21st Century Learning #28: The Gadget Guide

A conversation about the gadgets we are looking to buy. Bill Knauer [11] fills in for Alex Ragone while Alex is running a web 2.0 workshop [12]. arvind and Bill talk about the iPhone, GPS, the OQO, AppleTV, Seagate storage, flash memory, Canon cameras and more!

 
Welcome to the Worldbridges Chat Room
[arvind grover] welcome mr b
[mrb_packer] Hello arvind
[mrb_packer] can't get any audio yet
[mrb_packer] ah here we go
[arvind grover] hearing me?
[mrb_packer] yep!
[arvind grover] great
[mrb_packer] some repetitive stream rebuffering -- bill is running around yelling and throwing things in his office
[mrb_packer] it's fun to watch from here
[arvind grover] ha ha
[arvind grover] easy to be you on this one
[mrb_packer] so true!
[mrb_packer] grr audio keeps cutting out, gonna try a diff channel
[arvind grover] hmmm, strange
[arvind grover] channel 1 or 2 should be the same
[arvind grover] 2 is less fidelity, but still good
[arvind grover] mr b, how does bill sound?
[mrb_packer] sounds good
[arvind grover] Apple site: http://www.apple.com/iphone/ [14]
[mrb_packer] i'm a few minutes behind you guys i think
[arvind grover] you are
[arvind grover] that is normal
[arvind grover] the iphone is not 3g, but Edge instead
[billk] http://www.mobitv.com/ [15]
[billk] http://www.oqo.com/ [16]
[mrb_packer] http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ [17]
[mrb_packer] check that link for demos of multitouch interfaces
[arvind grover] http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-12760_7-9672096-5.html?tag=txt [18]
[billk] http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/08/seagate-freeagent-keeps-your-friends-... [19]
[arvind grover] carbonite backup: http://carbonite.com/ [20]
[billk] http://www.dlink.com/products/category.asp?cid=65 [21]
[arvind grover] foldershare.com
[arvind grover] http://www.buffalo-technology.com/products/product-detail.php?productid=97 [22]
[billk] http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/10/hitachis-1tb-deskstar-7k1000-in-the-w... [23]
[arvind grover] http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategor... [24]
[billk] http://www.sandisk.com/Oem/Default.aspx?CatID=1478 [25]
[arvind grover] multitouch screen site: http://cs.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/ [17]
[arvind grover] http://www.apple.com/appletv/ [26]
[mrb_packer] get em printed!
[billk] http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/gizmodo-exclusive-dash-gps-naviga... [27]
[mrb_packer] http://lowenddslr.com/equipment/megapixel-myth.php [28]
[mrb_packer] it used to be measured in "chips" -- now it's measured in megapixels
[billk] http://en.fon.com/info/whats_fon.php [29]
[arvind grover] skye wifi phones: http://us.accessories.skype.com/direct/skypeusa/welcome.jsp [30]
[billk] http://www.belkin.com/skype/howitworks/ [31]
[billk] http://tools.netgear.com/skype/ [32]
[arvind grover] http://www.skype.com/products/skypeout/ [33]
[mrb_packer] Anytime!