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The Pixel Qi screen is a LCD killer

January 7th, 2011 · 9 Comments · hardware news

Pixel Qi is an exhibitor at CES this year, and I was finally able to see their screen first hand. (I’ve been wanting to see it for a couple years now.) They didn’t have a booth; instead they rented one of the small meeting rooms in the far end of South Hall. It was incredibly [...]

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Paul Carr thinks the iPad is a Kindle Killer

April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · opinion

Normally I have the deepest respect for the folks at TechCrunch, butPaul is completely wrong in this editorial. Here is what Paul said over at TechCrunch: Those same people are now the ones who will buy iPads, or presumably any one of the myriad alternatives that will soon be flooding the market. But those people [...]

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10 hours with the iPad: Why the iPad is not a Kindle killer

April 5th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware reviews

Jane over at Dear Author posted her first impressions of the iPad yesterday. Here’s the intro: I’m using the bluetooth keyboard to type this review out. I like the iPad a lot. I can foresee using this device everyday but it’s not the greatest ebook reader. I’m not certain if my frustration stems mostly from [...]

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Will the Apple iPad Be a Netbook Killer?

March 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Apple, surveys & polls

I think this is going to be the last time I post on iPad surveys. This one doesn’t really tell us anything, but what caught my attention was that Morpace asked about netbooks, not just e-readers. From the press release: According to the Morpace study, approximately 75 percent of consumers are aware of the iPad [...]

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Is this the iPad killer?

January 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments · hardware news

Sorry, sometimes I can’t help myself. I just came across a Quebec company with a new slate PC. The ExoPC Slate (that’s really the product name) has a 8.9 screen and runs Win7. It has all the features expected on a slate that the iPad doesn’t have: USB host, ethernet, webcam,VGA, headphones, microphones, and more. [...]

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