More TRULY REAL Video Ipod Pics
The rumours fly uncontrollably, and who am I to stop them? Engadget has uncovered more “video ipod” pictures. As the video ipod g6 is a highly secretive project, these pictures are probably not real, but more power to Joe Schmoe who made these in his garage.
Creative to have a Video Store?
GenerationMp3, a French site about mp3 players, has recieved the following image:
The translation of this image is: “What is the program?… The response [is] on March 30th.” GenerationMP3 believes that Creative will announce the launching of it’s new video store, specifically in order to aid it’s new line the Zen Vision:M. As Apple has designated March 31st for it’s very special press release, it is also very possible that Creative is attempting to steal some of Apple’s thunder.
Microsoft’s Origami Project
Microsoft has suddenly announced a new project: the Origami Project. This is an odd marketing strategy for Microsoft, who usually announced project years before their completion. The interesting thing about the Origami Project is that no one knows exactly what it is.
Thatededguy reports that, “Well, if you take the time to read through the digg comments, you will find that Origami is the code-name for a device that was introduced in 2001 at Comdex. Press Releases here and here. NSC Product Page here. About the size and weight of a small digital camcorder, the National� Geode �Origami’ Mobile Communicator is a flexible unit that folds and unfolds to perform eight popular consumer electronics functions in one easy-to-use device.”
Meanwhile, Newtwork World claims that it will be a portable computer, which is fully capable of running windows. Network World then quotes an Engadget post about Microsoft’s Ultramobile Lifestyle PCs, connecting that project to the origami project. “According to at least one report, Bill Mitchell, Corporate Vice President of the Mobile Platform Division, showed a slide that outlined specs for the new PC category, including that it be wearable, always on, no larger than 10-inches, connected through 3G networks, pen-based, and have a suggested retail price of $500 or less. Sounds like something of a cross between Windows Mobile smartphones and tablet PCs.”
From Digital Kitchen’s site, we gain this image (which has been on the site for over a year, and now is removed):
Which looks very similar to this little device Bill Gates was holding:
But Microsoft Watch has displayed this image, which might possibly be the Origami Project, with the following subtitle: “Microsoft’s carry everywhere ultra-mobile concept PC showcased at WinHEC Inset: ASUS-designed auxiliary display.”
As for my conjectures, I believe that the Origami Project is a mini-computer, with Tablet-like capabilities (and thus has a stylus). It will also run Windows XP, as that is Microsoft’s brain child, and if it is really available for less than $500, it will fly off the shelves on it’s released date.
Recently, Engadget has confirmed that “Microsoft has not designed any new hardware for the Origami project. Instead, as stated by Microsoft’s CeBIT trade show spokesperson, MS will discuss Origami for oh, about “30 seconds” come March 9th, with the thunder to be unleashed instead by Intel and Samsung…” and will more likely look like the conservative black edged picture that Gates is holding above.
iLiad E-Book Reader
iRex has updated it’s project page for the iLiad, which is “a total solution for portable, electronic paper-like reading and writing.”
Features include text highlighting, a fully-functional QWERTY keyboard, WiFi capablities, recharchable battery, and portrait/landscape switching.
This Ebook Reader must compete with Sony’s eBook Reader, which will market soon for $350. Sony’s eBook reader weighs less than 9 ounces, is only 1/2 inch thick, has a 6 inch display, and comes with software which enables you to connect to an online bookstore (Connect E-Book Stores) and download E-Books to your PC, and then transfer them to your eBook Reader.
Boy Sticks Gum on Valuable Painting
A 12 year old boy stuck a piece of Wrigley’s Polar Ice Gum onto Helen Frankenthur’s “The Bay”, which is worth approximately 1.5 million dollars, at the Detroit Museum of Art.
The boy was on a field trip, and has since been suspended from Holly, his school. Representatives from the Detroit Museum say that the gum has been sucessfully removed, but there is a chemical residue stain about the size of a quarter on the bottom left side of the painting. The museum will use a solvent to repair The Bay, and then it will return to be on display.
“Even though we give very strict guidelines on proper behavior and we hold students to high standards, he is only 12 and I don’t think he understood the ramifications of what he did before it happened, but he certainly understands the severity of it now,” said Kildee, the academic director of Holly.