Isaiah's Tech

The Samsung Acme i8910 is going to be an amazing phone, even a possible rival to the Nokia N97. It's not going to run on WinMo 6.1. It's not going to run on WinMo 6.5 (Yes, my WinMo guesses were wrong). And it also won't run on Android. Instead, it will be running on S60 5th Edition. The S60 5th Edition is the same OS that the Nokia N97 will have. Both the Acme and the N97 have their advantages over the other and we'll just have to see who wins when they go head-to-head. Talk about exciting stuff.

Do you remember the Toshiba TG01?. If you remember correctly, it will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon mobile device platform. There are rumours of HTC, Samsung and LG also wanting to use Snapdragon for some of their future phones. We may be seeing more beefed up WinMo phones, but we could also see beefed up Android phones. Snapdragon supports Windows Mobile and also the Android OS. So, imagine this: HTC + Android + Snapdragon + Google = T-Mobile G3? You never know. Tech is crazy nowadays.

Sony's new touchscreen Walkman NWZ-X1000 PMP has been rare to find. But, a French site (Le Journal du Geek) recently got their hands on it. This PMP has an extra-bright OLED screen, so that's always good. The UI is not entirely done, but its touchscreen has an "impressive response" that is "perhaps even better than the iPod Touch." That's an impressive feat, since we all know how good the iPod Touch is. The browser looks to be its weakest point, but overall, Le Journal du Geek says that it's part of their "top five."

Just in case you're anticipating the release of the Kindle 2, more news is on the way. The first Kindle was very successful and fans are awaiting the release of the next model. Amazon is having a press conference on Monday and the Kindle 2 will probably be mentioned. I don't know how much money you should save for it, but it should be around the same cost of the current Kindle.

Samsung Acme i8910 (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/samsung-acme-i8910-gets-caught-flashing-its-s60-5th-edition/
Qualcomm Snapdragon: http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/htc-samsung-lg-looking-to-snapdragon-for-future-handsets/
Sony NWZ-X1000 (and picture): http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/06/sonys-nwz-x1000-gets-handled-in-french/
Kindle 2 Release Date (and picture): http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/02/06/reminder-monday-is-kindle-day/

So, patch 1.10 for Playstation Home was held back because of a "last-minute bug." It looks the problem has been fixed though, since the patch will be released today. The time has not been announced, but just look out for it. Patch 1.10 will only be released to North America right now and there will be a later release date for users in Europe.

Activision-Blizzard will be at E3. Well, half of the company at least. Apparently, Blizzard will not be attending E3. Blizzard has their own event, Blizzcon, but it's 4 months after E3. Looks like we won't be seeing any new WoW, Diablo 3 or Starcraft 2 news at E3. It sucks, but what can we do?

How does having multiple inboxes in Gmail sound? Well, actually if i were you, i wouldn't have a clue what i'm talking about. So, i think i'll explain first. When you open Gmail, usually you only see the main inbox. If you go into Gmail Labs, you will be able to enable an option called Multiple Inboxes. This enables you to have up to 5 different inboxes open simultaneously on your Gmail home page. This could include: the main Gmail inbox and 4 labels of your choice. If i'm still not making any sense to you, try it out for yourself.

Here's a reason for me to use Mozilla Firefox over Google Chrome. Firefox, as you may know, has many extensions and i found one that i'm absolutely in love with. Thanks to Lifehacker, i can say goodbye to the boring Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Reader interfaces because with Google Redesigned, it changes the interface of those applications. Personally, i like the new skins on these Google Apps and i think i'm going to be using Firefox until i get tired of the way Google Redesigned looks. I'm not going to make a permanent switch, but when i feel the need to get away from the boring look, i'm going to be heading over to Firefox to fulfill my needs.

If you own a T-Mobile G1 a new update may be available for you. Update 1.1 is not "Cupcake" and is just a regular update. It may not be available to everyone right now, but it will be making its way to everyone soon. They are handing out the updates "gradually" instead of all-at-once.

Playstation Home Patch (and picture): http://ps3.qj.net/US-Home-patch-1-10-release-moved-to-February-6/pg/49/aid/128694
Blizzard Declines E3 Invitation: http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3172648
Gmail's Multiple Inboxes in Labs (and picture): http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-in-labs-multiple-inboxes.html
Google Redesigned (and picture): http://lifehacker.com/5147831/google-redesigned-updates-adds-greader-redesigned
T-Mobile G1 Android Firmware 1.1 Update (and picture): http://i.gizmodo.com/5147830/t+mobile-g1-android-firmware-update-11-now-available