Camangi WebStation lands in American hands, promptly unboxed on video

Well, well, it looks like Camangi’s WebStation is finally making good on its shipments. The first of Gear Diary’s two pre-orders arrived and the gang has been more than happy to put together quick unboxing video for us to enjoy. It’s a pretty standard box with equally customary assortment of packaged accessories, suction cup stand (pictured) notwithstanding. The 7-inch Android tablet looks pretty matched with the Nook in terms of overall size, but by design that lends itself to having a larger overall screen. Not much in the way of impressions at this point, but if you’re the type of person who can be satisfied with a video and a handful of product / comparison shots, hit up Gear Diary for the still frames and stay tuned after the break for the “moving pictures” version.

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Sprint now pushing webOS 1.3.5 to the Pre

We’d heard webOS 1.3.5 would be coming to the Pre on Sprint today, and here we go — it’s being pushed to devices right now. The official changelog is quite long, but the big-ticket tweaks include the removal of the app storage limit, better performance, and improved battery life. We’ll let you know how our update goes — you let us know the same now, kaykay? Kay.

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CyberNotes: Take Notes Online with NoteSake.com

This article was written on September 15, 2007 by CyberNet.

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School is back in session which means students will be taking pages upon pages of notes. There’s the traditional paper/pencil route that many people use to take notes, others use a text editor. In case you’re looking for something a little bit different than the two more popular methods, you’ll want to check out NoteSake.com.  I always preferred to take my notes in Microsoft Word, but NoteSake would be a nice online alternative if I were still a student.

The first thing you’ll want to do is register.  You’ll have to do this, obviously, if you want to take notes. Registering is simple, and only takes a minute.

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–Use for your own notes, or share with a group–

One of the nice things about NoteSake.com is that you can use it for your own personal notes, or you can use it to share your notes among a group and view their notes as well.  Groups are usually a huge part of most college courses, even if it’s just a group of students to study with, so this feature will be helpful for those who want to share their notes with people in their classes or group members they’re working with on a project. Simply clicking the "group" tab will allow you to see all of the shared notes for the people in your group. There’s no need to worry about people getting a free ride — your notes will only be shared with those who you’ve invited to the group.

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And of course, you can use it just for your notes and not even use the groups feature. To take notes, it’s as simple as clicking "Take Notes," and then the text editor will load so that you can begin.

–View Your Notes–

When you log in to your NoteSake account, you’ll see a list displayed of your notes.  You can either view "Your Notes" or "Group Notes." To view your notes, you’ll just click on the title of your notes that you’d like to read.

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When you go to view your notes, you’ll notice that it’s a simple page with no distractions so that you can focus.  All you’ll see is a small "toolbar" up at the top, and your notes. That’s it.

–Organize Your Notes–

If you’re not so good about keeping all of your notes organized for each course you’re taking, NoteSake can help.  Each time you go to take notes, you can enter in a title, the date, which course the notes are for, and tags. When you’re wanting to view your notes, you can sort by the title, the date, or any items that you’ve "stared" so that you can reference them quickly. With your notes organized nicely, searching will be fast.  And when you search, it will search through both the title, as well as what’s in the body of your notes.

–What I like–

  • Tags! – You can tag your notes with key words so that when you want to go back to find a particular topic that you wrote about, you can.  What’s nice though is that you don’t have to tag anything.  NoteSake doesn’t require that you fill in the "tag" field.
  • Format your text – If you’d like to make something bold so that it stands out, or highlight something, you can. Other options include italics, underlining, strike-through, center the text, right align the text, etc.
  • Star notes – If there’s something that’s really important, just star it for quick access.
  • Back-ups – They back-up your notes every 12 hours! That means there’s really no chance that you could lose your stuff.

–Changes I’d like to see–

  • Auto-save feature: You have to remember to click "Save &Close" If you don’t click save, all of your work will be lost. It would be nice if there were an auto-save feature.
  • Offline access: It would be awesome to see them implement offline access, and Google Gears would be one way to do this.

Wrapping it up

Not only are you able to take notes online with NoteSake, you’re also able to keep them organized and share them with other classmates. If you’re looking for a note-taking solution, I definitely recommend giving NoteSake a try! It’s simple and gets the job done.

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DirecTV 3D broadcasts coming in early 2010?

Finding itself with a wealth of a additional bandwidth thanks to a new satellite going up today, DirecTV may have already decided its first big addition will be 3D. Citing the always popular unnamed sources, HD Guru says we should prepare for a CES announcement that the bird will be up and running by March beaming down a collection of movies, sports and TV shows in 3D HD, requiring only a firmware upgrade on existing set-top boxes to tune into the new stations. UK satellite provider Sky has already tipped its hand about 2010 3D plans, with a newly freshened HDMI spec expected to ease things along and nearly every manufacturer either already producing compatible displays or planning to announce them in less than a week there’s very little doubt remaining about whether broadcast 3D is coming home this year, only how and when.

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DIY Pancakes

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Springwise: Slappy Cakes is a full-service breakfast and lunch restaurant that features a variety of dishes made from fresh and organic ingredients. It chooses local and regional vendors whenever possible, as well as operating its own courtyard garden for herbs, vegetables and berries. Most interesting of all, however, is that each table at Slappy Cakes features a built-in griddle. Patrons can choose from a variety of batter options—including buttermilk, pumpkin, vegan and gluten-free—and do the cooking themselves, right at their table. Accompaniments such as nuts, berries and chocolate along with organic maple syrup can then be added to create the customized pancake concoction of one’s dreams.

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Entelligence: iSlate or just uWish?

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels — with the unique wit and insight only he can provide.

Harry McCracken has a great post on Technologizer reviewing the tremendous buzz around the iPhone right before it launched — it was about three years ago at this time that rumors were swirling around Apple getting into the phone market. All sorts of predictions had been made for years, dating back to a 2002 New York Times piece in which John Markoff said “Mr. Jobs means to take Apple back to the land of the handhelds, but this time with a device that would combine elements of a cellphone and a Palm -like personal digital assistant.” Of course, it took until 2007 for Apple to announce the iPhone and nearly six months longer for Apple to actually ship it.

The rumors of Apple doing a phone back then were at about the same fever pitch of the recent Apple tablet rumors. Like the iPhone, the tablet rumors aren’t at all new — in this case we can go back to 2003 for some of the earliest stories about this mythical device. Will Apple introduce a tablet in 2010, as some predict? Will there be in an introduction in January? What features might it have, and how could it be sold and positioned? I’m not going to speculate on those things for two reasons: first, if I don’t know, my guess is as good as yours — and second, if I do know, I probably couldn’t tell you anything, could I? Having said that, I find it remarkable that the latest tablet buzz so closely echoes the run-up to the iPhone. Call it déjà vu all over again.

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Sheng T108 brushed aluminum netbook appears

Hey, now this isn’t your average, everyday, boring netbook now is it? Well, at least not in looks, anyway. The Sheng T108, which has recently been spotted in Shenzhen, China, has a brushed aluminum chassis that makes it stand out from the crowd, to be sure. Internally, you’ll find this 10.1-incher boasting an Intel Atom N280 CPU, 2GB of DDR2 memory, and a 250GB hard drive — nothing volcanically surprising, but not too shabby either. It’s also got a 3-cell battery, a VGA port, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi support, a built in webcam, and a SIM card slot for 3G connectivity. The pricing is said to be somewhere in the realm of $300, and while there’s no word on availability of this puppy outside of China, we’ll certainly keep our eyes peeled for you. One more shot after the break.

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Warpias USB Adapter Connects Your PC to Your TV without Wires

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If you’re looking for ways to connect your desktop or laptop to your HDTV, you have the option of running a really long video cable from your computer to the back of your set, but depending on the type of TV you have and the type of computer you have, you may be missing the necessary ports to connect the two together. With Warpia’s USB audio/video adapter, you can connect your PC to your TV using a simple USB PC adapter and a display base station that can connect to your computer via VGA or HDMI. 
The set comes in two pieces, a wireless PC adapter that connects to your desktop or laptop via USB 2.0, and the display adapter that receives the audio and video signal from your computer and routes it to your TV. The base station connects to your TV via VGA PC port or HDMI, and supports audio over HDMI or a 3.5mm stereo jack. The solution costs $179.99 and is available now in retail stores and online.

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Ford Announces App Store for Sync Applications

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“There’s a mobile app for that” as Ford opens the interface to its Sync system. The Sync Open API lets developers create applications, or port over existing applications, for use with the Sync audio and Bluetooth system that’s on more than a million Fords, Lincolns, and Mercurys. Ford recently showed the first two applications, SyncCast and FollowMe, developed in just 100 days this fall by a team of six students at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. SyncCast allows the Sync interface to control streaming iPhone Internet radio. FollowMe lets one iPhone-equipped car follow another iPhone car to a party or restaurant; the trailing car receives turn-by-turn directions not to the destination but to follow the path of the first car.