Computer Spot

Come January, a lot of people find themselves with new gadgets that they have come to love, that replace the previous devices that they used to love and used to use. Some of these items may be able to be re-sold, but before you debate either throwing them away or selling them on, perhaps you should consider some other uses for your older devices.

The iPhone and iPod touch range are incredible devices. Even the oldest of them have amazingly responsive touch screens, good graphics and a reasonable amount of storage.

They work as a calculator, an email program, video and music player, and even an alarm clock. This would be possible the simplest of all re-uses of your old device-when left permanently plugged into a speaker dock, it becomes a simple to use, beautiful alarm clock.

Turning your device into a mobile gaming device is a particularly good option. The older devices will have some limitations. Read the rest of this entry →

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There have been tablet computers for a long time that offered touch screen functionality. More recently certain cell phones adopted the touch screen as their primary interface, and touch screen technology became incredibly popular.

Tablet computers have risen in popularity since the introduction of the iPad, and as a result there have been a huge number of copy cat tablet computers released The largest of these has generally been around ten inches, though some of the older style, high end tablets were larger.

Microsoft has released a unit called Surface that provides a touch screen display that is several feet wide. The device has a number of applications available already, including interactive maps, office software, and educational software.

There are games, music and photo suites and a range of software developed for professional settings. The cost of this though is huge, at more than twelve thousand dollars.

There are others who are working on larger screens. Two experiments in recent weeks have shown that the potential for touch screens is in fact pretty huge-those being by cell phone maker Nokia, and a group who made a touch screen table for personal use. Read the rest of this entry →

Apple has made some moves in the past a few months which involves a well-kept secret involvement in mobile advertising.

Apple filed a patent application a few months ago that came to the attention of the public. The contents of that patent application indicate a likely improvement in the manner that Apple could profit from its products-both hardware and software.

The facts of the patent describe what Apple called ‘enforcement routine’ software which means that the company will incorporate advertising into its hardware and software that consumers simply can not skip over.

The patent also states the truth that users will have to prove that they have either viewed or heard an ad just before being able to access the functionality features of the hardware.

As an example, an individual can’t use their iPod until they’ve watched the advertisement and then punched in a code to prove that the ads are already watched in their entirety. Read the rest of this entry →

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