Of course, that is compared to last years iPad, which Apple is due to replace in a few short hours with a more powerful (and presumably longer running) iPad 2. Another thing to consider that the screenshot doesn’t properly reflect the real battery capacity/life of the PlayBook. We’ll see soon enough…
One of the biggest hurdles left for the mobile sphere is Flash. Flash technology is ubiquitous across the web. Because of that, even some of the best of the best smartphones and mobile operating systems can’t access true “full” versions of sites. For several years now, developers of both hardware and software have said it’s coming. A little over a year ago, a couple players from Nokia and Windows Mobile were finally graced with the ability to view Flash content. Especially considering Nokia, the experience left much to be desired though with jittery playback and slow framerates. But this is 2010 people. We don’t have to live like this.
If you recall, a few days back at CES Motorola announced that the DROID and several other members of Moto’s family would receive Flash 10.1 support in the not too distant future. That future folks, appears to be very, very close. The video below shows full Flash 10.1 running on a Motorola DROID and HTC Nexus One. While the DROID’s flash performance isn’t quite as smooth as the Nexus’, with a little more tweaking and optimization I’m sure any noticeable differences would be hard to come by.
Ya, this is one of those times where I just need to keep words to a minimum and let the video do it’s thing. In case you can’t see the movie, in short: these leaked conceptual demos of Sony’s “Rachel” UI are stunning and give Android’s pathetic stock media capabilities a kick in the digital groin. So much so I would even compare these as good or better than the iPhone. I love the iPhone’s media capabilities and perhaps it could just be that I’m tired of seeing the same thing attempted on so man competitors and this new, unique UI has my captivated. Quite possible indeed. All I know is I want it — bad. Sony, don’t f this up. Please. Bring this to market and you will have a winner!
The layout Sony uses is very Zune-like. Personally, I like it a lot. The latest Zune has a stunning interface so a direct comparison is actually a good thing. The navigation is quickly discernible as vastly different than anything Apple. Every little part of Rachel shows that Sony has truly put in some wrench time. Even small things like transitions between pictures is well done. The fade out, move, fade in effect is a nice detour from Apple’s more common, simple swipe. I really could go on, but I said this would be short. So another movie is in order. Gaze on…
If you want to give the finger to AT&T and Apple, what better way than to transcend across one of the most hallowed bans — 3G video streaming. EyeTV developed by elgato is your vehicle to do just that. Forget the fact that it’s an amazing piece of software that lets you record, rewind, edit, and watch video content ’till your heart’s content. The real deal is the latest development on the iPhone front. It’s sneaky, I feel bad hyping it up as it will only draw attention which will probably lead to the app being pulled. But the geek and good natured sharing person deep down can’t not share this with you. The dirty deed does come cheap and requires just a few steps.
Register your Mac to the free MyEye TV service
Download EyeTV iPhone app ($4.99)
And…ya that’s pretty much it. You Mac of course needs some sort of TV tuner to get this whole shindig on the road. Still, it’s simple huh? Launch the app on your iPhone over a 3G connection and you’ll get greeted with the typical dialog box warning that no WiFi means no video streaming for you. Tap “OK” and you’re left staring at a blank screen. Awesome. But that’s not all she wrote. Click on the actual text of the warning message and bam, “if you can’t give it to me I’ll take it” 3G streaming video.
Such methods aren’t the first attempts to get around Apple and AT&T’s draconian attempts at limiting the market. You may remember the Commodore 64 venture a few months back that snuck a code emulator through the App Store. Apple promptly removed it with the developers groveling how they didn’t mean to trick anyone. This is blatant FU your rules are whack. Brilliant I say.
If you want to hang on to this piece of backstabbing history, (and wonderful backstabbing it is), fire up the App Store on your Mac or iPhone and get downloadin’ because this probably won’t last long.
Tonight I finally had a chance to sit down and connect my iPhone to iTunes and back it up. Wow is all I can say. Back ups went from around 90 minutes down to around 10! Still kinda lengthy, but much better compared to what it’s been. Hopefully iPhone OS 2.1 further reduces the backup times. Ontop of the shorter backups, the “dramatically improved battery life” has me excited. I’d like to get back to living each day without planning my next move based on where there’s an outlet.
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While RIM has been tight-lipped about the PlayBook’s battery life thus far, the screenshot of “Battery Assistant” for the BlackBerry Playbook (AppWorld Link) may have broken RIM’s secret a bit earlier. If these images hold any truth, the PlayBook has awesome battery life. At 50%, the app still shows a solid 8.5 hours of web browsing time left meaning a total of 17 hours is possible. Compare that to the iPad’s 10-hour battery life and you can see the striking difference. 
