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Google Gets New Head of Experience from Palm
Palm made headlines when it was acquired by HP last month. Since then, most of the headlines about Palm have had something to do with HP’s plans for Palm’s WebOS operating sytem.Today, the smartphone company is in the news for a different reason: the company’s Senior Director of Human Interface and User Experience, Matias Duarte, has left the company.
As someone who oversaw user experience and interface, Matias likely played a huge role in the design of WebOS so it’s weird that he would leave right when the software was about to make the jump from smartphones to tablets. However, though Matias departure from Palm is news in itself, the revelation that he’s leaving to join the Android team at Google as the new User Experience Director for the OS is more interesting.
Google hasn’t released an official statement but Engadget reports receiving confirmation from the search giant. Duarte previously worked on the Sidekick with Andy Rubin, who is now head of Android at Google.
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Hp Releases Pavilion All in One MS214IN Desktop
The HP MS214in has the same design as most HP laptops and desktops. The combination of glossy black with silver has become a trademark of HP now, and makes it looks quite elegant. The design of the stand is similar to that of the Apple iMac. It is not carved out of metal, but the build of the plastic body is pretty decent.
The 18.5-inch widescreen has a resolution of 1366 x 768 and the display portrays colors quite well. HD movie looked pretty good on it but we felt that the maximum brightness was a bit too low for our liking. This is especially evident when you are sitting in a sunny room. A speaker strip placed right below the LCD panel emits fairly audible sound with decent clarity. A webcam above the screen delivers decent clarity and a speedy frame rate.
The peripheral ports are placed conveniently at the sides. On the left, we got two USB ports, a card reader and headphone/microphone jacks. On the right, we have a tray-loading DVD writer and buttons to increase or decrease brightness. There is not a button to turn the display off though, which is slightly disappointing. The rest of the ports, including a LAN, four USB, and an S/PDIF are placed at the back.
Another sore point that needs to be mentioned is that, unlike most all-in-one PCs we have seen, the HP Pavilion is powered by a chunky adapter that adds to table clutter. We would rather have liked it to be integrated into the body so that a single power cable would run to the electric socket.
The HP MS214in is powered by a dual-core AMD Athlon X2 that runs at 1.5 GHz. That, along with the 2 gigs of RAM and a 7200 rpm drive, keeps Windows 7 Home Basic running at a fair pace. But the Home Basic version does not have Windows 7s full Aero UI that apart from looking fancy also improves usability.
The ATI Radeon HD 3200 is an entry-level dated graphics chip. It’s better than Intel onboard GMA4500 graphics,but definitely not suitable for running modern games at their fullest settings. This was evident when we ran the Street Fighter IV benchmark. At max settings,it belted an un-playable 11.7 frames per second. Thus, games that are a couple of years old can run smoothly with toned down settings.
The power-draw of this PC while idling ranged between 42 to 44 watts. On full load, it shot up by just 10 watts, drawing a steady 55W. It consumes almost half power as compared to its elder Touchsmart 300 cousin. Thats comparatively low power consumption for an entire PC. This is possible thanks to the power-efficient Athlon 3250e processor. Another reason could be the lower-than-usual max brightness.Due to the older AMD chipset used, it has only support for Wi-Fi 802.11 b and g. This could be a problem if you’re using an 802.11n router, as you wouldn’t get the faster connectivity that 802.11n standard supports.
The HP Pavilion All-in-One MS214in Desktop.Since this is a niche segment device, such pricing can be expected. An entry-level Lenovo IdeaCenter A600 (30112VQ) model also costs the same. But it comes with a faster 2 GHz Intel dual-core processor, a bright 21.5-inch full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel) display and a 500GB hard drive. It’ll be a good choice if you want to watch a lot of HD content. The only sore point is its Intel X4500 graphics.
HP Offers Transparent Records Management For Enhanced Risk Management
HP has introduced a records management solution that will enable customers to reduce the business risks associated with the growing regulatory compliance and legal discovery demands.
HP TRIM 7 will enable organisations to transparently manage all of their Microsoft SharePoint Server records in a single environment, regardless of the source. This includes documents as well as information found in SharePoint Server blogs, wikis, discussions, forms, calendars and workflows.
Widespread adoption of SharePoint Server provides the opportunity to consolidate and simplify the management of content stored across multiple SharePoint instances. HP TRIM 7 enables the transparent capture, search and management of all types of physical and electronic business information, including Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and the upcoming SharePoint Server 2010.
“Organisations today need solutions to manage the explosion of large volumes of information,” said Mark Gilbert, Research Vice President, Gartner. “New solutions are growing rapidly for authoring and managing enterprise content in various formats and sources, and this trend is changing the way organisations do business.”
“The explosion in Content 2.0 blogs, wikis and discussions creates new information management challenges for organisations trying to meet an escalating set of regulations,” said Jonathan Martin, Vice President and General Manager, Information Management Solutions, HP. “HP TRIM allows customers to marry records management best practices and governance with dynamic collaboration platforms such as SharePoint.”
To help SharePoint Server customers, HP TRIM 7 provides two new modules. The first one, HP TRIM Records Management, improves business records management by providing transparent access to all the SharePoint Server content held in HP TRIM right from the SharePoint Server workspace. The second module, HP TRIM Archiving, helps customers reduce the risk of data loss when reclaiming storage and system resources from SharePoint Server. The module seamlessly archives specific list objects in SharePoint Server, or entire SharePoint Server sites, to HP TRIM. This happens behind the scenes, which allows users to take entire SharePoint Server sites offline while ensuring continued access to information.
HP Launches New Netbook Mini210
Hewlett-Packard India, has expanded its Mini notebook portfolio (netbooks) with the launch of HP Mini210.
With the broad HP Mini portfolio, including the previously introduced Mini 110 and HP Mini by Tord Boontje, customers have a choice of sleek companion PCs that let them stay connected from anywhere. The HP Mini by Studio Tord Boontje is crafted with environmentally friendly materials.
“The new HP Mini210 range has been conceptualised after extensive research to offer the best Digital experience and a variety of options to consumers. With a full breadth of color and feature options, we are inspiring, engaging and equipping the digital generation with unexpected fun and endless possibilities,” said Rajiev Grover, Director Mobility Business Unit, Personal Systems Group, HP India. “In todays market its about development of a continuum of devices that meet consumers’ unique needs. We are helping consumers discover the world of possibilities by infusing innovation, technology and design into our new range of HP Mini notebooks,” added Grover.
The HP Mini210 boasts of the latest Atom 450 with advanced features and power packed applications for all users’ computing needs including chicklet keyboard, touchpad with multi gesture support, stereo speakers, wireless LAN, integrated webcam, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows 7 OS and battery life of more than 9.5 hours.
Starting at 1.22 kilos (with HDD) and measuring less than 1-inch thin, the HP Mini 210 is available in a colorful choice of stylish Black Crystal, Silver Crystal, Pacific Blue or Sonoma Red HP Imprint finishes.
With a 10.1-inch diagonal standard or optional BrightView Infinity HD LED widescreen display and an island-style keyboard that is 93 percent of a full-size QWERTY keyboard, the 210 also features a built-in WLAN, webcam, microphone, GPS-ready system and optional 3G broadband connectivity.
Users can keep their music in sync with HP QuickSync software. The software synchronizes files created or edited on the road with a home or business PC over a wireless connection when connected to the same network. HP QuickWeb allows users to access the web without booting up the notebook by simply pushing a button. HP Cloud Drive allows users to access their synchronized content including documents, photos and music from the cloud without having to store it on a local drive. With HP MediaStream users can stream multimedia content from one PC to another over the Internet, without requiring data to be downloaded.
In addition to viewing HD content on the Internet, users can experience their own personal multiplex via an optional Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Video Accelerator, which allows users to enjoy up to 1,080-pixel HD content.
The HP Mini210 costs Rs. 16,000 onwards.
HP Explains Why Printer Ink is So Expensive
You’ve been able to buy an ink jet printer for close to a song these days, especially when they go on sale. But when the inexpensively priced printer stops printing things with the same sort of graphical fidelity as it did out of the box, things can get expensive from there.
That’s the thing with ink jet printers – the hardware itself is cheap, but the ink refills will get you in the end. But have you ever asked yourself why the ink is so expensive? Sure, it may be the razor and blade model, but it’s still an awful lot to pay for just 10 to 20 milliliters of liquid. In comparison, a Heinz ketchup dipping pack contains 27 ml of ketchup, while the older single packets held 9 ml.
The difference between ketchup in printer ink, however, is vast. HP claims that it spends $1 billion a year on ink research and development – that’s some high-tech ink.
“These liquids are completely different from a technology standpoint,” said Thom Brown, marketing manager at HP, in a Computerworld story.
HP’s first ink jet printer in 1985 had 12 nozzles in the print head and fired droplets at a rate of 10,000 per second, which doesn’t even compare to today’s Photosmart ink jet that uses 3,900 nozzles that fire 122 million drops per second.
Still, that won’t help consumers feel better about paying lots for a little ink cartridge. Computerworld suggests that it may help consumers decipher ink jet cartridge replacement value to list the liquid volume inside each cartridge.
Brown, however, said that doing so would just confuse the customer. “Each system has a different way it uses ink or the drop size is different. If you looked strictly at volume you wouldn’t see those differences and it would be confusing to the customers.”
To HP’s credit, it does list the maximum page yield, but that’s only for black and white text and it’s from a non-standardized measurement.
For now, it seems that consumers will either have to look at more economical, aftermarket, but perhaps less satisfactory ink replacements. There’s always laser too.
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