The Full Enchilada

I had to renew several domains today, OUCH! I did save some money using Godaddy coupon code gda334a today on 4/5/2010 again this worked as of April 4-5-2010 but it didn’t give me 30% off, I don’t recall exactly but I think it saved me around $10, $12, or $15 dollars max.

It’s unfortunate that many of these coupons do not work for regular renewals, they’re more generous with new purchases etc…but at least it’s something of a price break.

It seems technology is catching up to providing some of the tech we’ve seen in movies. At CES 2010, Samsun showed off their new notebook’s display showcasing the world’s first and largest transparent OLED prototype which is supposedly 40-percent transparent.

At CES 2010 Intel unveiled the x86 Moorestown Smartphone running Linux based Moblin OS and sporting two cameras, one in front for video conferencing and one in the back.

DELL is aso introducing their own pda/smartphone with a 5-inch WVGA 800 x 480 touchscreen, 3G, Bluetooth, a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash, a microSD slot and a 1,300mAh battery, powered by Android 2.0.

Some of the new features in Firefox 3.6:

Improved browser startup time, overall more robust, JavaScript performance increase.
Can run scripts asynchronously speeding up page loads.
Support for new DOM, CSS, and HTML5 ,File API support etc.
Quick one click browser skin/style changes.
Native video supporting full screen and poster frames.
WOOF font format support.

Engadget reports that some prototype European Google Nexus phones in Germany have multi-touch pin and zoom features. The current US Google Nexus one phone lacks multitouch features found on the iphone.

One thing to note, the Google Nexus One does have haptic feedback which is missing on the iphone. Haptic feedback was introduced by HTC on the HTC Touch Pro and some other HTC Windows Mobile phones. On the HTC Pro and other Windows Mobile models, touch feedback was usable in games for a much more immersive experience, making the player be able to really feel, for example, like a ball is actually rolling around on the phone and bouncing off the sidewalls.

Will the iphone get haptic feedback before the US Google Nexus gets multitouch?

Interestingly, supposedly the Google Nexus One (sold at $529 unlocked without subscription plan and $179 with a two year subscription) has about $175 worth of hardware parts inside. How much more would a multi-touch screen add to the cost?