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  • Google Books goes Dutch In recent months, I’ve got to know a group of people in the Hague who are working on an ambitious project to make the rich fabric of Dutch cultural and political history as widely accessible as possible - via the Internet.

    That team is from the National Library of the Netherlands, the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (KB), and as of today, we’ll be working in partnership to add to the library’s own extensive digitisation efforts. We’ll be scanning more than 160,000 of its public domain books, and making this collection available globally via Google Books. The library will receive copies of the scans so that they can also be viewed via the library’s website. And significantly for Europe, the library also plans to make the digitised works available via Europeana, Europe’s cultural portal.

    The books we’ll be scanning constitute nearly the library’s entire collection of out-of-copyright books, written during the 18th and 19th centuries. The collection covers a tumultuous period of Dutch history, which saw the establishment of the country’s constitution and its parliamentary democracy. Anyone interested in Dutch history will be able to access and view a fascinating range of works by prominent Dutch thinkers, statesmen, poets and academics and gain new insights into the development of the Netherlands as a nation state.


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  • Fly E170

    Like all current models of Fly, the phone is equipped with two slots for SIM cards, which enables simultaneous operation in the networks of the two cellular operators.

    The phone has a 2.8-inch touch screen TFT-display with a resolution of 320 × 240 pixels (QVGA), 3-megapixel camera module Bluetooth, FM-radio, music player, a slot for memory cards format microSD / microSDHC and 3,5-mm jack for headphones. It is noted that the Fly E170 can be used as a webcam for your PC.

    In memory of the machine installed Java-based applications Nimbuzz, Opera Mini and iDeaWidgets. The latter ensures access to social networks and services (Twitter, LiveJournal, etc.).

    Battery life when playing music at 30 o'clock in the mode of voice transmission - 5, while in standby mode - 300.

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  • Motorola Finch W418g

    It is reported that this budget phone capable of working in networks GSM / GPRS (850/1900 MHz).

    Features include Motorola Finch W418g called 1,8-inch display, media player, Bluetooth, 2 megapixel camera, 3.5-mm audio jack and a slot MicroSD.

    No information about the cost of the phone yet.

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  • WePad Android Tablet Crushes iPad In Spec Battle The day the iPad was launched it got two main complaints: (1) The name was atrocious and (2) It was underpowered and lacking some simple niceities. Say what you want about the WePad name – in terms of taking the closed Apple approach and bringing it to the masses with Android’s open community nature – I think “We” works very well. But more importantly, the specs rock.



    With an 11.6-inch screen, 1.66GHz processor, front-facing camera, 2 USB ports, SIM slot, MicroSD slot, Flash, Adobe AIR, and ability to use all open eBook standards, the WePad bests the iPad in all of those categories. You can see the full comparison at TechCrunch.com.

    But the sugar gets sweeter. In addition to all the above, you’ll be running Android and will have access to Android Market in addition to the WePad marketplace which is said to include distribution of newspapers and magazines that are optimized for the device. Produced by a German company called Neofonie and it should be available in April in Germany.

    I think its safe to say the Neofonie WePad could be a HUGE hit… and if it is… there are a ridiculous number of Android lovers and unimpressed Apple-loving-iPad-haters that might jump aboard if its made available globally.

    I want to acknowledge something – better specs are great, but if they can’t be offered at an affordable price, none of this will matter.

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