Apple WWDC 2009 Highlight

A new macbook pro line, the 13 and 15″ will have the same battery as the 17″ the will last 5 hours in normal use.

SD card slot, replacing the express-card slot in the 13 and 15″ model only, the 17″ will still have the express card slot.

the starting price will be $1200 for 13″, $1700 for the 15″ and $2500 fro the 17″.

Snow leopard will be released this September for $29!!!!! Has a lot of new features and better performance

iPhone OS 3.0

Native arabic support -woohoo, and a cool new feature that lets you find your iphone if you have misplaced it via your mobileme account.

Available June 17th.

iPhone 3GS

Better processor, 3mp auto-focus/touch focus camera, video recording, voice control, digital compass, data encryption and better battery.

16 GB model will be $200, the 32Gb $300 and they will keep the current 8Gb iphone for $100. nice.

Availability: in the US in 10 days, rest of the world by August. I think the unlocked version’s price will be ridiculous.

Full keynote here

Images from engadget/buzberry

NEC’s Curved Monitor Going on Sale

I first wrote about this way back in CES 2008, its finally seeing daylight and should go on sale next month.

Features:
* Seamless curved screen, which eliminates bezel and screen gap issues for increased productivity and decreased frustration (according to Center for Human-Computer Interaction – Shupp et al, presented at Graphics Interface 2006)
* 2880 x 900 double WXGA native resolution
* 200 cd/m² brightness
* 0.02ms Rapid Response
* 10,000:1 contrast ratio
* Wide color gamut with 100% coverage of sRGB and 99.3% coverage of Adobe RGB
* Single link DVI-D and HDMI 1.3 input connectors
* USB 2.0 connectivity for easy use of peripherals
* Front panel controls
* On Screen Display (OSD®) and software-based GUI, which enables advanced display control options

But for $7999, I think I’ll stick to my regular flat monitor thank you.

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The New PSP Go

A few days before E3, Sony screws up and the June Qore episode is all over the internet showing the new PSP.

The new PSP is nothing to get too exited about its just a little smaller design with slide-out controls, Still one analog stick (damn), what looks like same processor too so that the games will be compatible with older PSP modules as they are going to co-exist (according to the video).

The Biggest thing about the PSPGo is the built-in 16GB memory and still have a memory slot.

Zune HD Quick Video Tour

This is a short video showing the ZuneHD’s UI in action.

This looks much better than the iPod Touch UI and the hardware is gorgeous.

The ZuneHD was announced 2 days ago and is scheduled for release this fall.

Is This The New G1?

Some solid reports are popping out here and there about the new Android G1 phone, it’s expected to get released in October. and from the render above it looks good too. The selling point is the physical keyboard for me.

Watching My TV From Abroad

As I’m in San Diego, and the US are not a big fan of Football. So I’m forced to look for alternatives.

I’m used to using my Slingbox to stream my home receiver to me anywhere in the world. The technology is called “placeshifting“.

The concept is really simple, hooking up a box to any A/V device and connecting it to your router so that you can stream that device to you via a PC or mobile device (WM phones, Blackberry and Symbian devices- iphone coming soon) either locally or via the internet.

I’ve been using the slingbox for 3 years now, and I can’t believe it hasn’t caught up in Kuwait as I expected. There isn’t a place that sells it even here in Kuwait.

Anyway the setup is not very complicated for the regular user, some port forwarding and selecting the type hardware you connected to the slingbox.

The other option is myp2p.eu where you can watch a selection of events, either via WMP or you have to download other software. But it’s a nice backup to have.

On another note, while I was watching today’s UCL matches and after Manchester United won the match, the arabic commentator was screaming “loory loory man united, loory loory man united” I guess what he meant was “glory glory man united” he made me LOL.

Dell Adamo First Pics

This is the first pictures of the long awaited Dell Adamo. Still no word on specs or a release date, but damn that thing looks good.

For more pics, hit the Link

Via Gizmodo

Apple’s Time Capsule Released, Works With External HDD’s

Apple’s time capsule has been released just as Apple said it would – by February – cutting it real close. The NAS/Wireless router device that feature a 500GB or a 1TB of storage, wireless-n, gigabit ethernet and a usb port for the now confirmed HDD back-up using Time Machine.

So now I’m just waiting for it to pop-up at Amazon.

Apple Updates Macbook/Pro Line

As we reported a few weeks ago, Apple today updated its Macbook and MBP lines. Macbook now tops at 2.4GHz while the MBP comes with 2.4 and a 256MB Graphic card as a standard and tops at 2.6Ghz with 512MB Graphic card. Also a nice addition to the MBP is the multi-touch.

The Apple remote is now no longer included in the package and considered an accessory which can be bought for $19, also no multi-touch for the Macbook – bummer.

Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Player Discontinued…Officially

Well, we all knew it was a matter of time, but Microsoft announced they are officially stopping production of the player effective immediately. So I guess that’s that, this is the end of the format war…Officially.

There are still unconfirmed reports that there is a blu-ray player in the works for the 360, but no OFFICIAL word yet, Officially.

via gizmodo