http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle Thu, 15 May 2008 06:30:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The chief executive of Intel Germany has revealed that Apple is developing a touchscreen device similar to an iPhone, but larger, and with a bigger touchscreen. Hannes Schwaderer made the statement at an event held in Munich, Germany that this alleged tablet-device-phone-pda-something will be using his company's new Atom processor for ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/15/new-apple-tablet-on-the-way/ The geek version of the saying "You can never be too thin or too rich."  is "You can never have too much RAM or harddrive space." MCE Technologies took this to heart and is now offering the MCE OptiBay Harddrive, a 500gb 2.5" harddrive replacement for the optical drive of the ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/14/a-terabyte-in-your-tank/ The iTunes Store has just begun selling shows from cable company HBO, starting off with episodes from six shows: The Wire, Flight of The Conchords, Rome, The Sopranos, Deadwood and Sex & The City. Most shows sell for $1.99 an episode like episodes from other sources, but in a departure from ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/13/ihbo-itunes-sucks-in-tony-soprano-and-the-gang/ Two pieces of great news for my country, the Philippines! One is, I'm back, and the other more important one is that Engadget reports that Globe Telecom is releasing the iPhone in the Philippines! Well, apparently not all credit goes to Globe. According to Engadget's EIC Ryan Block, it's actually Singapore ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/12/breaking-news-globes-got-the-iphone/ Hey gang. I'll be in Bali, Indonesia for the next few days (business trip), and I don't know my net situation there yet. So if I don't get to post anything here until the weekend, you'll know what happened. I hear bandwidth and availability there is worse than Manila's (deliberately ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/08/short-break-maybe/ Good question. Honestly, if the new Asus EeePC 900 was available some months back, it might have tipped the scales against some folk's choice of the 'ultraportable' Macbook Air. (Me included.) The new EeePC gets launched in my neck of the woods this coming Monday, and the Doodler got an ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/07/will-the-new-eeepc-slow-down-sales-of-the-macbook-air/ All signs point to a worldwide rollout of the next iteration of the iPhone sometime soon, unlike the previous spotty and country-specific launches since the product was introduced last year. For instance, the latest releases of iPhone Software 2.0 have included handwriting recognition for Traditional and Simplified Chinese, where drawing a ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/06/iphone-20-for-simultaneous-global-release/ If you're the type who really needs to do everything you can to your gear, here's something you can do to your jailbroken iPhone - add video wallpaper. A group of developers called Skrew created an app called vWallpaper, or Video Wallpaper for the the iPhone, which changes your regular pic ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/05/video-wallpaper-for-your-iphone/ Of course the sticking point with the MacBook Air is that it is a closed machine - it is what it is, and that's it. Well, that's never really stopped some folk. If there's a will - plus some dremel tools and a soldering iron - there's a way. Take this ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/04/macbook-air-with-evdo/ The Doodler's favorite podcast - Buzz Out Loud - has morphed into a vidcast for real. Unlike the live Ustream feeds I wrote about before, this one's a full-bore video, complete with a multi-camera setup and a director! Other than that, nothing's changed much as far as content and execution are ... http://blogs.inquirer.net/macadoodle/2008/05/03/buzz-out-loud-goes-video/