We've seen slides and videos of Microsoft's Courier booklet in action, but nothing has quite explained how all of these things actually work. This document explains Courier's interface, gestures and features more in-depth than ever before.

Your way
Personalise your panels. And with the SlideView key and Windows 6.5 user
interface, you have instant access to your messages, schedule, contacts and
more.

Touch or keyboard
Someone's trying to grab your attention? Stay in touch with clients and
colleagues as you like. Just use the touch display - or go for the QWERTY
keyboard.


Work. Then play. Whenever.
Check out the news on CNN. Have a Skype chat. Find more friends on Facebook.
View video clips on the hi-res 3.2" screen. Work or play, you choose.


Sony Erricson Yari Specification :

Screen

- 800 x 480 pixel

- 65,536 color touchscreen

Memory

- SanDisk microSD™ / microSDHC™ (up to 16GB)

- Phone memory 110MB*


* Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration.


Networks

- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

- UMTS/HSPA 900/1900/2100

Available colours

- Elegant Black - Modern Silver

Possible limited market availability.

Sizes

- 110.0 x 54.0 x 16.0 mm

- 4.3 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches

Weight

- 155.0 gr

- 5.5 oz

Your way
Personalise your panels. And with the SlideView key and Windows 6.5 user
interface, you have instant access to your messages, schedule, contacts and
more.

Touch or keyboard
Someone's trying to grab your attention? Stay in touch with clients and
colleagues as you like. Just use the touch display - or go for the QWERTY
keyboard.

Work. Then play. Whenever.
Check out the news on CNN. Have a Skype chat. Find more friends on Facebook.
View video clips on the hi-res 3.2" screen. Work or play, you choose.

Sony Erricson Xperia X2 Specification :

Screen
- 800 x 480 pixel
- 65,536 color touchscreen

Memory
- SanDisk microSD™ / microSDHC™ (up to 16GB)
- Phone memory 110MB*

* Actual free memory may vary due to phone pre-configuration.

Networks
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- UMTS/HSPA 900/1900/2100

Available colours
- Elegant Black - Modern Silver
Possible limited market availability.
 
Sizes
- 110.0 x 54.0 x 16.0 mm
- 4.3 x 2.1 x 0.6 inches

Weight
- 155.0 gr
- 5.5 oz

Weight

- 134.0 gr
- 4.7 oz

What's an e-book without the e-ink? So very much, according to Creative, who just dropped word of an upcoming "MediaBook" device (which will undoubtedly look nothing like this mockup above). It sounds a bit more like a PMP to us, with "video, pictures, text and services," and a "media-rich experience" on the table, but Creative is also apparently working with publishers for content, with an obvious emphasis in Singapore sources, where Creative already does e-learning work. There's no word of what it'll look like, but it'll be a large touchscreen of some sort, so it sounds like we've got another slate on our hand. Any differentiation might come from having Zii under the hood and Creative's own particular approach to content for this device, but there's not really enough to get excited about at this point.

Creative is already a late comer to the already crowded e-book market with products like Amazon's Kindle, Sony's e-reader and Barnes & Noble's Nook. But Creative hopes to differentiate itself by providing more than what the current e-books can offer. Describing the Kindle as "just another electronic device which displays books in text", the Creative's e-book will harness "videos, pictures, text and services in one device that supports a media-rich experience." said Mr Willie Png, Creative's VP of strategic business.

As of now, Creative is already in talk with 10 international and local publishers to provide content for the MediaBook. On the menu are fiction, newspaper, magazines, education materials and textbooks. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) - Singapore largest publisher which publishes 17 newspapers and more than 100 magazines could be one of the local content provider. "We are discussing with Creative how SPH, as a significant content provider in Singapore, can provide what it has - stories, images, videos or radio programmes - for the e-reader."

Wow, would the MediaBook change the future for Creative? Unlike the current e-books that is available now in the market, the Creative's MediaBook seem to be an all-in-one multimedia tablet. Besides reading your e-books and newspaper on the device, you will also able to Facebook and Twitter on the go, watch videos and view photos on the large touchscreen. Now that's one device i will willing shell out money for. It has been a long time since Creative came up with anything relatively exciting (with the Zii EGG looking no where near at being hatched) and I think the MediaBook might be the product that changes everything for Creative.

Here's why. Creative is not new to the educational business in Singapore. It produces eletronic dictionary, educational software which are approved by the Ministry of Education in Singapore. With the MediaBook, the furture of Singapore's education landscape could be very different with every student uses the MediaBook which replaces the traditional textbooks. With the Media Development Authority (MDA) naming Creative as a partner of its "FutureBooks" initiative, it means that Creative will get support in funding and introductions to potential content providers. And by positioning it as an all-in-one device, anyone could find a need for the MediaBook. Think of it as a ZEN Vision W up-sized with a touchscreen and SD slot.

Windows 7 officially launches today, but we've been testing, tweaking, customizing, fixing, and writing about this OS for a year now. We present here a guide to everything we've learned about the OS, from first install to final settings change. Whether you've played around with Windows 7 during its beta or release candidate versions, launch day is finally here, and Windows 7 is finally ready for widespread, public consumption. This guide will take you straight through from system requirements and upgrading your PC to highlighting Windows 7's best new features to helping you hit the ground running with all of the awesome tweaks Windows 7 has in store for you

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Of course plenty of folks have Windows 7 running in Boot Camp just fine, but if you're one of those crazies that goes in for Apple's seal of approval you'll have to wait a little bit. The official support is coming "before the end of the year" to Snow Leopard and will obviously require an update to the Boot Camp software. Unfortunately, Apple's excluded a lot of its 2006 Intel-based computers from this forthcoming update, and we're getting the vibe that this is a Snow Leopard-only affair. Basically, par for the Apple course.

[Via Mac Rumors]