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Review: HP Touchsmart IQ506 PC is NOT Just an Imitation iMac

The Gadget: The Touchsmart IQ506 is HP's second gen, touch-sensitive computer. In addition to its all-in-one design, built-in webcam, TV tuner and wireless keyboard and mouse, the selling point here is the custom touch interface created by frog design. Here's why this is not just an imitation iMac.

Price: $1500 (The IQ504, sans TV-tuner, sells for $1300)

The Verdict: The TouchSmart comes with the standard array of features you'd expect in an all-in-one PC—22-inch widescreen, 2.16 Core 2 Duo Processor, ATSC tuner, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB HDD, 5 USB ports and an SDHC reader. These are all solid features, though not mindblowing. The real hook here is whether or not the touchscreen features are as good as advertised. The short answer is that they're satisfactory within the custom interface, and not so great in the normal Vista environment.

The touch interface has a homescreen with a row of giant, oversized tiles up top, and smaller ones underneath that display various widget-like apps. Examples of these apps include a music player, photo browser, movie player, RSS feed, calendar, weather, chess, solitaire, notes, etc... Both rows can scroll fromside to side, similar to that of the iPhone, and tiles can also be exchanged between the top and bottom rows freely.

Once inside individual apps, they take advantage of using pan and scroll features for lists and thumbnails. The movie player even has a record feature that lets you create a short movie with the webcam that you can email out when finished. The photo browser lets you perform basic adjustments, or even use the touchscreen to crop your photo.

Some apps are better than others. Apps like the photo browser, and weather widget are perfectly suited to the touch interface, because the menus are simple and typing is hardly ever required. The RSS reader and Web Browser are not so great because they both use Internet Explorer as its backbone (you have to enter your RSS feeds as bookmarks in IE). The calendar app is decent if you just want to check your schedule, but you ultimately need the keyboard and mouse to do anything more.

And while the touchscreen works well within the interface, trying to control the rest of Vista (Media Center notwithstanding) can be maddening. Buttons and icons in Vista are too small for fingertaps on the screen, resulting in hitting the wrong button, or not hitting anything at all. I basically gave up on navigating Vista with the touchscreen after the first 30 minutes.

But even within the interface, though it functions competently, you can't help but feel like it needs a bit more polish. Sure, it looks great, but sometimes its choppy or laggy in reacting to your touch, making it feel less than intuitive.

Part of this is due to the fact that the touchscreen isn't a real touchscreen, but rather an IR ring around the front of the monitor that tracks the position of your finger on a 2D plane. When the plane is broken, it interprets that as a mouse click. It isn't microscopically precise, but the big buttons of the custom interface help compensate for that to a degree. While I'm sure this helps keep cost low, It doesn't have the same smooth feel.

The Touchsmart IQ506 is a good computer, both in design and features, but is a little rough around the edges when it comes to it's touch features. If you want a kitchen computer that looks nice, functions well with a keyboard and mouse, and has a few neat touch functions to boot, this $1500 machine, or the IQ504, isn't a bad deal. But if you're expecting to be blown away by the touchscreen experience, you may want to hold off. (read more at http://gizmodo.com/5019724/review-hp-touchsmart-iq506-pc-is-not-just-an-imitation-imac)

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Microsoft Sees Little Data Centers Everywhere

Portable data centers will be key to supporting the surging demand for online services, but equipment vendors need to start designing products especially for them, a Microsoft engineer said Wednesday.

Microsoft has already shown its enthusiasm for portable data centers, which cram hundreds of servers into a standard 20-foot (6.1 meter) shipping container that can be delivered wherever it's needed, so long as there is a power supply and network connection.

The company has said it will put more than 200 of them on the first floor of a data center it's building in Chicago, and it is already operating at least one of its online services, Virtual Earth, from a portable data center in Colorado.

"The idea of modular, portable data centers is key to the industry's future," said Daniel Costello, Microsoft director of data center research, in a presentation at GigaOM's Structure 08 conference in San Francisco. "That's why I'm here to talk about data centers, not just for Microsoft but for our customers as well."

Buying these boxes from server vendors can be more energy-efficient and cost-effective than building a new, traditional data center, he said, and Microsoft sees them as more than just a way to add extra computing capacity at short notice. "We see them as a primary packaging unit," he said.

Using shipping containers is part of an effort by Microsoft to radically rethink its data centers, as it tries to add more computing capacity in a way that is cost effective and power efficient. "At Microsoft, we're questioning every component in the data center, up to and including the roof," Costello said. That includes "eliminating concrete from our data center bills."

"The definition of a datacenter has changed. It's not just bricks and mortar any more, and moving forward, we think it can be a lot more energy efficient," he said.

But vendors building portable data centers today are filling them with equipment that was designed for traditional data centers. "Moving forward, we need to design systems specifically for this form factor. If we look at the containers, that form factor will change over time as well."

Microsoft has approached every major server vendor about providing it with equipment, Costello said. He said he thinks "all major vendors" will offer portable data centers within the next two years. Vendors offering them today include Sun Microsystems, Verari Systems, Rackable Systems and American Power Conversion.

The cost benefits come partly from economies of scale. Shipping 2,000 servers in a container is more cost-effective than shipping and installing separate racks, and portable data centers don't require raised floors or as much wiring.

They can offer a better "power unit efficiency" ratio than do traditional data centers, he said. PUE is a measure of a data center's power efficiency. If a server demands 500 watts and the PUE of a data center is 3.0, the power from the grid needed to run the server will be 1500 watts, according to a definition from the Green Grid industry consortium.

"We've seen PUE at a peak of 1.3" in modular data centers, Costello said, compared with between 1.6 and 2.0 for a traditional data center.

The containers can accommodate 1,000 watts per square foot, allowing companies to power a lot more servers in a given area, he said. Many companies are unable to add more equipment to their data centers because power supplies and cooling equipment are at maximum capacity. The portable data centers are an alternative to building new facilities or extending old ones.

There are some drawbacks and plenty of questions to be answered, he said. Some of the cons include a higher cost of failure if the power to a container is cut off, as well as new risks in terms of regulatory compliance. In addition, portable data centers offered today can't accommodate servers from multiple vendors, he said.

There may also be issues with patents. The idea of putting standard equipment into a standard shipping container probably can't be patented, according to Costello, but "what happens inside the unit, in terms of airflow and how it's laid out, is definitely patentable."

There are also questions about the lifecycle of a portable data center, such as whether it can be refurbished after its 10-year life-span or will need to be discarded. "The financial models are still being worked out," Costello said.

But he thinks portable data centers will be deployed widely to provide services to end users. "We used to talk about a PC on every desk," he said. "But how about a data center in every town?"

The company is looking at green energy sources to power them, including wind, solar and hydroelectric, he said.

The Structure conference is about the infrastructure equipment needed for "cloud computing," which refers to hosted services such as Amazon's S3 storage service and Google's App Engine, but can also include online services such as MySpace and Salesforce.com.(read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142959/article.html)

T-Mobile will soon launch its US$10 landline phone service across the U.S., the company planned to announce Wednesday.

Already available in Seattle and Dallas, the service will be offered to T-Mobile customers elsewhere starting July 2. The $10 monthly subscription includes unlimited local and long-distance calling as well as services including voicemail, call forwarding and call waiting.

The service has a few drawbacks but should appeal to certain people, including existing VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) users looking for a better deal, said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. "You can cut down on expenses because it beats Vonage by a significant amount," he said. Vonage currently has a $15 per month limited promotion, with its standard rate at $30 per month.

The offer is only available to existing T-Mobile customers who have mobile subscriptions costing $39.99 per month and up, and who have broadband in their homes. Users must also buy a router priced at $50 with a two-year contract, or $150 with a shorter contract. Users can keep their existing phone numbers and plug any phone into the router for the service, called T-Mobile@Home, which works like traditional home-phone service.

The back-end technology is similar to standard VoIP but not exactly the same. T-Mobile is using UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access), which it has already deployed to support its HotSpot@Home offering.

UMA was designed so that mobile operators could use Wi-Fi to extend mobile coverage into the home. It sends calls over the Internet to the nearest node in a wireless network, and from there the call is transferred via the mobile operator's existing back-end network.

T-Mobile developed the landline service after launching HotSpot@Home, which requires users to have a special mobile phone that connects to the cellular network when they're outside and the Wi-Fi network at home. While some HotSpot@Home customers might decide to give up their home phones because of improved coverage in the house, the operator found that a certain segment of customer didn't want to for several specific reasons, said Britt Wehrman, director of product development for T-Mobile USA. T-Mobile@Home, which can be used in conjunction with HotSpot@Home, is designed to address that segment of the market.

One reason is that the form factor of a home phone can be better for long conversations than a mobile phone, he said. Another reason is that some families like to have a central phone number for the family. As an example, when Wehrman and his wife go out, they like to have a home phone number to call the babysitter on, he said.

While subscribers can use any existing home phone, T-Mobile is selling cordless phones with preprogrammed features, such as a dedicated button to call voicemail and another for T-Mobile customer service.

The phones T-Mobile is selling attempt to address one shortcoming of the service -- subscribers won't be able to use existing phone wall jacks throughout their house to plug in multiple phones. So if a user wants more than one phone in the home, they have to use so-called "satellite" phones, such as the ones T-Mobile is selling. Such packages include two or more phones: One plugs into the T-Mobile router, and the others include a base station and phone that connect cordlessly to the phone that is plugged into the router.

Another drawback is that users can't attach fax machines or home alarm systems to the T-Mobile home phone service, Golvin said.

While Golvin didn't expect that a significant number of people would switch to T-Mobile in order to get the new service, T-Mobile said that 45 percent of users of the service in Seattle and Dallas had switched from other mobile operators.
(read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142959/article.html)

Top 5 Desktops Under $750

Looking for a really inexpensive--but really good--desktop computer? Our chart of five such models reveals some real finds, but you'll still have to make compromises with them (read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142959/article.html)

The Best Laptops Under $1000

These days, $1000 lands you a pretty well rounded budget laptop. You can easily get 2GB of memory, 120GB or more of hard disk space, 802.11b/g wireless networking, and dedicated multimedia shortcut keys that let you watch DVDs or view documents without booting into Windows. The Acer and Dell laptops in our list even sported HDMI connections, extras we didn't expect at this price point. See the next slide for our Best Buy (read more at http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,142959/article.html)

EFiX Instant, No-Mess Hackintosh USB Dongle Details Emerge

EFix has updated their site with some more details on its voodoo USB dongle that'll supposedly boot, install and run OS X "unmodified," straight from the DVD on any PC (Intel processors only though). Among the freshly listed goods are "official Apple Updates," an interactive system boot selector and power management features.

Under the list of products now are desktop and notebook versions, as well as one for PCI slots (which would be sweetness), and a complete system (a la Psystar, presumably). FYI, doubting Steves, the dongle "is a completely unique device with very intricate protection above and beyond your wildest imagination." The "About Us" and "Where to Buy" tabs are still blank. [Efi-X] (gizmodo.com)

AlterGold Official Blog

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New from Dell Blog


Something from Dell at D6
Anne B. Camden_May.28.2008_6:00 pm

There’s a pretty cool event going on as you read this out in Carlsbad, Calif - the D: All Things Digital conference. Conversations from it have been lighting up the front page of Techmeme since last night. For those who aren’t familiar with it, D6 is a two day-event during which tech industry leaders and luminaries share the stage with Walt Mossberg and/or Kara Swisher and participate in frank discussions about their companies, their products and prognosticate about the future. Michael Dell chatted with Walt earlier today and they covered a wide range of topics.
Hats off to Brian Lam of Gizmodo as he seems to have caught Michael roaming the halls between sessions and saw he was carrying something our Ideastorm contributors will recognize. Michael positioned it as the perfect device for the next billion internet users. While we can’t share any details, we can share these
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