iriver recently revealed the new ebook product, Cover Story. It's a wonderful and exact name. 'Coz this time the Story comes with a cover to protect the screen.

I got a real one in hand. It feels, especially the paging key on the left. As it shows on the photo, the long bar on the left is the paging key. It also takes the responsibility of going back to previous function view and going back home by clicking the bottom or top of it. There is a menu key on the top side of Cover Story and a power key at the bottom. Volume +/- key is placed on the left side of it. The best design should be the cover. If you think the cover is not convenient to take along, you are wrong. It can be attached to the backside with by magnetism. The long hole on the cover just leaves the speaker on the back of Cover Story in the air.

Touch screen, G-sensor, is the new feature. With G-sensor, you can use left or right hand to handle the ebook based on your habit. Memo function is enhanced too. Set the auto memo function to on, when you draw the stylus pen out, the meme pad pops up and is ready to draw any thing on.

Compare with Story I tried before, the Cover Story feels like lighter, which in fact is not true. But it's really very handy. Though iPad catches most people's eyes, this kind of ebook product is still attractive. Reasons?

• Lighter, smaller, handy
• Eye-protected e-ink screen
• Long battery life
• Cheaper

I would consider it if it's under $350.

Time 1:00am GMT+8. Apple reveal the iPhone OS 4 with many new features. So attractive cool ones are:

• Bluetooth keyboard. When being at home, typing with REAL keyboard is enjoyable. and my iPhone stand has the reason to take a place on the desk then.
• Multitasking! It makes a lot of features come true. And yes, Jobs played the trick again: Blamed multitasking in the very beginning and now makes it happen by Apple itself. 
• VOIP. Skype can run in background and receive calls. Not sure if it's available in 3G network as previous rumor said. Hope for the best.

Besides above, there are more like iBooks (No wonder why stanza has been forced to remove the USB transfer function).

Same as before, a lot of figures were used to prove the improvement of Apple products and the whole business. 

iAd, the fist of Apple on mobile advertising market. It really hurts to the other ad OPs. iAd shows off the ad in a different way (well, first of all, you have to make contents special). iPhone not just benefit from hardware for long, and now this new business adds new value to Apple stocks.

For multitasking, no need to use a task manager to close the applications, means system takes care of it by itself. If it's working well, really user friendly. 

OS 4 comes this summer. 

There's no doubt that this new stuff will make it the hottest keyword in the coming days - iPad. Hey good name is't it? While just changing a character of iPod, there's no better one.

No need to say too much about what it can do now - as so many rumors have been proven - this not-too-little gadget costs $499 for 16GB, WiFi, 9.7inch touch IPS screen, $599 for 32GB and $799 for 64GB. Use 3G to browse internet? $130 more for each model makes it true.

Ok. That's all for the show. Surprised and excited? Nah~~ that's ok. For me, it's cool enough, but I like my MacBook more. 

Plus, it must be the hottest stuff in Starbucks in the near future too.

You must know where to find it.

Update: Maybe I have to take my words back? It beats the photo frame, the game console, the book, and ... I'd say, who don't want one? 

Chinese saying, "Better work needs better tools". That's a good excuse for me to upgrade my equipment. Including the MacBook, the brand new DELL U2410f, and the DXRACER LCD/laptop stand. All above are installed on my desk in office.Colleagues thought I'm crazy: A geek who use his own equipments to work for company, and the equipments cost nearly 20,000RMB. I'm thinking in another way, the powerful computer and large LCD make me work more efficiently. And they make me feel happy when working. Compare with that, money is nothing. Like my blog title said, laughing means more to me.

The LCD stand arrived today. I had to go to the logistic center in downtown to pick it up by myself. It needed 10 minutes riding to get there. The toughest part was carrying it back. Without a shelf on my bike, the 8KG box left a strip of bloodstain on my shoulder.

6 years later, I finally got my new large screen LCD. Costs less, but much lager (17" vs 24").

Dell U2410, what I like most, is the OSD design.  5 buttons with touch sensor and blue LED, when moving fingers over it, the LED turns on automatically. Touch it slightly, the other 4 button LED turn on and the menu appears just next to them. With so detailed settings, U2410 meets all my needs.

I've been thinking of buying a new LCD from last Oct. When doing the coding and designing work, the old pal Maya 17" was not large enough to show so many windows I opened. And it was too dark to watch movies. After all, it's been worked for me for 6 years. 2408WFP was my target at that time. Just one thing: it exceeded my budget. Then I waited and waited. So many times, I would like to step back and get the 22" model, with was so hot and popular too, 2209WA. What a coincidence, 2 days before I making the decision, Hei told me a new model released. This is it. Another dream comes true story.

It's been released for a few months. I just got a real one on hand. Generally it's same with previous version. But when operating, the eyes appear. It reminds me the theme song of the famous game Final Fantasy VIII: Eyes On Me. This time maybe we can say Eyes On Mplayer. Really cute.

Yes, it's comfortable, easy to use. When touching the keyboard, it feels so good! Comes with OS X Leopard and fully support of Windows, MacBook is definitely the very notebook for me. No wonder why P is strongly recommending it. VMware Fusion makes it so easy to access Windows in OS X, Boot Camp can help to install a stand alone Windows in a separated partition. In fact, after using OS X, I think Windows can be just a tool, a tool for working, OS X is the one that fits in the life. But in the same time, I like my powerful ThinkPad too. I can not give up any of them. It's really a hard decision to make.