Yesterday we had the Palm Pre special that quickly got pulled. Today we had Apple’s big announcement that featured price drops on the iPod Touch to make room for a larger capacity (64GB) model. Well this morning we noticed that the 8GB iPod Touch was running at $189. After the big announcement it is $199. [...]
I’m glad Gizmodo grabbed this shot out of the Apple event today. I guess it says a lot about what Apple thinks about Netbooks. Of course the photoshop wiz’s are already at it, as you can see from the comments on the Gizmodo post. (Imagine what we’ll see when and if Apple does release a [...]
Dell showed me the Dell Adamo XPS design concept last week and I was blown away by how thin it is. I wasn’t allowed to take pics or video of it, but Dell posted the first public image of the device today on a teaser web page. At first glance I wasn’t exactly sure what [...]
Comcast is planning to launch trials of its TV Anywhere service in 30 to 60 days. It will be interesting to see how this goes. Essentially TV Anywhere allows Comcast subscribers to watch content they already subscribe to online. The venture is a partnership with Time Warner. According to a report in this ZDNet article, [...]
Well, there were certainly no shortages of surprises at today’s Apple event. Pretty much everyone’s predictions were off in some way, particularly the one about cameras in the iPod touch (I scored about 0.5 out of 3). The touch got a storage bump on the high end and a price drop on the low end, [...]
So, the hard drive on my Apple iMac decided to spin its last spin and head to the place where crashed hard drives go when they die. Fortunately, in the run up to Snow Leopard being released, I had made sure I had not only backed everything up, but done so with redundancy. I don’t [...]
jkkmobile is showing off a video with the Asus T91 Tablet running Windows 7. He calls it sofa surfing, but we all know that’s just a euphemism for stall surfing.
While Apple fans and everyone else eagerly await what will be unveiled later today by the big fruit. Here’s a little parody fun from The Onion featuring the Apple Wheel. This was out awhile ago, but Rex Hammock’s post brought it back to life. Check out the prices on the show room cards and [...]
Everyone knew Palm was working on another Web OS based device similar, yet different, to the Palm Pre, and today they’ve taken the wraps off of the Palm Pixi. Scheduled to be available sometime before the holidays via Sprint, the Pixi runs the Web OS but instead of a slide out keyboard it’s all right [...]
You knew this was coming in light of Microsoft’s pricing of the Zune HD. Apple, jumping ahead of its big announcement today, has dropped prices across the board on its iPod line. The 8GB iPod Touch model is now $189 down from $229. The 16GB model is now $249 down from $299. The 32GB model [...]
Joanna Stern, who I guess is now working at Gizmodo, gives a quick hands on with the Archos 9 Tablet. This touchscreen tablet that has evolved from Archos’ PMP line certainly has captured a lot of attention from many quarters. Joanna says the device feels a bit heavy or unbalanced at its 1.9lbs weigh in. [...]
That was quick. A few short hours ago I noticed posts referencing that Sprint was offering $100 off to folks who changed carriers and picked up a new two year contract with Sprint. The idea was obviously to get folks to switch. Well, looks like the switch is on, but not quite that way. Sprint [...]
There’s nothing like the combination of a short holiday week here in the US and an Apple event scheduled that same week to slow down the flow of news. Apple kicks off its big Rock and Roll event tomorrow, and many companies are steering clear of whatever Apple may or may not announce. No company [...]
Just in time to help our nation’s students get ready to go back-to-school, The New York Times has an opinion piece entitled “Op-Art: The Write Stuff” with tips on how to improve one’s handwriting, a critical skill for our youth (though not so much for keyboard jockeys). As a pen input and Tablet PC enthusiast, [...]
Designed to help LaTeX users find special characters by drawing them instead of hunting through an index, Detexify2 is moving us one step closer to web-based handwriting recognition. Just draw a character in the specified area and in seconds, a list of matches pops up on the right-hand side. As you can see from my [...]
I say it over and over again. The Achilles heel of most of the innovation we are seeing in computing is how broadband develops to keep pace with the demands we are placing on the pipes. To be honest, I’m not overly optimistic that the pipes will ever be big enough to keep up. The [...]
On again, off again. The short and chaotic history of Apple’s App Store has certainly had its share of on and offs. The latest has to deal with the Commodore 64 emulator. This was first rejected by Apple awhile ago, then surprisingly reinstated just last week. The app let you play a few games, and [...]
Lenovo’s offering a soft netbook sleeve for just $6.99 after a $5 discount and $3 coupon. The sleeve was designed for the IdeaPad S10 and S10-2, but we’re pretty sure it’ll protect just about any 10″ netbook. Visit LogicBuy for the coupon code.
I spent most of Labor Day weekend building a cabin with my dad on our family’s property in Sonoma county. I actually enjoyed lifting heavy beams, digging ditches and clearing brush, but I did have to check in with some colleagues on some urgent projects we’re collaborating on. I usually overpack technology gear, but I [...]
Asus threw curve balls at everybody with the Eee PC line and now looks like it is poised to do the same to the eBook reader market. Remember the dual screen, foldable device we’ve been seeing pictures of? Well, it looks like it might surface as an eBook reader, with Asus promising that it will [...]
If you’re like me, you’ve been frustrated a time or two by the limited screen resolution of your favorite netbook. A 10.1-inch screen was a vast improvement over the original 7-inch Eee PC, but my eyes can still feel like they’re jailed at 1024×600; A claustrophobic feeling often takes over when I’m netbook surfing. [...]
You may have read how I believe the upcoming Apple Tablet or CrunchPad would be an excellent tool for K-12 students. While I do believe these tablet devices could have a significant positive impact on the realm of education, I don’t plan on purchasing one for my personal use. Here’s why: What can it do [...]
Like a lot of folks, I love my iPhone, but am fed up with AT&T. Seth “the blogger guy” from AT&T put together a video in an attempt to educate all of us on how difficult it is to let subscribers reach out and touch someone. Apparently, smartphones are to blame. “We thought it’d be [...]
Sascha from Netbooknews.com got tos pend some time with the Toshiba JournE media tablet. It has a seven-inch resistive touchscreen display and runs on Windows CE 6.0. Toshiba claims the battery will last for up to 14 hours while web surfing. It is capable of playing HD videos, but battery life will fall to about [...]
Microsoft got some relief from the U.S. Court of Appeals and was granted a stay on the injunction that prohibited it from selling Microsoft Word. The stay allows Microsoft to continue selling Word until its appeal is heard against the ruling that it willfully infringed on a patent held by i4i regarding the processing XML. [...]
Remember Amazon’s Big Brother like take back of George Orwell titles from the Kindle? It caused quite a stir, and was filled with irony. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos stepped up then and apologized and promised it would never happen again. Now Amazon is going further and offering to redeliver the titles to those who found [...]
When Apple released the new iPhone 3GS and the updated OS 3.0 software, there was much consternation about AT&T’s inability to provide one of the key new features that Apple was touting, MMS. Other carriers around the world had it ready on launch, but for those of us here in the good old USA, we [...]
Still calling his Samsung Q1UP a Tablet PC, Jon Stokes at Ars Technica follows up on his previous report on old-school gaming on a UMPC with updated minimum specs and battery performance. Responding to complaints over the price of his rig, he notes he can underclock the 1.33GHz processor down to 800MHz without suffering a [...]
At the IFA conference Toshiba seems to be wowing some folks with the introduction of its JournE Touch Multimedia Tablet. Yes, the emphasis is on multimedia and no, the Tablet moniker isn’t what you would hope this might be. By all appearances it looks like the 7 inch device is aimed squarely at whatever mythic [...]
UMPCPortal sits down with the creator of a computer rig that lets you walk around and downloads more data on how it came about. You’ll remember user designate FiveSeven808 and his wearable computer rig from their initial post several weeks ago. This presumably is the interview teased in that debut. The interview goes into the [...]
We might still be a few weeks away from the official first day of fall, but the weather here in the Northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia this week has turned wonderfully autumn like. With the coming of fall this year comes more than just the promise of cooler weather. It also brings the onset of [...]
Sumocat posted about Fujitsu’s multi-touch Tablet PCs a short time ago, and jkkmobile sent along a link to a video of the touch screen in action from newgadgets.de. Check it out.
Are you willing to spread the word about Microsoft’s Windows 7? Do you just want an excuse to hold a party? Well, you might want to check this out. Microsoft is looking for folks to host a party and show off the new features in Windows 7. With the October 22 launch date approaching, it [...]
Been almost eight months since Wacom demoed their multi-touch capacitive digitizer on a Tablet PC, and we’ve without updates since. Now, finally, comes word that not one but two new Tablet PCs are in the works packing Wacom multi-touch goodness. Straight out of IFA 2009, German site Golem.de shows us two new convertibles from Fujitsu, [...]
This month’s edition of Bluebeam Insider, the official newsletter of Bluebeam Software, is loaded with Tablet PC love. At the top of their list is a Q&A with two real world users of Revu, their PDF creation and editing tool, on their Tablet PCs. Both are architects who use a Lenovo x61 and a Motion [...]
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Droid RAZR MAXX First Impressions and Unboxing Video
The Droid RAZR is just months old, but Motorola has already seen fit to introduce another mmber to the RAZR family, the Droid RAZR MAXX. The Droid RAZR (review) was known for a super thin design and Kevlar back, but it lacked in the battery life department. We saw 11-12 hours of battery life in [...]
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When Nokia took the stage in New York City with carrier partner T-Mobile USA, various news outlets were reporting that Nokia was either working on a 3-inch tablet or media player. Right now, the company says that the information that was reported earlier was all a misunderstanding by various hopeful blogs. The device that was [...]
Pad & Quill Octavo iPad Case 2 Looks Great but is Bulky
The Pad & Quill Octavo case for the iPad 2 is a leather bound case that looks great on the iPad 2. This case is crafted with care and you can tell that when you pick it up. Pad & Quill is known for producing high quality cases that protect your tablet, computer or iPhone with [...]
Pad & Quill Fire Keeper: A Beautiful Kindle Fire Case
If you have a Kindle Fire, then you owe it to yourself to take a look at the beautiful Kindle Fire Keeper, a case from Pad & Quill. Pad & Quill cases protect your iPad, eBook reader, computer or iPhone with a touch of class giving users a classic book-like experience even though they’re holding a very [...]
id America Gasket iPhone Case Review
iPhone cases are a dime a dozen, but now and then I see one that stands out. Enter the Gasket iPhone case from id America. The id America Gasket case is a brushed aluminum iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S case that looks absolutely stunning. The machined case is inspired by the head gasket you’d find inside a [...]
