Sep 07
As the tablet wars continue to ravage the tech industry landscape, Amazon has carved itself a strong niche in the tablet market with the Kindle Fire. That device was considered by many to be the first 7-inch tablet with real appeal, based on its strong hardware and solid design. This was all bolstered by the …
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Mar 21
I can’t promise that this will be the last post I make about the new iPad, but who can blame me for continuing to post about this month’s hottest slab of aluminum and glass? Last week the third generation iPad went on sale and stock is now cleared out everywhere and anywhere you could buy …
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Mar 09
With Apple’s announcement of the new iPad, we got a glimpse at the incredible possibilities of a retina display at 9.7 inches. In order to get that level of pixel density, Apple had to increase the display resolution by four times, leading to a resolution beyond that of full 1080p. In fact, the only device …
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Mar 07
Ok folks, let’s break this down for you. If MWC and CES are any indication, tech companies are taking tablets very serious. Samsung, Asus, Motorola, Lenovo and many others have been increasingly aggressive in their tablet solutions. Either with fierce new updates or flooding the market with multiple models, there is no OEM that is …
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Feb 06
Some of you may remember A Day Made of Glass, an awesome proof of concept video made by Gorilla glass manufacturer Corning. The company is back with a second video showing even more applications of their incredible glass products. Obviously, everything here is experimental, but it’s also a fantastic visualization of where our world is …
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Jun 06
Microsoft is rarely a company I associate with stylish design and forward-thinking enhancements. Until Vista gave Windows a bit of a visual pick-me-up, the only adjective I could give to Microsoft’s operating system was “drab”. I mean XP was ugly, it just wasn’t anything to be proud of. Yet over the past few years, Microsoft …
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Apr 13
Intel’s Atom processor has seen a tumultuous but brief history in the CPU space. Designated as Intel’s super efficient and extremely small chip solution, many figured Atom would be Intel’s way into the tablet and smartphone space. But after 4 years Atom remains out of that space, completely dominated by ARM. Instead, Atom got its …
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Jan 08
We knew it would be coming. Even 6 months before CES 2011 we knew the event would be host dozens of tablets from an endless mass of vendors. But the questioned on everyone’s mind was just how these tablets would manifest. 10-inch Atom-based affairs with Windows 7 like those from Asus? 7-inch ARM machines with …
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Jan 12
CES this year has focused largely on mobile devices. NVidia has shown off their incredibly powerful Tegra 2, Imagination Technologies announced their new PowerVR SGX 545, and even Intel has honored Silverthorne’s memory by showing off Moorestown, their new mobile platform. I’ll have features on these technologies after CES, but the point is this: these chips can …
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