According to news sources Apple shipped 300,000 iPads on the first day. This figure included pre-orders. Some have labelled this disappointing including the Wall Street Journal. iSuppli predicted that the iPad will sell over 7 million in the first year, and it is hard to see that happening based on initial results. However, initial sales figures like [...]
The TSA clarified that there’s no need to remove devices smaller than a laptop from your carry-on bags before running them through x-ray machines. In a blog post, the TSA stated: Electronic items smaller than the standard sized laptop should not need to be removed from your bag or their cases. It’s that simple. TSA [...]
Anyone who has used a computer has used a keyboard. Before that, it was a typewriter. We as a society are all familiar with keyboards. We type on them everyday. Its the input device of choice, combined with a mouse, to enter data into our computer and make our day productive. Well, this is us [...]
Our friend Steve ‘Chippy’ Paine of UMPC Portal is the proud papa of Nicklas, an 8-day old geek in training. As you can see in this photo, Nicklas is already playing with dad’s mobile devices. Steve put together some mobile computing tips for dads that’s worth a read. Some of the tips are applicable to [...]
You would think that since Apple has pretty much shunned Adobe when it comes to Adobe Flash and other Adobe application, Adobe wouldnt even care about applications on the iPad. Wrong! Adobe has come out with a new application for the iPad called Adobe Ideas. What is Adobe Ideas? Adobe Ideas is ” your digital [...]
For all you Gmail for mobile users who have also hopped on the Google Buzz train, here is some good news. According to this post on the Official Google Mobile Blog: With the latest iteration of Gmail for mobile, we’ve worked to integrate buzz with your mobile inbox. Now, you’ll see buzz in your inbox [...]
Lenvo is offering the IdeaPad s10-3 netbook for $299 including free shipping after an instant $60 discount and a stackable $70 coupon code. The IdeaPad S10-3 has an Atom N450 processor, 6-cell battery, 802.11n WiFi, 1GB DDR2 memory, 4-in-1 Card Reader, GMA 3150 graphics, 160GB Hard Drive and Windows 7 Starter Edition. Visit LogicBuy for [...]
The wait is over in the US on ASUS’s tablet PC, the Eee PC T101MT. If you cast your eyes in the direction of Amazon, 10.1-inch multitouch convertible netbook is available for purchase for the low price of $499. What does $499 get you? The netbook includes a Intel Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, and [...]
Lifehacker got an addition to their Workspace Show and Tell photo pool with major multi-touch mojo. Behold, the Cyclon, a computer packing a 42″ multi-touch display! Perfect for, uh, I’m not sure, but who cares? 42″ multi-touch display! Doesn’t seem like there’d be a practical use for this, but the Lifehacker reader, kame9031, providing the [...]
In today’s economy, more and more people are shunning the traditional “go out and get a job at a company” approach for starting up their own businesses. According to a study put together by the Small Business Administration: About one half of the private-sector is employed by small businesses and the other half by large [...]
From reaction to previous posts, I can deduce our regulars aren’t very interested in the JooJoo. But considering Engadget went through the trouble of putting together a review, I figure we could at least give them a shout-out for putting this unique tablet to the test (and shelling out the bucks to do so).
Having laid my hands (briefly) on their Ultra tablet at CES, I can attest that ICD designs very sleek tablets and their new Gemini, shown off by Engadget, appears no different. However, after reading about design after design from ICD, I have to ask, when is anyone going to be able to buy one of [...]
One of the most talked about iPad apps has been the Netflix app. Who wouldn’t like being able to stream their Netflix Instant Queue to an iPad? I enjoy it for my Mac and my Roku box, so why not an iPad? Well, what about the iPhone and iPod Touch folks? Can they share in [...]
My Mom has become an iPad evangelist during this latest visit to the hospital. For those who have been following her journey she’s doing much, much better and we should find out what the next phase of the journey will be later today. In the meantime Mom is unknowingly working for Steve Jobs and helping [...]
Dell Home is offering the Alienware mx11 gaming laptop for $759, including free shipping, with the use of a 5% off coupon code. The Dell Alienware mx11 is an 11.6″ gaming notebook powered by a Pentium Dual-core SU41001.3GHz CPU, has 2GB RAM, a 160GB hard drive and a 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M GPU. Visit [...]
Normally I’d resent not being the guinea pig on this, but I honestly can only be glad that my favorite ink blogger, Jezlyn, is putting pen to screen to bring ink blogging to the iPad. The results are, well, see for yourself.
The specs for HP’s upcoming slate have leaked, and not surprisingly, HP is weighing their new slate against the iPad. But as far as I’m concerned, the slate they should be weighing it against is their old slate, the TC1100.
Engadget got a hold of an HP presentation that compares the forthcoming HP Slate to the iPad. We saw a nice video demo of the HP Slate earlier today, but this is the first time we’ve seen such detailed specs. The HP Slate has some very compelling features, but I’m not sure if it’ll be [...]
Both Apple and Microsoft have announced news events in the coming week, on the 8th and 12th, respectively. Apple has stated in uncharacteristically direct fashion theirs is about the next iPhone OS, while Microsoft was more cryptic, though quickly decoded.
One Kevin C. Tofel of jkOnTheRun reports that the price to upgrade from Windows 7 Starter Edition on new netbooks has dropped. He also takes the opportunity to reiterate a criticism which is not entirely accurate but reveals an inconvenient truth.
The iPad is simply not a good device for inking and I doubt that any third-party software’s going to improve the experience much. One of the problems is that the iPad uses a capacitive multi-touch display that lacks palm rejection. While this is all fine and dandy if you want to consume content, it creates [...]
HP CTO Phil McKinney blogged today about the HP Slate device and shared a promo video of the PC company’s upcoming slate device. Just as I’m getting settled in with my iPad, I find myself lusting after the HP device. The HP Slate has dual cameras, which means you can video chat via Skype or [...]
I owe an apology to CTIA Wireless, one of the largest cellular/wireless conventions around. It happened a week or so ago. And well, we here at GBM were so busy with other coverage (iPad among other things, *grumble*), that we kind of forgot to post what announcements came out of the convention. There was some [...]
Google wasnt about ready to be left out of the onslaught of iPad news. They wanted to let all the iPad users know that they are putting in their two cents worth to this new product with some changes to Gmail specifically geared toward the iPad. From the Official Gmail Blog: When the iPhone and [...]
The iPad is here to stay and with that a whole slew of reviews, articles, and first impressions are going up all over the web. Well, for those who have one of these new devices, a quick tip to make your usage a whole lot easier. A lot of people, me included, have multiple calendars [...]
All hail the iPad. It has arrived and conquered! I read somewhere something like 300,000 of these were sold this weekend. Wowsers! If that estimate is even close, Apple is going to have a VERY good year. I can’t wait to see what will be out by Christmas. I even got to play with one [...]
HP Home is offering a great deal on the HP Envy 13 13.1″ notebook with Intel Core 2 Duo processor thanks to a $450 stackable coupon code that brings the price down to $1,049 including free shipping. The HP ENVY 13 includes a beautiful LCD display, 3GB RAM, 512MB Mobility Radeon HD 4330 GPU and [...]
Given my Mom’s illness, I and my family have been prepared for some time to drop what we are doing and rush to my mother’s side. Yesterday we got what, at the time, seemed like it was that call. It may still prove to be the case but today Mom is once again confounding medical [...]
I should have put money down on this one. Word running rampant through the Internets (via Slashgear for me) is that hacker MuscleNerd has applied the “Spirit” jailbreak to the iPad, and the proof is already on YouTube.
By now I’ve been positive enough about the iPad to attract fanboy accusations, but the truth is I’m still not sold yet. Yes, I’m highly impressed by it, but if I bought every gadget that impressed me, I’d have a whole lot of junk and lot more holes in my clothes. So what’s keeping it [...]
Tonight I tried watching a TV show on my iPad for the first time with my wife. She had just started watching a recorded episode of ‘V’ and I fired up the ABC app and found same episode on the iPad. Holding the iPad in my lap in landscape mode steadily with one hand wasn’t [...]
The lack of an active digitizer for inking on the iPad has everyone (okay, maybe primarily me) down. The folks at Evernote aren’t letting that stop them from adding it to a future version of their iPad app, which is already live and ready for download in universal iPhone/iPad format.
So you’re thinking about getting an iPad, but you can’t quite justify the cost. Or you’re wondering what everyone else sees in this overpriced gadget. Either way, here are a few usage scenarios that you might consider.
As Sumocat mentioned earlier today, we hit a snag with our iPad weekend coverage. I hadn’t planned on buying an iPad, but figured we should have one around on day one. I drove to the Apple Store at about 2PM and was somewhat surprised that there was no line at all. The store was packed [...]
Kevin Purcell at our sister blog, Notebooks.com, posted his “iPad Beatitudes” last night, along with this image of Moses holding up a pair of iPads. (Be sure to hop over to check out the full post.) Humorous stuff, but this morning it occurred to me that The Ten Commandments is playing on ABC tonight (which [...]
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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 [...]
