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Square, Inc’s new Square, credit card payment for the masses

by Savan Thongvanh February 11, 2010

Square Inc’s aptly named device, the Square allows anybody to take credit card payments. And I mean anybody. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as come up with a solution great for everyplace from a individually owned boutique to the farmer’s market.
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Is the New York Times Skimmer the newspaper format made for iPad?

by Savan Thongvanh February 10, 2010

People have been wondering how Apples release of the iPad will “change the game” and what “game” it will change. One of the mediums that will definitely be affected is the newspaper.

The New York Times has a feature now called the New York Times skimmer. There were two features that jumped out at me immediately when I tried it.

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Google buzz for iPhone, a screen by screen tour

by Savan Thongvanh February 9, 2010

Today Google announced buzz and the internet is abuzz.  The jury will be out on Google’s new all encompasing approach to social media but we’ll take you through screen by screen through a tour of  the buzz iPhone app.

Hit the jump and start the tour!
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ATI’s new card for netbooks, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5570

by Savan Thongvanh

Today ATI announced it’s newest product in the line up, the ATI Radeon™ HD 5570. ATI’s newest card is aimed squarely at the netbook market, the Windows netbook market that is. The HD 5570 is loaded with muscle but also bound to Direct X.

So if you’re in the market for a Windows netbook with HD video, lucky you.

“AMD recognizes that small form factor PCs are becoming more popular and low profile graphics upgrade options have been limited to date,” said Matt Skynner, vice president and general manager, AMD Graphics Division. “Customers purchasing small form factor PCs are looking for improved performance while gaming, watching HD video or working with the latest productivity applications. The ATI Radeon HD 5570 graphics card delivers all of this at a price that won’t break the bank.”

See the press release for more

iPhone: An easy way to keep up with John Terry and the upcoming World Cup

by Savan Thongvanh February 7, 2010

Are you a soccer (futbol) fan having a hard time keeping up with the John Terry’s story or you’re looking for a way to keep up with the upcoming World Cup? Well ESPN has the answer for you.

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Apple iPhone Security Update 3.1.3, time to re-jailbreak?

by Savan Thongvanh

Yesterday Apple released what is now the latest update for for it’s iPhone. Now the current version is 3.1.3. Apple has gone only five months since it’s last update to 3.1.2.

3.1.2 fixed a bug that affected many people, including myself, that caused the iPhone to sporadically reboot. Will 3.1.3 be as helpful?

A cheesy iphone Ad made by Me.

Image by twenty5pics via Flickr

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Comparing Apples to Apples (to Apples): iPhone vs iTouch vs iPad

by Savan Thongvanh

With this weeks announcement of the Apple iPad they now say they have a new category of device. Some say that the new category is just a bigger version of everything else they have. We’ll let the tale of the tape tell the story.

I’ll give you a hint, if you squint a little at the spec comparisons you won’t be able to tell iPad from iPhone from iTouch.

Let’s check out the specs Apples to Apples (to Apples).
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Apple iPad Screen: Oled vs IPS (LCD)

by Savan Thongvanh

Prior to the announcement rumors of Apple hording OLED screens were rampant and possibly true. But if they were true it was a move by Apple to maintain what might be the tightest lid on info about a device in history. What we got was a 10 inch IPS LCD. If you know much about LCD or big screen TVs you know that the most popular king of LCD is the TFT.

LCD with LED matrix backlight

So, what does that mean for consumers?

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Apple’s A4 processor what else can it do besides provide PadPower

by Savan Thongvanh

Apple’s shiny new A4 processor, hopefully, will really make the iPad fly while surfing but will it help keep you safe at night? Apple’s purchase of Palo Alto Semiconductor didn’t make much of a front page splash but joining the A4 to the M1 Abrams might.

In 2008 EETimes.com broke a story about Apples acquisition that didn’t really hit home. The most important part of that story now is that at the time 10 different defense systems were using PA Semiconductor products. Can you imagine all the way the military could use a rugged touch screen computer? Maps, HUDs for vehicles, realtime anything all provided by Apple via the A4 processor, or variant, foot that they got in the door with the PA Semiconductor purchase.

See the EETimes article here

And more on the iPad specs here

Lots of people are talking about the iPad being used in the medical field but, what do you think would be a cool military application of the iPad?

Revisiting specs and speculation: Will the Apple iPad do what I thought?

by Savan Thongvanh

Last week I speculated on how the Apple iPad would change your life for the better. Now that the Apple iPad is out of the bag let’s see if it lives up to my hype.

See my previous post for the theories and here how they came to fruition, or not. If you didn’t see it you can catch it here. First the specs. the Apple iPad will be released with Apple’s own 1ghz A4 processor. They can do this because they recently acquired a company that makes processors. It will ship as a 10 inch tablet with no OLED but instead an LCD screen. It’ll be 1/2 an in thick and weigh in at 1 1/2 pounds. Very mobile. The wireless standard will be wifi, N to be exact, and the optional 3g will be provided by ATT with all you can eat for $30 per month. You can get it in 60 days and will go from $400 to $800 with prices varying with memory and the 3g option.

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