image: Summit Entertainment

Of course, I’m going to see the movie and realize how wrong (or right!) I was when I say that, based on the trailers, this reminds me of a cross between Jumper (a terrible film, in my opinion) and X-Men. The main characters appear to have some special powers but, unfortunately, some government agency wants to spoil all the fun by tracking them down and turning them into weapons of some sort.

The main thing that attracted me to this film was the fact that this is the first movie where Dakota Fanning appears to be more than just a little girl.  I don’t know why it’s so trippy but I guess some part of me will think she’s eight years old forever.

I’m not even going to try to get more descriptive about the plot (even the online summaries are confusing) but, hopefully, you’ll get a good idea of what it’s about from the trailer:

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Now on DVD: “Push”

AIM for iPhone and iPod Touch

One of my biggest gripes before with instant messaging on the iPod Touch was that I always had to have the application on or else I would be disconnected from the service. If I’m waiting for someone I can’t do anything else on my iPod Touch. Hence I didn’t really use my iPod Touch much for instant messaging.

Push service finally comes and I think it’s an answered prayer. I tried it and it works. I could do other things with my iPod and receive notices when messages arrive. Cool. Yup until I encountered one problem. I’m still unsure if it’s just my particular set up or this happens to others as well.

I connected with AIM on my iPod Touch and it was working well. One thing I forgot was to sign out on my iPod Touch, I got so used to being signed out upon exiting the app that it didn’t cross my mind. So I transfer to my laptop and use Adium. I’m connected to AIM and I’m able to send messages. Unfortunately I wasn’t getting any replies. I just see the icon change to a “writing symbol” but I don’t get the replies of the person I’m talking to. I found out that the messages were being sent to my iPod Touch. It doesn’t go to both.

So now I have to constantly remember to sign off on my iPod Touch or I won’t get my messages. That’s quite a drag…

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AIM’s Push Notification Problem

More important, Crossbow brings improved stability vs. its predecessor, Windows Mobile 5.0. After that release came out, Microsoft released an extension called Messaging and Security Feature Pack that provided BlackBerry-like direct push e-mail technology, but it lacked a refined user interface and seamless integration with Microsoft software, partners said.

“Crossbow is much more stable than the previous [Windows Mobile] version,” said another partner and beta tester, who asked not to be named. “It’s about stability — no problems in the first 10 minutes or the first 10 days.”

Beta testers of Crossbow-based devices said the maturity and stability of the platform and its development model and integration with the next-generation fleet of Microsoft software will drive high growth through 2007.

Source: Pocket PC Addict
Source: Microsoft Aims ‘Crossbow’ Windows Mobile OS For 4Q Release

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Crossbow Coming 2007