Apple Tablet Rumors from China
The latest Apple Tablet rumors come from China where Kaifu Lee, the ex-President of Google China indicates from his connections with Apple manufacturing partner, Foxconn, that the new Apple device sports an “awesome UI in a beautiful 10.1-inch screen.” Lee indicates all of this on sina.com.cn (a microblog). Furthermore, he indicates that Apple is prepared [...]
Paradigm Shift intros 5- and 7-inch readers with color (LCD) displays
It looks as if we’re still waiting patiently for color e-ink to become a reality (at least in a mass produced shipping product), but if you’re kosher with low-energy consumption LCDs, Paradigm Shift has the ticket. Similar to Sungale’s Cyberus ID700WTA, the outfit’s 5-inch EER-051 and 7-inch EER-071WF are both e-readers with color, but neither [...]
Another Great Opportunity for App Developers
If the iPhone App store is any indication, a similar store (or the expansion of the existing one) will likely be a sure hit for the upcoming Apple Tablet (or iSlate). The developers who’ve learned from the experiences on the iPhone and get in early could make a small fortune. The trick is to build [...]
Apple Tablet With a Morphable Surface?!?
The latest news report from the AppleInsider is that the forthcoming/rumored Apple Tablet may have a touchscreen that uses an ”articulating frame.” With this technology, the screen would be able to reveal raised bumps in a keyboard-mode. It’s not clear how this would be possible, but would allow Apple to overcome one of the biggest complaints that [...]
Apple’s New Tablet To Be Baptized iSlate? Let’s Dig A Little Deeper
Nice scoop by MacRumors, which reportedly retrieved historical evidence that Apple has acquired the domain name islate.com back in 2007. Apparently, the Cupertino company registered the domain through brand protection firm Mark Monitor to conceal the fact that the domain name is theirs, as usual, but was briefly listed as the owner at some point [...]
Apple Tablet announcement soon and the stock reaches a new high!
Well, it’s not a surprise that Apple’s stock has hit an all-time high. The stock reached as high as $209.35 per share at one point today (Thursday, December 24, 2009). They were poised to do this with all the rumors of the Apple Tablet swirling around. The stock surge occured after the Financial Times reported [...]
The $75 Future Computer
Take a look at the designs for what could someday be the world’s cheapest PC, and you may start to wish you were a third-grade child in Burundi.
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte’s non-profit effort aimed at putting cheap educational laptops into the hands of developing world schoolchildren, is working on an [...]
Cowon introduces new HD PMP
Cowon is set to introduce a new 4.8 inch PMP, the V5 HD, that seems to be capable of playing just about anything. The highlight is of course the ability to play 720p video (H.264). The main menu screen can be customized (e.g., icons can be moved around) and is fully touch-based.
The unit will have [...]
New Sleek ICD 7-inch Tablet
The video shows ICD’s 7-inch Android ”Ultra” tablet. They had previously come out with a 15-inch “Vega” version. The latest model has 3G, WiFi, and Bluetooth. It can play 1080 video with a mini-HDMI port that allows connecting to your TV. From the little bit of the demo shown in the video, it looks like a [...]
Fusion Garage fires back at Arrington
Not to be outdone by Michael Arrington’s claims over the CrunchPad or JooJoo, Fusion Garage has fired back with a statement that describes Arrington’s complaints as “the sad rants of a person championing a losing cause.” Ouch! or rrreeerrr! Anyway, here’s more to the story from SlashGear:
The TechCrunch/Fusion Garage saga continues, and as predicted the [...]