Saturday, December 22, 2007

Downloading flash videos using pocket PC

http://www.aximsite.com/boards/htc-kaiser-tytn-ii-t-8925/222523-youtube-videos-gps-qustions.html

In fact just follow the instructions from mobytube.net

I earlier tried vTap because I forgot about mobytube.net but it is not
satisfactory because I cannot download. The video is also not smooth
and takes too long to replay.

http://www.mobytube.mobi/beta.aspx?__ufps=582804

In fact mobytube could be even better if you just want to download
flash videos because it allows you to download from a number of
sources.

Friday, December 21, 2007

The best PDF converter

Initially I had previewed a few PDF converters in order to convert PDF
ebooks into image files so that I can read them in my pocket pc until
I discovered pocketXpdf PDF viewer which can read all of my pdf files,
except one.

Commercial software on trial modes are too restrictive and not that
good. While scanning through a list of free software, I came across
pdfcreator,
at http://www.pdfforge.org/products/pdfcreator.

It should be complete then. I should be able to read pdf ebooks on my
pocket pc. The problem with pockeXpdf is its inability to read high
resolution of pdf files allowed by the available amount of RAM(high
speed read/write memory) in the pocket pc. There is no problem with
the size of file. I was able to read a 118 Mbyte pdf file, but not a
40 Mbyte file that is sized as 22 inch by 26 inch in its document
properties.

Initial conversions failed because it only produce pdf files that are
A4 size of the original size and its size is more than 10 times larger
because I didn't set the image compression on.

Although I've not finished testing, I'm sure it will work. I'm so
excited by its availability that I'd like to inform interested people
about this free software.

It is also vital if we want to enjoy reading ebooks from our pocket
pc.

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ANALYSIS
Android Will Change the Game, Even if It Fails

By Frank Hayes
Computerworld
11/23/07 4:00 AM PT

Can Android still make a difference? Sure. Android doesn't even have to win. It just has to be in the game. What does Android promise? Lots of third-party applications and better Web browsing, mainly. That's what Nokia, Apple, Symbian, AT&T and the rest will be scrambling to match in the year before Android-based phones hit the market.

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Will the GooglePhone matter? Last week, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) officially unveiled its long-rumored mobile phone software. Dubbed "Android," the Linux-based software stack is being backed by more than 30 partners, including handset makers Motorola, Samsung, LG and HTC, and service providers Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and NTT DoCoMo.

But no Nokia. No AT&T or Verizon. No Apple or Palm.

No Symbian, Microsoft or RIM. Without them, will Android matter at all?

Hold that thought.

The XO Factor

The day after Google's Android announcement, the One Laptop Per Child Foundation said that its low-cost, Linux-based laptops for kids are finally rolling off the assembly line in China. The little green XO laptops, with their built-in mesh networking and low-power-consumption design, will start shipping to Uruguay and Mongolia shortly.

Two years ago, when MIT's Nicholas Negroponte first started showing prototypes of the XO, nobody in the IT business took it seriously. It was too small for adults to use comfortably, too toy-like in appearance, too underpowered to run commercial software. And it was being developed by academics who had never designed a real product, much less sold a single unit. There's just no market for it, the bigwigs said.

Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) boss Craig Barrett went out of his way to sneer at the XO, calling it "the $100 gadget." Of course, Intel rival AMD (NYSE: AMD) was supplying the CPUs for the XO. And Intel had its own low-end laptop, the Classmate PC, which it was trying to sell to foreign governments to distribute to students -- without much success.

OLPC's Impact

Two years later, the XO's price has ballooned to almost US$200. And Negroponte, who circled the globe talking up the XO and getting handshake agreements from governments, has discovered that doesn't often translate into an actual purchase.

However, those two years have raised the concept of low-end laptops from an academic fantasy to a marketplace reality.

Today, Intel is selling Classmate PCs by the thousands at about $300 each (its biggest deal is 700,000 in Pakistan), has joined Negroponte's foundation and may use some of the XO's technology in its own products.

Meanwhile, Asustek is now selling an XO-like laptop called the Eee PC in Taiwan for about $250 to consumers. And in the U.S., Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) has been selling Acer laptops for under $350.

U.S. and Canadian consumers can even get an XO -- as long as they're willing to pay $399, so a second XO can be shipped to a third-world student.

But before XO has even shipped, it's already a game changer. That nonexistent market for a low-end laptop for kids? Now it exists.

Funny how competition will do that.

Back to Android

Which brings us back to Google's Android. Let's face it: Google has about as much experience making mobile phones as Negroponte had making laptops in 2005. Sure, Google has money to burn, and it has lined up partnerships with major players in the mobile business -- but not the top U.S. players.

Can Android still make a difference? Sure. Android doesn't even have to win. It just has to be in the game.

What does Android promise? Lots of third-party applications and better Web browsing, mainly. That's what Nokia, Apple, Symbian, AT&T and the rest will be scrambling to match in the year before Android-based phones hit the market.

Winning for Losing

So those new capabilities will be out there anyway. And since Google makes its money from ads on Web pages, the 800-pound gorilla of dot-coms wins even if Android loses.

The rest of us? We get Android's benefits either way, too -- easier development, more usable Web apps, the things that can make smart phones better business tools.

All because Google isn't afraid to compete.

And there's nothing the matter with that at all.

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