for the Android and you get the ultimate phone. We will name my dream phone the Android HTC N97 HD. It would be a good competitor for the iPhone Pro. Both the Android HTC N97 HD and the iPhone Pro are only make-believe.

Google's long-awaited Webdrive service, dubbed the name Gdrive, may be in the near-future. A new, possible hint at Google's GDrive is in this picture on the left. Is this a possible icon for the GDrive service? This along with the option on the Picasa beta for the Mac, may be hints towards a possible GDrive hitting consumers later on this year. I talked about Google's GDrive a couple of days ago (here). It is basically online storage for everything on your hard drive. There is also the rumour that you will be able to use Google's, also rumoured, Operating System. Click the picture for a larger view, if you want.

"[Google] Gears has been around for awhile, but has really reached a stage of maturity, making it stable across Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. Google gears provides synchronization of online content such that it can be edited even if there is no Internet connection." Gears is a fairly new service from Google and i expect it to blossom this year. Google Docs, which is a part of Gears, is getting much better. I find myself using Google Docs more and more, as it gets better and better. I use Google Reader every single day and it is also a part of Gears. I've told you before that Google is going to take over the Internet and once they do that, they will probably take over offline as well. Google is pushing their way into our faces. With the expansion of Google Chrome and Gears, along with a possible GDrive making its appearance later this year. 2009 may be a good year for Google to make an aggressive push.

Android G2 (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5139252/fake-android-g2-phones-invading-the-world
Google GDrive (and picture): http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/01/more-signs-of-google-webdrive.html
Google Gears: http://education.zdnet.com/?p=2052

On the Final Fantasy XIII website, there is a new countdown that is on the front page. In under 7 days, they will be releasing a "new vision" to the world. That is all. More on what they reveal, well, when they reveal it.

The sexy, and still shiny, Dell Adamo will be released in the second half of 2009. That's according to Foxconn, at least. If the Adamo is released in the second half of this year, that would mean that Dell's spokesperson at CES was lying. The Dell spokesperson at CES told consumers that this laptop would be available for purchase in the first half of 2009. We'll see if Dell clears up this rumour with some facts but, as of right now, don't expect the Adamo in the first half of 2009. If the price stays the same as before, you are looking at a base price of $1500 USD for this baby.



Google. Oh yes, Google. Recently, there were 2 leaked pictures of what the T-Mobile G2 will look like. It appears to be thinner than the T-Mobile G1 because they decided to remove the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. The phone's design will be made, again, by HTC. I talked briefly about HTC's 2009 phone line-up being leaked just over a week ago (here). Judging from the 2009 HTC phone line-up, this phone looks to be the HTC "Sapphire." Personally, i think this new Google phone is ugly and that some consumers are going to miss the physical keyboard because that's what set it apart from the iPhone. The phone's round shape reminds me of a Helio, which i don't like too much. The buttons are also small pop-out rectangles, which i also do not like. This phone is not much of an upgrade when being compared to the G1. It has the same 3.2MP camera and just about the same display. "The rumors point May 2009 as the launch time." Personally, i think this looks worse than the G1. Meh, maybe their next phone will be better. On to more interesting Google news, we have the Google Gdrive. Basically, Gdrive is an online storage, "where Google servers have enough capacity to hold the entire contents of your hard drive." It will be an online storage, but it will also have a bunch of other features. There are rumours circulating that this service will be available this year. TG Daily mentions that, "it will likely also come with enough brains to do cool tricks now with bigger things down the road - like booting your computer from online drive to load the Google operating system." Wait! Did i just read that correctly? Google's operating system, you say? Interesting. There are a number of online storage services already, including Microsoft's SkyDrive. SkyDrive currently offers users 25GB of online storage, but also restricting them to only 50MB per file. It will be interesting to see how much storage Google will allow you to have for free. But, fitting your whole hard drive on an online storage, sounds like a pretty good benchmark to me. Privacy may be an issue here, since Google will [most likely] scan and go through all of your stuff, just like they do in Gmail, but there is a solution to that. Don't put naughty things on your Gdrive. There are actually hints that the Gdrive will be available, such as the option on Google's Picasa beta for the Mac, which gives users the option to "Move to Collection... Google Web Drive." I can't wait to read up on more information about this. Google will just be that much closer to taking over the Internet.