Category Archives: Gadgets
BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet
BlackBerry Marketing Manager Jeff Gadway shows off the new BlackBerry Playbook tablet.
Say Goodbye to Premium Tablet Prices: Google shows off Android 3.0
Don’t you dare buy today anything priced over 500 euros. By summer, Honeycomb will be here…
from engadget
I Really Hate What Apple Is Trying To Do With The iPad
I Really Hate What Apple Is Trying To Do With The iPad.
I could not have out it in better words:
“The iPad is retrograde. It tries to turn us back into an audience again. That is why media companies and advertisers are embracing it so fervently, because they think it returns us all to their good old days when we just consumed, we didn’t create, when they controlled our media experience and business models and we came to them. ”
“That’s what we keep hearing about the iPad as the justification for all its purposeful limitations: it’s meant for consumption, we’re told, not creation. We also hear, as in David Pogue’s review, that this is our grandma’s computer. That cant is inherently snobbish and insulting. It assumes grandma has nothing to say. But after 15 years of the web, we know she does. I’ve long said that the remote control, cable box, and VCR gave us control of the consumption of media; the internet gave us control of its creation. Pew says that a third of us create web content. But all of us comment on content, whether through email or across a Denny’s table. At one level or another, we all spread, react, remix, or create. Just not on the iPad.”
“That’s what we keep hearing about the iPad as the justification for all its purposeful limitations: it’s meant for consumption, we’re told, not creation. We also hear, as in David Pogue’s review, that this is our grandma’s computer. That cant is inherently snobbish and insulting. It assumes grandma has nothing to say. But after 15 years of the web, we know she does. I’ve long said that the remote control, cable box, and VCR gave us control of the consumption of media; the internet gave us control of its creation. Pew says that a third of us create web content. But all of us comment on content, whether through email or across a Denny’s table. At one level or another, we all spread, react, remix, or create. Just not on the iPad.“
The iPad: It Looks Really Uncomfortable To Use
Apple Still Hasnt Fixed The Big Problem With The iPad: It Looks Really Uncomfortable To Use.
The iPad Needs The Web, But The Web Does Not Need The iPad
Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo
Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?.
According to The Really Mobile Project, Nokia will drop S60 from all of its flagship N-series consumer devices in favor of Maemo. Apparently, Nokia has been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response to the N900 OS even though the enthusiast package is not quite ready for mass-market appeal. Mind you, the transition won’t be instantaneous as anyone with an N900 (and a clear mind) can attest.
maemo 5
