The HP Slate dies. 2 major players killed in the Tablet War in one day! Wow. Just read in Techcrunch, ( ta for the tip @thekenyeung ) that HP is killing the slate. At least in its current format. There is a possibility it can come back running WebOS. But till we know for sure, its dead. So who is left? Google. I have not heard much on the gSlate,… Read More
MS Slate Courier is dead. First major victom in the Great Tablet War Its kind of a shame really. Although once I read the specs and saw the mock ups, I know this would not fly, but it would have been interesting just to see. The idea of a two screen slate is intriguing to say the least. But Microsoft finally owned up to building one and owned… Read More
HP Slate specs leaked. The Great Tablet War goes to round 2 A challenger appears!! The Great Tablet War continues. Apple was the first major player on the field and completely destroyed all competitors to the point that we cannot even remember their names… But that dominance will only hold for so long. On Engadget (who else) we have a leak of the new HP Slate. And… Read More
Further thoughts on the Great Net Tablet War between Apple, Google, and MS Its kind of an misnomer to call these new devices Tablets, but too late for that. So I will refer to them as NetTablets indicating that these devices are not the Tablet PC’s we know of now, but instead very thin Network Slates that are designed to perform most of their tasks in the cloud. … Read More
The CrunchPad tablet is dead. Mark victom 1 in the great tablet war. When I called the beginning of the tablet war in Aug, (tablet war postings) I fully expected that we would see 2 early players out the gate, TechCrunches ‘Crunch Pad’ and some sort of Android tablet, to be followed by Apple then MicroSoft. In face, I expected that Arrington would be sitting back with a… Read More
A challenger appears. MS enters the tablet war with Courier. We all know about Apples ‘Rumored’ tablet and the Archos Android Tablet, and even TechCrunch has one. Well, a new rumor from Gizmodo (images and video) has hit the interwebs. MicroSoft has a new tablet! Now this seems like a lot of vaperware, but assuming it runs Onenote, it could be pretty cool. I like… Read More
First shot in the tablet war! Archos announces Android Tablet Check it here. Oh its on! Check this post from TC.. “The tablet will rock a 5-inch 800×480 screen that plays back 720p content natively. And lest we forget, the Archos 5 Internet Tablet (that’s what they’re calling it on the AppsLib site) will have an HDMI out and comes with natively embedded OpenGL libraries.”… Read More
The coming tablet war: Apple vs. Android; the first skirmish The war has not started yet, but the armies are gathering their forces. Apple is building a tablet based off the iphone OS and the rest of the world will be using Android. So how what will the first skirmish look like? Based on the last known rumors, we have a coming Apple tablet that… Read More
First look at the CrunchPad, Now JooJoo #TabletWars Yes, as of 9:30 am PST, we have entered the net tablet war. And who knew the first battle would be an internal one? As I’m sure you have already heard, Arrington’s idea of a simple, cheap couch computer, christened the ‘CrunchPad’, now called the JooJoo was shown to the press in SF and via… Read More
The Cloud Office war is finally reaching full pitch as Microsoft finally moves its heavy Armor onto the field This has been building up for sometime. As with the Great Mobile War and Browser War, the Great Office Cloud War has 3 players, Google, Apple and now Microsoft. In the beginning, there was Google Docs. Google docs were pretty simple but had one great advantage. You could start a doc on one machine, go… Read More
Bought a Black Friday cheap tablet? Better step up security on that thing There are tonnes of really cheap android tablets out there you can get on Black Friday. Most of them from manufacturers you have never heard of or at least not making Android tablets. This should be clue number one. In a post on bluebox.com, Andrew Blaich writes that many of the cheap tablets they tested had minor… Read More
First in the great smartwatch war, Samsung Galaxy Gear. But would you want one? The news has already been out there, Samsung will release their watch Sept 4th beating Apple to the punch. Apple may not be too worried about this since rumors hold that there will not be an Apple compatible version of the app anytime soon. One can even question if Apple would allow this in the… Read More
Microsoft, Google Docs and now onLive Desktop plus. The rush for business on the tablet is on and MS is at a disadvantage Yesterday, there were rumors of a Microsoft project to create apps for tablets that will allow greater access to MS Office applications. Next comes the release of an upgraded Google Documents for Android that provides document editing and real-time collaboration, and now comes onLive upgraded iOS app that provides a windows 7 desktop on the… Read More
Tablets will be like calculators when I was a kid. But it wont be an iPad Late last year when the Kindle Fire came out, pundits were saying, ‘oh this is going to be an iPad killer’ To which most of us in tech with 1/2 a clue basically ignored them and instead asked who was going to win this new market and how long will it be till Apple looks… Read More
Asus Eee Pad, the first Tablet that can actually offer more then the iPad I cannot count how many tablets have come out saying they are better then the ipad this way or that way, all bullocks of course. However, now we have and offering from ASUS that at least appears as a viable competitor. The ASUS Eee Pad. Strange name I know, but a very straight forward offering.… Read More
Samsung Galaxy Tab Mobile Computer Tablet Review By @24k This review post was written by Christopher Rauschnot and originally posted to Samsung Galaxy Tab Mobile Tablet Computer Review. You can follow him on Twitter @24k & @24kMedia and the 24kMedia Facebook Page Sets of tablets were announced in late 2010 that were going to be shown off at the upcoming International Consumers Electronics Show… Read More
Video: Flash on the new Samsung Galaxy Android Tablet Here you go. I think the demo says it all. Flash running on the new Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet. Yes, the great tablet war is alive and well.… Read More
Googles new Tablet is the first counterstrike to Apples opening shot We pick up in the war after the CrunchPad came and went, various ‘tablets’ from other manufactures have taken up position on the field. Apples iPad is the first heavy into battle, and with great surprise, not to much effect. The general reception to the iPad has been even at best. Now comes Googles tablet,… Read More
We have netTablets, Gtablets, iSlates and now SmartBooks? We can all tell #CES is coming (here) because of the flurry of #netTablets, #iSlates, #SmartBooks or whatever we are going to call it is hitting the interwebs. Today I got a message from gdgt on a new class of laptop. Called the Lenovo Skylight, its beyond the netbook in that it uses a 1… Read More
iSlate vs GTablet vs Curiour vs iTablets. Calm before the CES storm The storm clouds over CES in Las Vegas have been gathering as the Apple, Google, Microsoft and the loosely unified free states prepare for war. Even though we know Apple will not make their announcement till Jan 26, they will leaks bits and bobs to counter the other slate warriors from having the field TOO… Read More