Google translation 'app' hits iPhone

Google software that turns iPhones into interpreters has become available at Apple's online App Store.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

"The new app accepts voice input for 15 languages, and - just like the web app - you can translate a word or phrase into one of more than 50 languages," Google engineer Wenzhang Zhu said in a blog post.

"For voice input, just press the microphone icon next to the text box anhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifd say what you want to translate."

Google Translate for iPhone uses the same speech synthesizing technology as a version of the program released last month for desktop computers, according to the engineer.

The Mountain View, California-based Internet powerhouse in January added language translation capabilities to Android-powered smartphones with software that lets the handsets translate conversations in real time.

Google's Android surged past iPhone last quarter and is closing in on the Blackberry as the most popular smartphone platform in the United States, market tracking firm comScore said Monday.

iPad Review

The apple iPad is the second type of tablet computer developed by Apple computers and it replaces the Newton, which was Apples first tablet style computer. It was first announced in January 27, 2010 and it will be available for customers in March and April, depending on which model you want. It has been described as a product that is a cross between an iPhone and a laptop computer. The function of the iPad is very similar to the iPhone because they share the same operating system. The user interface has been designed to take advantage of a larger screen.

The iPad has a large LED backlit multi- touch display is 9.7in and the pixel resolution is 1024x768. It will have 16 to 64 gigs of flash memory, a processor with 1-gigahertz processing power called the Apple A4, blue tooth 2.1 with a 30pin dock connector which will enable you to sync with iTunes and allow you to connect various wired accessories. There have been 2 models announced so far, one of them will have 802.11n Wi-Fi and the other one will be 802.11n Wi-Fi with 3G capability and assisted GPS. This product will be able to use iBookstore service and companion iBooks eBookreading application the iPad is comparable to Amazons “Kindle”

The history of the iPad actually goes back to the early 1990’s when Apple released the Newton MessagePad 100. This was apples first foray into tablet style computers and it was produced all the way up to the late 1990’s. In 2007 apple re-entered the market with the best selling iPhone, which ultimately paved the way for the iPad. It has a super fast CPU which makes for some fast web page loading capability and scrolling has no problems. It has the capability to run all of iPods applications right out of the box. The iPad has shown to be more useful compared to the competitions such as the “Kindle”.

The iPad uses lithium-ion polymer batteries and if the battery does not hold sufficient charge it will replace the entire device for a small fee of 99 dollars. There are many useful optional accessories that come with it such as a keyboard dock, a case which can also be used to position it in various angles and a camera connection kit with a USB type connector and also a USB power adaptor. The iBooks application means that you will be able to download iBookstore. Many of the major book publishers such as Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon&Schuster, and MacMillan have agreed to publish for iPad.

The price of this device is considered to be modest especially for its capabilities, because ultimately it is about the software. This device is not about the hardware features and build; it is about the software and user interface. People who have used it say that any criticism will disappear after you use it and see the speed at which it responds and how user friendly the interface is and not to mention the richness and detail of the display. Some critics have called it the most user friendly computer device to come out in recent times. As an added bonus, for those of you who own an iPhone, you will find the iPad to be a familiar piece of equipment because of some of their commonalities. All in all the iPad has shown to be a great device with some impressive pedigree.

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iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course

“We don’t know how to build a $500 computer that’s not a piece of junk.”

“Netbooks aren’t better at anything.”

Those two quotes are both from Apple CEO Steve Jobs. The first was during an earnings call in late 2008 when Jobs fielded a question about why Apple wasn’t cutting prices amid the rising success of netbooks. The second came on Wednesday as Jobs was unveiling the iPad.

Apple has made it clear all along that they had no plans to build a netbook. And true to their word, they haven’t. But that doesn’t mean that Apple didn’t feel there was a need for a device that resided in between a full laptop and a mobile phone — in fact, that’s squarely where Apple is positioning the iPad. With it, they feel that they’ve created a $500 (for the baseline version) device that is superior to every netbook out there.

Meanwhile, Google has decided to target the market in between the laptop and the mobile phone as well. But whereas Apple is anti-netbook, Google is very pro-netbook — they just want to make them better. That’s the reason behind Google’s Chrome OS, as Google clearly laid out during its unveiling event late last year.

And so yes, we once again have Google and Apple on a collision course.

Now, it remains to be seen if people who buy an iPad will do so instead of buying a netbook. At first, I’m not so sure that will be the case. But it stands to reason that eventually, this will happen. And as Jobs’ comments on stage on Wednesday made abundantly clear, that’s Apple’s idea too. In their eyes, you shouldn’t buy a cheap, underpowered PC, you should buy an iPad, their anti-netbook.

Google, which plans to release its first Chrome OS-based netbooks in time for the holiday season next year, can’t like that plan too much. They have promised that netbooks that run Chrome OS will be better than current netbooks because they’re dictating certain minimum requirements (such as big keyboards) to manufacturing partners. But Chrome OS netbooks won’t be able to match the sex appeal of the iPad’s multi-touch screen. However, what they can offer is a familiar experience (much more like a traditional laptop then an iPad), and that will be appealing to a lot of people.

And what’s interesting is that for either of the two to be massive hits, they both will need consumers to continue to feel comfortable moving away from traditional software applications such as Microsoft Office. But their plans to get consumers to do that are very different. Google wants everyone to move towards doing everything on their apps in the cloud. Apple, as they made clear with their overly-long iWork for iPad demo on Wednesday, wants everyone to move towards using iPhone OS-based apps.

And that’s why this battle coming at the end of this year will be interesting to watch. Both Apple and Google are very popular with consumers, but their offerings are very different — while aiming for the same market. And as two companies that were once as close as could be, it’s also fascinating to watch the tension and awkwardness as they now compete in an ever-growing number of areas.

If this market between laptops and smartphones proves big enough, perhaps the two frenemies can once again find a common ground and band together to defeat their common enemy: Microsoft. But the obvious strategy for this used to be that Google would attack Microsoft from the bottom with its Chrome OS netbooks, while Apple attacked from the top with their premium computers, leaving Microsoft squeezed in the middle. With the iPad now clearly aimed at netbooks thanks to its pricing and Apple’s positioning, everything is different.

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