Sunday September 18, 2005
- Protection for the iPod nano - Lionel - 22:04:37
When you look at an iPod under the light, you can easily see numbers of scratches on its white surface. However they remain not very visible.
On the black iPod nano, things are pretty different. After having it in the pocket in less than an hour, we already noticed a lot of very visible scratches.
In order to protect it, and while waiting for "nano skins", we tried to find how to avoid damages.
Till something better comes along, we covered it with a Palm tungsten film protection. Here is the result.
The film is almost invisible if you take time to apply it suitably and without bubbles. Once in place, we cut out the surpluses with a cutter.
Although covered by film, the button and the click wheel function perfectly.
We used Palm films. They are more expensive than the other brands, but they are withdrawn without effort and without any adhesive remain.
[translation by Cri-cri]
- Transform your iBook into a mini iMac ''G5'' - Lionel - 21:47:29
Macmod published a step-by-step how-to transform an iBook into an integrated desktop machine.
A pretty good job for a very nice result.
[translation by Cri-cri]
- Disappointing R520? - Lionel - 21:41:57
Hardware Analysis published tests on the new Radeon X1800 (commercial name of the R520). If these benchs are confirmed on the final version of the card and the drivers, ATI will have problems to compete with NVidia. Indeed, these cards are much less powerful than NVidia's. ATI, already in trouble with the Stock Exchange, may play its future on this.
[translation by Cri-cri]
- Easier HD DVD-R manufacturing - Lionel - 21:32:51
Source : Clubic
Verbatim developed, with the help of Hayashibara Biochemical Laboratories and Toshiba, a new substrate specifically designed for the blue laser.It should ease the production of the HD DVD-R by only changing the product inserted between the two polycarbonate layers on the same production lines than DVDs.
Another substrate has also been developed to reduce the production costs of the BD-R. But it will remain more expensive because of the serious changes to the production tools and the need of a very hard substrate (it should be as resistant as for DVDs but it is six times thinner)
[translation by Cri-cri]
- Apple notebook RAM test at AppleExpo - Eric - 14:32:54
Macbidouille/hardmac and
The test will take place at the booth "Le Pommier" (Stand D90-E91) on Wednesday from 10h00 till 14h00.
Do not forget to come with your Notebook Power adapter and cord, the test should require more than 20 minutes.
- After the black iPod nano, the white PSP - Lionel - 10:59:21
With the release of the black-colored iPod nano, Apple has followed SONY's way illustrated by the PSP or the K750. But today, it is the other way around with the announce of a white PSP :
For the time being it is only available in Japan; but for sure it will be the perfect companion of a iMacG5 of an iBook :)
http://badacetechshow.com is proposing a step-by-step procedure to add an iTrip to a PSP in order to share your music with your standalone hi-fi system.
[translation by Eric]
- Macworld Expo Boston Canceled - Lionel - 10:31:52
Source : ZDnet
Two years after moving the location of the MacWorld East Coast from New-York to Boston, and losing Apple support following such decisions, IDG has officially cancelled Macworld Expo Boston 2006.This is the end of the fight between IDG and Apple, the first one has lost his goal : organize a major Mac-dedicated event on the East-Coast without Apple support. Apple has won this battle, but there is no more large Mac Exhibition on the East-Coast anymore. Will Apple find a partner to resurrect the New-York MacWorld Expo?
[translation by Eric]
- Memory Sticks : 200$ for 2GB - Lionel - 10:22:22
Source : CDR Info
Sony is planning to decrease the price of its 2GB Memory Sticks at the end of this month. It should now cost 200$ vs. 300$ today.One can speculate that the launch of the PSP and Memory Sticks-compatible mobile phones might have been the basis for such a decision; but the release of the iPod nano might also played a role, since a 2GB iPod nano cost less than a 2GB Memory Sticks.
[translation by Eric]
- New Power PC on December 2nd - Lionel - 10:17:07
It is a bit weird, but while Apple moves to x86, on December 2nd the Microsoft xBox360 featuring a customized PowerPC will be launched in Europe.
Even if the targeted market is different, game stations vs. computers, it is a bit odd to see those two companies making opposite decision for selecting their processors.
[translation by Eric]
