Archos 5 Internet Tablet for $269.99

Android 1.6

Almost 5" screen.

Being sold by NewEgg.  Nice company.  Have bought stuff from them in the past.

Looks like a nice Android tablet.  However, there does seem to be some problems:

• Have to purchase HD plugin for 720P H264.
• Trouble streaming with UStream.
• Android market place is not installed but can be.
• Must update to latest firmware.
• Can it be updated to Android 2.2?
• 3g tethering doesn't work for all Android phones.
• Poor GPS reception.

Seems like a lot of the complaints were from back in March.  Maybe things have gotten a little better.

Testing Network Speed on a Mobile Phone

http://mobilespeedtest.com/

My Nexus One reported 684 Kbps, which is between 3G (400 Kbps) and broadband (768 Kbps).  This is much better than I thought it would be.

4G is 2500 Kbps.

HTC Corp use to be High Tech Computer Corp

http://www.htc.com/us/about
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Corporation

Taiwan based company.  Started out making portable computers but right now makes the most awesome Android phone on the planet.  (See Nexus One, HTC EVO™ 4G).

http://www.hardwarezone.com.au/img/data/nnews/2010/15420/Image/google-nexus-one-front.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_one

http://www.htc.com/us/content/images/phones/evo-sprint-Support-1013.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_EVO_4G

HTC for Use in Lowlevel Android Linux Development ($200)

This is a very good price.  I could use the phone for testing with low level Linux changes on the phone and for test application, without the fear of messing up the phone I rely upon daily.

USED HTC G1 T-MOBILE GOOGLE ANDROID PHONE BLACK MINT

CISCO's new Android Tablet 7'' Screen and 1.15 lbs

Has a seven inch screen and special software for business calls and video conferencing. Its target is business.

GCN articale about the new device:  http://gcn.com/articles/2010/07/08/cisco-intros-cius-teleconferencing-tablet.aspx?s=gcndaily_090710



http://gcn.com/articles/2010/07/08/%7E/media/GIG/GCN/Web/2010/cisco_cius_400.ashx

Cisco talks about the new device:  http://cio.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps11156/index.html



http://cio.cisco.com/assets/prod/uc/vid/cius-ogilvy-188x115.jpg

Looking to Buy Power Inverter for Car

Looking to buy a new power inverter for my car.  The old one died after many year.  I think I have found a good one.  The XOVision Xo200.  Both WalMart and Amazon have it for the same price ($18).  However, I can save $6 is shipping if I use the Walmart site to store option.

I was not able to find a good review on the product.  Even the XOVision site was a little weak.

It looks like the size of the average fuse for the car's cigarette lighter is 15 Amps.

Unfortunately, Walmart stock was out, so I bought it from Amazon.  Should be here by the 7th of July.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41K87oDYo-L._SL160_AA160_.jpg

I would also like to buy the XoVision 600W Power Inverter, XO360.  This one would need to be connect directly to the battery.  But the 600W max and 360W continus looks pretty nice and at $18, it is really hard to bet.


http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/18/11/52/00/0018115200033_215X215.jpg

Jaw Bone

This does a real good job of killing the external noise.

http://store.jawbone.com/store/aliphcom/DisplayHomePage

Uses NoiseAssassin.

Nice Tablet for Less than $600

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=5688196&Sku=A685-0066

This is a nice looking tablet for a reasonable price.

File Sharing with Pogoplug NAS

http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/12/21/review-second-generation-pogoplug-nas/

Looks pretty nice.  Actually transcodes video files automatically.  This lets you display it on your IPOD.  Also has a Android app.  Is is build upon Linux which they don't hide.  The Linux platform is OpenPogo.  You share everything through their server.

There is also TonidoPlug based on Ubuntu.  This seems to support sharing applications which is cool.  It is based on SheevaPlug.  Is PogoPlug based on SheevaPlug?  Lets you share using your own static IP or through DynDNS.com.

Is available from buy.com for $98.00.