Tag: iSlate

Great idea: Capacitive touchscreen, no bezel

Great idea: Capacitive touchscreen, no bezel

Okay, I might owe Freescale an apology for wondering aloud if the bezel on their tablet design is too wide, as I have been reminded this morning that going the other direction can be even worse. I refer to Jesus Diaz of Gizmodo sharing his dream of an Apple iSlate, which looks highly elegant but… [...]

Posted by | 01/04/2010 | 9 Comments More
2010: The Year Microsoft Lost Tablet?

2010: The Year Microsoft Lost Tablet?

The following is a guest editorial by Rob Bushway, the founder and former owner of GottaBeMobile.com. For the past six months I’ve been sitting on the sidelines watching Tablet dominate the news cycle. From the Crunchpad to the JooJoo, from the Courier to the iSlate, from the Android Tablet to Windows 7 Starter Edition Tablets [...]

Posted by | 12/31/2009 | 41 Comments More
The Smartbook is Coming

The Smartbook is Coming

Let’s face it, the smartbook will become the inevitable next step in the evolution of our two favorite mobile gadgets: the smartphone and the netbook.  As our demand for mobile Internet content continues to grow, smartphones become more powerful, and mainstream consumer adoption of smartphones expand, the smartbook stands at the threshold. What exactly will [...]

Posted by | 12/28/2009 | 2 Comments More
iSlate: Mac Tablet, iPhone backup, or other?

iSlate: Mac Tablet, iPhone backup, or other?

MacRumors has uncovered what might be evidence that Apple had planned to name their mythic tablet “iSlate” by discovering they were briefly exposed as the owner of the domain “islate.com” in late 2007. TechCrunch followed up by finding several related domains gobbled up in November 2006 and uncovering the owner of the “iSlate” trademark, “Slate [...]

Posted by | 12/26/2009 | 1 Comment More