Monday, August 12, 2013

Making a custom PC?

I've had some serious time spent into looking into a lot of the details entailing what I might call my perfect computer, so here goes... (this may evolve over time).  This is more of a notepad for myself than anything, but you can use it as a guideline to remember things.

6 core 4 gHz CPU (+2 cores for standard processing)
Overclock / Undervolt toggle ability
Ability to shut down / put to "deep sleep" cores
8 GB gaming RAM
50-100 GB Solid-state drive to speed up boot/most used programs/shut down/etc
50 GB Solid-state drive for factory reset purposes
25-50 TB Hard Disk Drive for everything else.
Ability to shut off certain sectors of hard disk to use for system speed-up
2-4 Disk Drives Blu-ray compatible
Triple Boot System (Windows 7 Ultimate / OSX / Ubuntu)
Full ergonomic keyboard with light up keys (keys are covered in plastic *not paint*)
Mousepad on keyboard
Dedicated Camera/webcam buttons on keyboard
Right-handed gaming mouse with a cloth-covered cord for least desk corner / side resistance
10+ MP webcam / camera
High Definition PCM Microphone
High Definition 7.1 Surround Sound Speakers / hook-up
The latest wireless network adapter
High Definition 32" 1080p LED screen

Friday, April 5, 2013

Your Android Phone and You

You may say that all you want a phone for is calling, texting and the ever popular Facebook application.  As some of you may not understand this, these things are available via a regular flip-phone (or a dumbphone).  So what is it that makes the smartphone so attractive?  Well, a lot of you would say the screen resolution and the ability to play games, whereas others might say they get better reception.  The truth of the matter is, people want a smartphone, when they don't need one, because everyone else has one.  A smartphone is able to be used for so much more than most people not in business use it for.  Yes, the ability to have the internet at high speeds and have high end gaming on-the-go is very nice, but that is still underestimating the power of any smart device.  The wonderful thing about smart devices is they bend to any lifestyle and, at the same time, open doors you've never seen before.  You may get your very first smartphone thinking you won't use it for anything but Facebook, texting and phone calls, but I can assure you that a lot of you will end up using it for more than that.  

Friday, January 4, 2013

The perfect android phone (my opinion)

There is a very simple way to make the perfect android phone, so Google and other manufacturers can stop doing all the guesswork.  Nobody wants a phone bogged down by "features", a.k.a. CPU bogging shortcuts.  What everyone wants is a classy-looking, hearty, smooth, battery-saving, fast, and easy to use phone.  Every attempt to make such a phone has fallen short in one way or another.  The perfect phone, in my opinion of the general populace, has everything anyone could want with the technology available to the public today.

A thin, sleek phone no smaller than the Droid 1 and no larger than the Droid 4 and as thin as the GSIII
A flexible, durable, ultra-responsive touchscreen and an ultra-thin qwerty keyboard
A very high definition screen (e.g. Super AMOLED)  No one cares about color lifespan of the blue subsubpixels.
A very large-life removable battery without enlarging the width of the phone.
A pure android experience (preferred 4.0.1+) *NO ADDED APPS except Google Play Store
An unlocked bootloader
...more to come.  But here's some ideas for the Google/Motorola "X-phone" ;)

The above is what most people want.  I want something very specific, although I'll probably never get it.  Below is what I would like to see.  :)

----------HARDWARE----------
1.) A handset by Motorola/Google.  (I love the reliability of Motorola handset hardware and I like the FM radio antenna :) )
2.) A phone size that is a happy medium between Droid 1 and Droid 3...Droid 4 is just too big
3.) A front face that won't break, chip or melt just by looking at it. (This includes the screen guard on the rim and a bendable display with excellent touch responsiveness and that can take a decent beating. {Android seems to be riddled with touch to move lag})
4.) A high resolution LED (better image and power usage) edge to edge display with very little margin on the top and bottom for speaker, mic, camera and "Droid 1, 2, 3, 4-like" haptic feedback buttons.
5.) A tungsten carbide/rubber (for bendable screen) casing with a removable slim 3000+ mAh battery with replaceable external storage up to 100 GB.
6.) A slim body (like a GSIII)
7.) An ultra-slim slider qwerty Droid 4-like keyboard
8.) Internal Storage of 5 GB
9.) RAM at 3-6 GB
10.) Dual - Quad core 1.0+ gHz processor with an extra "Required operations to run pure Android OS" core to allow main cores to go into sleep mode.
11.) 12+ MP Rear Camera with dual flash (like the original droid) and a front facing camera with a light for low visibility areas for video chat, etc.
12.) A headphone jack that has a reliable connectivity over long periods of time.
13.) 4G (or newest wireless generation available) capabilities with the availability of every other radio before that (with exclusive radios such as CDMA only, etc) to enable users to still be connected to the internet but save battery as well.
14.) The return of the camera button would be nice as well :)
15.) A phone that wasn't so sharp in shape as well...more rounded corners than the Droid 1, 2, 3, and 4

----------SOFTWARE----------
1.) Stock AOSP Jellybean with a Motoblur and non-AOSP apps ON/OFF toggle or make it into an app that people can download and install/uninstall or disable.  Everyone should have the freedom to do with their very expensive phones what they please as far as performance and how it looks.  Allow certain Motoblur features to be turned on while others are off.
2.) A safe overclock/undervolt (specifically using less voltage while being overclocked) feature with the option to change governors, schedulers, and I/O's
3.) Power toggles at the top of the notification bar when pulled down
4.) Swype Keyboard as an option
5.) A power button that is harder for jeans pockets to turn on...I assume Apple has a patent on their switch power button

Maybe more to come...distracted at the moment.