Hardware

The rumors keep on coming in and this time, the Financial Times has 'confirmed' that the new Apple Tablet already in development will be released in September, just in time for the yearly September iPod announcements that Apple makes every year.

The device which was once thought to have a 9-inch screen could now possibly have up to a 10-inch viewable touchscreen. FT says that it will NOT have cellular connectivity which is actually something I thought it would have but it will have WiFi capabilities so accessing the iTunes stores via a WiFi Hot Spot is definitely on the plate.Read more

As we begin to convert all of our content to high-definition, with games getting more graphic detailed and larger in size, and with digital cameras getting more detailed with clarity our needs for storage space is increasing. The need for storage space is growing at an exponential rate, I mean look at how DVD was converted overnight from 4-8GB to Blu-ray which range from 17GB to 30GB in size.

The need for storage space in our home computers have been on par with storage manufactures producing and bringing to market drives that are capable of meeting our needs. However the notebook market has been a different story, up until now.Read more

Today Apple reported its third quarter financial results with the world which beat expectations. Apple sold more than $8 billion in sales and compared to a year ago, it increased by 12 percent. They also made a quarterly profit of $1.23 billion up by $400 million from the year before.

Apple said it is struggling to keep up with the sales demand of the new iPhone 3GS and said it had sold over 5.2 million iPhones in its third quarter alone, an increase of over 600% compared to the same time last year.

"Were making our most innovative products ever and our customers are responding," said Steve Jobs, Apples CEO. "Were thrilled to have sold over 5.2 million iPhones during the quarter and users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications from our App Store in its first year."Read more

After many years of backing HD-DVD, Toshiba will now finally throw in the towel and create a Blu-ray Disc player. Toshiba was one of the primary companies that backed the HD DVD format while Sony was the major backer of the Blu-ray format. The winner, mostly because of demand for PS3's and the larger storage format was Blu-ray which ended the battle between the two formats. HD-DVD has since fallen to the waist side like that of Beta Max and other formats that lost in the media wars.Read more

Initial Eye-Fi Pro 4GB Setup
Step 1 - Selecting Wireless Network
The first step after creating your account is selecting which wireless network you want the Eye-Fi Pro to default to when attempting to upload photos, this will usually be your home wireless network. The web page automatically scans for the closest WiFi networks in your area and allows you to choose one from the list that it provides.


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Configuring and Using Eye-Fi Pro 4GB
After your initial setup of the Eye-Fi Pro wireless card, you can plug the card back into your computer to further configure more advance settings of the card. Below is a screenshot of the homepage of the Eye-Fi Manager web-based software. From here you can view your last 5 uploaded photos, read Eye-Fi news, get help with certain aspects of the card and or your camera, and you can also rename your Eye-Fi Card which we renamed ours to "Tech Fragments".


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