Aug 20, 2008 | News |
Aug 20, 2008 | News |
Intel Wants in on the SSD market. Set to release in a month from now, their 160GB solid state hard drives are due to be in notebooks. "The X-18M and x-25M will have an expected lifespan of at least five years." The length of time is a concern as SSD degrade or literally destroy themselves with the read and write cycles. Five years seems an acceptable usage time for the average user. The read and write speeds of solid state drives should increase notebook speeds and decrease battery usage. Looks for them next month.
Read MoreAug 19, 2008 | News |
Reported by Appleinsider, the iPhone crashing bug which locks out the user from their apps should have a fix come September. This is via a short email from Steve Jobs himself back to someone experiencing the issue. Hopefully Apple will get things back to its standard levels of excellence by then.
Read MoreAug 19, 2008 | News |
Google’s attempt to dominate the cell phone market is on its way. Google announced the release of Android SDK beta for those interested in developing for the platform. Android is an open platform for cell phones which will attempt to duplicate the many features of iPhone but surpass that by allowing it to be open for anyone to develop for. While this build is not the final, it now includes the main home screen as well as some applications. So get moving if this is your cup of tea. Final retail release is due for q4 of this year.
Read MoreAug 18, 2008 | News |
MobileMe subscriptions are being extended again by an additional 60 days on top of the already added 30. While I have yet to experience these troubles, many have had issues with the service. Either way it is nice of a company to admit they had troubles and try to make up for it.
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