Several months ago I took a look at a slate from Hanvon at IDF. It sure looks a lot like what Steve Jobs is showing off today. Obviously it’s not exactly the same thing, but close.
If you placed your bets on the iPad just being a big iPhone, you definitely lost money. As seen in the shot of its email operation (via Engadget), you can pull down an email list that looks like what’s on your iPhone, but it’s down a column, not spread across the screen. The iTunes layout [...]
Steve Jobs just unveiled the iPad and Engadget posted this picture live from the event in San Francisco. The image shows a big fat missing Flash object on the home page of the NY Times. Jobs said “You can browse the web with it. It’s the best web experience you’ve ever had.” I strongly disagree [...]
So the iPad on-screen keyboard is just a big QWERTY that stretches across the screen. Yes, it looks big enough to easily access, but terribly unimaginative. Might work for the squarish, possibly 4:3 design though. Didn’t really consider it might not be widescreen. And Jobs seems to be doing a good job touching typing on [...]
Well, the name is the iPad and to emphasize couch surfing. Jobs is sitting on a couch showing it off. No stall surfing demo I’m guessing.
Unfortunately CoverItLive isn’t ready for prime time, so we’re going to end the experiment before it really began. We’ll update this post with Apple news, specs and details as it rolls in. WC: Jobs says Apple is a Mobile Device Company. That’s what we do! WC: This pic removes some doubt.
Yes, I too am disappointed in myself for re-using this lame joke, particularly since it’s way past its expiration date (curse the speed of the Internet), but whatever. Steve Jobs deserves the same “reverence” I show Steve Ballmer, and there’s no limit on how much love we can show the HP TC1100 – still one [...]
Give Motion Computing credit. They are at least trying to be aggressive in the wake of all the hype/rumors/buzz/genuflecting that is going on about the Apple Tablet. There’s speculation that Apple is looking at it’s game changer as a vertical market device in addition to a consumer device and the medical profession has been mentioned [...]
Some interesting touchscreen news to report. First is a proximity-sensing touchscreen patent just granted to Apple. Dug up by Patently Apple (by way of Engadget), this patent describes a manner of detecting proximity of an object, such as a finger or stylus, near a touchscreen. The proximity detection system is configured to detect when an [...]
Today might be Apple Tablet day, but Apple isn’t the only company doing Tablets these days. jkkmobile as put up some specs on the Archos 7 Internet Tablet. Yep that’s a 7 incher up from the 5 incher Archos already has on the market. And yes, it’s an Android device but keep in mind this [...]
Everyone’s a twitter over the sweet Apple Tablet tweets from Jason Calcanis. Our focus, rightfully, has been on the battery life claim (need more usage data here). However, if I’m piecing this together properly, he’s saying this thing is a 10″ OLED TV for $600. That’s staggering. To put that in perspective, Sony’s XEL-1 is [...]
Jason Calcanis, the founder of Weblogs, Inc, TechCrunch50, reporter for Engadget, etc et al , has had a secret for the last 10 days, and finally has decided to tell the world via twitter. The man has had an Apple Tablet as a beta tester!!! Ok, everyone to his house, quick! We have made mention [...]
Robert Scoble may be late to the party with his analysis of why Microsoft fumbled and bumbled the Tablet PC, but it will get attention. We’ve been diagnosing and ranting here on the pages and posts of GBM about all the ways that Microsoft missed the mark on what it had for quite some time [...]
First, let’s get real. I’ll probably buy the damn thing anyway. Gadget lust will take over at some point and we’ll you know what happens when that occurs. That said, these are the four big things I’ll be looking for today when Apple takes the wraps off of the mythical Apple Tablet, before I plunk [...]
A lot of us have been taking stabs in the dark as we try and guess what features will/won’t make it into the Apple tablet. But we’re starting to see what appears to be credible specifics from people who’ve actually seen and used the yet to be announced iTab, iSlate, iNewt, iPad, device. Over the [...]
So all this noise about the Apple Tablet and what it will or will not do got me thinking about tablet design, specifically slate design other than a basic flat screen. I’ve been using slates or convertibles in slate mode for years (longer than there have been Apple tablet rumors, apparently), so believe me when [...]
This is interesting timing. A new version of Mindjet MindManager, one of the most pen-friendly pieces of software for the Tablet PC, has just been announced for Mac. No mention of similar pen support for Mac, but among the new features is gesture support for multitouch trackpad and Magic Mouse, which would also be useful [...]
MacGraw Hill’s CEO appeared on CNBC today and commented on the unicorn tablet. According to Terry McGraw, his publishing company has been working with Apple for some time on bringing its content to the device. via MacRumors
It seems like just about everyone is weighing in on Tablets here in the rush to tomorrow. (I guess that can work both metaphorically and literally.) Motion Computing’s Mike Stinson (VP of Marketing) has an interesting post on the Motion Computing Blog called Year of the Tablet? Focus on Purpose-Built Devices. His point? Apple and [...]
As the announcement of the mythical Apple Tablet creeps closer, and as I’m cranking up an HP 2730p Tablet PC to go back into Ink note taking mode for the final week of rehearsals for The Buddy Holly Story at Wayside Theatre, I know there are quite a few Inkers out there who are a [...]
Back in the early days of technical blogging circa 2005, GottaBeMobile founder, Rob Bushway wrote a little post about this new device from Apple called the Apple tablet. This post came and went as all Apple tablet rumors do, until a post over at Engadget brought this back into the light of day. Engadget is [...]
If you’re an iPhone or Palm WebOS user and you’re itching to “beat the system” with Google Voice, your life just got easier thanks to the new web app version of Google Voice. The web app offers easy access to your inbox, a keypad for dialing out from GV, text messaging, contacts, and settings. The [...]
Walmart– its not just for groceries and cheap microwaves anymore. According to several web sites, a new page has shown up on Walmart.com listing the Google Nexus One as “Coming Soon”. There are no other details listed right now. No news on prices, contracts, etc et al. No one is really sure what this means. [...]
UMPC Portal has the best database of web centric Tablets that I’ve seen. Intriguingly it leaves off more traditional Tablet PCs from the likes of Lenovo, HP, Fujitsu, Motion, MobileDemand, TabletKiosk, and others. That said, it’s a good roundup of what some manufacturers are hoping (against hope?) that can grab some of Apple’s coat tails [...]
We’re gearing up for the coming of the mythical Apple Tablet tomorrow. I’m sure we’ll have crazy coverage of the event that’s going to change everything and set the record for the most hyped gadget ever released. We’ve been following most of the rumors, much of the hype, and we’ve all got our opinions on [...]
Talk about a loop within a loop. There’s no question that expectations for the Apple Tablet are higher than just about anything anyone has ever seen. The pressure is on for Apple to deliver. And that pressure is more than just delivering a device that will be a consumer hit. Expectations this supposed media centric [...]
Here’s the first video I’ve seen of the HP Slate. I haven’t even watched the whole thing through yet, but our friend Phil McKinney always has the inside scoop on this kind of thing considering he is HP’s Personal Systems Group CTO. Obviously there’s going to be more details in this video than we got [...]
I guess I can’t blame folks for losing their minds amidst all the Apple hype this week. I myself find my sanity slipping away trying to filter through all the stories that mention the Apple tablet and have nothing to do with the Apple tablet (yes, I appreciate the irony here). But I am still [...]
This morning I was in Richmond to visit my mother. I stopped off at a coffee shop on the way for breakfast and there was the usual clientele, several of them soaking up caffeine while hammering on their keyboards. As I was having a bagel and waking up I heard one young lady let out [...]
There’s something eerily ironic about the fact that the first mock Apple Tablet review is from a puppet fan boy. Pretty funny commentary on all that’s been building. “There’s a button that if you press it a unicorn comes to your door and brings you pizza.” Warning: Some rough language.
I’m working at the University Cafe in Palo Alto today and need to complete a video project and photo project before the end of the day for a client. I really do love small PCs, but small screens and low-voltage processors aren’t the right tools when I need to rip through several GB of AVCHD [...]
The Microsoft Store is offering the ThinkPad X301 2777-MSU 13.3-in 1.4GHz Core 2 Duo Notebook with Windows 7 for $959 and free shipping after a 40% off coupon code. The ThinkPad x301 comes with 2GB RAM, 120 GB hard drive and weighs in at 3.3 pounds. Visit LogicBuy for more information and the coupon code.
Reaction to the announcement of app development for Kindle has been mostly positive. One exception has been Matt Miller of The Mobile Gadgeteer who says “Forget about apps on the Kindle and focus on content.” My initial reaction was similar to that one of his readers: apps are content. However, I think Matt was on [...]
Interesting report from New Scientist: Researcher from Microsoft and UC Berkeley are developing a touch computing system that can digitize physical objects placed on its surface and, more impressively, do the reverse, project digital objects on to physical ones. It is similar to Microsoft Surface but with visual recognition of and interaction with physical objects. [...]
The following is a guest editorial by Rob Bushway, the founder and former owner of GottaBeMobile.com. I twittered the following tonight, and as a result, raised a few eyebrows: The fact that Kindle for PC doesn’t support the pen should be an utter embarrassment to Microsoft Before I share my reasons for that statement, let [...]
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