Everyday Nerd

I have been looking at the Drobo from Data Robotoics Inc. for almost a year now, waiting for it to hit the market, and for some improvements.  Well, the improvements are here! 

Some of the features are:

• Up to 4 SATA I or II drives (can mix or match)
• USB connectivity
• Constant Data protection
• Simple LED management

Plus, add on the DroboShare, to turn it into a NAS (Network Attached Storage)

• Gigabit Ethernet
• Automounting SMB shared via Drobo Dashboard
• Dual USB 2.0 ports for two Drobo’s per Droboshare
• EXT3 file system support
• Email alerts (in case drive fails etc)

All in all, this product looks great.  The Drobo runs at $499 and the DroboShare is $199.

[Drobo]

Holy Moly, I can’t believe it!  I’ve been wishing for DirecTV to make a tuner PC for a while, and now it is real!

Engadget confirmed that the HDPC-20 has a dual HD tuner device, USB port for connecting to your computer, a NIC, and supports Windows Media Center .

No word on release or price yet.

Gizmodo was at CES 2008, and saw this awesome monitor that should be hitting the market soon.  It is lit by LED, and boasts 2880×900 resolution.  Can’t wait for mine!

More pictures and video on Gizmodo.

Source: [Engadget]

The folks at BiTMICRO are about to blow some doors off of the SSD truck with a new product they’ll be showing at CES this year. According to a press release, the company is introducing a new, 2.5-inch solid-state drive with a whoppping 832GB of NAND flash goodness. The 3Gb SATA drive is a new addition to the company’s E-Disk Altima line, and utilizes a technology the company calls multi-level cell (or MLC) memory, which apparently doubles the number of bits stored per memory cell when compared with single-level cell (SLC) NAND. The drives are expected to ship Q3 2008 in capacities ranging from 32GB to 832GB — and you can be sure we’ll be staring intently at them (and asking for demo units) as soon as CES rolls around.

If you are like me, you love your Windows Mobile device - especially Mobile 6.  I have a few friends that have iphones, and they are constantly saying “your mobile device doesn’t have the same touch screen capability as the iphone.”   Well, yes… BUT!

Pictures on Flickr

Enter Pointui - Pointui brings a beautiful User Interface to the mobile device, along with some great eye candy.  I cannot describe it very well, and plus, they already have at their site!

I have installed this small app on my AT&T 8525, and it looks very nice - easy to use, and even impressed my iphone buddies!  This is definitely a keeper!

Check out the video:

More detail from their site: [Pointui]