Asustek plans Eee Book e-reader and tablet PC to rival iPad
Netbook pioneer Asustek Computer plans to launch its own e-reader and a tablet PC to rival Apple’s iPad in the second half of this year.
The company will focus on bringing content providers on board when it releases its tablet PC, said Jerry Shen, CEO of Asustek, during the company’s fourth quarter investors conference.
The company will [...]
Amazon: The King of Computing?
It’s one of those funny little situations we find ourselves in where we start to see some clues of Amazon’s long reaches into computing. We mainly see Amazon now as a retail-like store selling everything from books to DVDs to microwave egg cookers. But if you look under the hood, you also see they are [...]
The iPad And Chrome OS Netbooks Are On A Collision Course
An interesting article from TechCruch concerning the issue of Netbooks. This was bound to happen. My only input at the moment is that Steve Jobs may be right in his statements concerning Netbooks being just cheap laptops. But these cheapies are still perfectly capable of running office programs and light games. That’s really all I need. [...]
iPad versus Kindle
The iPad or the Kindle? You knew this “battle” was coming. So, who’s the best? It may just depend on one’s tastes and possibly even one’s stubbornness.
At the moment, there are a few arguments either way. First, iPad officionados (it’s funny saying this as the product isn’t even available on the marketplace yet) are obviously pointing [...]
iPad? That’s So 2002, Fujitsu Says
It’s Fujitsu’s iPad from 2002.
Sold mainly in the United States, the multifunctional device from the Tokyo technology company helps shop clerks verify prices, check real-time inventory data and close sales on the go.
Fujitsu, which applied for an iPad trademark in 2003, is claiming first dibs, setting up a fight with Apple over the name of [...]
Apple iPad: First Impressions of actual use
Walt Mossberg from the Wall Street Journal does a good job of providing his (and others’) first impressions of actually using the iPad:
It’s about the software, stupid. While all sorts of commentators were focusing on how much Apple’s new $499 iPad tablet computer looks like an oversized iPhone, the key to whether it can be [...]
Things that are missing from the Apple iPad
The Apple iPad is going to be a hit. It is one slick-looking device with some neat capabiliites. Although not a lot is new, it has the familiar ease-of-use and polish that is characteristic of all Apple products. It has virtually all the multimedia capabilities you could ever want and the addition of iWork gives [...]
The Apple “iPad” is here!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably heard by now that Apple presented their new tablet device. Or maybe, you just have a well-balanced, social life that you haven’t bothered reading up on all the latest tech news (you know, the kind that we nerds voraciously devour). In any case, Apple finally showed off [...]
So, we finally know the name of the Apple Tablet: iPad
On Wednesday, January 27, Apple finally unveiled their new tablet device and proclaimed to the world that they are calling it the “iPad.” This was after months of speculation in the blogosphere about what the device would be called. There were rumors of “iSlate” and “iTablet” as being possibilities, and although “iPad” did come up, [...]
Apple “iSlate” is beginning to sound catchy
For those who have not heard, the Apple Tablet may actually be called the “Slate” or “iSlate.” This is courtesy of a possible slip-of-the-tongue by Bill Keller from the New York Times. He may either not have known his speech was being video-taped or was just careless. In any case, the word “Slate” is used near the 8:30 [...]
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