Reuters: With their me-too type of products priced almost at the same level as the iPad’s starting price of $499, none of them have however been able to gain any significant market share from Apple. Like I said yesterday, the … Continued
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∞ This is just all kinds of stupid
Molly Wood for CNET: Amazon, not Apple, just mainstreamed the tablet market. And I’d argue that it’s an iPad killer all the same. Remember how I said earlier today that product launches drive some writers to the brink of stupidity. … Continued
∞ Kindle Fire will be successful, but it's not an iPad killer
New product launches are exciting affairs, but it drives some writers to the brink of stupidity. Amazon’s tablet announcement this morning is no different. I have no doubt in my mind that the Kindle Fire will be a successful product … Continued
∞ Amazon Fire does email, already beats RIM
Stay in touch using our built-in email app that gets your webmail (Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, AOL etc.) into a single inbox. Import your messages and contact lists from other email accounts. Additional email apps are available in our Amazon Appstore … Continued
∞ Amazon Kindle Fire; 7-inch tablet for $199
Bloomberg: The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch display and sell for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s cheapest iPad, Amazon executives said. The device, a souped-up version of the Kindle electronic-book reader, will run on Google Inc.’s Android software, … Continued
∞ Magical Weather for iPad
Another great looking app from Sophiestication Software.
∞ Amazon tablet is a slower version of the PlayBook
Ryan Block: My sources tell me that RIM originally outsourced much of the hardware design and production of the PlayBook to mega-ODM Quanta. From there, Amazon’s team determined they could build a tablet without the help and experience of Lab … Continued
∞ J.P. Morgan screws the pooch
Corey Tamas for Macgasm: Looks like J.P. Morgan’s Gokul Hariharan made a small error in his analysis of Apple’s iPad-based fortunes when he reported a 25% drop in iPad orders among Foxconn factories in Asia. Apple (AAPL) shares took a … Continued
∞ Analyst misses the boat on bearish iPad forecast
Fortune: Apple (AAPL) shares fell sharply in early trading Monday following a widely reported note to clients from J.P. Morgan’s Gokul Hariharan to the effect that multiple supply chain vendors in Asia have registered a 25% cut in fourth-quarter iPad … Continued
∞ meta.DJ for iPad
meta.DJ is targeted at modern DJ-style performances and lets you blend your iTunes music tracks with drum machine beats, sound fx, synthesized instrument parts, mix effects like delays, stutters, filters and more. I’m not much of a DJ, but this … Continued
∞ Apple's app icons on Samsung's store wall
Oopsie.
∞ Apple's hypocritical patent lawsuits
Joe Wilcox writing for BetaNews: I’ve been fairly critical of Apple’s recent patent bullying — what I call innovation through intimidation/litigation. The Apple Fanclub of bloggers and journalists defend the company’s patent and other intellectual property claims as protecting its … Continued
∞ Amazon press event
Reuters: Amazon.com Inc, which revolutionized reading with its Kindle e-reader, is expected to unveil a tablet computer next week that analysts say will seriously challenge Apple’s market dominating iPad. Okay, they are having a press event, but I doubt it … Continued
∞ Wal-Mart selling the PlayBook for $249 in Canada
That’s about $300 too much.
∞ Is Meg Whitman the right choice for HP?
Tim Bajarin for Techpinions: Only time will tell if she was the right one to take over at this time in HP’s history but she has the leadership and communication skills HP needs now to keep it from sinking any … Continued
∞ HP names Meg Whitman President and CEO
HP today announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and chief executive officer. “We are fortunate to have someone of Meg Whitman’s caliber and experience step up to lead HP,” said Lane. “We are at … Continued
∞ Harman offers Bluetooth portable speaker system
Harman International on Thursday announced its JBL On Tour iBT, a battery-powered speaker system that wirelessly streams audio from your Mac or iOS device using Bluetooth. Its suggested retail price is $199. The JBL On Tour iBT incorporates four full-range … Continued
∞ Employee-owned iPhone, iPad an 'unstoppable train'
AppleInsider: That observation, by RBC Capital Markets analyst Mike Abramsky, was made in response to Gartner’s presentation, which estimated that 40 percent of organizations already support employee owned mobile devices. Gartner called the trend toward “bring your own devices” as … Continued
∞ Windows 8, Amazon tablets will hurt Android more than iPad
Microsoft last week unveiled Windows 8, the company’s new desktop and tablet operating. With the announcement, Microsoft joins Amazon as companies that are expected to enter the tablet market within the next 12 months. However, I don’t believe they will … Continued
∞ RIM cuts PlayBook production
AppleInsider: Industry sources told DigiTimes that the manufacturer is cutting back production lines for the PlayBook at a factory in Taiwan, offering preferential compensation to the roughly 1,000 workers who have been let go. Quanta confirmed the layoffs, but declined … Continued
∞ Quanta cuts back RIM contractors, Playbook to blame
The Guardian: Orders to Quanta from Rim are reported to have dropped substantially as the company struggles to cope with the excess inventory. At its earnings call last week company executives hinted that they would begin price promotions over the … Continued
∞ iOS icons made entirely in CSS
The following demo was made using a variety of CSS techniques. Rounded corners, shadows, gradients, rgba, pseudo-elements, and transforms are just some of them. A lot of these were generated by helpful tools, such as westciv’s tools and Border Radius. … Continued
∞ Windows 8 'musts' and 'shoulds'
John Gruber on getting developers to embrace Metro: The message could be, more or less, “Windows 8 supports an incredibly wide range of hardware, and Metro runs everywhere. But our most advanced mobile hardware designs are Metro only.” Transitions are … Continued
∞ Logitech Harmony Link bridges iOS/home entertainment connection
Logitech on Tuesday introduced the Harmony Link, a new system that connects an iOS or Android device to your home entertainment system and turns it into a sophisticated wireless remote control. It’s a combination of hardware and software, and it … Continued
∞ HP lays off 525 webOS employees
John Paczkowski: The company, which announced plans to shutter its webOS hardware business back in August, is sacking hundreds of employees as a result. Sources close to HP say the company plans to lay off as many as 525 employees, … Continued
∞ Canon adds AirPrint support to Pixma printers
Canon on Tuesday announced support for AirPrint, iOS’s built-in printing capability, in its Pixma MG8220, MG6220 and MG5320 All-In-One inkjet photo printers. What’s more, Canon also said “the majority of Canon Pixma inkjet printers” will support AirPrint as well. AirPrint … Continued
∞ Will Windows 8 ARM tablets run PC apps or not?
Last week during the introduction of Windows 8, Stephen Sinofsky, president of Microsoft Windows unit said that the “demos we are showing you today are equally at home on ARM or x86,” according to Informationweek. A Microsoft representative later clarified … Continued
∞ Stealing vs borrowing
App Cubby founder, David Barnard: When you steal an idea and have the time and good taste to make it your own, it grows into something different, hopefully something greater. But as you borrow more and more from other products, … Continued
∞ iPad gamers number 8 million +
IndustryGamers: Market research firm Interpret has issued a new report “iPad Gamers: A Look at the Users of Gaming’s Shiny New Toy,” which Interpret says “demonstrates that Apple’s popular tablet computer is both drawing the attention of traditional console gamers and developing … Continued
∞ PlayBook price cuts coming
BGR: During RIM’s second-quarter earnings call, Co-CEO Jim Balsillie noted that the company plans to offer price cuts on the not-so-popular BlackBerry PlayBook in the form of rebates, and an incentive program for enterprise sales. He also said there’s a … Continued