I’m impressed with 2 things here: now nice this laptop looks and how apparently price-competitive that Apple is. Normally you pay 2-3 times the cost for an equivalent Apple product but that doesn’t seem to the be case here where you actually pay $100 MORE for the Samsung
Looks like 2011 CES is shaping up to be the “Android Tablet Show” with one announcement after another. Motorola is coming out swinging with their XOOM tablet. Look at the specs on this one. Dual-Core, 1080p and more
Motorola Mobility on Wednesday announced the tablet countless Android fans have been waiting for. The Motorola XOOM is a 10.1-inch full touchscreen device with specs that look like they’ll line up pretty well with the rest of the Android slates we’ll be seeing at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show. Highlights include:
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS
- 10.1-inch widescreen HD display
- Dual-core 1GHz processor
- Full 1080p HD support with HDMI-out port
- 5-megapixel rear camera with 720p video capture
- 2-megapixel front-facing camera for video chat
- Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity (Verizon Wireless)
- 4G LTE compatibility with external modem attachment
- Available Bluetooth keyboard and dock accessories
Google is making a name for itself in developing really innovative software. This short preview of their upcoming “Honeycomb” Android version 3.0 is designed to handle large tablet displays. Looks very cool. I like.
This is just the beginning. Android tablets will soon be flooding the market and prices will drop “like a chart”. Stay tuned for more!
CES 2011 hasn’t even officially started yet, but the Android tablet news has. This afternoon ASUS officially announced a series of Eee Tablets, including three pretty unique Android offerings. The Eee Pad MeMO is a 7 incher running on a 1.2GHz dual-core Qualcomm 8260 Snapdragon processor, sports a capacitive stylus (and bundled with apps that use it), with front and rear cameras — expect it in June starting at $499. The Eee Pad Transformer has a 10.1-inch IPS display, houses a Tegra 2 chip, has dual cameras, and a unique docking station that incorporates a full qwerty keyboard — expected in April starting at $399. And finally, the Eee Pad Slider has the same 10.1- inch IPS display, also runs on a Tegra 2 with dual cameras and HDMI out, and has a sliding qwerty keyboard attached — it arrives in May and starts at $499. All three of the new Eee tablets will be running Honeycomb, which ASUS has dubbed as Android 3.0.
A nice video from Google detailing their donation of $20 million to help 50 million people. And you (by using Google) are a part of it!
I played with Foursquare many months ago, furiously checking in to places everywhere and earning lots of mayorships. After incessant chest-beating, I asked myself “So what?”. This blog post wrote for me what I didn’t have the time to write. Thank you. De-installing Foursquare (a while ago) was one of the most satisfying uninstalls I’ve done
When I first bought my Sprint EVO 4G, I was lucky to find out about the Swype limited beta. I installed it and I have been swyping ever since. This is simply a superior way of using a touch-screen keyboard. It absolutely rocks and is also a really cool way to show superiority over your iPhone friends who probably don’t have this. It’s a must-install. Do it now.
Oh, the war of words between iPhone and Android fans. How it has preoccupied us this year. I won’t take sides now. I own both. (Don’t judge.) But I will say this: if you’re an Android user, you might want to go now and join Swype’s beta. And prepare to have something amazing in your arsenal when you boast about the superiority of the Android phone.
Swype is an alternative text input method designed to make “typing” on the Android a lot easier. Rather than pressing on the touchscreen, you slide your finger over the keyboard to spell out words. You needn’t do this with a great deal of precision, as the predictive design determines what word you’re trying to write. Swype uses other gestures to add capitalization and punctuation – and arguably this part is far harder to master than the speed-swyping.
Tons of improvements including 3D maps and the ability to work offline. Google Maps & Nav was already lightyears ahead of the competition (what competition?) and this one just takes them to another level.
If your kids have gmail accounts, I would suggest you add yourself as a delegate to their accounts. This will give you access to their email which is important for any parent. Monitoring is a key element of raising your children in today’s Internet world
This is an amazing piece to me because it illustrates how we can barely see a few years into our future. On one hand, there were some interesting predictions that came true: checking your bank balance via cable, for example. But look at how utterly blind they were (and understandably so) about what was right around the corner: the Internet. As strange as it may seem, we are just as blind about our future today.
Even more revealing are Wallace’s fears about “big brother” coming through the cable: how wrong that was yet, with today’s full body scans, how right he was but of something completely unthinkable back them (global terrorism). So take comfort: we have absolutely NO idea of the future!
Does that scare you?
