Posts Tagged ‘Slate’

Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out-Appled Apple

Monday, February 15th, 2010

f9ffe32d70winmo Windows Phone 7 Interface: Microsoft Has Out Appled AppleI’m sorry, Cupertino, but Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future. The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple’s industrial design, while the iPhone’s UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot.

(more…)

The Two Wrong Ways To Make a Tablet

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

5ed24e1a2elaptop The Two Wrong Ways To Make a TabletTablets today are thought to be prefabricated in one of two ways: Upsizing a smartphone or downsizing a laptop. Many of these new tablets are decent, but both methods render something less than the perfect tablet.

(more…)

First Hands-On and Video: Dell Mini 5 Android Slate

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

4e2e2ef3bcte4 01 First Hands On and Video: Dell Mini 5 Android SlateYesterday, we saw Dell’s Slate concept for the first time. Today, we got to actually play with it. And it’s called the Mini 5.

(more…)

There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

bf05f19a4ess top There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook ReadersA couple years back, we condemned digital photo frames as the spam of CES—this year, in the wake of the Christmas of Kindle, every company has its own ebook reader. And that’s a bad thing.

(more…)

Testing the First 3D DirecTV Broadcast: Surprisingly Decent

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

0a4ff84a0det top Testing the First 3D DirecTV Broadcast: Surprisingly DecentI’ve seen 3D on every type of TV/glasses combo, but up until now, the video feed itself was always streamed from Blu-ray. So with DirecTV announcing three 3D HD channels arriving in 2010, I just had to try it out.

(more…)

HP’s Windows 7 Slate Device Revealed by Steve Ballmer

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

ff80e7bea6note43 HPs Windows 7 Slate Device Revealed by Steve BallmerIt’s not Courier, but HP’s rumored slate PC is here, now. Steve Ballmer and his hardware specialist Ryan Asdourian just showed it off, and man is it cute. Updated with VIDEO

(more…)