[Update after the release]

Welcome iPad!. For now it sounds strange and not as good as iSlate or even iTablet. But that is what it is. So let us see how did I fare on my predictions! :-

1) I got it right. Apple calls themselves a ‘mobile company’ and iPad is a device between the iPhone and MacBook officially. +1

2) Obviously correct. +1

3) Correct. +1

4) eBooks and Magazine are both in! – 0

5) Keyboard is not 3D. and the Interface is same as iPhone too. – 0

6) Got it right. +1

7) MobileMe Cloud sync is not happening yet. -1

8) iPhone app compatibility is assured. +1

9) Still have to sync using USB :( -1

10) HTML5 widgets are supported over Safari and homescreen shortcuts.+1

11) All the games I saw during the event looks promising. We have to see the future success of it. – 0

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Ok. Here are my ‘obligatory’ Apple Tablet / iSlate predictions :-

1. iSlate would be a companion device to MacBook/iMac. Kind of a second screen – which is more mobile.
2. Users stream Music, Video, Photos, PodCasts, Magazines from iTunes to iSlate
3. Users carry iSlate around the home as a portable media player and use it as a photo frame
4. Steve Jobs will teach us a lesson or two on ‘Candela’ and make us believe that an LED backlit glossy iSlate is better for reading than e-Ink – before announcing NYT & WSJ partnership on e-newspaper delivery ;).  Books will have to wait.
5. iSlate will sport a 3D Soft keyboard/hand writing input method. I dont think Apple will make a ‘game-ish’ 3D home screen with interactive objects.
6. The device would come with and without support for a 3G modem and priced/subsidized accordingly
7. iSlate 3G will have support for multi-party iChat video conferencing
8. The iSlate will seamlessly sync all of your iPhone applications and their respective data over the air through MobileMe.
9. iSlate will introduce wireless syncing with the iTunes for the first time.
10. Developer support will include native HTML5 widgets apps to begin with.
11. iSlate will be the perfect portable gaming device ever created.

I will definitely revisit this list after the announcement on January 27th, 2010. :)

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Do the above icons appear familiar to you?. Well, they all belong to popular OpenSource software on Linux, Windows and Mac. Tell the world you’re an OpenSource freak by naming each of them – in the comments!!

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I have an IP filter enabled!

Read on.

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You may have seen Jaiku – the nanoblogging platform which is somewhat similar to Twitter. The Twitter is very simplistic in what it does. But not so fun. It’s pretty bland to state ‘What you are doing?’ and archive it as a life stream of events. Jaiku takes off from there..

You can do all of your twittering things with Jaiku too. Plus, You have IRC style channels on various topics – you may even create one. All of my blog feeds can be aggregated over to my life stream. All Jaikus are now wrapped into a widget and is placed on to the sidebar of this blog. The SMS, eMail and IM notifications feature works pretty well. The lack of status feature is what I liked more about Jaiku – talk about some change in philosophy! ;). I prefer to use my Facebook status more – if at all. MobileJuhu is an interesting native Jaiku client for iPhone which I’m using.

Let me know if you want to join me on Jaiku  – in the comments section.

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Forget about paying the Microsoft Taxes. Now Vista is Free.

I was sh**ing bricks while learning this wonderful trick- Thanks many to Chris

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A magazine recently ran a Dilbert Quotes contest. They were looking for people to submit quotes from their real-life Dilbert-comic-strip-type managers. These were voted the top ten quotes from the managers we work for in corporate America, circa 2004:

“As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building
using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday,
and employees will receive their cards in two weeks.”
(This was the winning quote from Fred Dales,
Microsoft Corp. in Redmond WA)

“What I need is an exact list of specific unknown problems we might
encounter.”
(Lykes Lines Shipping)

“E-mail is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be
used only for company business.”
(Accounting manager, Electric Boat Company)

“This project is so important we can’t let things that are more
important interfere with it.”
(Advertising/Marketing manager, United Parcel Service)

“Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule .”
(Plant Manager, Delco Corporation)

“No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We’ve been
working on it for months. Now go act busy for a few weeks and I’ll let
you know when it’s time to tell them.”
(R&D supervisor, Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing/3M Corp.)

” Quote from the Boss: “Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say.”
(Marketing executive, Citrix Corporation)

” My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I
told my Boss, he said she died on purpose so that I would have to miss
work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her
burial to Friday. He said, “That would be better for me.”
(Shipping executive, FTD Florists)

“We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going
to discuss it with the employees.”
(Switching supervisor, AT&T Long Lines Division)

**Forwarded message, not an original work/compilation **

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Looks almost possible with some ‘resellers’ offering iPhone at exorbitant prices. Check this 8GB iPhone model  available through Rediff. Someone at iPhone-Nirvana is claiming to have 10 unlocked iPhones ready to be shipped to India. Buying an iPhone through eBay or any other online store may not be good as you must pay the Indian custom duty in excess of 38%.

I would suggest getting it through someone returning from USA. If you can wait, next year iPhone should be available through HCL/Wipro distribution channels.

If you can’t really wait to touch, this person at FaceBook has a great deal! :D

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Bug in code!

#include < stdio.h >
#define LAST 10
int main()
{
int i, sum = 0;

for ( i = 1; i < = LAST; i++ )
{
sum += i;
}
/*-for-*/
printf(“sum = %d\n”, sum);
return 0;
}

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Got these forwarded by a friend. Someone got real creative with Fruits and Vegetables err.. Photoshop(?) ;)
They are real characters expressing themselves.. Do you know who did these?

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Check this out!
Google Webmaster Help Center
The words ‘If you see a site that is buying or selling links‘ is repeated 2 times. Guess, Matt was in a hurry ;)

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