Cool toys and Gadgets

For me, a touchscreen-enabled mobile phone’s killer app will always be handwriting recognition (unless they somehow figure out a way to put holographic displays on these things). And so, if I were a Windows Mobile phone user, I’d probably be excited about the latest version of DioTek’s handwriting recognition software, called DioPen 7.

DioPen 7 is the latest version of DioTek’s handwriting recognition software, and is compatible with all Windows Mobile 5.0 and 6.0/6.1 powered smartphones. It’s actually made for Korean users, so it includes support for Hangul and alpha-numeric characters.

Eager to learn more about the DioPen 7, I ran DioTek’s web page for it through Google Translate. But alas, I wasn’t able to make out a thing, because the blasted nuggets of information were contained in images.

DIoTek Via Akihabara News

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Qik, the online video streaming program is now available for select Blackberry devices. Currently in alpha, Qik works pretty well with devices like Bold, Pearl (8120 & 8130) and Curve (8320 & 8330). Company says with the continued improvement, the Blackberry app is on its way to enter the beta stage in a few weeks adding support for more devices.

Qik is already available for devices running on Mac OS X, Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian platforms. New Qikkers can sign up whereas existent ones can go to this URL from their Blackberry device to download, login and stream videos.

Some notes about the alpha release:

- When you start Qik, a screen is shown with just one button - Stream. Press the center button to start streaming. This will bring up the camera application and you’ll be off streaming live to the web. When you are ready to stop, just press the center button again.
- Depending on the network condition, after you press stop, you may see a progress % on the top right hand corner indicating the video that is left to be sent. It is advised to wait for the stream to be completely uploaded prior to streaming again.
- In this version, the chat does not show up overlayed on the camera.
- For best performance, use BlackBerry OS 4.5 and above.
- Your BlackBerry should have a SD card and video capture should be set to the directory: SDCard/Blackberry/Videos.
- The video capturing mode should not be set to the MMS mode.
- Make sure that the TCP setting is set correctly as per the operator.

Press Release

For those of you who’ve always wanted to broadcast or stream your corporate meetings to friends using your trusty BlackBerry, the folks from over at Qik have very good news. It seems that a lot of BlackBerry users have been longing for their very own Qik client, and fortunately Qik was kind enough to oblige.

Now, if you’ve got a BlackBerry Pearl 8120, BlackBerry Pearl 8130, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Curve, or BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, you can expect to fiddle with the first alpha release client of Qik starting today.

Actually, the BlackBerry Curve and BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220 release clients aren’t yet ready for prime time, but the other models mentioned can immediately be used to join in on the fun. Qik adds that the BlackBerry Curve 8320 and 8330 have been confirmed to be also alpha-ready.

Note, however, that there are several differences with these BlackBerry alpha release clients and the clients for other handsets, and they are:

- When you start Qik, a screen is shown with just one button - Stream. Press the center button to start streaming. This will bring up the camera application and you’ll be off streaming live to the web. When you are ready to stop, just press the center button again.
- Depending on the network condition, after you press stop, you may see a progress % on the top right hand corner indicating the video that is left to be sent. It is advised to wait for the stream to be completely uploaded prior to streaming again.
- In this version, the chat does not show up overlayed on the camera.
- For best performance, use BlackBerry OS 4.5 and above.
- Your BlackBerry should have a SD card and video capture should be set to the directory: SDCard/Blackberry/Videos.
- The video capturing mode should not be set to the MMS mode.

That’s according to the Qik team themselves. Get it now by going to http://qik.com/dl/165 if you’re already a Qik user, or sign up first at http://qik.com/sign_up.

Via Qik Blog

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Opera behold as here comes Mozilla with their first ever mobile browser, Firefox aka Fennec. Currently in Alpha, the availability for the time being is restricted to just Nokia N810 devices. However, if you’re still interested to give it a spin, Mozilla has got an emulator ready for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux users.

The release is just a snippet of Fennec’s capabilities. Do other browser developers need to pull up their socks? Hell yeah!

Mozilla Fennec

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Create Custom Static and Animated Desktop Logos.

Features:

* Create static or animated desktop logos using PNG images. Use it for presentations and fair booths to help brand your company or product.
* Renders professional looking logos that can either stay on top of everything or stay on the desktop.

* Multi-monitor support - create logos across all your monitors.
* Many display location options for the placement of the logo on your screen.
* Control the logo opacity, size, animation speed, and delays between animations.
* Multi-language compatible. Simply translate the English.ini file in the Languages folder to a language of your choice.
* Your mouse movements and clicks pass right through the logos so it doesn´t interfere with your work.
* Version 2.0 adds the ability to use the logos as drop folders.

What Sets Custom Desktop Logo Apart From Other Desktop Logo Programs:

* It is a high quality program that is open source and free to use. Donate to the project development if you like the program.
* It correctly renders professional looking graphics from PNG images using alpha blending. This means that the logo appears to be part of your screen instead of having borders that appear all pixelated and off color.
* Stable and easy to use. Run it all day long without problems.
* Ability to customize the settings for your logo

Requires: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.

What´s New in version 2.0:

* Version 2.0 adds the ability to use the logos as drop folders.
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RealGrade 4.0 is a full-featured grading application designed to help University instructors score, grade and report students´ academic activates and exams quickly and efficiently based on the University grading scale.

RealGrade 4.0 automates the tasks involved in documenting, managing, calculating and reporting grades, and provides a number of functions to produce attendance reports and course statistics useful in evaluating student performance and communicating results to students and administrators more effectively.

As the University is moving toward the electronic and digital era with success, RealGrade 4.0 gives instructors the ability to spend more time planning instruction and less time having to do the time-consuming and traditional accounting work required when figuring scores and grades.

Moreover, RealGrade 4.0 has the ability to produce standard and professional-looking print-outs with ease for the whole class or individuals. With proper training for instructors and full-utilization of RealGrade 4.0, all tracking and grading tasks can be accomplished by bushing a few buttons.
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