As you’ve probably heard Apple’s WWDC 2010 were the day of yesterday in San Fransisco together with over 5200 visitors!
Me, myself didn’t have the opportunity to go there, even if I wanted to. What I did together with millions of other people was to follow some sort of live blogging during the event. I tried to join Ustream.tv because there were some one in the audience who live streamed the entire event, but due to the heavy traffic it was impossible to load up the page and connect to the stream correctly. I was super exited to read and look at pictures (in my case) of what Steve were showing the world up on that stage. I was certain that he would show the new iPhone 4 (yeah, not 4G, HD or any of the other rumors that were floating around on the web), in matter of fact almost the entire keynote which were by the way 2 hours long was about the iPhone 4.

The new sleek design with aluminosilicate glass on both sides and re-engineered hardware, 720p video recording, FaceTime, 5Mpix camera, LED flash, Retina display, Noise cancelling and many other features as well, made the audience loose their breath of excitement.
If you want to dig further into the specifications head over to the iPhone 4 page at Apple’swebsite.
I think the design team and the engineering team have done a great job – *Keep Up The Good Work Guys!*

Hey guys!
Ok, here is the deal. I’ve put up a Q&A-styled review over the HTC Desire that hopefully will answer a lot of the questions that you guys might have.

Q: Hey JP, what if I’ve got a question that is not listed on the Q&A?
A: Hey!, You simply type your question in the comment section below (actually not right below this row of text, but at the bottom of this page .

Q: This probably one of the: “You got a review unit from the company and now you can only say good things about it” – which makes this a useless review!
A: I’m not so sure about that.

Q: What do you mean “You’re not so sure about that”?
A: Well, for the first HTC didn’t send me a review unit, second I would never ever accept a review unit where I have certain demands of what I can and can not say and third I bought the HTC Desire from my own pocket which makes this review and every word that I type here on this blog post be my own personal opinion and not someone else’s.

Q: Sorry, my bad.
A: Np

Q: For how long have you been playing with the Desire?
A: For the past 1-1,5 weeks.

Q: Are you happy with it?
A: You bet ya! The best phone I’ve ever used!

Q: Even better than the iPhone? – The worlds best selling phone by all time.
A: Yep!

Q: Why?
A: You see, the problem with the iPhone in my opinion is the control that Apple have over the developers and over their products.
The developers can’t upload apps that for example can compete with the current Apple apps that are available on the iPhone and this is one of the biggest reasons why I like Android OS.
With the Android OS the developers don’t have the same hard rules that Apple have with their iPhone OS.

Q: So you don’t like Apple at all?
A: No. In matter of fact I love Apple and their products (heck I’ve would even go and buy the iPad if I had the money), but some times I wish they could just let go of the leash a bit and give the developers more breathing room.

Q: How is the Spec’s on the HTC Desire?
A: If you head over to HTC’s site you can find it there, but I can save you some time if you just use this URL link instead HTC Desire – Specifications.

Q: Eeehhh… Doesn’t the phone support 720p recording?!?
A: Nope.

Q: That sux!
A: That’s not a question, but yeah it sucks.

Q: Sooo?… You bought a phone that doesn’t support 720p, why?
A: Yep, I did. But here is the thing. The camera that’s inside the Desire are capable to record at 720p it’s just HTC who haven’t turned that feature on yet and what I’ve heard that feature will be turned on in a later update.

Q: How large is the phone compared to the iPhone?
A: It’s not such a big difference between the HTC Desire and the iPhone. The Desire is just slightly taller (about 1-3mm taller)

Q: Do the phone support apps?
A: Heck yeah – It’s Android Dude! and it has it’s own app store called “Android Market”. It’s not as centralised as Apple’s App Store. What I mean with centralised is that you can get hold of Android apps from various places like: Appbrain.com, Androlib.com, Android.com/market, etc.

Q: Which apps do you recommend?
A: Dude – I’ve been waiting for someone to ask me that question. Ok, I’ll put up a bunch of apps that I really like and they are in no particular order:
* Barcode Scanner
* Google Sky Map
* Google Maps
* Google Earth
* Photoshop Mobile
* WordPress
* Twit.tv
* Fring
* Twidroid
* Facebook
* Netcounter
* FxCamera and many more

Q: What is your opinion on the Android OS?
A: First of all I really like the Android OS, it’s fast, great apps, great functionality such as the multi-touch capability, Google continuously pushing out new versions of the Android OS (well if you have a HTC you have to wait for a short while since HTC have to “convert” to their HTC Sense system). Second this is my first Android phone so I’m just comparing v2.1 (which is the latest OS release) to what I’ve seen and heard with older versions  ;-)

Q: Ok, now what’s the price on the phone?
A: Since I live in Sweden the currency are a bit different to the US dollar. Ok here it goes: SEK: 4739 kr and in USD: approx 479$

Q: Wow that’s a good price consider it that you get a awesome 3.7″ capacitive screen, lots of RAM and ROM and of course the 1GHz Snapdragon CPU.
A: Yep, I agree with you

That’s it guys! I hope this answered a lot of questions.

Woohoo – Finally got my HTC Desire yesterday and have been playing with it for a while.
Really like the Android OS and the apps that are out there on the Android Market.

I’ll be back with a more in-depth review of what I think about the device and apps which I want to recommend – so stay tuned

Everyone is talking about it, everyone is posting videos on YouTube about it and everyone outside the US border will have to wait before they can lay their hands on it (well, not if you travel to the US and buy one of course ).

Am I gonna buy a iPad?: Yes, No, Maybe, I don’t know…, ehmmm… If I buy one the main reasons will be: Awesome ebook reader (Imagine reading comics on that display =D), A larger touch area which I really like (using apps like Brushes, Sketch etc) and it will be very handy during any sorts of traveling.
The reasons why I don’t want to buy it is: It’s expensive, 499$ for the 16GB version and I think when you have that peace of hardware in your hand you will need at least 32GB space, which will cost you 599$ and for the 64GB version 699$.

Ok, that was only the WiFi version. If you are traveling a lot or are often in areas with no WiFi coverage you will need the iPad WiFi+3G version. To get the 3G you need to pay approx 120$ more for the (16GB, 32GB and 64GB) versions. 120$!!! That is insane!. I read for a while back ago that it only cost about 20-30$ for the 3G module and you’ve to pay 120$, that is not fair.
So you pay 120$ extra for the 3G, then you have to be aware of that you need a data plan from your 3G service provider before you can use the 3G network.

Now to the more fun part of this post. iFixit got hold of a iPad and they did what they are best on doing… Take apart Apple products . Just click on the blueish iFixit link above and you will get strait to the action.

Woooooow, Hold Your Horses mate! because I’ve got a announcement for you or I would rather say Wacom got a announcement for you.

Wacom have a great collection of professional tablets, the Intuos 4 series, Bamboo series and the Cintiq series.
Recently Wacom announced a new tablet to their Intuos 4 line-up. It’s their new Intuos 4 Wireless (yup you heard right, freaking wireless!). Up to 10 meters or 33 feet, Mac and PC compatible, No cords (of course it’s wireless otherwise it wouldn’t be called a wireless tablet ).

So what is the price you may ask?… Well only if you give me 100 bucks first… you know I’m kidding right? , I’ll cut to the chase it’s 399$.

Specs:

Some people love it, others hate it,  some people call it “The worlds largest iPod”, some people will buy it, some won’t.

Yeah Baby! I’m talking about Apples new tablet the iPad.

At January 27th I and many others (millions of people around the world) tuned in to Apples press event at Yerba Buena Center of The Arts in San Francisco.

When Steve showed the world the iPad my jaw dropped to the ground. In the matter of seconds I said to myself “I need one of those!”
Imagine sitting in the sofa and browse the web, updating the blog, watch movies (when you are on the go).

When Apple launched their first mobile phone the iPhone many people was not happy about that it didn’t support Flash, Copy & Paste, Multitasking, no voice command or Physical keyboard. After a time Apple did fix some of the things I mentioned above (Copy & Paste and Voice Command).
When the iPad was reveled to the world I was stunned to hear that it didn’t support Flash, Multitasking, MacOS X, especially Flash and Multitasking which I’ve wanted since the release of the iPhone.
Shame on you Apple shame on you!

I really what the iPad but I think the wise choice is to wait for the 2nd Gen and hope they will fix Flash and Multitasking support.

The time will tell and the people will tell the World what they think and my ears are open to take that information and process it to a final decision.

– JP

To not miss this amazing event I went to twit.tv which is hosted by Leo Laporte.
Leo runs many different high quality podcasts with the main theme: Technology.

I’ll mention some of the shows he is hosting: Security Now with Steve Gibson, This Week in Tech with friends, The GizWiz with Dick DeBartolo (from MAD Magazine), etc. Leo and his crew covered almost the entire CES 2010 Event (and yes I said almost, because there was many halls and floors and each hall was several football fields large, over 20’000 exhibitors and approximately 150’000 people). Yeah Baby that Event was INSANE I tell ya!

Ok, enough chit chatting and bring in the list.
This list is my personal opinion of the gadgets and hightech gizmoz I really like (and some of them will I probably buy when they will get released) and I saw from the event via Live streams and articles from engadget and several other sites as well.

1. Boxee Box

Boxee is a multimedia software which is developed so you can enjoy entertainment from the Internet and your computer on the tv.
Boxee is developed from the open source project xbmc.
During the CES 2010 event in Las Vegas Boxee announced the Boxee Box which is a Boxee in a hardware solution instead of software+pc/mac that you needed before.

With it’s cool design of a cube going through the table and a good price tag 150-200$ this will be a awesome product… and I’m going to buy one

2. Nexus One aka Google Phone

The Nexus One Googles first mobile phone. People have talked about it, people have waited for it, people have drooled after it and now it’s here, ok only in the US so far.

I’m not sure if I’m going to buy it because it’s the first phone from google and my experience with newly released devices is that it will have some sort of children’s disease. We’ll just have to wait and see what the public will tell to the world about this new phone.

In the end I really like this phone for it’s speed, sleekness and what engineers have done to it (what I’ve seen and heard). Hopefully in the future the Google phone will be a strong competitor to Apples iPhone.

3. Ford SYNC (MyFord and MyFord Touch)

Ford were the keynote during CES 2010 at Las Vegas Convention Center. Introducing their new technology Ford SYNC or the new name (what I’ve heard) MyFord and MyFord Touch.
SYNC is a ease-to-use car connectivity/communication system, you can operate popular features as the MP3-player, Bluetooth and USB drives with a simple voice command.

SYNC include features as:
* Hands-free Calling
*911 Assist
*Music Search
*Vehicle Health Report
*News, Sports and Weather Forcasts
*Real-time Traffic
*Turn-by-Turn Navigation and much more.
To get more info about this amazing product you can visit SyncMyRide.com.

4. Panasonic 152″ 4K3D Plasma TV

A another product that was very popular among the companies was 3D technology. LG, Samsung, Panasonic, JVC, Sharp, Sony, Philips and many more.
Two Tv:s stood out from the rest. The first one is Panasonics monserous 152″ 4K 3D Plasma Tv, 152″! 4K! Insane I’ll tell ya.
The second thing that stood at the CES 2010 Event was the worlds thinnest LED-backlit LCD from LG, were a talking about amazing 6,9 mm thin.

All I can say is WOW.

5. Eye-Fi 802.11n Pro X2

The Eye-Fi have been around for a while, but during the CES event they announced a updated version, the Eye-Fi 802.11n Pro X2. This card will only be sold in 8GB sizes and is a Class 6 card which means more speed.

The idea behind the Eye-Fi is that while out shooting for example and you are near a WiFi-hotspot the card will upload its contents to a specified ftp or storage center and delete the content after it has been uploaded successfully.

I have read/heard from somewhere that this new update wasn’t so fantastic in preformance update that Apple mentioned at their lastest convention.
To find the trouth I had to install the update and see for myself.

After a 30min – 1 hour install the mac was ready for some testing. I checked the space on the harddrive and saw that it have freed some space, which was good news, but when it comes to better preformance I didn’t even see the smoke of it.
I can’t feel that Snow Lepoard speeded up the computer, not even with a lousy one percent.
The other changes was, better stacks, the rightclick menu from the different programs on the dock was changed a bit, new wallpapers etc.

Overall I’m happy that I did only pay 9.99$ for the update and not 30$, this due to a recently purchased iMac 20″ computer.

Tim- Ehmm Mr JP

Mr JP – Yes Tim

Tim – Did you know that you can browse with my iPhone and iPod Touch via the buildin Safari web browser and access your blog with out any problems?

Mr JP – Tim I know, but what I’ve done is to make it easier for the visiter to browse through the different posts/comments/pages in a much more compact way without zooming in and out everytime…

Tim – But Mr JP what if I like to zoom in and out is there a way to look at the blog in it’s default style?

Mr JP – Yes Tim there is a way to do that. What you need to do is to scroll down to the bottom and move the slider “Mobile view” from on to off.

Tim – Ooo gee thank you Mr JP.

Mr JP – No problem Tim.

For the rest of you who have a question or two don’t hesitate to send me a message – Just go to the contacts page and write down what you want to ask.
:// JP