Apple Finally Releases the New IPad!

Some of the Key features are:

The new Apple IPad was finally announced in a 1.5 pound WI-FI unit or 1.6 pound WI-FI + 3G model with high resolution 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS (in-plane switching) display that allows you to do web browsing, watch movies, or look at photos of families and or friends in portrait or landscape modes. It uses a display technology called IPS that has a wide 178° viewing angle allowing you to hold it in almost any way you want, and still get an good picture, with acceptable color and contrast levels. Being thin and light, the iPad has a slight curve to the back with a battery life expected to be up to 10 hours long even while surfing the web with WI-FI, viewing videos or listening to music. Wireless 802.11n is built into all units with Bluetooth 2.1 & EDR which allows you to connect wireless headphones or Apple wireless keyboards (accessories). The IPad will also be available with some models with 3G models with speeds up to 7.2 Mbps for when your on the move or traveling.At the heart of the new IPad from Apple is their new A4 chip custom designed by Apple engineers for extreme power (so they say) yet extremely efficient. The IPad will be available with 3 memory storage models of 16, 32, or 64 GB of flash storage. Built in audio connector for output for listening and a built-in microphone along with a built-in speaker to produce sound. There are some accessories that are going to be available I am sure plus more to come. All app-store applications are supposed to be compatible with this new unit including games with a new feature that doubles pixels for graphics. The 3G model feature is an incredible offer not because of the price of the model but the price of AT&T's service and NO CONTRACT offer & Wifi hotspots. This is going to turn not only the netbook industry on its ears but revitalize the lagging and dead slow tablet industry of the past.

Boxee Beta DOA Solutions for MAC!

My last article about the Boxee DOA Beta release has a solution an although it's a relatively easy fix, it should of been more been announced to the general public and it was not or better yet it should been fixed before being released but anyway there is a fix. The following will help those who have not already been helped.

Instructions taken from the website are:

First, make sure you have done a clean install of Boxee.

This means not only uninstalling Boxee, but also deleting/moving your Boxee configuration directory:
http://forum.boxee.tv/showthread.php?t=3962

on os x (and the apple tv):
~/Library/Application Support/BOXEE/

on linux:
~/.boxee/

on windows xp:
c:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\BOXEE\

on windows vista/7:
c:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\BOXEE\

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notes:
* on unix-like operating systems '~' means 'users home directory' (ie: /home/[username]/)
* boxee keeps all user-related config info in: 'UserData' (guisettings.xml, advancedsettings.xml, etc)
* boxee keeps all profile-related config info in: '/UserData/profiles/[profilename]/'
[THE BOXEE BETA REQUIRES A CLEAN INSTALL]

After you have done this, if your issue persists, please enable advanced logging, and provide your logs:
http://support.boxee.tv/forums/49599/entries/43963

Please post all issues in the 'Beta Issues Forum':
http://forum.boxee.tv/forumdisplay.php?f=21

Boxee Beta Release Problems!

With the new release of the new Boxee there are many issues not being discussed by the many happy kiss-up tech journalists in the media like it doesn't work properly (Windows Version), doesn't work at all(Mac Version) or it's missing all together(AppleTV). You would think that with this CES show that just ended that the powers that be would tell us a little more truth about the Boxee wonder of this past year and expected trend of this new year. But instead of leading the pack it has fallen behind because of these issues and it's a shame since they (in my opinion) are who started the whole drive to get a living room type of entertainment experience via the internet through first the AppleTV device. They have come out with their own version of a Boxee device this year (hopefully it works) via another manufacturer but they have seem to have forgotten the other segments of interest or at least it seams so. Online there is some sort of geek fix to the AppleTV problem to get the Beta Boxee to function so I guess someone will have it work but that leaves a lot of people out in the wind blowing, nice way to treat your followers Boxee. I still have hopes that the Boxee team will fix these issues and become a reliable company in the future but shame, shame, shame people.