Before the iPad and before the Slate , the most exciting touchy tablety thing in our lives was Toshiba’s JournE multimedia tablet . Now that the Japanese compu-maker has seen what the competition has on offer, it’s proudly proclaimed itself back in the running with an entire family of slate devices it’s planning to introduce near the end of 2010 or in early 2011.
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Toshiba will have its own family of slates by this time next year
Whatever happened to that dreamy Line 6 / Apple tie-up ? Who knows, right
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PRS Guitarbud jacks your axe, ego into iPhone / iPod touch
Think we’d all be better off if HTML5 could somehow instantly replace Flash overnight? Not necessarily, according to a set of comparisons from Jan Ozer of the Streaming Learning Center website, which found that while HTML5 did come out ahead in many respects, it wasn’t exactly a clear winner
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HTML5 vs. Flash comparison finds a few surprises, settles few debates
That’s the “glass is half full” attitude we like, Verizon — always looking for a way to sign a few more of those lucrative data contracts, no matter the circumstances! Turns out Big Red is tipping off its staffers on how it can encourage customers to go with the WiFi-only version of the iPad and pair it up with a device like the MiFi rather than shelling out $130 more for integrated AT&T 3G and waiting a few extra weeks. As usual, Verizon’s keen on playing up the anti-AT&T sentiment it’s cultivated in its recent ad campaign by openly calling its biggest competitor’s 3G network “overloaded,” but we see one big hangup: 5GB of data on a Verizon MiFi is going to run you $60 a month, twice as much as AT&T will be charging for its dedicated, unlimited iPad plan
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Eternal optimist Verizon calls iPad launch ‘an opportunity’ to sell some data plans
Hey remember that feel-good iPad introduction video with the Ben Folds cover of “In Between Days” Apple posted on launch day? Yeah, well you’re going to remember the hell out of it once you watch it with Google’s auto-transcription enabled on YouTube. Trust us, you owe yourself these few moments of absurdity
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The iPad introduction video, as captioned by Google
It’s been a few months since we last heard of Archos’s supposed new player lineup , as all the talk lately has been tablet-this and tablet-that , but we finally have some video of a new Vision device, the A43VB. Somewhat tragically, though, it apparently is not a real Archos device at all, rather a re-branded discount media player given the Archos silkscreen and a UI refresh. The good news is this means a low cost — just €99 (or $135) — for this 8GB model with a 4.3-inch screen and microSD expansion, but the bad news is that the result is slightly janky
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Archos’s budget Vision A43VB PMP caught on camera making kittens sad (video)
It’s debatable whether the act of reading on a Kindle or the like is actually preferable to perusing something bound and printed on paper, but regardless 1Cross Tech’s MIDhybrid helps to bring bring the two experiences closer together. It’s an e-reader with an E-Ink screen on the left and a small LCD plus keypad on the right, with a hinge in the middle that allows it to fold in half either way.
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1Cross Tech MIDhybrid is the Android-powered e-reader that looks like a book (video)
Neil Fraser, a true pioneer of science, wasn’t satisfied with just wondering whether a lava lamp will work on Jupiter.
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A lava lamp and a Nexus One tested under 3 Gs of force (video)
There’s no question that Fujitsu’s LifeBook UH900 is a niche device; much like Sony’s VAIO P , there’s just not a lot of demand for an expensive clamshell with an extremely high resolution and an exceptionally cramped keyboard. That said, there’s a curious seduction surrounding this thing, and critics over at Pocketables seemed to agree. After spending some long days (and nights, don’tcha know?) with the Japanese version of this here device, they came away with a huge mixed bag of emotions
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Fujitsu’s LifeBook UH900 gets reviewed, notable flaws found
Would you believe that Acer is working on a frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard? As far-fetched as the idea might be, it’s certainly plausible, expected even
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Acer working on frameless laptop with touchscreen keyboard?
