Hewlett Packard recently announced (under the new CEO Meg Whitman), that the WebOS, which runs the short-lived HP TouchPad, will become open source. This means that the “public” will be given the choice to continue it’s existence and evolution. Although Linux isn’t running on every desktop, also an open source …
Tablet and Smartphone users be aware! I’ve already installed the BlackFriday app from DealTaker on my iPhone and iPad. The iPhone version is good for highlighting favorite deals. The iPad app is good for viewing scanned images of the upcoming Black Friday shopping inserts. Yes, many are there already – …
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}
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 …
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!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
