According to the WSJ, the much rumored Mac tablet will be announced at the end of the month, and will be shipping at the end of March.
If I were asked “What would you use the Apple tablet, or any other, for?” I would say for everything that I use my laptop for, and more. I think with the right tablet I really could set my laptop aside permanently.
Of course, this would only work if one or more of the tablet manufactures produce a well thought out product that has enough power and features to allow mw to keep doing all the things that I need to do daily.
One thing is certain, the coming decade will yield a continued increase in the products that come to market as part of this industry innovative cycle that we are in. Technology companies will have to continue to try new to find new innovative products and different adaptations of existing technologies in an attempt to find the “next have to have” item.
Continue reading about To be a Niche product or not to be a Niche product, that is the question.
o here it is, November, and after many, many repeated tweets, comments, and emails I have gotten an answer of “Soon”. Will it be soon enough, with more and more diverse products racing to crowd the playing field of the tablet / media / e-reader markets? I guess we will know soon…
Continue reading about Crunchpad: To be vaporware or not to be vaporware, that is the question…
As many of you who follow my blog may already know, I have been following the ever ripining tablet market, with a particular eye on the Crunch Pad. Both Tech Crunch and Fusion Garage, the company that is doing the OS for the crunch pad, have been mute as to the progress of this device.
During a recent scan of the web for the latest Tablet Computing news I ran across this posting from Dan Frommer at the Business Insider blog (Kudos to them for the embed option)
Continue reading about Hey Arrington! What’s up with the Crunch Pad??
The race for a new generation tablet PC seems to be heating up. Everyone has been waiting to see if Apple’s rumored offering, The recently announced Archos Android based tablet, or the Tech Crunch’s Crunchpad will be first to market, but today on Gizmodo I saw a sneak peek at a Microsoft tablet that is rumored to be in the late testing phase.
Continue reading about Dr. Gates says: Take Two Tablets, and email Microsoft in the morning…