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One Reason to get the iPad

February 7th 2010 02:09
Question: Why should I get the iPad?
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Answer: You shouldn't. But in case you already are, and are in need for an excuse to tell your friends, I'm here for you. I'll give you one reason that will blow away all of your friends who are less techno-savvy.

The answer: 3rd party applications. Remember when the iPod touch first came out? It sucked. Well... ok, I'm being too harsh. But it was depressing. The first ever touch screen portable device, and its capabilities were strongly limited. But now, with the addition of the App Store, its sales are still booming. The iPod Touch can do so many things an ordinary MP3 cannot. But before the app store, there was jailbreaking. And I guarantee some 35 year-old loser who lives in his mother's basement and doesn't know what a "girl" is, will hack the iPad.


When the iPod was hacked, it was like Moses split the Red Sea. So many apps, so many games. GPSphone allowed you to play GBA games... at a higher quality than the actual game boy advanced. Why was this possible?
Memory Needed:

GBA ROM: 8MB
iPod Touch: Minimum 8GB... 1000x more memory

Processors Used
GBA: 16.8MHz
iPod Touch: 400 MHz... 23.8x more MHz

So where does the iPad stand?
Minimum memory: 16GB ... 2x as much as an iPod Touch
Processor used: 1GHz (1000MHz)... 2.5x as much as an iPod Touch


People say the iPad is an iPod Touch on steroids. Well what happens if you give a Game Boy Advanced steroids? Well... you get... THIS.

PSP
Playstation's PSP...
Nintendo DS
...or the Nintendo DS


A PSP uses a processor that maxes out at 333 MHz... Its games are easily downloadable... An iPad and a PSP is a hacker's dream

The DS uses a dual processor system that maxes out at 67MHz and 33MHz. Since the iPad only has one processor, this may not be possible right away. We may have to wait for the 2nd generation iPad.

That's all for today's episode of "Techpoke". So what do you think? Will you get the iPad?

-Written by: Nakamura. This article is copyrighted © by Nakamura and may not be reproduced, recopied, or used in any form without permission from Nakamura
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12 Reasons Why 2nd Place Sucks

January 31st 2010 17:12
1st Place
Some people say that if you try your best, then everything will be alright. Really? Because not everybody agrees. There's another group of people that believe failure is utterly unacceptable. Some people say that finishing second sucks. I am one of those people. So here are 12 quotes to prove that 2nd place sucks.

12) "Winning is everything, to win is all there is. Only those poor souls buried beneath the battlefield understand this." -SEAL Team Saving


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iPad from Apple

January 28th 2010 04:48
Question: How good is the iPad?
iPad


Answer: Nothing amazing. For something as "revolutionary" as a color touch screen portable notebook, it's easy to jump to conclusions. However, in reality, it's a touch screen notebook. Nothing more, nothing less


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Will Writing Exist in 100 years?

January 26th 2010 22:03
Question: With the world evolving by the minute, there are more people texting, facebook-ing, and tweeting. With the way things are going, our children aren't writing as much as we did. Instead they are typing. So the question is, will writing ever be completely replaced with typed text?

Answer: Yes, but not within the next century. A lot has to happen in order for something as common as writing to completely disappear


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Just Joking... kind of?

January 26th 2010 06:24
This blog, "Anything or Everything?" was created for the sheer purpose of randomness. As the name of the blog may denote, there won't be any sort of pattern for my blogs. Sometimes I'll talk about a LOLcat, a movie, a book, a fruit... a ... person? Perhaps a monkey next to a person? I don't know, so don't have any expectations. So to start things off, here are a couple of Chuck Norris jokes I stole from my friends:
Chuck Norris
The Great Chuck Norris


1) At the beginning of time, there was God and Chuck Norris. Now you don't see God anymore, do you


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The Great iPhone Debate

August 26th 2008 13:41
iPhone


Much too much has already been said about the iPhone in general, but especially recently, with the 3G version rolling out across Europe and news of Apple selling 1 million units in the first weekend of sale (this compares to the 74 days it took to sell the original iPhone


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Mobile Fragrances


I remember reading 5 years ago how 'smell' would revolutionise modern-day TV, and that future TV adverts would not only show you a video ad of a fragrant pizza about to be delivered, but also allow you to smell the delicious pepperoni & cheese warm topping. Looks like the vision was ahead not so much of the technology, but also of the consumer wants, and it all sadly fizzled out into (odourless) smoke


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Point to Discover


Location-based services (LBS) are receiving plenty of buzz these days. However, what I consider to be exciting is to look at the future possibilities for these services that lie beyond our current reckoning


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Google Mobile Search


Shortly before releasing their latest results showing a slowdown in advertising sales in the fourth quarter of 2007, Google announced the launch of their 'new' mobile search engine (or, should I say, the improved version of the previous one


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Fugumobile -One to Watch

June 18th 2008 12:48
Fugumobile


SHANGHAI -Mobile Gaming experienced substantial growth a few years ago, with many companies entering the fray and was followed by the inevitable wave of consolidation. Today, Mobile Gaming is hot again. The global mobile entertainment market is expected to increase from $20bn in 2007 to $64 by 2012, according to Juniper Research.Mobile games will rank second in terms of end-user generated revenues, boosted by rapid growth in mass market casual gaming. Revenues are expected to rise from just under $5bn in 2007 to nearly $16bn in 2012


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