After a brief period of denial, Plastic Logic has confirmed their QUE ProReader is being skipped in favor of a next-generation version of the product.
Many of us wondered if Amazon’s first foray would be a success or flop when the company introduced the Kindle three years ago. The Kindle has since become Amazon’s top selling product. With the succes of the iPad, some people have suggested that Amazon should get out of the hardware business and focus on expanding [...]
They say you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket. Well, according to the latest rumor, HP is taking that idiom and running with it for tablets with rumors of the Windows 7 HP Slate 500 headed to enterprise, the Android-based eStation Zeen for printers, and now the return of the WebOS-based HP Hurricane, [...]
Microsoft researchers are playing with the idea of putting full QWERTY keyboards on the back of slate devices. This particular Microsoft research team is exploring ways to improve text entry on devices that typically don’t have physical keyboards. In a research report, test subjects were able to learn how to type with RearType at an [...]
It’s true: Verizon has fulfilled my worst fear for the Droid – A version of the DROID 2 that everyone will surely call “R2-D2” because it’s actually named after Star Wars’ R2-D2! To quote Darth Vader at the end of Episode III (and please, imagine the exact same voice for this) “NOOOOOOOO!!!1!11!!!ONE!!”
Microsoft published a new section on its Windows 7 micro-site yesterday and in my opinion it falls flat. The new ‘PC versus Mac’ page doesn’t have a lot to it and there’s very little substance. Are PCs better than Macs in a lot of ways? Absolutely. Unfortunately, Microsoft put very little effort into highlighting those [...]
Evernote experienced some server issues between July 1 and July 4 that caused a few thousand Evernote users to lose notes created in that time frame. Fortunately, it sounds like most of them were able to recover their lost notes thanks to Evernote reaching out and walking them through how to upload local copies of [...]
Someone leaked Verizon’s roadmap to BGR. The supposed roadmap includes an Android tablet, an LTE MiFi and a new DROID. According to BGR, the products listed in the roadmap will be launching between now and 2012. One of the more interesting devices is a Samsung Android tablet: Samsung is working on a 7″ screen Android [...]
I’ve been handling my iPhone 4 with kid gloves since I bought it in June. Its shiny glass exterior might go unscathed for a year or two, but sooner or later I’m sure it’s going to scratch or break unless I wrap it up in a very heavy-duty case. Like most consumer gadgets, the iPhone [...]
Digitimes passes along word that Chinese-language Apply Daily reports that Quanta will be building the new BlackBerry tablet, a.k.a. BlackPad, to start shipping in September with a price tag of $499.
As you may recall, Mary-Jo Foley of ZDNet has been digging into a Microsoft project called “Menlo”, which she previously speculated was intended to make the desktop version of Windows run on mobile devices. Her new finding is that it is mobile-oriented but not so exciting.
I could be catty and snarky and say that it looks like other Tablet/Slate makers are not only playing “me too” in trying to imitate Apple’s iPad, but also do so on the spinning PR front. Maybe I just did. Anyway, Laptop Mag, who broke the story on Augen using an unlicensed build of Android [...]
Last night I posted about reports that the Augen GenTouch78 Tablet was using an unlicensed version of Google Android. One of the results of that is the issue those who have had a chance to get their hands on this device are reporting is that you can’t download Apps from the Android Marketplace. Of course [...]
Guessing someone at Kmart isn’t going to be happy about this. Google has announced that the makers of the $150 Augen GenTouch 78 Tablet is using a pirated version of Android. The Tablet/Slate caused quite a bit of a stir when it was surprisingly announced and there have even been a few reviews of the [...]
Harry McCracken of Technologizer Road an interesting article about the state of third–party application development for Windows Phone 7. If Microsoft wants to win, or even compete, in the smartphone space, one of its biggest challenges is going to be building up a large and high-quality developer community. Harry’s had a chance to see rough [...]
Yep, you read that headline right. A Best Buy Tablet. According to CrunchGear, Best Buy CTO Robert Stephens tweeted out a couple of pictures of a Tablet that apparently Best Buy will be offering under the Rocketfish label. Rocketfish is the label Best Buy rebrands a number of items with. There’s no word on what [...]
There have been a ton of rumors about what HP plans on doing with WebOS and it looks like we’ll soon have some answers.Rahul Sood, an HP executive and former CEO of Voodoo, wrote up his thoughts on WebOS over at HP’s Next Bench blog. Not surprisingly, he had a lot of good things to [...]
The days of Minority Report style touch computing are here, at least for one DJ in Chile. The Token multitouch display is an enormous free-standing sheet of glass with some multi-touch wizardry apparently built in. The image is projected via a rear projector, so it’s not quite as magical as it looks at first glance. Regardless, [...]
Here’s a quick video comparing the Windows 7 experience on a consumer slate to the iPad. The slate in question is the Hanvon slate we first spotted at IDF 2009, which means Hanvon must’ve worked extra hard (maybe time traveled) to mimic the iPad’s design (I kid). Anyways, it’s not a surprise that the Hanvon [...]
Magazines? What are those? We are living in a time when digital media reigns supreme. If you’re like me, you likely subscribe or follow several blogs to get your daily fill of news and information. If you want to know the news before it is on television, you no doubt follow blogs. The way we [...]
Yesterday we reported (as did everyone else) that the FCC was holding some closed door meetings with the big guns on Net Neutrality, as well as on the confusing topic of whether or not Google and Verizon may have been hatching a deal. This turned into a big deal (not because of our reporting but [...]
If you’re a Dropbox user, you might want to head over to the web interface and click the Getting Started tab. If you do so, you can pick up an extra 250MB of storage. Dropbox is the excellent cloud syncing and storage service that lets you seamlessly sync and move files between various devices. It [...]
Finally! Another excuse to post a new “I thought you were dead” graphic for the HP Slate, now suspected of being a new tablet called the eStation Zeen that’s passed FCC certification. Or is the Zeen really a different Android-based tablet for eReading? Or is it something else, something… greater?
Fueled by reports that Google and Verizon may be approaching a deal among themselves in talks with the FCC regarding how services are delivered via broadband, in the Net Neutrality debate is heating up again. A quick primer on Net Neutrality (and I mean quick and simple considering the complexity of the issues): Essentially proponents [...]
The NFL season is just around the corner here in the US as training camps open up around the country and speculation on Brett Favre becomes an annual rite of passage. (At least in Minnesota.) Meanwhile a report from Reuters Canada says that the NFL is considering inserting a chip into the pigskin to determine [...]
Eric Schmidt had lots of things to say yesterday at the Techonomy conference. One thing he commented upon was the future of the technology revolution and some of his comments can be filed in the “too big to wrap my brain around” section. According to Schmidt, from the dawn of civilization until the year 2003 [...]
A survey of iPhone 4 owners conducted by ChangeWave has turned up some interesting findings that I’m sure fanatics of all stripes will spin to their advantage. The one I’m going to spin is the finding that 8% of users claim to dislike the lack of handwriting recognition.
Matt Burns at Crunchgear seems to think that there is a real possibility that the iPad may have preemptively killed the US Tablet market. I have to say I agree with him and also disagree. Here’s why. Flash back to CES2010 and “The Year of the Tablet/Slate.” Everyone and their second cousin was coming out [...]
I wasn’t going to comment on this, but since it’s lighting up my feeds with all sorts of “multi-touch” and “tablet” guesses, we probably should open up a dialogue here on the mystery device being teased by Microsoft Hardware.
If you’re out in the field, getting your hands dirty, and have a need for real mobile computing, i.e., the kind that can handle being dragged through the mud and kicked in the head, the new ARMOR X10gx from DRS Tactical Systems is aiming for you.
Michael Robertson has a post on his blog that points to a unique little tidbit in the ongoing media wars. It’s no secret that Apple, Google, Microsoft, and just about anyone else with skin in the mobile game wants to make streaming media a part of their plans. Apple purchased music streaming service Lala awhile [...]
Clearwire, operator of the nation’s largest 4G wireless network, made a couple of announcements recently. First, in conjunction with Sprint, they’ve expanded their network to more cities. Second, they’re hoping users of iDevices will jump on that network with their iSpot mobile hotspot. Updated!
The Wall Street Journal reported Barnes & Noble is putting itself up for sale so it can reorganize and figure out what to do as people are adopting eBooks at an accelerated pace. Barnes & Noble is largest bookstore chain in the U.S. with 720 retail stores, but it sounds like that number will shrink significantly over [...]
The widely-popular board game Settlers of Catan has gone high-tech with an officially licensed version of the game set to debut at Gen Con Indy 2010 on Microsoft Surface. Combining real dice, in-person players and virtual everything else, this is one of the most robust uses of the technology yet.
First it was the United Arab Emirates that banned Blackberries, now it is Saudi Arabia. Rumor is India is considering it has well. The reason for the bans or considered bans is that security agencies can’t get to the email traffic, or so the claim goes. Essentially, if they can’t monitor an email they don’t [...]
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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 [...]
