I got to play around with my Samsung Series 5 Chromebook with 3G for the entire weekend. To test it out, it became my primary portal to the internet. The Chromebook is brilliant and you probably won't want one ( Read more... )

I like the idea of an app store. It's one-stop shop for programs on a particular platform that makes it easy for users to find what they were looking for or something else entirely. It allows the smallest developers to sit on the same storefront as the biggest and reach an audience greater than they would have with an ordinary webpage ad. It has a ( Read more... )

The trend is almost disturbing, but there is a distinct effort to get console games to shed one of their last remaining advantages over PC games: transferability. You buy a PC game, you buy the license where the only item of value is the product key or serial number that gets permanently tied to your computer or account. The resale market is ( Read more... )

Netbook sales have fallen drastically over the last several months. The iPad was announced several months ago. Some have already declared the iPad victor over the netbook. Did the "magical" device truly overthrow this staple of coffeeshop computing from the last three years or is there some other force at work?

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Almost a month after initial release, I finally got an iPad. Rather than settle for the WiFi bound edition that lacked WWAN and GPS, I waited for the full version which at long last arrived at my door last Friday. Since its arrival, I've been taking it with me just about everywhere and using it extensively. I had already formed my opinion of the ( Read more... )

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The iPad is an amazing device. It put something in the gap between media players and laptops, adding excitement to a niche market that has struggled for years. From the styling to the silicon, Apple's new tablet device should make quite a splash. It may lack the iPhone's camera, but the high resolution IPS display, speedy processor, and specially ( Read more... )

Today's the day Apple is all but certainly going to launch their slate. Until I hear otherwise, I'm hesitant to call it a full-blown tablet [computer] until there is more detail about its OS/software. There are finally some plausible shots of the device that support long-circulated rumors of a variant of the iPhone OS (which, in my opinion, knocks ( Read more... )

Provided that the product is real, a highly probably scenario at this point, I am probably going to get the iSlate or whatever Apple calls their tablet. I don't expect it to be the savior for the tablet concept which has struggled for 4 years to gain a following. It would join three other tablet PCs in my arsenal and should make for an interesting ( Read more... )

Last year, Comcast announced that they were establishing data bandwidth caps on their internet subscribers. It sparked initial outrage, but eventually the panic subsided as only an extremely limited number of users would ever reach the 250GB/month mark and some ISPs provided even less (AT&T and Verizon FiOS don't have expressed limits, but ( Read more... )