iPad

Adobe Kills Flash for Mobile, Steve Jobs Nailed It.

by Jeff Weisbein November 9, 2011

The news that Adobe is killing Flash for Mobile means that Steve Jobs was right, what does it mean for the mobile industry?

Read the full story »

Adobe Flash: A Necessary Evil?

by Mike Mansell September 12, 2011

After avoiding Flash for a day, I’ve come to the conclusion that Adobe’s Flash platform is an important part of the Internet as we know it today.

Read the full story »

The Lenovo A1 Tablet Definitely Has Price On Its Side

by Mike Mansell September 2, 2011

As worthless as I felt the discontinued HP TouchPad was when it went on sale last month following HP’s announcement that they planned to step out of the hardware game, I must admit that there was a brief moment where I honestly considered whipping out my Visa card and ordering one for myself. After all, [...]

Read the full story »

5 Geek Tips for Surviving Without Power

by Jeff Weisbein September 1, 2011

As I prepared myself for hurricane Irene, which swept across the East coast of the United States this past week, I thought it would be worth sharing some of my (geek) tips for surviving without power. All of these tips helped me keep my sanity for the 36 hours I went without power.

Read the full story »

HP’s New Strategy: If You Can’t Beat Them, Undercut Them

by Mike Mansell August 11, 2011

How do you compete with the iPad? For a while now it has seemed as if manufacturers have had their heads in the sand and haven’t been able to figure out the answer to this simple question, but this week HP took up the a new approach which I honestly think will help them gain a much better edge in the tablet industry. If you can’t beat them, undercut them.

Read the full story »

Are Android Tablets Doomed for Failure?

by Mike Mansell July 27, 2011

Towards the beginning of the year the tablet-ready 3.0 version of Google’s wildly popular Android mobile operating system, dubbed “Honeycomb” ,was the bees knees in the tech industry. So when the release finally made way into the hands of consumers back in February, a month before the official release of Apple’s second generation iPad, many thought that it would finally help to take Android to new heights in the tablet market.

Read the full story »

iCloud Is Magical. There’s No Doubt About It.

by Jeff Weisbein June 26, 2011

When Steve Jobs announced iCloud at the WWDC earlier this month I thought it sounded great. I liked the feature set and the price tag (free). I even told you that I plan to pay for one of the non-free features called iTunes Match. However, it wasn’t until yesterday afternoon that I experienced the true magic of iCloud first hand. Let me explain.

Read the full story »

The Nook Color: A Hint of Things to Come With the Android Tablet?

by Mike Mansell June 20, 2011

In the world of online shopping, retailer Amazon is easily one of the largest and most trusted names out there. I for one tend to go directly to Amazon for my shopping needs without doing (much) shopping around simply because I know that Amazon tends to have the best deals; especially with the Amazon Prime service that is offered free to students. But Amazon is far from being just another online retailer.

Read the full story »

Microsoft-Branded Tablets Coming in 2012?

by Mike Mansell June 10, 2011

Recently, I wrote about how Microsoft’s next generation operating system, currently known simply as Windows 8, had very high potential for mainstream success. In this article I discussed how that this time around Microsoft’s focus on tablet computers in this release is going to arguably be just as important – if not more important – than the desktop and notebook features.

Read the full story »

iOS Goes PC Free

by Mike Mansell June 6, 2011

When the second generation release of Apple’s famed iPad tablet came around a couple of months back, I must admit that I was somewhat tempted to buy into the phenomenon at the time. The device seemed very much improved in comparison to the first generation, and for the first time the iPad seemed like a [...]

Read the full story »

← Previous Entries