Computers
Megapixels
19/05/08 22:14
On the left is Wells Cathedral taken with my
long gone, but not forgotten Nikon CoolPix 775 (2
Megapixel, taken in 2002). On the right, the
same picture with my new Fuji F40FD (8.3 Megapixel,
taken last Saturday). Both are 100% crops.
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Worlds Collide
03/03/07 22:40
This is Windows 2003 and Meridio 4.4 running on my
iMac using Parallels in Coherence mode. Coherence
mode makes the windows desktop transparent allowing
Windows programs to intermingle on the Mac Desktop as
if there is nothing wrong. And it was fast, very fast
indeed. Much faster than any real PC I have used
recently.
Nokia 770?
15/07/06 21:16
I have on my desk an Apple Newton Original
MessagePad. "A what!" you say? Have a look at 'state
of the art' circa 1993.
Seeing that video makes me want to go get some batteries and try it again, but I only found it because I was doing a comparison to get a sense of the size of the Nokia 770. Here it is:
Newton OMP: 18.4 x 11.4 x 1.9cm
Nokia 770: 13 x 7.8 x 1.8cm
So its basically the same size as the original Newton minus lots of bezel. In most ways though they aren't really comparable: the Netwon was primarily a PDA, and the Nokia is primarily an Internet Tablet. However the Newton wasn't always meant to be a PDA. It was originally meant to be a Knowledge Navigator. Again see here:
LOL, futurology at it's bonkers best. It looks like it is set around now. But replace the butler guy with Google's ever widening services (calendar, scholar search, google search, writely, gDrive, gmail, maps) and is it so far off?
Isn't the 770 essentially the realisation of the Knowledge Navigator? When it came out the main criticism was that it had too low memory for doing anything. Apparently the 2006 software update has gone some way to address this.
My main use of my PowerBook is for surfing and email, and I like to surf everywhere: bed, couch, toliet! I'm also happy surfing over the mobile phone...but the screen is too small. The 770 looks ideal for surfing, because unlike other wi-fi enabled PDAs, it has full-width 800x480 screen. On the other hand, when I'm watching video or writing my web pages or documents, I plug into my 17-inch LCD. Does this mirror anyone else's experience?
So today I put in a speculative bid for one on eBay, it sold for £196; in the end more than I was expecting, but still affordable...in this context: I am thinking that when the time comes to replace my PowerBook, I'll get a Mac Mini instead. That plus a 770 and I'll be set to go!
Or am I missing something here? Do you have a 770, what do you think?
Seeing that video makes me want to go get some batteries and try it again, but I only found it because I was doing a comparison to get a sense of the size of the Nokia 770. Here it is:
Newton OMP: 18.4 x 11.4 x 1.9cm
Nokia 770: 13 x 7.8 x 1.8cm
So its basically the same size as the original Newton minus lots of bezel. In most ways though they aren't really comparable: the Netwon was primarily a PDA, and the Nokia is primarily an Internet Tablet. However the Newton wasn't always meant to be a PDA. It was originally meant to be a Knowledge Navigator. Again see here:
LOL, futurology at it's bonkers best. It looks like it is set around now. But replace the butler guy with Google's ever widening services (calendar, scholar search, google search, writely, gDrive, gmail, maps) and is it so far off?
Isn't the 770 essentially the realisation of the Knowledge Navigator? When it came out the main criticism was that it had too low memory for doing anything. Apparently the 2006 software update has gone some way to address this.
My main use of my PowerBook is for surfing and email, and I like to surf everywhere: bed, couch, toliet! I'm also happy surfing over the mobile phone...but the screen is too small. The 770 looks ideal for surfing, because unlike other wi-fi enabled PDAs, it has full-width 800x480 screen. On the other hand, when I'm watching video or writing my web pages or documents, I plug into my 17-inch LCD. Does this mirror anyone else's experience?
So today I put in a speculative bid for one on eBay, it sold for £196; in the end more than I was expecting, but still affordable...in this context: I am thinking that when the time comes to replace my PowerBook, I'll get a Mac Mini instead. That plus a 770 and I'll be set to go!
Or am I missing something here? Do you have a 770, what do you think?