Upgrade for the Mini and I-mac?

As Apple continues the roll down of the updates for the mac ever since the mac pros to the macbook’s can the mini and i-mac be next? Luckily the mini won’t be discontinued but upgraded most likely with the new Penryn processors. As well with the all in one I-mac as the intel processors of memrom line is being phased out, the penryn will be moving in. So as the line continues the news hasn’t stated of any design updates but more speed wise the i-mac could be reaching 3.0 GHZ and as for the mini yet has been talked on that as the size differs from the I-mac but as the little elegant desktop awaits it’s upgrade we’ll have to wait and see. Though not only that but there could be a expandability in ram and hardrive space for the two machines. The upgrades continue from here and on now we have to sit and wait the upgrade is expected this tuesday will the rumors fufill or not we have to see

Also future updates are stated again for the macbook and maybe the mb pro's hopefully design wise around this April. So with that the iphone keynote of the SDK/Enterprise Roadmap we have to see what apple has in store for the upgrades most likely they'll have all machines moved to Penryn by the end of this year and possible updates for the MB air. As far the macrumors and other resources have came through as far will it come through yet again...

Movies on Flash Drives

Movies have traditionally been on disc or on VHS tapes, but what if u could legally put them on your USB flash drive. One company called PortoMedia wants that to become possible by using Kiosks like the Red Box. Chris Armstrong said, “The kiosks will be packed with hard drives that can hold 350 to 5,000 titles. Users then plug in a memory device from the company, enter a PIN code, and buy or rent a movie. When consumers get home, they simply slide the memory device into a dock connected to a TV.” These movies can be played on your PC or TV. The only down side is that you have to buy a dock. The dock is sold in a package for $60. You get 6 Movies, USB Flash drive, and the dock. Another option for users is to pay $160 and get a handheld player with a 1.8-inch hybrid hard drive with 240GB of storage, a dock, and 12 movies.
Portomedia's web sight can be found here.

Purple iPod Nano?

This weekend Circuit city's Ad included a Purple iPod Nano. Apple's current line of iPod nanos come in silver, blue, green, black, pink, and (PRODUCT) RED. This is obviously suggesting that Apple is going to release a Purple iPod. The addition of a purple option to the iPod nano would make the iPod Shuffle lineup a complete subset of the iPod nano colors.

Open source Alternatives

Today buying many common programs like Word, power point, photoshop, and other productivity applications can get expensive. In this post i will show you many of the free open source alternatives. Open source is source code that is available to the public, meaning free applications for everybody. Here are some alternatives that you might even like better than the original application.

Open Office - Word, power point, Excel alternative
Gimp - Photoshop alternative
Avidemux - Video Editing
Amarok - iTunes

There are many other open source alternatives that are very useful. If you would like to find more free applications go to osalt.com.

The All in one I-Mac or the All powerful Pro?

Well as you know i'm soon to join the apple family and have my current mind set to an 24 inch i-mac core 2 extreme 2.8 ghz 4gb ram 500 or 750 gb hardrive mac but.... Ya theres a but the question after the total of the imac being around 2,900 do i go for the all in one I-mac or go for a base Mac Pro at 2,700 and add a 500gb hard drive etc for around 2,900. Though the fall back is that with the pro I won't have a monitor as the imac is one, and the apple display would make me fish out another 599$ as i dont wanna use my crt on the beatiful pro though... I can buy like a 20-23 inch for around 250$ +. So i can save bucks on buying a different monitor but i would have to spend money to get a monitor if that makes any sense at all lol. Though with the pro i can get 3rd party ram,drives, etc to max it out toward the future so in the end it kinda equals out or should i get the i-mac then the pro later on. Know that i'm a first time switcher and i don't wanna start out small like i would rather have a powerful machine that can show me the power of osx and a mac though for a switcher the pro would be like the ultimate so i'm thinking i-mac | macbook pro| some old macintoshes like g4 etc | the on to mini or pro like go from there so i get a real feel or i can just get the imac-mb pro- then the pro and rotate from there as you see as time and sponsors grow revenue will. So please I would love to here your feeddback comment or email me at kidgurucenter@gmail.com



Thanks for reading
Kidguru

Tech-Topic : Android

Hello all, well its been awhile since I posted something so I thought I start with something big my introduction to something I do daily on my social network video sites like youtube etc. Called "Tech-Topic" basically I pick a technology topic and talk about this topic in detail etc.



So i'm starting off with Google's release plans of "Android" the SDK (Software Development Kit) OS for mobile/Smart Phones. The target is to make the sdk so widely used and pre-loaded on phones that it creates a "G-Phone" by the os itself. So something definatley to look forward to in the future.

The video below will explain most of it the links and additional notes will be posted below



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Heres the link to the video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E3fq-BtfLUc


Technology Topic
Googles Android OS/SDK

Links/Vids
http://code.google.com/android/
http://www.youtube.com/user/androidde...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJHYq...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muIqc7...

Heres some of the notes i had typed up

Sergey Brin and Steve Horowitz
SDK NOT PHONE
G-Phone Smart OS
Linux Kernel 2.6-Drivers and Security
10mil OpenSourced Devlop Aps
Applications Cycle
Navigation-Save-Proceed-Kill-Proceed-Bac k-kill-restore
System Process-back
Stack
Touch/SmartPhones/Older and Newer models
3G High Graphic
OpenGL
SGL-2D/3D3
Media Network
Surface Manager
free type
sgl lite -data storage
Web Kit - Core-Browser/Safari
Daltic VM-Android Runtime- CPU,Battery
.DEX File-Byte Code/Better Life,Memory
Core Libary -Java- UTILITES
App Framework-Java Lang. Apps
Home-Phone-Browser-Maps-OPENSOURCE
API-Application Programming Interfaces
Location Manager-Maps Current Location
Friends-Proximity-API warner
GPS
XMPP Service
App send to other Android
Data-App
Notification Manager Apps-Notes-SMS-Events-Internet
Views-List,Grid,Gallery/Cover Flow
Input Methods -Different Models
Map View/Web-Render Google- Apps Geo Data
Developers Toolkit-Open Expandable
Building Apps
JAVA-Src-Reference-Assets-Layout etc
XML
Apps EQuality-3rd Party,Default can be replaced



So as you see, the sdk is well in devlopment and you can produce your own apps/programs via Java, and send them in for use of Android. Built with high end graphics and open for devlopment while still built on a tough linux-kernel. Talk of a G-Phone was obselete as google is targeted to make this market by spreading the os across many phones to build a cult of G-Phone. It'll handle older/New/Current models of phones with certain touch and non-touch phone features. So something that has much saving in and investment as well as devlopment towards the future and something to keep your eye on in the years of technology.

GOOGLE'S ANDROID



Enjoy and always thanks for reading/watching



Kidguru

Hoping to Join the Mac Family Soon...

Hoping To Join The Macintosh Family Soon..

Well looking into the future, I'm hoping soon to join the Apple Co. Macintosh Family by upgrading from Windows to OSX , Leopard of course and use a whole new machine known as the mac.
I will be upgrading to the I-Mac 2.8GHZ 24 inch, 2GB RAM (Upgraded to 4 manually) reg-ular standard hardrive + Acessories etc. I can't wait till I make the money for the I-mac to have a powerful desktop to handle my needs and work. After that i'm still planning to gain the full mac experience by moving to other areas such as moving to portables , such as the macbook pro and later for the future the air. I'll be using the software and accessories to get acustomed to the mac like the mighty mouse and keyboard bother wired/wireless also software such as Iwork, Video Editing Software etc.

So I can't wait till I get to experience the macintosh and apple experience as well as software etc and I'll update you on other news on it i just have to manage my budget through the future.

Thanks, KidGuru

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