What to do with the Telpad

What can one do with the new telpad?  When it was conceptualized, it was designed to provide more than  ordinary communication service.  The device is feature packed, sharing the same functionalities with other Tablets plus more!

Stay posted, for a list of applications the system can support. 

PLDT telpad

As mentioned in my previous post, Neugent successfully co-developed with PLDT a tablet PC for DSL subscribers.  Based on the Android Cortex processor, the unit is just the first version but is already feature rich.  Expect more exciting products and tablet versions from the company.

AD-1000 specs

Some links about the launch:

http://www.qlickcafe.com/blogs/qlick-solutions/pldt-telpad-product-launch/

http://www.usnewslasvegas.com/business/pldt-introduces-telpad-service/

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/toys-gadgets/the-st-paul-android-tablet-for-student-project/

Inside track:

The unit is similar to the Samsung Galaxy tablet and was codeveloped by Neugent Technologies and PLDT.  A really good deal with a data line.  Drop me an email if you are interested :).

Their website:

http://www.neugent.net/

Kudos to the Neugent team!

Like any good movie, let me end this article with a list of people (credits) who made the product possible.

Hardware Department

Jefferson Manicdao
Robert Kak
Leomar Basister
Rouen John Cia
John Ryan Gumtang
Jennifer Godinez
Dave Cano
Paulo Segundo
Derrick Morales

Platform Department


Joel Perez
Kermith Galang
Prado Bognot
Archie Briones

Application Department

Jackie Guzman
Byron Cortez
AJ Quinto
Dennis Catimbang

A modern deskphone

Expect a new deskphone to hit Philippines and global shores soon.  Based on the ARM Cortex processor, the Andy AD-1000 is an innovative all-in-one device that reinvents the home phone by turning it into a virtual communications and media center. Built on the Android platform, AD-1000 is a new breed of home phone that combines the simplicity of a landline phone and the functionality of a smart phone designed specifically to improve the comfort, safety, convenience and value of homes around the world.



Featuring a seven-inch color touch screen frame, AD-1000 offers one-touch access from anywhere in the home to a vast lineup of compelling features, applications and rich media content, including visual voice mail, online store, directory, weather reports, e-mail access, local news, and more.

Google Chrome OS - sneak peek

Here is a sneak peak of the Google Chrome OS. Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks.  According to the official google blog, speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS.  Here is a slideshow of the OS as reviewed by PC Magazine:

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l%253D246319%2526a%253D246243%2526po%253D1,00.asp

You can download and get involved in the development of the Chrome OS here. You need to have Linux. 
and have the following:

Ubuntu (Hardy 8.04 or newer, Karmic 9.10 recommended)
An account with root access (needed to run chroot and modify the mount table)
Chromium prerequisites (needed to build a Chromium-based browser as part of building Chromium OS)

Exhibition at Philconstruct

This week, the sales team had an exhibit at the SMX (SM exhibition center) featuring several product lines including, embedded DVRs, PC based DVRs, web based DIDO and central monitoring system.  Some of the pics are shown below

Above.  The Central Monitoring Station console

Camera and Audio visual presentation

A busy week for the team

Understanding a DVR

What are the major components of a DVR?  This is a diagram of a typical security DVR where you will see the major components starting with the CPU, the compression chip, video encoder and decoder and various sub systems.

Scalability

Scalability key to viability

Software capability determines product application and scale. Aside from the basic client software bundled with the units, some large and midsize companies also offer software development kits or SDKs. Certain designs even provide Wiegand for intercom with access control.Software compatibility, however, restricts product variety. With no official industry standard to solve equipment or platform mismatches, makers are limited to only a few available types of software and hardware.

Most DVS models from China are based on RISC CPU (ARM9) + ASIC or RISC CPU + DSP architecture, which is similar to embedded DVRs. DSP is mostly adopted in high-end products because of its flexibility. ASIC, which has lower cost and a shorter manufacturing period, is mostly used in low-end and midrange models.

The commonly utilized DSP solutions are TI’s DM64x, NXP’s PNX-1500 and 1700, ADI’s Blackfin BF53x and Equator’s BSP-15. ASIC solutions are sourced from HiSilicon, Faraday, Softlogic, Vweb and Nextchip. Of these, HiSilicon’s Hi3510 is widely adopted. Makers said it provides complete technology support at lower cost.

Adoption of SoC is also rapidly expanding, with some suppliers of ASIC and DSP solutions already promoting SoCs, such as HiSilicon’s Hi3510 and Hi3511, TI’s DaVinci platform and NXP’s PNX8550 and PNX8950.

One  SOC is SOLOs 6010

Softlogic has been developing security chips since 2002 and it has been developing all ASIC IP, embedded software for embedded system; DDK driver for PC based DVR and the hardware of reference boards.

SOLO6010the newest announced chip in Jan. 2007. SOLO6010 will be a main solution for the most security systems with 16channel video multiplexer, quadruple speed D1 MPEG4 video CODEC and quadruple speed D1 motion JPEG encoder. Application such as 4/8(9)/16 channel DVR/ NVS/PCI card can be developed easily, and different performance and cost effective solution with SOLO6010 platform.