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Now I know I missed the Roku Box, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, but this was my first shot at an info graphic, if you like it, Digg it!
You can see my sources:
http://www.apple.com/appletv/specs.html
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-31045_1-10429585-269.html
http://www.popbox.com/features.php
and other comparison sites:
http://newteevee.com/2010/09/01/comparison-apple-tv-vs-roku-vs-boxee-box/
http://ipod.about.com/od/decidingwhichipodtobuy/a/appletv_chart.htm
via [t3ch h3lp]
It looks like an 18th century town of Williamsburg, VA is upgrading their staff members of the city council to reduce their paper usage. Now to clarify, there are only 5 members, but the step is a small plus for the city council. It seems that they use about $2000 worth of paper just printing out packets for their meetings that they have on a regular basis. Plus this gives them a quick way to communicate as well in the meetings. The overall paper consumption will begin to dwindle as well, and may begin to spread the idea around. It seems that also Hampton City council seems to anticipate saving $18,000 this year, as well as other surrounding cities. They seem to feel they are finally stepping into the 21st century.
via [Digg] via[Daily Press]
If you don’t know what QNAP is, well here is a quick run through. QNAP is an acronym for Quality Network Appliance Provider. Basically they build some of the best networked attached storages or NAS. They have just released and app for Android and iPhone that allows you to access their applicances on your home network. So instead of having to purchase the high end iPhone (32GB) or needing to get a large SD card for your android phone, you can get the entry level one and stream it from your house over the internet and straight to your phone! Check out the app in the video below:
Remember way back last year when AT&T announced they would allow Skype VoIP calls over 3G? Well its been quite a while, but now with the new iOS4, Skype has finally updated to allow their calls over 3G to happen and allow them to be received even after the app is left. It will run in the background to allow you be online all the time. When you receive a call, a little notification bubble will pop up and let you know who is calling. The best part is that there are no additional charges for using your data instead of minutes. The only thing is, if you just jumped on the “unlimited” iPhone plan, you only have 2GB instead of those who were grandfathered in with the 5GB cap.
You can download the app here (opens App Store)
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So you think your iPhone friends are the only people you can talk to with your brand new shiny iPhone 4?? As of today, no longer. Fring (fring.com) has updated their app (and it was approved by Apple) to now include the front facing camera to be used in their app over 3G. Now the caveat is that they need to be using Fring as well on the other side, but this is open to all smartphones that can install the Fring app. For example the Droid family or even Nokia devices. The bottom line is, Video Calls over 3G! For the rest of you that don’t have a iPhone 4, you can still use the app with its updates of multi-tasking, a social stream and a smarter address book.
Check out the video below:
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