We've got some interesting comparison images that pits the BlakcBerry PlayBook, the Dell Streak 7, the Apple iPad and the Motorola Xoom up against each other in an array of stats, courtesy of dailymobile. The images show a comparison in connectivity with the 4 devices, as well as OS support, sensors, storage, camera, and video playback. From the comparisons, you pretty much suss out which of the four is the mac daddy, however, with all that technology crammed under one hood, the Xoom's biggest flaw is its weight. It would be nice to see some of the other recent/upcoming tabs enter the ring - like the Galaxy Tab 2, Enspert E201 Identity, Topaz, the G-Slate and maybe even the ASrock tab. Can you think of any others? More comparison images after the break.
via tablet-news
The video above brings a lot of questions to mind: how did the homeless person (I'm guessing he's homeless, certainly looks the part) get a hold of an iPad? This is not too difficult to answer. There are countless examples of wealthy individuals retreating to the streets and choosing to live as a homeless person. Second question: is that really an iPad? Well that also certainly looks the part, with the multitouch vividly and hurriedly on display. Third question: why is he being filmed? Well, this one is probably a little deeper, with greater implications. Though China is billed as The Current And Future Superpower, it's wealth is highly centralised among a few key members of society, while the masses remain largely in near-poverty conditions. An iPad is still an uncommon sight in first
Check it out - Chromium OS running on the iPad. Pretty cool, though performance certainly leaves a lot to be desired.
via ubergizmo
The video above shows you an internet page loading times between the Archos 7 and iPad tablets. The Archos 7, which is supposed to be running on Android 2.1, though the black bar at the top looks suspiciously like 1.6, actually beats out the iPad by quite a significant margin - it seems the iPad had trouble loading a specific element. Either way, nothing to get too excited about - browser speed tests can vary for a multitude of reasons and it's best not to put too much stock into them unless they are repeated tests.
via midbbs
The above video shows a Windows 7 tablet (the Hanvon slate device debuted a while ago) put head to head against an Apple iPad in a variety of tasks including Google Earth, Youtube watching, basic browser scrolling and the like. What is immediately obvious is that the iPad has a far better UI and responsiveness and intuitiveness to touch operation while the Windows 7 UI is clearly designed for mouse operation and touch operation is kind of "tacked on". However, the Windows 7 tablet will fare better in multitasking. The video is not mind blowing, but it's cool and interesting to see the direct side-by-side comparison.
via tablet-news
An interesting article has been posted by a Dr. Juan Luis Chulilla Cano, hailing from Spain, about why he doesn't believe in the iPad and, perhaps more importantly, how the iPad is fueling the mobile technology market down an unattractive path. He says:
"iPad nowadays is very efficient in helping their users to feel themselves different, comparing with the sheer majority of have-nots."
This renewed my thought down an avenue of the idea of exclusivity. I started to think about how Apple products, since the iPod first started to sag in people's pockets, have been met with tremendous waves of hype from the media and tech bloggers, and how this has propelled the have/have-not status that has become attached to Apple products. You must admit, the marketing campaigns and publicity meas
Dropbox, the file sharing and backup service, has unboxed an Android app, along with a iPad native iteration of its iPhone app as well as launching a mobile API meaning that other apps are able to hook into the services that Dropbox offers. Pretty snazzy, no? The Android app will include access to download your files, as well as the ability to stream audio and video content from Dropbox's servers directly. With the iPad app, the new mobile API means that you'll no longer have to sync through iTunes (thank the deities).
via Pocket-Lint
So it looks like Apple won't be buying ARM, as was previously widely rumoured, but that leaves a vital question: where will Apple be spending that money now? Surely it is burning a hole in the proverbial pocket of Steve Jobs' love-child. Apparently, Apple are to buy up chip maker Intrinsity. According to The New York Times, the deal has already been done, the signatures signed. As to be expected, though, there has been no word yet from either Intrinsity or Apple, so as far as "official" confirmation goes, there has been none.
Intrinsity have been rumoured to be the ones who developed the Apple A4 processor which can be found in the Apple iPad. Though the chip itself was supposed to have a speed of 650MHz originally, Intrinsity managed to squeeze out 35o extra megahertz to give it a
Clash of the titans indeed, two marketing titans. I suppose we all tired of hearing about the iPad and "James Cameron's Avatar" quite a while ago, but people like to touch it where it hurts. Gameloft officially announced the availability of Avatar on the iPad not long ago, and from screenshots we can tell that the graphics have been quite heftily improved when compared to the iPhone version of the same game of the same name based on the movie of the same name.
The iPad game Avatar is a bit more expensive, though.
via PMPtoday
Use underpowered processor: check. Use overpowered operating system: check. Recycle iPhone stylings: check. Rename it to something similar: check. There you have it, an iPad clone called 'ePad' that may only be barely more streamlined an experience than rollerskating on gravel.
It features a 10.1 inch touch screen with a resolution of 1024x600, also supporting Wifi, 3G, GPS, the rotating G-sensor and GPS. All of this on an Atom N450 1.66g processor using an integrated GMA 3150. Hard drive sizes range from 160 to 320 GB, there can be 1G or 2G memory - not really the sort of specs to load Windows 7 onto but, alas, the developers of this product, the likes of which are by now fairly familiar, have decided to go full steam ahead with Windows 7, all of this for the price of $394 USD.
You mi
« Older Entries
