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Google [HTC] Nexus One ads taking on Apple strategy

Posted on 08. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

Using advertising techniques reminiscent of post-release Apple products, Google crafted a set of YouTube videos touting the Nexus One Mobile smart phone. These videos are exceptionally well done, and are quite convincing.
After a week engagement with an HTC myTouch (Android OS 1.6), I would have been a little hesitant to even try another Android phone. [...]

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A trip through time- The Known Universe [by AMNH]

Posted on 04. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

The new film, created by the American Museum of Natural History, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.
Check out Journey to the Stars also!

Tags: AMNH, Featured, Manhattan, Movies, Museum, Space, Universe, Videos, Videos

YouTube [...]

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21st Century Classrooms- Time to Know [DadsonTech post]

Posted on 02. Feb, 2010 by zevmo.

Fire up the Flux Capacitor
The next time you have a parent-teacher conference, take a quick glance around the classroom, and see it through the eyes of your child. If you have more technology sitting in your pocket, than in that room, your education system is stuck in the Dewey Decimal age.
An innovative company has made it their [...]

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12MP Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Digital Camera Released

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Panasonic released information about their new Lumix DMC-ZS7, a 12MP digital camera with automatic GPS geotagging (marks the picture with the location they were taken).
Some features are:

25mm Leica DC Vario-Elmar lens
12x optical zoom
3.0 inch LCD (460,000 dot resolution)
720p video (AVCHD Lite or QuickTime): AVCHD Lite almost doubles the recording time in HD quality compared with the [...]

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YouTube using new control buttons?

Posted on 28. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Checking out some Melvin Machismo videos on YouTube, and it looks like they are playing around with some new control icons. Take a look…

These are very minor changes, but I like it.

Tags: Controls, Videos, Web, Web Technologies, youtube

YouTube learning from Hulu? (1)
Sony HDR-FX1000 / HVR-Z5 Low Light Test (0)
NEW 14MP Kodak SLICE Touchscreen Compact [...]

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Apple releases the iPad- possible Amazon Kindle killer

Posted on 27. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Steve Jobs revealed the latest Apple device called the ‘iPad’. The iPad has a 9.7 inch, full capacitive multi-touch IPS display, and weighs in at 1.5 pounds, measuring 0.5 inches thick.
Pricing for the iPad starts at $499 for the 16GB (Wi-Fi only) version– far lower than the early $999 projections of many of the ‘pundits’, [...]

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Verizon Confirms Buy One Get One Free Offer for Pre Plus and Pixi Plus

Posted on 22. Jan, 2010 by zevmo.

Verizon confirmed the prices for the Palm Pre Plus and Pixi Plus. The Pre Plus will be $149.99 after a $100 rebate, and the Pixi Plus will be $99.99 after the same mail-in rebate. Of course, this is with a two-year contract. If you act before February 14th, anyone who buys a Pre Plus or Pixi [...]