As I noted in an earlier post, I haven’t used a lot of the gadgets I brought on my trip to India and wish I’d left them at home. My Manfrotto tripod and monopod are the two largest items that I haven’t used a single time since I’ve been here. Instead, I’ve been using the [...]
Late Saturday night I started seeing tweets from Gear Diary’s Judie Lipsett about her new Nook that finally arrived. Judie is not happy with the Nook. The title of her post sums it up: The Barnes & Noble nook; or how I managed to completely waste my Saturday on a piece of over-hyped hardware Ouch. [...]
Turns out my prediction about the Google Phone looks pretty good. Apparently Google gave its employees one of the new devices as a Christmas gift. And as a way of creating interest they apparently are looking the other way as those giddy employees are twittering about the device, but not the new Android 2.1 software. [...]
German blog Tablet-Profi has spotted a change in Fujitsu’s statement of Windows 7 support that bodes poorly for some Tablet PC users. Wording has changed from “supported” to “limited support” for following Lifebooks: P1610, P1620, T4220. Full support is still true for T1010, T5010, STYLISTIC ST6012. They go on to note that the “limit” is [...]
I remember when I was a small boy that my grandfather once told me “if you’re going to buy a horse forget about the teeth, get on the damn thing and ride it first.“Â Ordering technology online certainly doesn’t allow you to ride the damn thing first, much less check the teeth. Instead you have [...]
As I said recently in my predictions for 2010 the world is going Tablet crazy with just about everything being called a Tablet and Touch being the UI metaphor that sends folks into paroxysms of gadget lust. Mike Elgan is one of the latter. He’s also pretty good at rewriting human and tech history. He’s [...]
Last week, we reported that the mighty champions of the GBM forum were taking up the call for better drivers for their N-Trig digitizers, particularly those in the Dell Latitude XT and HP Touchsmart tx2 enabling pen + multi-touch. Well, their diligence is getting noticed with N-Trig issuing an official response to a thorough and [...]
I’ve just finished dusting off my crystal ball and the psychic I hired just left my office, so I guess I’m ready to make my predictions for 2010. I fared pretty well on my 2009 predictions, but that doesn’t mean much of anything going forward. One thing for sure is I think 2010 is going [...]
Lenovo has a good deal on the 12″ IdeaPad S12 1.6GHz Atom powered netbook in white. In addition to a $70 instant discount there is a stackable 15% off coupon code which brings the price down to $364.65 and you get free shipping. The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 has 1 GB RAM, 160 GB hard drive [...]
These dual screen netbook sized Tablets continue to puzzle me, but here we have a video of the Kohjinsha Dual Screen DZ in a video unboxing. Of course Kohjinsha now has some competition from Onkyo. The dual screen concept is certainly a feature that sets these devices a part but given that there is no [...]
It isn’t just hardware manufacturers that are working on Tablets and mobile devices that keep buzz like the mythical Apple Tablet afloat, it is also content providers and publishers who are working hard to find ways to deliver content to all those devices in ways that will make it easy for the money to slip [...]
Brilliant and wonderfully done. The rumor that won’t die (or perhaps turn into a real product) has grown larger than life and threatens to overwhelm the tech world. Yes, that’s the mythical Apple Tablet. And how appropriate to have a little fun with that in this Apple Tablet-less holiday season than to use one of [...]
I’m sitting in the Domestic terminal at Chhatrapati Shivaii International in Bombay waiting for my flight to Kerala. There are dozens of guards armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles and the security screening is much more thorough than back home in the U.S. Each passenger has to go through a metal detector and stand still for [...]
If you’re one of those Netbookers who keep looking for another OS to run, you might want to check out teh Jolicloud Pre-Beta that was released for download today. Called Jolicloud Express it installs itself as a dual boot option (leaving Windows intact if that’s what you’re running.) Jolicloud has been inching towards release for [...]
The one thing that is certain in mobile tech gadget land is that which appeals to someone is not necessarily going to appeal to someone else. Such is the case with the Kohjinsha Dual Screen Tablet. I just don’t get that one, but apparently others do and that’s fine. It turns out that Onkyo not [...]
Everyone wants everything right now. Real time. Now waiting. That’s been the trend for awhile and it looks like Amazon is feeding that beast with some more tasty appetizers. Amazon has just launched a service through its On Demand offerings that lets you start downloading and viewing a movie title once you’ve purchased the DVD [...]
Word out of Pocket-lint is that Dell will unveil a 5″ Android-based tablet at CES 2010, confirmed by “multiple ‘black ops sources’”. Would be quite intriguing except we’ve been seeing leaks about a 5″ Android-based tablet device from Dell called “Streak” for months. If they’re aiming for a 2010 release as previously reported, it’s almost [...]
News out of Digitimes is that Asustek is preparing something they’re calling the “Eee Pad”. “Great,” I thought, “protective gear for ASUS Eee netbooks! Hope they come in different colors.” But then I read on to learn they were not like knee pads, but rather like tablet devices in the MID range. Sounds even better. [...]
Toshiba Direct is offering the Toshiba Satellite T135 Ultra-portable 13.3-inch notebook with 9 hour battery life for $599.99. The T135 is less than an inch thick, weighs 3.88 pounds, takes up to 8GB RAM, up to a 500GB hard drive. Visit LogicBuy for more information.
Yes, we’ve got more Apple Tablet rumors floating about, begun by yet another analyst. This time the rumor says Apple will be gearing up production on a 10 inch device (old news) in February for delivery in March or April. It also says Apple has been talking to publishers (again, old news) about delivering content [...]
Silicon Alley Insider is running a column featuring 15 Gadgets That Changed Everything This Decade. I bet without too much trouble you could name most of them. So take a moment before you take the jump or follow the link, jot down your list, and then see how well you did.
We’ve blogged about this before, but now things look like they are moving into a higher gear. Five large publishing companies (Condé Nast, Hearst, Meredith, News Corporation and Time Inc) have formed a joint venture to bring their magazine content to the web. It’s being touted as an iTunes/Hulu for magazines on the web. Of [...]
Slashgear is linking to a Netbooked report that features a user who couldn’t wait for the Microsoft Courier concept to come to be. So, he converted his Dell Mini 9 into a dual screen Tablet. It’s a bit rough around the edges, but it looks like he’s using the right side for input and the [...]
PC Connection is offering the new unibody 2.53GHz 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (MB991LL/A) for $1299 after an instant discount and a mail in rebate. This is the faster MacBook Pro which comes with 4GB RAM, 250GB Hard Drive, and Nvidia GeForce 9400M Graphics. Visit LogicBuy for more info.
Remember SurfaceScapes, the group from Carnegie Mellon turning Microsoft Surface into the ultimate tabletop gaming system? I sent them some blog love in October? Ring a bell? If not, the gist is these guys are creating an interactive Dungeons & Dragons gaming experience on Microsoft Surface, combining the tactile experience of rolling dice and moving [...]
So, it’s the end of the year which means it is getting close to prediction time for 2010. 2009 was a crazy year on many levels and a wait and see year on many others. As I’ve said many times before the tech industry is becoming like the Chicago Cubs, always promising wait until next [...]
The long awaited and eagerly anticipated Google Chrome Beta for Mac and Linux is now available. For PC users who have been enjoying Chrome for quite some time now the more important news might be that Extensions for Chrome are now also available. You can check out the extensions here. The Mac beta of Chrome does [...]
Last week or so, quite a few iPhone geeks online got excited by the price and corresponding value of an external battery solution being offered by Monoprice. The iPhone Battery Pack costs $15.23 (less if you order quantities larger than 1) and provides 2200 mAh of juice for charging up the iPhone. It is a [...]
Dan Bricklin (if the name sounds familiar think VisiCalc) has decided to tackle one of the most difficult challenges for note taking on the iPhone platform. That challenge is being able to scribble notes with your fingers. There have been many who’ve tried before Mr. Bricklin. Being a lover of digital ink, I’ve tried quite [...]
If you’re an avid photo and video sharer or looking to become one, Google has a deal for you: sign up for 200GB of web storage at $50 a year and they’ll send you a 4GB Eye-Fi Home video SDHC card for free. Just slide that card into your compatible camera, snap away, and your [...]
CNet got to go hands on with the web tablet formerly known as the Crunchpad, now known as the JooJoo. Rafe Needelman did a thorough job of checking out the device and reports that the tech behind the JooJoo is quite impressive. While the demo we saw was running on unfinished code, we found the [...]
Dragon Naturally Speaking is one of the best speech solutions available for computing according to many. Nuance, the company behind Dragon Naturally Speaking, has now released Dragon Dictation for the iPhone, and several folks who have been in on the testing of it think it is a winner of a speech product for that mobile [...]
PC Connection cut the price of the new unibody 13.3-inch MacBook Pro (MB990LL/A) to $1149 and is offering an additional $100 mail in rebate which brings the cost of a new Macbook Pro down just $1049.99 plus free shipping. They are also offering a discount on the faster 2.53 GHz 13.3″ Macbook Pro. Visit LogicBuy [...]
I haven’t seen another Westerner since I got to Borivali and some of the locals have nicknamed me “White Giant.” To say I stuck out like a sore thumb in Borivali would be an understatement. Right now I’m on an overnight train from to Ahmedabad, Gujrat for my brother in-law’s wedding. We had to wait [...]
From the “I’m not sure how I feel about that” department comes news that more than 1,000 apps were pulled from Apple’s App Store following the discovery of a ratings scam. Basically a developer named Molinker was caught using his promo codes to buy his own apps to boost his ratings, thanks to the investigative [...]
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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 [...]
The Next Nexus: What It Needs to Stay Ahead of the Pack
Late last year, Google and Samsung released the third rendition of the Nexus smartphone. The first of course was the HTC-made Nexus One which arrived in 2010 to great fan fare. Then, in late part of 2010, the Samsung-made Nexus S launched which eventually became available in two variants, the regular Nexus S and the [...]
Nokia Responds to Alleged 3-Inch ‘Tablet’ Leaks
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 [...]
