My updating blogs

To be honest.. lately I've been busy updating my facebook and twitter than this blog..
So... for all of u, who somehow, incidentally or not, get on my blog,... pls do me a favor..
kindly take a visit into my fb or twitter on :

facebook.com/yuliadi
or
twitter.com/yuliadi

I'll see u there, buddy!

Barcode as Personal ID

From Selular Magazine January 2009 edition, I got some thing cool to use... a personal Barcode ID. It contains anything we want to fill in.. could be fave link, personal ID n all of those things that is NOT necessarily confidential if shared or published to anyone else in the galaxy.. Just read it, try it -caveat emptor- on this link here..
Altough the link came from Nokia, the barcode and the reader can be used for any certain cell phone, other than Nokia. ... So, enjoy!

btw, as a sample, my Barcode ID, as u can see, is already set in on the right column on this blog.

Back again

Happy New Year 2009 folks !

The Next Gen UMPC -- then what ?

Hello, I'm Back Again !

It's been such a long time since my last blog... January 2008 ?..pheew, it's definitely I'm not a true blogger yet.. :)

Btw, since my last review on Asus eeePC 701 or should I say, the 1st Generation, we saw and still seeing some other similar products from different vendors like :

- Taiwan 'not-familiarly-heard' products like: MSI-Wind and Quantel (in Bahasa Indonesia),


- Taiwan 'more popular' products like: Asus eeePC 900 series (with 8.9" display) and Acer Netbook,



- Japanese products like : Fujitsu, Sony, Kohjinsha,

and even from US like HP Mini-Note 2133.

And not just getting smaller, but also getting thinner, after my review on Apple MacBook Air, there were also IBM X-300 and later come to my attention, is from HP, called Voodoo Envy 133.



note : appreciate for Gizmodo, umpchouse and 18line for making these pictures available here.

Question come to my mind is : where does these trends end up, let say 3 to 5 years from now ?

Are they getting as thin as our newspaper, and display with bendable plasma ?
Or are they getting as smaller so small to be 'merged' with our watch or belt and to use it we will be given smallest-lightest DLP Projector to beam up the display to wall, or even as hologram ? (remember Tom Cruise's movie- Minority Report)

If the question spread to the processor technology, then the question can be : could the Big Server application can be installed and stored in high-tech notebook (with size of these days), so we don't actually need the room named 'Data Center' anymore, since all the connection are linking altogether 7x24x365 with Advanced Wimax broadband technology ? Ha, remember.. we haven't touched the wireless technology yet, nor for the next 3-5 years..

For a simple buyer and consumer like me, I'd like to have all of the above features, with the affordable price I can purchase within the next 3-5 years !.. ^-^

Apple MacBook Air : Next Big Thin(-nest)g ?

Recently in Apple MacWorld Expo 2008, Steve Jobs has introduced his new toy, the Apple MacBook Air. He claimed this new stuff as the thinnest notebook ever, as described on its Apple website.

The summary of techspecs are as follows:

• Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 4MB on-chip shared L2 cache running at full processor speed
• 800MHz frontside bus
• 2GB of 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM onboard
• 80GB 4200-rpm Parallel ATA hard disk drive2
• Optional 64GB solid-state drive
• 13.3-inch (diagonal) glossy widescreen TFT LED backlit display with support for millions of colors
• Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory
• Built-in full-size keyboard with 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) keys, including 12 function keys, 4 arrow keys (inverted “T” arrangement)
• Backlit keyboard with ambient light sensor for automatic adjustment of keyboard illumination and screen brightness
• Solid-state trackpad with multi-touch gesture support for precise cursor control; supports two-finger scrolling, pinch, rotate, swipe, tap, double-tap, and drag capabilities
• Connection ports (only 3 port and those can be hidden):

- Micro-DVI

- USB 2.0 Port
- Audio Out / Headphone jack

• Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi wireless networking (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); IEEE 802.11a/b/g compatible
• Built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)
• Built-in iSight camera (as webcam)
• Upto 5 hours of 45W MagSave Battery Power with Wireless productivity

And of course, the amazing physical dimension with some pictures as follows :

• Height: 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm)
• Width: 12.8 inches (32.5 cm)
• Depth: 8.94 inches (22.7 cm)
• Weight: 3.0 pounds (1.36 kg)

Since I haven't seen the physical unit by myself, I just wanna make some sort personal opinion for this Apple MacBookAir (sometimes ppl on net call it as MBA).

Okay, physically it's thinner or maybe thinnest one so far. Like shown on his ad, we can put it on the standard big brown envelope and no one will guess it as a hi tech gadget.

Feature is fine too. Wireless installation with RemoteDisc and even for other thing like migration, iTune shopping can be done wirelessly as well. MultiTouch is one breaktrough since it will reduce the use of mouse, meaning no additional connection. More of it's features are clearly shown on their ad as you can see now in youtube, sent by Michaelstockamore and GMRghost .

For all the benefits given away on this new Apple, I must say that Apple is start throwing away some major physical connection and replace 'em with the Wireless N, from installation upto backup-restore procedure. Unfortunately, that wireless config required ANOTHER one devices, either PC or MAC with Wireless connection as well, and make it such dependent-device. Perhaps this just a beginning or a milestone to release the next big thing such as -- the thinnest and portless Ultra Mobile MacBook !