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 [...]
Amazon may be feeling a little “touchy” as well
According to a New York Times article, Amazon may be looking to upgrade the Kindle to use a touch screen. It had to happen sooner or later. Here’s the article:
In a sign that Amazon wants to upgrade its Kindle e-reader to compete head-on with the Apple iPad, Amazon has acquired Touchco, a start-up based in [...]
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 [...]
HP Slate: To Be Released Sometime this Year
The video features the new HP Slate product. It’s essentially a promotional video by HP. This is the product that was briefly demonstrated by Steve Ballmer at CES 2010. They make it sound like they spent a lot of time researching user experience. They believe this is the one, ultimate device that everyone will use [...]
Mirasol shows prototype reader-like device playing back color video, might be headed for the Kindle
You know that Kindle you’re so in love with? Man, that’s so 2009. Mirasol showed up at CES with a display technology that’s been in the works for around a decade, and it has finally reached the point where ODMs and OEMs are talking shop about integrating said panel into all manners of future devices. [...]