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I've had an iPhone since a month after the initial release. I've not had a crash, a lockup or any other sort of issue

That's odd, because EVERY SINGLE person I know with an iPhone has had an issue at one point or another. Sometimes it took a restart to fix, sometimes it took a reset, and a few times it took a device swap, but it happened to every one. Now, I'm not saying that the iPhone is unstable (as the GP is), but I am saying that it's not a model of stability. Neither is any MS product. Neither is Android...

Fragmentation isn't a good thing, regardless of what Linux fanboys think.

So tailoring a product to the needs of the consumer isn't a good thing? Making different size clothes isn't a good thing? Making medication available in different doses isn't a good thing? The fact of the matter is that different people need different things. Most people don't need a smart phone at all. So that rules out the iPhone for them. But it doesn't rule out Android (it is being put on increasingly "light" devices). Fragmentation can be good, so long as it's controlled and for a reason... That's why different phones exist (oh yeah, that's right, you think there should be one phone to rule them all)...

Yep, Apple requires you purchase through the AppStore that they control ... and you think thats bad ... except ... everyone else in the world prefers it over any alternative. Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really. I was going to say Apple, but Android would be a lemon in this case so its not a fair comparison

Actually, you can't say that for sure. There can be no alternative to the App store, so you can't say that a (possibly large) portion of iPhone users wouldn't use another market... You're telling me that everyone who like the iPhone experience LIKES the restrictive store? I know at least one person (the only one I've talked to about it) that's not a geek that would disagree with you...

You're arguement is that Android is better because you can get shittier apps because there is absolutely no oversight?

It's not about quality... It's about availability. There are dozens of things I can get from the Android market (and actually have and use) that wouldn't be allowed in the Apple market... I'm an adult, and I like being treated like one, and not told how and what I can use...

Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really.

Hrm, really? What about all of these news stories? Sure, total sales to day are slim, but considering the first powerhouse Android phones are only MAYBE 6 months old, it's growing quite fast...

We've ported portions of it to Android, but unless something spectacular happens it'll never finish. No one here likes them for various reasons.

Can you please elaborate on why? As it stands, it sounds like pure fanboi-ism, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and ask your reasoning...?

Continue making your battle cry 'but I can run anything I want on it' and maybe eventually you will realize that while thats great from an idealogical standpoint, its fucking retarded from a practical standpoint, and practical is what normal people actually care about.

I've had an iPhone since a month after the initial release. I've not had a crash, a lockup or any other sort of issue

That's odd, because EVERY SINGLE person I know with an iPhone has had an issue at one point or another. Sometimes it took a restart to fix, sometimes it took a reset, and a few times it took a device swap, but it happened to every one. Now, I'm not saying that the iPhone is unstable (as the GP is), but I am saying that it's not a model of stability. Neither is any MS product. Neither is Android...

Fragmentation isn't a good thing, regardless of what Linux fanboys think.

So tailoring a product to the needs of the consumer isn't a good thing? Making different size clothes isn't a good thing? Making medication available in different doses isn't a good thing? The fact of the matter is that different people need different things. Most people don't need a smart phone at all. So that rules out the iPhone for them. But it doesn't rule out Android (it is being put on increasingly "light" devices). Fragmentation can be good, so long as it's controlled and for a reason... That's why different phones exist (oh yeah, that's right, you think there should be one phone to rule them all)...

Yep, Apple requires you purchase through the AppStore that they control ... and you think thats bad ... except ... everyone else in the world prefers it over any alternative. Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really. I was going to say Apple, but Android would be a lemon in this case so its not a fair comparison

Actually, you can't say that for sure. There can be no alternative to the App store, so you can't say that a (possibly large) portion of iPhone users wouldn't use another market... You're telling me that everyone who like the iPhone experience LIKES the restrictive store? I know at least one person (the only one I've talked to about it) that's not a geek that would disagree with you...

You're arguement is that Android is better because you can get shittier apps because there is absolutely no oversight?

It's not about quality... It's about availability. There are dozens of things I can get from the Android market (and actually have and use) that wouldn't be allowed in the Apple market... I'm an adult, and I like being treated like one, and not told how and what I can use...

Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really.

Hrm, really? What about all of these news stories? Sure, total sales to day are slim, but considering the first powerhouse Android phones are only MAYBE 6 months old, it's growing quite fast...

We've ported portions of it to Android, but unless something spectacular happens it'll never finish. No one here likes them for various reasons.

Can you please elaborate on why? As it stands, it sounds like pure fanboi-ism, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and ask your reasoning...?

Continue making your battle cry 'but I can run anything I want on it' and maybe eventually you will realize that while thats great from an idealogical standpoint, its fucking retarded from a practical standpoint, and practical is what normal people actually care about.

I've had an iPhone since a month after the initial release. I've not had a crash, a lockup or any other sort of issue

That's odd, because EVERY SINGLE person I know with an iPhone has had an issue at one point or another. Sometimes it took a restart to fix, sometimes it took a reset, and a few times it took a device swap, but it happened to every one. Now, I'm not saying that the iPhone is unstable (as the GP is), but I am saying that it's not a model of stability. Neither is any MS product. Neither is Android...

Fragmentation isn't a good thing, regardless of what Linux fanboys think.

So tailoring a product to the needs of the consumer isn't a good thing? Making different size clothes isn't a good thing? Making medication available in different doses isn't a good thing? The fact of the matter is that different people need different things. Most people don't need a smart phone at all. So that rules out the iPhone for them. But it doesn't rule out Android (it is being put on increasingly "light" devices). Fragmentation can be good, so long as it's controlled and for a reason... That's why different phones exist (oh yeah, that's right, you think there should be one phone to rule them all)...

Yep, Apple requires you purchase through the AppStore that they control ... and you think thats bad ... except ... everyone else in the world prefers it over any alternative. Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really. I was going to say Apple, but Android would be a lemon in this case so its not a fair comparison

Actually, you can't say that for sure. There can be no alternative to the App store, so you can't say that a (possibly large) portion of iPhone users wouldn't use another market... You're telling me that everyone who like the iPhone experience LIKES the restrictive store? I know at least one person (the only one I've talked to about it) that's not a geek that would disagree with you...

You're arguement is that Android is better because you can get shittier apps because there is absolutely no oversight?

It's not about quality... It's about availability. There are dozens of things I can get from the Android market (and actually have and use) that wouldn't be allowed in the Apple market... I'm an adult, and I like being treated like one, and not told how and what I can use...

Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really.

Hrm, really? What about all of these news stories? Sure, total sales to day are slim, but considering the first powerhouse Android phones are only MAYBE 6 months old, it's growing quite fast...

We've ported portions of it to Android, but unless something spectacular happens it'll never finish. No one here likes them for various reasons.

Can you please elaborate on why? As it stands, it sounds like pure fanboi-ism, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and ask your reasoning...?

Continue making your battle cry 'but I can run anything I want on it' and maybe eventually you will realize that while thats great from an idealogical standpoint, its fucking retarded from a practical standpoint, and practical is what normal people actually care about.

I've had an iPhone since a month after the initial release. I've not had a crash, a lockup or any other sort of issue

That's odd, because EVERY SINGLE person I know with an iPhone has had an issue at one point or another. Sometimes it took a restart to fix, sometimes it took a reset, and a few times it took a device swap, but it happened to every one. Now, I'm not saying that the iPhone is unstable (as the GP is), but I am saying that it's not a model of stability. Neither is any MS product. Neither is Android...

Fragmentation isn't a good thing, regardless of what Linux fanboys think.

So tailoring a product to the needs of the consumer isn't a good thing? Making different size clothes isn't a good thing? Making medication available in different doses isn't a good thing? The fact of the matter is that different people need different things. Most people don't need a smart phone at all. So that rules out the iPhone for them. But it doesn't rule out Android (it is being put on increasingly "light" devices). Fragmentation can be good, so long as it's controlled and for a reason... That's why different phones exist (oh yeah, that's right, you think there should be one phone to rule them all)...

Yep, Apple requires you purchase through the AppStore that they control ... and you think thats bad ... except ... everyone else in the world prefers it over any alternative. Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really. I was going to say Apple, but Android would be a lemon in this case so its not a fair comparison

Actually, you can't say that for sure. There can be no alternative to the App store, so you can't say that a (possibly large) portion of iPhone users wouldn't use another market... You're telling me that everyone who like the iPhone experience LIKES the restrictive store? I know at least one person (the only one I've talked to about it) that's not a geek that would disagree with you...

You're arguement is that Android is better because you can get shittier apps because there is absolutely no oversight?

It's not about quality... It's about availability. There are dozens of things I can get from the Android market (and actually have and use) that wouldn't be allowed in the Apple market... I'm an adult, and I like being treated like one, and not told how and what I can use...

Look at the combined android device sales figures, compare them to ... well anyone really.

Hrm, really? What about all of these news stories? Sure, total sales to day are slim, but considering the first powerhouse Android phones are only MAYBE 6 months old, it's growing quite fast...

We've ported portions of it to Android, but unless something spectacular happens it'll never finish. No one here likes them for various reasons.

Can you please elaborate on why? As it stands, it sounds like pure fanboi-ism, but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and ask your reasoning...?

Continue making your battle cry 'but I can run anything I want on it' and maybe eventually you will realize that while thats great from an idealogical standpoint, its fucking retarded from a practical standpoint, and practical is what normal people actually care about.

Care for a little Crunchpad/Joojoo?

Keep in mind that this thing was publicly confirmed LONG before the iPad. Even if you want to go back when the name was changed from the Crunchpad to the Joojoo, it was STILL publicly confirmed before the iPad.

And no, it is not vaporware.

Well, it also makes using all the Shanzhai iPads easier ;)

And how much did it cost, again? Not exactly a netbook at $1,850US MSRP.

Or even more with these bad-boys.

[citation needed]

Any actual unbiased reviews to back that up? I would have been impressed if they used the same battery capacity and the droid was better. It does have a bigger battery, so I would expect it to have a bigger capacity.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review/

Forgive me for not seeing any place that he mentioned the Motorola Droid, are you seeing something im not?

I would suspect it is also likely to be the N900...which IMO is freakin awesome phone, probably going to be my next choice.

I believe that Apple is suing HTC over gestures which use multi-touch.

What's your source for this claim? None of the patents in the Apple-HTC litigation involve multi-touch, let alone multi-touch gestures.

[citation needed]

Any actual unbiased reviews to back that up? I would have been impressed if they used the same battery capacity and the droid was better. It does have a bigger battery, so I would expect it to have a bigger capacity.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/motorola-droid-review/

http://www.pcworld.com/article/148348/3g_iphones_mediocre_battery_life_still_beats_rivals.html

I don't see anything in these to proclaim HTC/Droid phones far superior when it comes to battery life even with a larger battery.

According to what I'm seeing, these folks are only getting a day's worth of use. I get 3 - 4 days on an iPhone before I have to charge it.

I often listen to thousands of songs stored on the device via bluetooth to my car stereo, while using my GPS Nav app, and I don't have a problem. I prefer it to the crap you get from streaming sites.

I'm impressed by its resolution, which is purported to be 960 x 640, according to engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/29/wsj-apple-developing-new-iphone-plus-another-for-verizon/

That's a step-up from the rest of the pack, including the "super-phone" EVO 4G. I'm wondering if this also means a step-up in overall screen size.

Regardless of where you fall in the iPhone fan/hate camp, you have to admit competition breeds excellence.

Now if only we could do something about the locked-in phones, 2 year contracts, "subsidized" loan plans, and uncompetitive wireless market in the US.

Good Grief. I have a first-gen iPhone, and will consider upgrading when the next version comes out. So you can expect that I'm excited about the possible specs on. But, really, the linked article is a ridiculous i-gasm. If you are going to report this stuff, stick to the original sources, rather than linking to second-hand articles that lace their copy with unabashed fanboy-ism. If you want color commentary along with your tech news, check out the relevant post on Engadget.

What actually kicked off this latest wave of speculation was an an article from the Wall Street Journal, stating that Apple is developing a CDMA version of the iphone for Verizon. The WSJ is a fairly reputable source that wouldn't print unless they had some solid evidence, so this should be interpreted as a bit more than a typical rumor.

Apple already has a patent on LCD screens with integrated image sensors. Pretty sure that works based on the reflection of light, too, and it would do more than just detect gestures.

Well, you could simply declare that multiple monitors is for losers and get a QuadHD (3840x2160) LCD instead, like say this one. It's only supposed to set you back 50,000$ or so. A 2160 cinema projector can easily set you back a few hundred thousands if that's not enough. There's always options if you have enough money...

Put together a decent little HTPC. It shouldn't cost you any more than $300 for a decently spec'd mATX board, case, proc, RAM. Get a modern onboard video chipset and all your HD decoding will be handled for you. Throw on one of these Lenovo wireless keyboard/trackball things and you're all set. Add a halfway decent GPU if you want gaming abilities.

Maybe: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/30/nintendos-iwata-muses-about-kindle-like-business-model-for-futu/
Nintendo was able to secure free WiFi for a lot of major network operators in Europe.
If they include a tranceiver for downloading games then using the built in microphone to make phone calls should be trivial.
Don't get your hopes up though, I can imagine Nintendo acting very conservatively here.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc-evo-4g-nexus-one-and-droid-face-off-on-the-charted-field-o/ It has multitouch and a bigger battery than Droid & Nexus one, but that doesn't tell how long the actual life will be.

"So you can use voice and data at the same time"

According to http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/htc-evo-4g-is-sprints-android-powered-knight-in-superphone-armo/, Sprint says it is "still in the testing phase". Not sure what this means, but it sounds like they haven't proven it is possible in their current design (or just bad PR).

My guess is it will end up being a pretty high priority.

So - is it really true that Windows 7 on phones will also run Microsoft approved applications?

Yes, though it looks like there will be some semi-official backdoors.

I think it's safe to say anyone will probably be able to release anything they please.

I'm not sure how you missed the news if you have been paying attention to WIndows 7 Phone Series at all but... not so:

We just got out of a meeting with Microsoft's Todd Biggs, who dropped a little bombshell on us: the only official way to get apps on a Windows Phone 7 Series device will be to download them from the just-detailed Windows Phone Marketplace. That means developers will have to abide by Microsoft's technical and content guidelines in order to make it in, with the very real possibility of rejection - sound familiar? Todd told us Microsoft plans to avoid Apple-style submission headaches by making the process transparent and predictable, with a group of Microsoft execs regularly meeting to examine edge cases and refine the guidelines as needed, but even the best intentions can be led astray by a sexy app or two.

Microsoft will not have a closed app store model for winmo7 (although they will have their own app store). You can get an SDK and emulator right now - for free - and make XNA/Silverlight apps that can be downloaded to a winmo7 phone.

Oh really?

Like Apple and Google, Microsoft has also thrown their hat into the ring and launched an application store called Windows Phone Marketplace. The marketplace won't be empty at launch because Microsoft has a list of impressive development partners such as EA, Foursquare, Namco and Sling to name just a few. But it will indeed be a closed system, similar to Apple's iTunes App store, being the only vehicle where the end-user can download software to their smartphone.

Am I sure? Pretty sure.

Though there's no way for end users to purchase and install apps outside of the Marketplace, Microsoft is naturally working on a solution for trialling apps on a limited number of devices; if we had to guess, it'll be something akin to Apple's ad hoc installation mode, but Charlie Kindel has said that it won't be available in the first release of the platform. For now, the only way to do it is to unlock devices one at a time through the developer portal, and Microsoft isn't talking about how many devices you'll be able to unlock on an account right now.

The iPhone is totally open as well if you count the ability to develop whatever you like and deploy it - it just costs a little more, but once you have paid you can put anything on the phone.

If you want to be an good Apple fan you should try not to spout nonsense - your ignorance makes Steve look bad.

The thing that really amuses me about the whole Windows vs. Mac thing, is how often the Mac people end up knowing so much more about both platforms than the people who only really know Windows. And so the trend continues it would seem.

If you have other details illustrating the degree of openness for Windows Mobile Series 7 that you claim, by all means share them with the group.

Especially since Palm is rumoured to be moving to Android.

Engadget has an interesting write-up on this with a video comparing page-load times on an Edge connection between Safari and Opera Mini. The article also links to a page Opera has up with a timer showing how long it's been since the app was submitted. If the video is legitimate, I could see this getting a lot of people to move to Opera Mini (if Apple accepts this app).

I remember watching the Engadget review video of the Nexus One, and the iPhone blitzed both Android devices (Droid, N1)

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/nexus-one-review/

You can say all you want about screen resolutions, fact is, if you want to use the internet, the iPhone zips way out in front for loading times, and has a more accurate touchscreen, it lets you get the job done faster. I am used to higher resolution displays, and can see how photos etc would look better, but sight unseen, I dont know if I'd prefer prettier banner ads over a fast and easier to use browser.

I've wanted to play around with a Nexus One, as an "Apple Fanboi", I think its great that the iPhone is starting to get competition. Its a joke at the moment though, I dont even really think Android phones are sold in NZ? I think theres one or two, tucked away somewhere at the carrier store, only advertised as "With Google". "but my phone already does Google Search!" :)

Really? Is this the most damning evidence? On a scale of 1 being least damning and 10 being most damning where does this fall when also considering that Viacom was uploading videos to YouTube in an effort to make YouTube look like it was infringing?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/18/youtube-viacom-would-demand-removal-of-videos-it-covertly-uploa/

Fuck the media conglomerates. I hope they all rot.

This is a torch.

Um, actually I think you're thinking of the ads for the Droid, which is actually just a particular Android device made by Motorola and marketed by Verizon. It was the one with the really macho ads everywhere.

I don't know what Google was thinking allowing one of their OS users to brand their device the Droid, total marketplace confusion.

The Palm Pre is Verizon's smartphone for women:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/04/verizon-advertising-says-droid-is-for-men-pre-is-for-women-vid/

I think it will be a while for a color Kindle.

Fall, 2010

"... if there was one positive you could take away from the event, it was that Move is clearly a far more precise implementation than the Wiimote. Some of the games felt clearly more 'tactile' than the Wii equivalents."

It's interesting that their experience is so different from Engadget's.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/10/playstation-move-first-hands-on/

Engadget's hands-on found:
* We hate to say this about "pre-alpha" software, but we're feeling lag. An on-rails shooter we tried out, dubbed The Shoot, was discernibly inferior to shooting experiences we've had on the Wii, both in precision and refresh rate of the aiming cursor.
* The system seemed to have a bit of trouble understanding the configuration of our body in a swordfighting stance: even though we selected "left handed," it was putting our sword arm forward instead of our shield. Right-handers didn't seem to have similar problems, and we're sure this will be ironed out in time, but it certainly shows that the controllers aren't magical in their space-detection prowess.

You should care.

Flash is more than a video player.

H.264 support has Mozilla and Firefox tied up in knots. The Flash plug-in is not going away.

Apple doesn't have an entrant in the netbook sector.

The Atom + Windows + ION2 + Flash 10.1 netbook will likely hit the market priced at under $400.

Acer Aspire One 532G with ION 2 priced at an aggressive 379 euros

The Engadget stub article states that Adobe is "cut out of the loop" of GPU acceleration on the Mac platform, and as evidence links to three other articles (also Engadget):

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/adobe-on-flash-and-the-ipad-apple-is-continuing-to-impose-rest/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/adobe-ups-passive-aggressive-stance-on-ipad-while-apple-promo-f/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/adobe-got-7-million-iphone-and-ipod-touch-download-requests-for/

All of which seem to detail the battle to get Flash on Apple's mobiles, and not a battle for GPU acceleration on MacOS. It would seem to me that if Flash isn't GPU accelerated on MacOS now, that they could take advantage of OpenGL to do so.

The Engadget stub article states that Adobe is "cut out of the loop" of GPU acceleration on the Mac platform, and as evidence links to three other articles (also Engadget):

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/adobe-on-flash-and-the-ipad-apple-is-continuing-to-impose-rest/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/adobe-ups-passive-aggressive-stance-on-ipad-while-apple-promo-f/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/adobe-got-7-million-iphone-and-ipod-touch-download-requests-for/

All of which seem to detail the battle to get Flash on Apple's mobiles, and not a battle for GPU acceleration on MacOS. It would seem to me that if Flash isn't GPU accelerated on MacOS now, that they could take advantage of OpenGL to do so.

The Engadget stub article states that Adobe is "cut out of the loop" of GPU acceleration on the Mac platform, and as evidence links to three other articles (also Engadget):

http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/28/adobe-on-flash-and-the-ipad-apple-is-continuing-to-impose-rest/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/29/adobe-ups-passive-aggressive-stance-on-ipad-while-apple-promo-f/
http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/adobe-got-7-million-iphone-and-ipod-touch-download-requests-for/

All of which seem to detail the battle to get Flash on Apple's mobiles, and not a battle for GPU acceleration on MacOS. It would seem to me that if Flash isn't GPU accelerated on MacOS now, that they could take advantage of OpenGL to do so.

The second test seems to forget that Flash added GPU acceleration in Windows, which dramatically drops CPU usage. It's not even small amount, it's 60%->12% with YouTube 720p video and most likely even more with 1080p. They've been working a lot with NVIDIA on it, which means more bad news for HTML5. I also installed those new NVIDIA drivers and newest Flash beta and full screen video is considerably smoother.

And where's Opera in this test? They added HTML5 support in 10.5 final too and their whole drawing engine will be hardware accelerated, with websites also. Their canvas implementation is also faster than with any other browser.

I'm a hardware guy and after swapping from Nokia to the iPhone then to a HTC Magic my next update will be a Dell Mini 5. I really like android and it's openness and now that Android has near 40k apps the iPhone app store doesn't interest me.

here Yes, it looks like a vibrator and it does in fact vibrate. But it appears to have less precise control than a Wiimote, and anybody that wants a vibrator should simply buy a vibrator. I don't see them selling a lot of these.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/15/video-spawn-labs-hd-720-aims-to-be-the-slingbox-to-your-game-co/

Looks like it's only for consoles though...

If you do the math, a 1.5m x 1.5m map at 100dpi (screen quality) is only ~34,810,000 pixels. You can capture 40 million pixels with a modern medium-format digital camera. Of course, there is no requirement that you use a single photo. With a good tripod and a typical 'point-n-shoot' or DSLR camera, you can stitch multiple photos into a single high-resolution mosaic.

Ah, from English / from Chinese to Japanese both sucks. I've just confirmed it. For years Chinese to English is known to work well as Europe and China are on the same continent and share basic structure of languages. Japanese is a slightly different stuff and we got a bit more to do......

giving http://chinese.engadget.com/2010/03/09/samsung-prices-tl500-tl350-aq100-and-sl605-shooters/ will return unreadable Japanese, if I'd translate it to English that'd be something like:

timesamsung TL500TL350AQ100 and SL605, yet to talked on price for telling everything, announced previous. Especially, also TL500, when walks like Ricoh Loewe System, Pana LX3, small size will, specification, like hot-shoe line of strong strobe. Someone, itch inside my mind, at very last what level of price curious about, saw this digital camera? current sentence will be given. 14300 of NT is about 449 dollars, asks price. TL350 349 dollars or so. Not only TL500 and TL350, double shake-reduction has RAW format.

Fingerworks.

Google doesn't use traditional data centers. They build theirs out of modules constructed from shipping containers. cf. Google Data Center Video, data center secrets revealed.

So, remote monitoring, and then someone goes to check the module the alarm came from. They may have to walk 100 meters to get to the module, though.

And since Courier is Windows CE, I'm pretty sure it will have flash support out of the box, and other browsers like Opera too.

Like Windows 7 mobile?

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/adobe-confirms-no-flash-in-windows-mobile-7/

Unless Adobe fixes flash performance, or a miraculous battery tech rears its head, I think you will be disappointed.

It's been nearly a year since the first leaks from Apple about a mystery tablet, and you can't tell me that those leaks weren't meant to drum up interest before a product even existed.

From what I've seen, Apple's modus operandi is more one of saying they don't think there's any market for a given class of products, until they have something ready to show (in hopes of revolutionizing that class of products). Nearly a year since the first leaks from Apple? Not bad considering that there have been rumors in the media since 2002.

Here's another snazzy vid (first one after the brief article). http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/microsofts-courier-digital-journal-exclusive-pictures-and-de/

I don't care who makes new tech, I just care that it work like I need/want it to. I hope msft delivers, but after surface and photosynth (which I don't think has been put to any amazing uses), I'm extremely skeptical. I hope they make it happen though. This looks great.

The article linked in the summary goes to wrong link (the same we discussed about in September)

Correct article with info. Picture gallery is here.

I must admit it does look awesome though. It's just perfect for use on sofa, as booklet is held like, well, a book. Laptop nor tablet aren't as nice and comfortable. There's no way I'll be buying the locked down tablet-like iPad when this is coming up.

I dunno man, the ION 2 stuff looks like it's going to be exactly what I'm looking for. Here's to hoping.

Oh, and screw Centauri's car...I'd be happy with his super-snazzy suit.

I noticed this story on Endgadget a few days ago, and they mentioned Microsoft in the blurb. But I don't really see that connection in the video, or in this article. So did Microsoft fund this?

I would gladly pay $300+ for an e-reader. However, it needs either a color display, or a secondary highres display (overlapped, see Pixel Qu http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/03/video-pixel-qis-e-ink-lcd-hybrid-screen-demoed-at-computex/)... I could even live without those features, but without them I'm going to wait to see if there's another revolution in book stores (Google Books, or something similar) that doesn't lock me into just one... I read enough that I can all but justify the cost (I spend around $500 to $1000 per year on books, so it'd be just about break even given the discount on ebooks). When I find the right one, I'll get it. But from what I've seen now, I'm holding off...

Engadget has a post about this. They list out some of the major/more ridiculous ones and give a quick summary. Well, as quick a summary as a non-patent lawer can give. Good to read if your'e curious about what Apple wants to sue over and don't want to read through patent abstracts. http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/02/apple-vs-htc-a-patent-breakdown/