There were plenty of things that got my attention at CES this year ($250 Tegra 3 tablet?), but for a single device that I could work into my existing setup I don’t think anything was as impressive as this 55-inch OLED TV from Samsung. It looked like you could walk right into it. I can’t wait to own one…in about 4 years.
The videos really do the talking here, but Steve Jobs has thrown down the gauntlet against Flash and indicated that it essentially makes for a broken experience on a mobile device. The first video below is of Flash 10.1 running on a Nexus One and the second is HTML 5 running on an iPad.
Which looks like a broken experience to you?
*post image courtesy of androidphonegeek
I’m sure by now that you are all aware that multitouch has come to a U.S. Android device at long last. This was fast becoming an issue akin to the iPhone not having copy and paste or MMS for the first couple years of its existence. Every interview you saw with a member of the Android team would feature at least a brief grill session on why multitouch (or “specific multitouch implementations” as Erick Tseng put it to Engadget) were missing on U.S. Android devices. Now that we have multitouch the why probably seems less important, but I think the answer has been made crystal clear. Read More…
So perhaps there was some hyperbole involved if Jobs really stated that this is, “the most important thing I have ever done in my life.” I have yet to see anyone try to claim that the iPad is a revolutionary device and rightly so; it’s a big iPod Touch. Don’t get me wrong, that’s not exactly a harsh criticism as a big iPod Touch can definitely serve a purpose.
If you were looking to replace your Macbook then I’m afraid Apple has left you out in the cold, but if on the other hand you were looking for a “dead simple web tablet with a touchscreen to surf the web,” I believe your prayers have been answered. Apple has created the couchputer that I thought would finally see the light of day in the form of Arrington’s CrunchPad. I’m guessing you all know how that ended. Read More…
Alright Verizon, just go ahead and forget about bringing us the Nexus One (I still want the Motorola Shadow though so don’t take your eyes off the prize on that one). Set your sights squarely on the image to the left and repeat 1,000 times that you will not allow Sprint to have exclusivity on this phone (By the way, congratulations to you Sprint users, this thing looks amazing). I know you just got done lacing up that iPhone/iTablet contract and you are probably tired, but this is going to be worth it.
Let me just run down the specs quickly for those of you that haven’t been following the Supersonic until now
As I’m sure most of you realize, those specs make this what we were all asking for last year, the HD2 running Android. Yes I realize a particularly compelling part of this device (and likely the reason for its moniker) is the WiMAX, but I do not want Verizon waiting for the next gen of this device just to bake LTE into it.
I realize that tomorrow’s Apple Tablet announcement could bring with it news that Apple is finally going to make a major upgrade to the iPhone versus the minor spec bumping we have seen in its second and third iterations, but come June I personally would rather have this (or more accurately a WiMAXless twin of it) safely ensconced in my pocket. Anyone else with me or is the siren song of the iPhone on Verizon going to dash the current Android surge we are enjoying against the rocks?
Odd, I wonder what could have inspired HP to suddenly release a minor update on their tablet which we briefly glimpsed at CES during Balmer’s keynote. I have to confess that as a HP TC1100 user I find this tablet to be fairly compelling, although it definitely takes a backseat to the Courier and the iPad at the moment.
The video does not really give you any great new views of the device and focuses more on its history and philosophy, so if you want to save yourself a couple minutes here is the breakdown
Last Sunday morning as I was in the kitchen making breakfast and I noticed that my Droid was asking me if I would like to update now (Yes, I keep my phone on me and still compulsively check it even when cooking, don’t judge me). While it was about a week ahead of all projections for the release of the Android 2.1 update for the Droid I still could barely contain my excitement as I immediately grabbed my phone and hit “Yes.” About 45 seconds later the update had downloaded and I knew there was no hope that 2.1 was going to be present upon reboot. Read More…
On the strength of information from Ashok Kumar (an analyst from Northeast Securities), TheStreet.com is confirming a partnership between Apple and Verizon on the soon to be announced iTablet/iSlate. Their speculations coupled with some that GigaOm.com gleaned from the same analyst include the following “facts”
For reasons unknown to me this one seems to be flying a little below the radar on most of the tech blogs, but a week ago Andy Rubin said in an interview with Walt Mossberg that the next version of the Nexus One would be targeted at enterprise users. The Motorola Shadow, which I wrote about just a couple days ago, would possibly fit the bill. The clean lines of the device and the nicely contrasting black and white coloring would be acceptable for most business users, but I don’t think that hand strap would make the cut. Read More…
These images just popped up on Engadget today via the blog of Alfred Sung. The claim is that we are looking at the Motorola Shadow which as I theorized earlier this week could be the next flagship Android device and receive the Nexus Two moniker to prove it. The screen image matches up well with the earlier leak so if this is a fake we aren’t dealing with a complete moron.
Just to rehash the specs:
*9mm-thick handset with 1080p video recording and an HDMI output
*4.3″ Screen with 850 x 484 resolution
*8-megapixel camera
It would appear that we can now add keyboard and handstrap to that list. Obviously this is the logical progression of the Droid/Milestone so it wouldn’t come as a huge surprise if Motorola again went the keyboard route. The black screen and white keyboard is a nice look to me, but then I was always a fan of Fujitsu laptops which shared this aesthetic. The hand strap would certainly seem to be targeting a more youthful demographic which would seem like a slightly odd move for a flagship device.
The keyboard layout seems a little concerning too, the extra real estate by running the keys nearly end to end is welcome but the d-pad breaking things up on the right seems unfortunate. I particularly would not look forward to taking a stab at that enter key.
What do you all think? Does the new more spacious keyboard look good or have they missed the mark and how do you feel about rocking that handstrap?