New ebook called Jetbook

Ectaco, Inc., New York-based company just announced their new e-book reader called Jetbook go to compete with the recently set fire to the Amazon and Sony Reader. Slightly smaller and lighter than those two, Jetbook away from more established e-ink display technology: the use of high-resolution monochrome display, 5-inch TFT screen display. This strategy has not yet been tested, either as a step forward or back to ereader display technology. E - - Ink screen was a trend for other e-book reader, in particular due to their excellent work, and qualities, and without the background that can be read in sunlight. E-ink technology also saves a tremendous amount of energy as electricity is not necessary to have text and images on the screen.
As their sales Jetbook features comprehensive bilingual dictionaries between English, Russian and Polish, dedicated monolingual English dictionary, and supports the contents of e-books in several other languages. These are made of conventional Ectaco hand experience in the development of dictionaries, translation software and language management technology. Other useful features include a built-in MP3 player, bookmarks, automatic page turning, rotate the screen in landscape mode or portrait viewability and screen 180 degrees. Information on battery capacity and memory / storage size is not yet known.

Apple may launch iPhone Nano in Summer

First the rumor of Apple Netbook and now the Apple iPhone Nano!! Not that I dislike the rumors but don’t you think they are kinda too good to be true? Ofcourse if you disagree, you are probably not a Apple fan. But hey, I am no hard core fan either, but whenever I visit the mall near me, I simply can’t avoid going to the Apple store…the room full of innovation. Apple just makes products that are truly revolutionary (sans the price ofcourse!). Let’s come back to the point…French website Journal Du Geek reports that accordingly to their sources (who knows what) says that Steve Jobs himself will unveil the iPhone Nano in an event in summer.

HTC X7500 Advantage / Dopod U1000 Unboxed

This notebook computer-like mobile office device with Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition preinstalled is named Dopod U1000 for the European / Australian market.
The 5-inch touch screen HTC X7500 Advantage is powered by Intel Bulverde 624 MHz processor and ATI Graphic Chip W2284 and features 256MB ROM and 128MB SDRAM memory, as same as 8GB hard drive. Dopod U1000 should have the exact same specifications as the HTC X7500. This mobile device, priced at $1,499, has a variety of networking features and comes with a lot of accessories, including a keyboard which connects to main unit via magnet.

Navisis LaptopTablet Converts Notebook to Tablet PC

Navisis has showcased at recent CeBIT 2007 show its LaptopTablet product, which provides use of a standard laptop without touch-screen as a pen-input enabled tablet PC.
LaptopTablet attaches itself to notebook computer’s screen panel and to USB port, and receives ultrasonic and infrared signals from the digital pen. This technology allows convenient handwriting, drawing, making signatures or diagrams, according to Navisis.

LEADING IN 3D DATA-DRIVEN

Technology in schools is unquestionably a necessity if, in fact, our schools are to reflect the world around them. Our world is driven by technology of all sorts, and in all layers of society - personal, banking, entertainment, tourism, and so on. Few businesses could survive today without a heavy reliance on technology to communicate, collaborate, collect and act upon data, and produce products and services.
Therefore, technology must be heavily integrated into the learning process as well in order to best prepare the children we teach. Our students must be able to interact with technology, use it as a tool to enhance learning, and be comfortable with it so it can enable them to reach their full potential.
We have seen for years an influx of technology systems in schools in the way of computer labs, individual computers in classrooms, laptops, and other equipment. In many cases, this technology has enhanced the classroom in ways teachers were not able to do before its arrival. Technology allows educators to customise learning in great detail. It enables teachers to reach learners at a depth that would otherwise be nearly impossible. In the best cases, technology has helped teachers to make the classrooms engaged at a high level, and in a way that puts the power of technology into students’ hands. However, getting classrooms to fully capitalise on the power of technology can sometimes be a struggle. Students are typically more comfortable with technology than their teachers are. The students were born into the world of technology, while the teachers had to learn it as an afterthought. Further, teachers are incredibly busy with all they have to accomplish in the way of teaching content, assessing students’ learning of that content, and so on. So sometimes what we find is that technology takes a back seat to content, teaching strategies, and tests. Teachers may feel that they do not have time to use the technology because they don’t see it as something critical, or because the administration has already put so much other pressure on them, they feel obliged to relegate technology to a time when their “real teaching” is done.