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The head of Google in Spain and Portugal has confirmed that Google is working on a mobile phone. "Some of the time the engineers are dedicated to developing a mobile phone," Isabel Aguilera is quoted as saying on the Spanish-news Web site Noticias.com.

A Google spokeswoman in the United States released this statement when asked for comment: "Mobile is an important area for Google and we remain focused on creating applications and establishing and growing partnerships with industry leaders to develop innovative services for users worldwide. However, we have nothing further to announce."

Google stateside has repeatedly declined to comment on rumors of a Google Phone, but the smoke has been rising lately. Earlier this month, Simeon Simeonov of Polaris Venture Partners wrote in his blog that an inside source told him the Google Phone will be a BlackBerry-like device running C++ at the core with an operating system bootstrap, or loading program, and optimized Java, and that it would offer voice over Internet Protocol.

Rumors also circulated that Google and Samsung were building a phone, code-named "Switch," Simeonov said, and his posting includes what he claims is a leaked photo of the device. That wouldn't be so far-fetched, since Google and Samsung announced a partnership in January to bundle mobile versions of Google Search, Google Maps and Gmail on certain Samsung phones. Late last year, the rumor was that France Telecom Group's mobile-telephony division Orange was in discussions with Google.

Plus, Google has on its payroll Andy Rubin, the founder of handheld device maker Danger who later started Android, a mobile-software maker that Google bought in 2005. Google also acquired mobile-applications company Reqwireless and secretly acquired a company called Skia, whose first product is a portable graphics engine that renders 2D graphics on handhelds.

This can be the photo of the Google Phone, it can be photoshopped or fake or ... but it can be real !

Source:
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-6167826-7.html
http://forums.mobileburn.com/showthread.php?t=21114

Eric Schmidt Defines Web 3.0

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:43:00 +0000

Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked to define Web 3.0 at Seoul Digital Forum. The answer was, Web 3.0 will be "application that are pieced together".

This is the video from YouTube showing the full answer.

Wow, Whats next? Similar Videos ?!

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:28:00 +0000

Google has started a new service called Pattern Matching! which can be uses in most of Google services. This is cool, checkout the link below and find more information about it. What's gonna happen next? Google can find similar videos or what ? I can't guess!

Pattern matching in Google

Sunglasses Polarizer

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 21:52:00 +0000

If you really want to add some punch to your images, then get your hands on a polarizing filter. A polarizer is the one filter every photographer should have handy for landscapes and general outdoor shooting. By reducing glare and unwanted reflections, polarized shots have richer, more saturated colors, especially in the sky.

What's that you say? Your digital camera can't accommodate filters. Don't despair. I've been using this trick for years with my point-and-shoot cameras. If you have a pair of quality sunglasses, then simply take them off and use them as your polarizing filter. Place the glasses as close to the camera lens as possible, then check their position in the LCD viewfinder to make sure you don't have the rims in the shot.

Figure 2a.

If your camera doesn't accept filters, then you can still achieve the effects of a polarizer by placing your sunglasses over the lens. Figure 2a is shot normally without any filtration. Figure 2b is shot during the same session, but with sunglasses placed over the lens. Notice the enhanced colors and deeper sky tones. (Canon PowerShot S200, Program mode)

Figure 2b.

For the best effect, position yourself so the sun is over either your right or left shoulder. The polarizing effect is strongest when the light source is at a 90-degree angle from the subject.

(Source: http://www.oreillynet.com)

Another View of 33 Pol

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 10:07:00 +0000

Color Creation

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:01:00 +0000

This is the process of creating color from Anaar (pomegranate) and walnut shell, milling them and mix them with other stuff. They use it for clothing, rug and ....
I took it in Isfahan Bazaar ( market), there is not much of these kind of traditional way of doing things left in Iran, everything is getting automatic or done by manufactures.

33 Pol

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 13:00:00 +0000

33 Pol or Allah-Verdi Khan is one of the 33 bridges of Isfahan, Iran. It is highly ranked as being one of the most famous examples of Safavid bridge design.

Commissioned in 1602 by Shah Abbas I from his chancellor Allahverdi Khan Undiladze, an Iranian ethnic Georgian, it consists of two layers of 33 arches (hence the Persian name, Sioseh, which means 33). There is a larger base plank at the start of the bridge where the river Zayandeh rud flows into it, with a mounted tea house there.

Iran, what a great country

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:14:00 +0000

بنرین سهمیه بندی شد

From tonight fuel is finished in Iran !!!! :) we are not allowed to use more than 100 Liter in one month. What a great country, we don't have fuel, we can't buy any houses because it is very expensive ! prices of everything are getting high !! , the electricity is getting finished !!! what is left is food and water ! which I think it will finish soon !
So have a good life in the next years !

Salt Lake (Orumieh)

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:06:00 +0000

This is a part of the beach of Orumieh salt lake, I went there in April and it was cold and windy that we couldn't stay there. I wish I could see the sunrise, but the sky was cloudy :( . It is beautiful and Huge ! you should see it.

AMD CEO: Intel Is a Monopoly, Microsoft Isn't

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 20:59:00 +0000

(This is based on Betanews)

In a keynote this morning AMD CEO Hector Ruiz gave attendees what he described as "an idea of what it's like to do business day in and day out when you are competing against an abusive monopolist." But is Intel really a monopoly?

(And a very nice statistic about Intel)

An iSuppli quarterly report issued in April showed Intel was responsible for having earned 80.2% of the world's global sales of microprocessors, with AMD earning 11.1% and smaller players the remainder. Though this is down from a high of 86% for Intel in the first quarter of 2004, it's a sizable 4.5% gain over the previous quarter, and a drop of 4.6% for AMD over the same quarter.

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم

noreply@blogger.com (Payman M) — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 19:51:00 +0000

! سلام به همگی
تابستان امسال را با بلاگ نویسی شروع می کنم
چون تخصص اینجانب در دو فیلد وسیع می باشد به همین دلیل در این بلاگ از هر دو استفاده می کنم
این اولین با هستش که دارم چیزی می نویسم ،پس از اشکالات لطفا صرف نظر کنید و از انتقاد دریغ نکنید

این عکس هم برای شروع میذارم که نشان دهنده دعوای من و خودم است (:
فقط نمی دونم کودوم منم کودوم خودمم ! یکم وقت می خواد که بفهمم
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