Bummed that Microsoft has no tablets? Well, maybe a viliv S10 with 1.6 GHz Intel Atom CPU, 64 GB SSD, and Windows 7 Home Premium, ready to ship now from Dynamism will brighten your day.
The well-connected Sascha at netbooknews.de, who seems to have all sorts of HP Slate knowledge bottled up, has it on good authority that the reports of the HP Slate’s death have been greatly exaggerated.
The double hit of news that both Courier and the HP Slate are not on the schedule has led to rampant speculation about where this leaves Microsoft now that they have NO tablet prospects. None, zero, zilch, not a tablet to their name according to the reports. Excuse me while I scream.
The folks at FusionGarage may not be able to sell a lot of Tablets but they have some spunk, you have to give them that. They’re announcing that they are working on a 3G model for this summer. They are also looking to add USB support for mass storage, which sorta, kinda hints that the [...]
Yesterday afternoon and evening brought news that rocked many readers here at GBM. Reports (still unconfirmed) that HP is canceling the slate and that Microsoft is dropping the Courier project (confirmed) have been greeted with some anguish as well as some shoulder shrugs. There have even been a few raspberries. Apple fan boys (and others) [...]
The new HTC Incredible is available today from Verizon Wireless. This looks like it will be the next “IT” phone, right behind the Google Nexus One and the iPhone. What makes the Incredible so incredible? Lets look at some specs: 1 Ghz Snapdragon processor Android 2.1 operating system HTC Sense UI (updated) 8 MP [...]
Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen shot back at Steve Jobs’ “Thoughts on Flash” yesterday in an exclusive interview with WSJ. Haven’t had time to watch it, but from the highlights, it looks like a lot of “Yes, we do. No, we don’t.” However, in a new blog post, they deliver the goods: Flash Player 10.1 is [...]
Here we go again. This time it is TechCrunch reporting that HP is killing off the infamous HP Slate. This report from former Tablet maker wanna-be Michael Arrington himself says it comes from “a source that has been briefed on the matter.” So there’s no confirmation like today’s earlier news on the canceling of the [...]
According to a Gizmodo report, Microsoft is canceling the Courier Tablet project. Gizmodo apparently confirmed the is with Microsoft as quoted below. We contacted Microsoft, who confirmed that Courier will not go into production. Microsoft Corporate VP of Communications Frank Shaw told us: At any given time, we’re looking at new ideas, investigating, testing, incubating [...]
Today, Steve Jobs published his thoughts on Flash, specifically the six reasons why it isn’t supported by the iPhone OS. It’s nothing new, pretty much a summary of all the reasons previously cited, but ultimately, the party really keeping Flash from running on the iPhone has been Adobe.
Steve Jobs has written a long missive explaining his reasoning on why Flash isn’t going to be on the iPhone/iPad platform. He lays out some history and then some technical and business reasons why Apple has taken the stance it has taken. Although it can be argued that this issue is quickly becoming one that [...]
AT&T has been stamping out new SIM cards supporting all the current form factors, including micro-SIM. BGR has the best photo I’ve seen, courtesy of the crassamatic soundwave9. I am baffled, however, at the number of bloggers and commenters who don’t seem to know what they’re looking at.
The Google I/O conference is coming up in May, and there is a chance of a big announcement, a la Steve Jobs style. What is the buzz about? The new version of Android, 2.2 and the new version of Adobe Flash 10.1, both to be announced on May 20th. Why the 20th? Well, on the [...]
When a story jumps over into the realm of Jon Stewart, SNL, Steve Colbert, etc… you know it has become something of a cultural touchstone, or perhaps a turning point. Jon Stewart took on Apple last night and as usual, he savages with great delight. Apple, AT&T, the entire Apple experience, and well, just about [...]
Just a week after Barnes and Noble released their 1.3 update to the nook, Amazon begins the release of their update to the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX. From a post over at Engadget, we know that the update is rolling out to a limited group of users first, and then a full update to [...]
So, how many of you are iPhone users here in the US? Raise your hands. How does it feel to be a second class citizen in the world due to your contract with AT&T? Do you enjoy it? Let’s but this another way. How do you feel being beholden to a company that loves to [...]
Yahoo News is reporting that Acer is getting ready to roll out a series of Mobile Internet Devices (MID) by the end of May. Except for saying that the devices will feature version 4.0 of Acer’s Shell User Interface and that the devices will feature 3G connectivity and be able to share data, Acer wasn’t [...]
So, what does $1.2 billion buy you these days? How about a legendary tech company that is on the ropes but has what quite a few folks think is a great bit of software in its mobile operating system. It also allows you to shake up the mobile and connected device sector. HP and Palm [...]
I was lured into reading a post on TechCrunch about Urbanspoon’s new iPad app. The author calls it “beautiful” but I’m inclined to agree with some of the commenters that it’s nothing special. However, since that’s hardly constructive criticism, I thought I’d go a step further and offer some advice drawn from my years of [...]
For any of you T-Mobile webConnect users who went over your 5GB monthly allocation (for those on the 5GB monthly plan), you are in luck. T-Mobile is changing how you will be charged for those overages. Until recently, T-Mobile webConnect users paid a per/megabyte fee for going over that 5GB cap. This can cause some [...]
Rejoice all Blackberry users! Your time is at hand. It looks like RIM has taken off the veil of secrecy about the new version of the Blackberry operating system, Blackberry 6. The new version was announced at WES 2010 keynote this week, along with other news such as the release of two new Blackberries, the [...]
Brown University is working on a project that is a perfect fit for a Microsoft Surface: digitizing the Garibaldi moving panorama. A moving panorama is basically a massive canvas painting that is scrolled in front of an audience to tell a story. The Garibaldi is more than a football field in length. Far too big [...]
I call this one a big win for Apple. Reports are breaking that Apple has bought startup Siri, which bills itself as your Virtual Personal Assistant. Robert Scoble was apparently first with the news, although there hasn’t been any official announcement from Apple or Siri as of yet. I’ve been using Siri quite a bit [...]
Estimates vary has to how many (or how few) JooJoo Tablets have actually been sold. Some put the number somewhere below 100. That doesn’t seem to be stopping the folks at FusionGarage. They’ve just announced that the JooJoo can now be ordered in Europe and Canada. They are also promising a “robust software update” to [...]
SonyStyle in Japan is teasing a new Sony VAIO ultramobile. No details on the device, but they’ve got a coupon signup for SonyStyle users (SonyStylists?) that seems to offer better deals to higher ranking members. Oh, and they’ve showing off a new paperclip-looking icon.
If use OneNote in presentations this little bit of software looks like it will be a big aid. Daniel Escapa is pointing to Pen Attention from Kenrick Mock, which draws a circle highlight, pen, or pointer around the cursor when the pen comes close to the screen. This makes it easier to use the pen [...]
The battles in the war over the mobile landscape have already been raging on the patent and legal front with Apple suing HTC, Nokia hauling out its lawyers as well, and everybody gearing up for some carnage. The battle lines just got both harder and easier to discern last night. Microsoft and HTC signed patent [...]
Ah, netbooks, we hardly knew ye. That’s what some would like us to think about Netbooks, including a number of companies who make the things. Quite a few manufacturers have gone on record saying that they don’t like all those Netbooks they are making and selling, but up until recently it seemed customers just kept [...]
Dell Small Business is offering the Dell Latitude 13 ultra-thin Notebook for $439 after an instant discount of $120. This slim business notebook comes with a 1.3GHz Celeron M ULV SU7300 CPU, 1GB DDR3 memory, 160GB Hard Drive and Ubuntu Linux. Visit LogicBuy for more information.
Joanna Stern has a thorough rundown of the ASUS Eee PC T101MT convertible tablet netbook, including everything you could possibly want to know about the touch experience, though once you read it, you won’t want to experience it for yourself. Sounds like it’s pretty good for a resistive touchscreen, responsive and even offering multi-touch. But…
Apple confirmed today they purchased chipmaker Intrinsity (via NY Times), rumored to be the company that designed the A4, the system-on-chip that powers the iPad. If true, this means that super-speedy design is all Apple’s.
Sunday Morning on CBS took a look at the people behind Google Doodles, you know, that fancy art they do for their homepage logo everyday. No surprise, at least for us, the creation process shows a lot of Wacom Cintiq tablets. Great showing for pen input. But what’s this? A Tablet PC? Score!
According to mobile ad tracker AdMob, Android smartphones took a 46% share of web traffic in the U.S. in March, topping the iPhone’s 39%. Worldwide, iPhone took 46% while Android took 25%. Great news for Android, but I have to wonder if it’s driving more traffic or just driving more ads.
Getac, announced that its B300 rugged notebook and V100 rugged convertible Tablet PC are now Verizon Wireless Network Ready. In other words, the 3G module is standard issue and customers can switch it on at their leisure. The Getac V100 is a fully ruggedized tablet that features an outdoor readable touchscreen display. Getac’s customers include [...]
Good news: next time you buy a car, you might hash out the deal over a docuPAD, a pen-input screen designed to digitize the financial form-filling process. Bad news: you’ll probably get talked into buying LoJack and a service contract.
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