AviDardik.com

I had very little time these last couple of weeks for anything really. AviDardik.com included.

I flew to LA, and generally work kept me busy. And Murphy’s Law: the domain registration expired exactly 2 weeks ago, and I haven’t even noticed.

I’m back, the domain registration was extended once more, and AviDardik.com is back online.

Google just announce that Google Chrome is out of Beta an is officially released!

I don’t think I remember Google taking any product out of Beta. Gmail is in Beta for how long now? And here, after a short 3 month period Chrome is officially out.

My theory is that Google really wants to push this one hard, and they figured a lot of people are hesitant to download and use such a major component while it’s still defined as “Beta”.

But you know what the funny thing is? It worked with me! I’m now downloading and installing Chrome for the first time. Great idea Google!

Google Chrome

Nokia has officially unveiled the next flagship product, a successor to the N95:
The Nokia N97.
The N95 is really a fantastic phone, I’ve been using it for quite some time now, and even prefer it over my iPhone due to the much better PIM features (Contacts, Calendar etc..), PC sync capability, video recording and more!

Nokia N97

The N97 promises to be the next step in the phone’s evolution, continuing the great N95 tradition, incorporating some cool iPhone-like features and more!

I want one!!!

Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5″ touch display with a full tilting QWERTY keyboard!
The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.

More good info at AllAboutSymbian.com

Slowly but safely Gmail is getting closer and closer to be the mail client of choice for a lot of people.
For me at least, that’s true, as more and more of my personal email transactions are getting done on Gmail.
I still open up Outlook, but nowadays it’s really mainly for archiving. (Call me a paranoid, but I still don’t trust anyone else but myself to backup the years of email messages!)

Another cool new feature Google revealed today is Theme Support!

To customize your inbox, go to the Themes tab under Settings.