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Can Apple launch a tablet device and do what it did with the iPhone?

Can Apple launch a tablet device and do what it did with the iPhone?smartphonesyou give the impression that smartphones were powerful, usable devices with lots of features people just didn't know about before the iphone came along and apple changed that with their all so powerful marketing mojo. oh, the...

Tags: Tablets, Smart phones, Notebooks, Cellular phones, magic word, Apple iPhone, tablet device, tablet, smart phone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-13

The Ultimate Tablet: On Palm's webOS?

The Ultimate Tablet: On Palm's webOS?Why not?In the near future, virtually all mobile devices (MIDs,tablets,netbooks,notebooks,eReaders...) are likely to include smartphone electronics (3G, GPS, accelerometer, compass, etc.), for the simple reason that there are a lot of great apps that can be built to leverage it. The ability to make phone...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Smart phones, Cellular phones, tablet device, tablet, Ultimate Tablet, Palm Inc., Palm webOS

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

Forget Kindle DX. How about the ZuneBook?

The ZuneBook is a Windows Mobile 7-based color touchscreen tablet device the size of a Kindle that plays audio and video media, with built-in e-book reader capabilities, Wi-Fi, runs .NET mobile applications and uses a scaled down version of the "Surface" interface, also known as Oahu....

Tags: Touch Screen, Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Media, built-In, Microsoft Corp., ZuneBook, Tablet Device, Tablets, Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Notebooks, E-books, Operating Systems, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-06

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Hands-on with the HTC HD2, most impressive Windows Mobile device to date

I like what HTC is doingYou've got the Hero and the HD2. I'd like to see what the difference is in performance between the two, but the Hero has a slower processor. Personally, I like the Windows Mobile platform, and it is the best option for Windows-based IT...

Tags: Smart phones, Notebooks, Operating systems, mobile device, Apple iPhone, HTC HD2, High Tech Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Mobile

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Apple Tablet - Unofficial, unannounced ... but still delayed

You guys have been asking...You guys have been asking for a Mac tablet for years already, while we have been able to get tablet PCs for many years now, in many different form factors and from many different vendors.Yet when you close your world off by relying solely on Apple,...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, tablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Apple's "force fed ads" patent more likely related to content, not hardware

Perhaps neitherHopefully you are right and they'll use this process to allow customers to earn free content. Unfortunatley I see this as being a way for Apple to increase its warchest by forcing its followers to view ads. Perhaps it'll be a blend - view enough ads to put $10...

Tags: hardware, O'Grady, advertisement, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?

Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...

Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

Apple hints at possible pen-based tablet

Pretty much anything that includes the words "Apple" and "tablet" in the same sentence is going to get the attention of the blognoscenti, but when it comes from Apple itself, people pay attention. Exhibit A is 9 to 5 Mac's piece today about a patent...

Tags: Patent, Handwriting Recognition, Termination, Apple Inc., Ink Manager, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-11-12

Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac prices

RE: Smartplanet: Apple can grab more share by slashing Mac pricesIf they wanted marketshare at a lower entry price they could have pulled that off years ago with cloner acquisitions and more mfg on their own part with rigid standards and practices to ensure quality and lower production costs. ...

Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Mac proponent, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Audi AG, Mac Share

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure

There might be some bargains to be had in the wreckage ntntDoesn't change the fact the wreck's comingjust a matter of keeping perspective. The way of all new marketsThis is the way of all new markets. It happened with fiber optics, the dot.coms, MP3 players, smart phones, and it...

Tags: Digital music, E-books, Digital media, e-reader, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Make room for another e-reader as Creative shows off prototype

Market is ripeFor Chinese factories to crank out more hardware and suck more dollars out of the middle class.Clue in America.Transition product I do believe that e-book readers are largely a transition product which will eventually be made more or less obsolete by advances in netbook/smartbook etc. technologies. Multiple devices...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, E-books, e-reader, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

E-book reader news and releases round-up

Why e-books ?Using a "normal" paperback book I have indefinite battery life and extreme portability. I have no need to carry a hundred books at one time and can take along a few books for an extended read time just about anywhere and in any travel bag. I...

Tags: E-books, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, e-reader, Apple Inc., E-book reader new, e-book Reader, e-book

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Intuit enhances Quickbooks by bringing cloud apps to desktop software

Why not go completely to the cloud?Intuit should take their products completely to the cloud. Then users could access them from any device (smartphone, PC, tablet, eReader, etc.) running any OS (Windows, OS X, Ubuntu, etc.).With HTML5 rapidly advancing in modern web browsers (desktop & smartphone), Intuit could even deliver...

Tags: Desktops, software, Intuit Inc., desktop, Intuit QuickBooks, desktop software

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Apple pitching media companies on tablet?

Hehe, Apple just invented the eReader!![i]While the new Apple device isn't strictly an ebook-reader it appears that Cupertino is setting the stage for a completely new platform for deliverings, books, newspapers and magazines.[/i]Ah, I love how simply stating that this isn't "strictly" an ebook reader, you can credit Apple with...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, E-books, Smart phones, Kinda, Apple Inc., tablet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Apple pitching media companies on tablet?

If you read between the lines in yesterday's post, one could conclude that Apple is talking to the New York Times about it's upcoming tablet product in an effort to get buy in from the media giant on what's presumed to be a completely new form-factor...

Tags: Media Company, Apple Inc., Fairfax Media, Tablets, Notebooks, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Marketing, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-27

News to know: Apple tablet; Android; Social Search; Netflix on PS3; Verizon

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Jason D. O'Grady: Times exec hints at Apple tablet Larry Dignan: Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Phone, Social Search, Sony PlayStation 3, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Telecom & Utilities, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Web Services, Enterprise Software

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Dell unveils 12.1" rugged multitouch tablet PC, Latitude XT2 XFR; withstands drops, spills, sand, children

This is the kind of stuff Apple's Baubles can't matchYou just can't find this kind of diverse hardware options down at the Bauble Factory.Will the hinge break?Will it break if I dropped it while typing? The hinge seems a very vulnerable part.As for the Apple - they can match. In...

Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Desktops, Operating systems, Dell Latitude, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., PC, tablet PC, tablet

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Apple slate "impending," says NYT exec editor; Much ado about nothing?

What does it matter?I really do not know how this matter's. We do think Apple will come up with a product sooner or later to match the netbook craze. Unless of course they feel that craze is over with? I would imagine something on the order of a iPod Touch...

Tags: Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Times exec hints at Apple tablet

Gawker reports that Bill Keller, executive editor at the New York Times, may have outed the mythical Apple tablet. At a supposedly off-the-record meeting which someone graciously preserved on Vimeo with the entirety of Times' Web staff Keller gave us this tantalizing nugget: I'm hoping we can get the...

Tags: Apple Inc., Bill Keller, Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-10-26