A leather-bound notebook from Lenovo is due to arrive soon. It will be revealed on the 14th of June, as their viral marketing website states.
Some of the manufacturers have incorporated leather elements into their laptop designs (like ASUS U1F) – it would be interesting to see if Lenovo would take it to the next level.
With all the talks about the upcoming Apple iPhone, there seems to be no contender on the market that can challenge it. Well, it just seems so, as SonyEricsson has recently announced a P1i model, which is a blend between their P and M series models.
SonyEricsson M600 did get very close to being a “perfect smartphone”, except for the fact that it didn’t have a camera. This is understandable, as the phone was initially developed for business customers and not all of the businesses would allow cameras on their premises. However, it has introduced a very usable QWERTY keyboard using rocking keys (each key has two letters mapped to it, which can be inputted by pressing on the right or on the left side of the key). Read more
Apple has announced a whole slew of new updates to their consumer electronics product line (including about 3 ‘one more things’), with the main focus on anodized aluminium body iPod Nano and Shuffle. But there was another one that has interested me a lot more – iTV. Apparently, it is a sort of set-top box with wireless capabilities that would let you watch your videos purchased from iTunes store on your TV – and it seems like in a whole 640×480 ‘goodness’. Read more
There is a lot of talk on securing wireless networks recently, and with some governments passing laws that make such practice obligatory, a lot of Mac switchers and Windows users alike are left a bit in the cold by the incomprehesibilities of wireless gear manuals. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a good thing to read one (especially when you are new to it), but they don’t always explain what exactly you should do and, most importantly, why you should do it.
Now, I don’t pretend to have the best article about wireless network security out there, but I will try to make it as comprehensive as possible, outlining and describing the best practices one can adhere to in locking down a wireless network. Read more
From what I’ve seen, Leopard is catering more to regular users, trying to make them in a simple Apple way to feel like Power Users (check out that widget builder, Time Machine usability through eye-candy, etc) – no MS-like dialogues to go through, etc. I like that. It means more “WOW!” from switchers resulting in a bigger market share for Apple.
On the other hand, Leopard does seem like a very unpolished product (the infamous FTFF and old-age brushed metal in iCal), that still has noticeable quirks that have been loathed by power and pro users for quite some time. Example: someone above has mentioned new stationery features in Mail. While stationery features have been around for quite a while, Apple seems to take it further by making them look more attractive and easier to use with other apps (I liked that iPhoto picture import and zooming). On the other hand, this type of features will breathe new life into crazy FFs and mail messages will explode in size (I am not sure how well Mail scales the size of a 1600×1200 picture, for example).
Also, having had a look at the cool iChat desktop sharing feature, I wouldn’t be surprised if it opens a new can of worms if not done right and Apple would have to release an iChat security update shortly after Leopard ships. But of course, not taking chances means not getting anywhere…
On the whole, I liked the Leopard preview only from a regular home user’s perspective, so let’s hope that the juicy stuff is yet to come…
