Isaiah's Tech

So, the Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 was released today, and not 1 RSS feed on my Google Reader has reported anything about it, so yay!! But yeah, i was just downloading all this stuff on my laptop at my school's library because if i download stuff at home i might go over my 60 gb limit for the month. I was using Update Checker which i downloaded from Filehippo.com and saw the Beta there, checked my Google Reader if any sites had anything to do with it, and found nothing. So yeah, gonna test it out now. I also redownloaded Google Chrome, Firefox Minefield and a bunch of other stuff.

So, the G1 is now being released unlocked. I've read so many articles today that i don't even know anymore if it's just being released to developers or everyone. But, i found my most credible source, gsmarena.com talking a bit about it. So, the 'Android Dev Phone 1' (see picture above) is being released to developers (I think) around the world, basically. This is because Google is trying to make the OS of the phone, Android OS, as open source as possible. It is going to cost $399 USD, but you'll have to pay an extra $25 USD for a one time registration fee. Ahh, yes, great news, hopefully it will soon be released to the whole public. I would get it, if i had the money to spare. But, i'm also looking forward to the next phone by Google, which should be much better and also look better.

Apparently, i may have been wrong about the release of Playstation Home. But, i don't know, it's still a rumour. I've been seeing a 50% split on it, being rumoured to be released on December 16 or December 17. My other blog, mentioned that it is rumoured to be December 16, and my link below tells us December 17. We'll just have to wait and see.

Nokia has actually confirmed that these pictures are authentic. The picture shows 3 phones, all the same model that is sporting an interface which is new to Nokia. Techtree.com says that it appears to be a "revamped version of the S60 Fifth edition." The model of the phone looks to me like a more square iPhone minus the button on the bottom of the phone. It even looks like the whole front part of the phone, is pretty much used up by the screen, leaving no room for buttons. Reghardware.co.uk mentions that the "UI looks nothing like those on modern-day Nokia phones, including the recently launched N97. However, this latest, unnamed phone's UI does appear to be widget based, as is the one on the N97." Personally, this new UI looks incredible and the weather widget reminds me of my former love, the HTC Touch HD's weather gadget, but just a bit smaller. This will be interesting to read about in the next couple weeks or even months. Until then, like the Playstation Home release date, we'll just have to wait and see.

I'm off to do my Religion review, and then i'm off to nap, then i'm gonna write another blog. Later. Oh wait, pic of the day.

Pic of the day, courtesy of, digg.com: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinJiRe7I8DPJJARNA6Kb2vmcVZo9njY1vM9dhGkgRFOHcAjr1i0SUJIRFV6xmSBEURhHv3niD9uZniLToJTG95r-lN3alLdV44d8pedhZoHepIJsFBPPT5dhLlpF1iOhht61enAqGTcN8/s1600-h/Funny.jpg

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 download, courtesy of Filehippo.com: http://filehippo.com/download_firefox/

G1: http://www.gsmarena.com/google_releasing_an_unlocked_g1_for_developers_at_$399-news-703.php

Playstation Home (December 17, rumour): http://gizmodo.com/5104054/playstation-home-coming-in-9-days

Nokia Phone with a new UI?: http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Nokias_Future_Smartphone_UI_Leaked/551-96189-893.html and http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/12/08/touchscreen_nokia/

So, basically, the story is that Google might have an upcoming OS in the making. The long-awaited and possible rumour has been spreading for a while now. But, Net Applications might have some evidence, to prove that Google may actually be working on new OS. This is because, "Net Applications uses software sensors at 40,000 Web sites around the world to measure traffic and come up with its stats. These stats include operating system, browser, IP address, domain host, language, screen resolution, and a referring search engine, according to Vince Vizzaccaro, executive vice president of marketing and strategic alliances for Net Applications." All that being said, it can pretty much track everything that you use to do your work on your computer. Apparently, when they looked at their stats from Google employees, only 2 thirds of them showed what operating system they were running. This meant that the other 1 third of them, didn't have their OS showing. While, their OS was hidden, every other piece of information was able to be gathered from the computer, including browser, etc. This means that they [Google] had it purposely blocked. This may mean that those 1/3 of people with the hidden OS may be using a possible Google OS. They could be testing it out, programming it, to see if it works properly and all that mumbo-jumbo. Clay Ryder, though, thinks that they are instead, working on an application infrastructure because Google is not in the OS business. But, i mean, anything's possible, and me [the Google fanboy] hopes that they are working and testing a new OS. If they come out with information on the new OS, i'm definitely jumping on that band wagon. I'll definitely switch to a Google OS, as soon as it comes out. Though, it may be in the beta forever (see Gmail). Nonetheless, it'll be a couple years before an OS from Google will be released. If they ever do release an OS, that is.

Photo taken from: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/the-gmail-nerve-center.html

Information taken from: http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/print.php/3788821

Got to it from my Google Reader, thanks to: http://www.n4g.com/News-242821.aspx