tech65 » acer http://www.tech65.org voice of technology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:23:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 CreativeCommons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) 2006-2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ daniel@tech65.org (Tech65) daniel@tech65.org (Tech65) Technology, Singapore, Gadgets, Computers, Software, Hardware 1440 http://www.tech65.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/t65mainwhite-144.pngtech65http://www.tech65.org 144 144 http://feeds.feedburner.com/65bits Tech65 Pte. Ltd. is Singapore's Technology Source. With a deep bench and the broadest expertise online, we cover the tech news that is most relevant to you. With a focus on the Singaporean audience, but an eye to the wider world, our reporting provides a distinctly local flavour that appeals beyond our shores.Tech65.org is our flagship website, serving as the central repository of all our video, audio and photo content. We are also especially proud of our flagship audio podcast, 65bits, a bi-weekly podcast aimed at giving you the absolute essential tech news. Technology, Singapore, Gadgets, Computers, Software, Hardware Tech65 Tech65 daniel@tech65.org no no 65bits #211: Start of CES Weekhttp://www.tech65.org/2012/01/10/65bits-211-start-of-ces-week/ http://www.tech65.org/2012/01/10/65bits-211-start-of-ces-week/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 08:48:23 +0000 NTT http://v5.tech65.net/?p=2351 It is CES week, and we have a bunch of CES news for you. Multi-colored 3D printed objects coming to you soon. DBS account holders please check your bank statements. Goodbye Fusion Garage.

- NTT

Background Music for 65Bits is courtesy of spinningmerkaba.

Stories in this episode:

  1. Acer announces Aspire S5, ‘world’s thinnest ultrabook’ with Thunderbolt port
  2. Intel announces over 75 ultrabook designs for 2012, partnership with Nuance for voice recognition
  3. Intel Nikiski laptop prototype
  4. Lenovo launches first Ice Cream Sandwich TV
  5. Samsung and LG announce 55” OLED TVs.
  6. Samsung ‘future-proofing’ Smart TVs with Evolution Kit
  7. First LTE Windows Phone, the HTC Titan II
  8. Nokia Lumia 900 LTE Windows Phone
  9. Wireless LAN SD standard aims to give every SD card that Eye-Fi flair
  10. Broadcom 802.11ac Wi-Fi chips hit CES 2012
  11. MakerBot goes big with Replicator 3D printer
  12. DBS Bank said that 400 customers have been victims of an ATM fraud scheme that has seen S$500,000 stolen from POSB and DBS accounts over the last two days
  13. Fusion Garage files for liquidation, owes 40 millon to creditors
]]> http://www.tech65.org/2012/01/10/65bits-211-start-of-ces-week/feed/ 0 0:06:31 It is CES week, and we have a bunch of CES news for you. Multi-colored 3D printed objects coming to you soon. DBS account holders please check your bank statements. Goodbye Fusion Garage. - NTT Background Music for 65Bits is courtesy of spinningmerk[...] It is CES week, and we have a bunch of CES news for you. Multi-colored 3D printed objects coming to you soon. DBS account holders please check your bank statements. Goodbye Fusion Garage. - NTT Background Music for 65Bits is courtesy of spinningmerkaba. Stories in this episode:Acer announces Aspire S5, ‘world’s thinnest ultrabook’ with Thunderbolt port Intel announces over 75 ultrabook designs for 2012, partnership with Nuance for voice recognition Intel Nikiski laptop prototype Lenovo launches first Ice Cream Sandwich TV Samsung and LG announce 55” OLED TVs. Samsung ‘future-proofing’ Smart TVs with Evolution Kit First LTE Windows Phone, the HTC Titan II Nokia Lumia 900 LTE Windows Phone Wireless LAN SD standard aims to give every SD card that Eye-Fi flair Broadcom 802.11ac Wi-Fi chips hit CES 2012 MakerBot goes big with Replicator 3D printer DBS Bank said that 400 customers have been victims of an ATM fraud scheme that has seen S$500,000 stolen from POSB and DBS accounts over the last two days Fusion Garage files for liquidation, owes 40 millon to creditors 65Bits, Podcasts Tech65 no no 65Bits Episode 119: Freshly Squeezed and MmMMM Goodhttp://www.tech65.org/2009/05/18/65bits-episode-119-the-very-very-fresh-one/ http://www.tech65.org/2009/05/18/65bits-episode-119-the-very-very-fresh-one/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 02:00:11 +0000 NTT http://www.tech65.org/?p=555 We’re shaking it up with a spot of Magic and Android goodness. Tastes so good in the morning don’t you think? We also talk about HP’s spot of battery trouble and worry frantically about Google *GASP* going down! Say it isn’t so! Microsoft tries to squeese Apple for every last drop of juicy goodness they’ve got but we all know Apple’s got a few tricks up their sleeves. We worry about Nextbus and hope that it won’t be dropped. This week, our major stories include the recycling of Electronics in Singapore – Futurisitic babble or something we must do today and now. And we discuss ideas for the upcoming Code Extreme Apps. Let’s get coding people!

With Love and Affection

Daniel, NTT, Nicole, DK

[00:40] We’re on Engadget!

Refresh!
[02:10] HTC Magic
[03:45] Exchange-enabled HTC Magic explained: it’s not a “with Google” phone
[04:35] HP recalls 70,000 notebook batteries because of fire hazard
[07:05] Acer Aspire Timeline
[08:45] Ubuntu1 is in beta now
[11:05] Google goes down
[14:15] Microsoft vs Apple Ad wars
[17:25] End of NextBus?
[20:50] Singapore TweetUp

Stories :
[23:30] Recycling Electronics in SG
[30:00] Ideas for Code Extreme apps?

[38:40] Byte of the Week : VLC

]]> http://www.tech65.org/2009/05/18/65bits-episode-119-the-very-very-fresh-one/feed/ 2 0:00:01 We’re shaking it up with a spot of Magic and Android goodness. Tastes so good in the morning don’t you think? We also talk about HP’s spot of battery trouble and worry frantically about Google *GASP* going down! Say it isn’t [...] We’re shaking it up with a spot of Magic and Android goodness. Tastes so good in the morning don’t you think? We also talk about HP’s spot of battery trouble and worry frantically about Google *GASP* going down! Say it isn’t so! Microsoft tries to squeese Apple for every last drop of juicy goodness they’ve got but we all know Apple’s got a few tricks up their sleeves. We worry about Nextbus and hope that it won’t be dropped. This week, our major stories include the recycling of Electronics in Singapore – Futurisitic babble or something we must do today and now. And we discuss ideas for the upcoming Code Extreme Apps. Let’s get coding people! With Love and Affection Daniel, NTT, Nicole, DK[00:40] We’re on Engadget! Refresh! [02:10] HTC Magic [03:45] Exchange-enabled HTC Magic explained: it’s not a “with Google” phone [04:35] HP recalls 70,000 notebook batteries because of fire hazard [07:05] Acer Aspire Timeline [08:45] Ubuntu1 is in beta now [11:05] Google goes down [14:15] Microsoft vs Apple Ad wars [17:25] End of NextBus? [20:50] Singapore TweetUp Stories : [23:30] Recycling Electronics in SG [30:00] Ideas for Code Extreme apps? [38:40] Byte of the Week : VLC 65Bits, Podcasts Tech65 no no Acer launch new Smart Handhelds in Singaporehttp://www.tech65.org/2009/04/29/acer-launch-new-smart-handhelds-in-singapore/ http://www.tech65.org/2009/04/29/acer-launch-new-smart-handhelds-in-singapore/#comments Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:59:26 +0000 Justin Lee http://www.tech65.org/?p=516 Acer launched 5 new Smart Handhelds (or Smartphones) last Wednesday morning. Being a morning event, there are only 3 bloggers present at the event. The rest either working or still sleeping. Anyway, the 5 models being launch at the press conference are Acer DX650, DX900, X960, M900 and F900.

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The DX650 is a dual sided phone. On 1 side is a 2.8 inch touch screen like most smartphones. The other side is like a candybar phone with a 1.27 inch OLED screen. This is a unique design targeted at first time Smartphone users. THe DX650 will retail at S$599.

acer-dx900_image-1

DX900 is a dual-SIM window mobile smartphone. Dual-SIM is great for business users. You can have one business SIM card and one personal SIM card on 1 phone. Or when traveling oversea, you can have one local SIM card and one home SIM card. The DX900 will retail at S$799.

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X960 is a 2.8 inch VGA touchscreen smartphone. It will retail at S$699.

acer-m900_image-2

M900 is a 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen smartphone with a side sliding QWERTY keyboard. It also has a fingerprint scanner for unlocking the phone and accessing a private folder. The M900 will be available in the market from May 09.

acer-f900_image-3

F900 is a 3.8 inch WVGA touchscreen smartphone. It will be available in the market from May 09.

If you notice, nowadays, phone hardware are more or less similar. The thing that sets them apart is the user interface. All 5 new model uses Windows Mobile 6.1. DX650 and DX900 uses Spb Mobile Shell v2.1 interface while X960, M900 and F900 uses Acer Shell v2.0 interface.

I did a brief walkthru on the interface for both Spb Mobile Shell v2.1 and Acer Shell v2.0.

Spb Shell v2.1 interface on Acer DX900

It is strange that Acer is using Spb Shell v2.1 instead of the latest v3.0. Nevertheless, the Spb shell is pretty responsive.

Acer Shell v2.0 on Acer F900

The Acer Shell v2.0 reminds me of Android and TouchFLO combined. Like the Spb Shell, its also pretty responsive.

Many thanks to Andrew from ICON International and Acer for the invite.

]]> http://www.tech65.org/2009/04/29/acer-launch-new-smart-handhelds-in-singapore/feed/ 1 65Bits Episode 116: We’re all that’s left!http://www.tech65.org/2009/04/28/65bits-episode-116-were-all-thats-left/ http://www.tech65.org/2009/04/28/65bits-episode-116-were-all-thats-left/#comments Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:52:19 +0000 Daniel http://www.tech65.org/?p=514 While NTT, Nicole, Ryu and Naveen take a break from the demanding job of bringing you, our beloved listeners, readers and viewers new and better content every week, along with the already far away Jerrick, it’s left to the rest of us to take that huge burden!! We’re up to the challenge!! Yes we are!!

And what better way than to send DK on a trip around the island chasing after the latest in local tech this week for our brand new edition of Refresh!

Daniel, DK and Hisham

Stories this week:

Refresh
[01:10] Nokia’s new Messaging email service
[03:00] Sony Ericsson and Singtel’s PlayNow Plus music store
[06:30] Acer launches 5 new Windows Mobile smart phones
[09:15] Dell Swarm (Website not available to public yet)
[10:25] CodeXtremeApps 2009
[12:15] GMail now supports Powerpoint and TIFF viewing
[13:00] XM-I’s X-Mini Happy and X-Mini Max 2
[15:00] Windows 7 to have XP virtualisation mode
[16:45] Windows 7 RC out to public on May 5th

Discussion
[17:20] Bring Down IE6!
[26:15] Will cloud computing take over desktop computing?

Byte Of The Week: [35:15] CoverItLive.com

]]> http://www.tech65.org/2009/04/28/65bits-episode-116-were-all-thats-left/feed/ 1 0:39:00 While NTT, Nicole, Ryu and Naveen take a break from the demanding job of bringing you, our beloved listeners, readers and viewers new and better content every week, along with the already far away Jerrick, it’s left to the rest of us to take t[...] While NTT, Nicole, Ryu and Naveen take a break from the demanding job of bringing you, our beloved listeners, readers and viewers new and better content every week, along with the already far away Jerrick, it’s left to the rest of us to take that huge burden!! We’re up to the challenge!! Yes we are!! And what better way than to send DK on a trip around the island chasing after the latest in local tech this week for our brand new edition of Refresh! Daniel, DK and Hisham Stories this week: Refresh [01:10] Nokia’s new Messaging email service [03:00] Sony Ericsson and Singtel’s PlayNow Plus music store [06:30] Acer launches 5 new Windows Mobile smart phones [09:15] Dell Swarm (Website not available to public yet) [10:25] CodeXtremeApps 2009 [12:15] GMail now supports Powerpoint and TIFF viewing [13:00] XM-I’s X-Mini Happy and X-Mini Max 2 [15:00] Windows 7 to have XP virtualisation mode [16:45] Windows 7 RC out to public on May 5th Discussion [17:20] Bring Down IE6! [26:15] Will cloud computing take over desktop computing? Byte Of The Week: [35:15] CoverItLive.com 65Bits, Podcasts Tech65 no no