It looks like the generic tablet explosion is building up for a second go round. This 7″ Android tablet is running Android v2.1 on a 1GHz CPU with 4GB Flash, microSD card slot, Wifi, speakers, g-sensor, and USB Host. it also has that weird little silver thing; I don’t know what it is. Curiously enough, [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2011
iPad cases now on clearance at AT&T – $5
April 30th, 2011 · 5 Comments · hardware news
AT&T have put all remaining cases for the original iPad on clearance. The price is $5 and shipping is included. I’ve already picked up a couple cases for myself, so i know that this deal is legit. Note that this is only for the original iPad but it does include all the cases including cases [...]
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Amazon came to their senses on the Appstore
April 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · app store news
No, it’s not going international, sorry. As you know, Amazon have an Android Appstore, and to get apps from the Appstore you have to first download and install the store itself. Up until about a month ago the only to get the Appstore was to send Amazon your email address and then wait for Amazon [...]
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The tablet supply is going to dry up in the coming months
April 29th, 2011 · 8 Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that there’s going to be a shortfall of components for large tablets in the next few months. The market had originally expected the tight supply of components and key materials caused by the Japan earthquake will ease in May. Contrary to the expectations, the crisis of the possible interruption of the supply [...]
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My First Tablet – SmartQ 7
April 29th, 2011 · 4 Comments · hardware reviews
Today I decided to pull my first tablet out of the closet for a retrospective. The SmartQ 7 was released in the summer of 2009 with a retail of around$250. It’s based on a 7″ (800×480) resistive touchscreen, and it ran a custom version of Ubuntu (Linux) on an 800 MHz CPU. It had a [...]
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Pirate Downloads a Man’s Brain and Deletes the Original
April 29th, 2011 · 5 Comments · piracy
You’ve probably seen any number if anti-piracy PSAs. Here’s a new one that I think is rather funny (I’m still not sure if it was meant as a joke). The video is after the break.
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Openmargin brings margin notes to life
April 28th, 2011 · 1 Comment · apps
A new iPad app was announced today that’s going change the way you collaborate. *openmargin has a number of rather interesting features. It seems to offer a lot of what I’ve wanted in terms of sharing. But the app isn’t actually available yet. Until it is, all I have to tide you over is this [...]
Making an ebook app just got easier
April 28th, 2011 · 12 Comments · ebook tools
Over the past couple days I’ve been playing with Laker, a new ebook framework. This is a collection of of bits and peices of HTML5 that gives you a number of shortcuts in designing your own ebook app. It’s based on a number of other projects, including Baker ebook Framework the Less CSS Framework, and [...]
Hanvon show off the new B516
April 28th, 2011 · No Comments · video
Charbax was at a trade show last week when he came across this new e-reader. The B516 is an updated version of the existing N516. I’ve got one on my desk, and it has all the same buttons, only on the B516 they’ve been moved slightly. It’s supposed to be on the market some time [...]
E-reader sales are down in China
April 28th, 2011 · No Comments · hardware news
Do you recall how the iPad was supposed to kill off e-readers? It looks like that might be happening in China. E-reader sales are down 7% in Q1 2011 against last year, and the total sold is estimated to be around 282 thousand. What’s curious about this is that my source blames the iPad. Apple [...]
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