Excited like a kid in a candy store…

October 12, 2011

…while awaiting Apple’s release of IOS5 for our existing iPads and iPhones. But it’s more like standing in front of a closed candy store waiting for it to open. But in this case, know one knows for sure when it opens! Rumors are that it will be at 1pm EDT today. No confirmation from Apple, [...]

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More on Steve Jobs

October 6, 2011

Here is a link to a video of him introducing the Original Macintosh computer in 1984. {click here} Diana Walker’s Photos of Steve Jobs through the years. {click here} Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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We will miss Steve Jobs

October 5, 2011

I grew up with the Steve Jobs era, 12 years my senior. I didn’t play with Apple computers until the Mac, in college. I bought my first computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model I, in 5th grade. There were no Apple dealers where I lived then. So, it took a few decades for Steve to [...]

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Staples and the Blackberry Playbook

October 5, 2011

Can you believe that Staples found the one guy with too many tablets to tempt with a $200 off coupon for the one tablet he doesn’t own. But now I do! Thanks, Staples – I think! More on this soon! Be Sociable, Share! Tweet

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Paper vs. Digital Books

September 12, 2011

We’ve heard about the usual differences. An e-book device might be heavier than the real book. The glare on the screen might be bad for your eyes. Lugging a bunch of books around is solved with the e-book device. But, what of the pricing of e-books vs. real books? I can go to a used [...]

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HP Touchpad slowly disappears

August 29, 2011

Office Depot’s kiosk is gone. No remnants of accessories either. I found the last case and charging stand at the local Staples – in the back room. And they were 50% off. A lot of vendors are showing the HP Touchpad is out-of-stock. Radio Shack’s ad in the Sunday paper shows it at only $100 [...]

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HP kills their new tablet!

August 20, 2011

You can’t tell from their website but for the insanely discounted prices on the tablets (accessories only 15% off with tablet purchase). Also, our recently renovated local Office Depot has them on a nice display at only $100 off and nothing else to indicate they are discontinued. HP had a good product. Not perfect but [...]

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More choices for the end user!

August 4, 2011

This is a great blog regarding our choices for a computing device: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/is-xp-finally-dying-or-is-it-the-pcs-its-been-running-on/53797  I know, as a geek-to-the-extreme, I use Windows 7 on two laptops. I have an iPad 2, an Acer tablet and an HP tablet. So I’m running operating systems (OSes) from HP, Microsoft, Google and Apple. Not like the old days when [...]

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Local Computer Club Meeting Tonight

August 1, 2011

I’m the Vero Beach Computer Group (vbcg.org) club president. I’m also the speaker tonight. Subject: tablets. I’ll bring my Acer Iconia A500, my Apple iPad 2, my HP TouchPad, my Amazon Kindle DX (for comparison) and a Windows 7 tablet (an older model also for comparison). The meeting begins at 7:30pm at the Vero Beach [...]

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Android 3.1 Arrives by Air

August 1, 2011

My poor Acer Iconia A500 Tablet has been looking for the 3.1. I seemed everyone else was getting it. And so, it finally arrived! The Android OS regulary checks for system updates. It finally “found” one – the big one – from 3.0 to 3.1. Either Acer or Google releases their updates in waves. I [...]

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