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Adobe and HP take shot at Slate form factor, maybe Apple too.

by TABLETfan on March 9, 2010

HP is taking a be marketing risk here because I don’t think it addresses one of the biggest issues “I” have with tablets… limited battery life.

Alan Tam of the Flash Platform Team is obviously shilling for Flash adoption in the video. The big clai mhere is that The New York Times is apparently only consumable in Flash. 85% and 75% of Flash blah blah blah. I’m sorry, but Flash is a CPU pig. I’m guessing that video will drain the battery of the HP slate within 2 hours. I haven’t had access to it yet, but if any HP tablet PC stands as an example… I won’t be happy with an HP Slate that is a full operating system unless it is plugged in.

I love the slate form factor… it is why I purchased TabletFan.com and UMPCfan.com, I hate keyboards even though I type around 80 words per minute on a normal day. If I really know the material, I can hammer out 90+ wpm. On a slate, that drops to probably around 30, I’ve never tested myself. The slate form factor is really a casual experience, and you can’t be casual if you are worried about your battery life.

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I stumbled over myself trying to write an article about the Oscar appearance of iPad.

by TABLETfan on March 8, 2010

I was beaten to it by nearly the entire living web. I love Techmeme.com. They gather into one place the sites I frequent on a daily basis. It is a great site, and they just launched MediaGazer which as they call it is the Techmeme of media. Dunno if they should have created a whole new site. Anyway, what does this have to do with the post? Nothing except they put into one block everything I’ve found over the last 24 hours.

Sam Oliver / AppleInsider: iPad ad shows book prices from $8 to $15, Steve Jobs at Oscars

Daniel Ionescu / PC World: Apple Rolls Out TV Ad for iPad

Nilay Patel / Engadget: First iPad ad premieres during the Oscars

Caroline McCarthy / The Social: Steve Jobs spotted at the Oscars, iPad ad runs

Peter Kafka / MediaMemo: “OMG It’s Steve Jobs! I’m the Only One Yelling at Him!”

Macworld: iPad ad debuts during Oscar broadcast

Scott Budman / NBC Bay Area: Oscar Night Proved It’s Steve Jobs’ World

Rahsheen / Black Web 2.0: New iPad Ad Reveals Flaws?

Bianca Bosker / The Huffington Post: Steve Jobs’ Oscar Cameo: PICTURES Of Tux-Wearing Apple CEO On The Red Carpet

Sang Tang / TUAW: Like iPhone, iPad ad premieres at Oscars

Victor Godinez / techblog.dallasnews.com: Steve Jobs at the Oscars, and the first iPad ad runs during the broadcast

Chris Matyszczyk / Technically Incorrect: iPad ad launches during the Oscars—predictable?

John Murrell / GMSV: Jobs and iPad make Oscar cameos

Rachel King / The Toybox: iPad makes its television commercial debut during Oscars broadcast

Ed Parry / Appletell: First iPad ad hits screens during the Oscars [video]

Philip Elmer-DeWitt / Brainstorm Tech: Steve Jobs’ big night at the Oscars

Jonny / Distorted-Loop.com: Apple geeks antsy as iPad TV ad debuts during the Oscars

Softpedia News: First iPad Commercial Airs During Oscars

Eric / Erictric: Steve Jobs Spotted at the Academy Awards

Sumocat / GottaBeMobile.com: iPad’s first TV ad puts all other tablet ads to shame

Kit Eaton / Fast Company: No iPad Tethering, but Games for Days: Steve Jobs

Emma Barnett / Telegraph: First iPad advert goes live during Oscars

WayneSutton.net: OMG it’s Steve Jobs! I’m the only one yelling at him! #oscars #kodakredcarpet

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Steve Jobs attends Academy Awards, Apple runs iPad commercial during the Oscars

Phone Arena: Apple debuts iPad television commercial during the Academy Awards

Go Rumors: Apple iPad Commercial Strips Flash-Bits From NYTimes Website

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes / Hardware 2.0: iPad TV commercial

Dan Frommer / Silicon Alley Insider: First iPad Ad Premieres During Oscars Broadcast (AAPL)

Rene Ritchie / TiPb: UPDATED: Apple Debuts iPad Commercial During Oscars

Mic Wright / Electricpig.co.uk: Steve Jobs hits the Oscars

Jennifer Valentino-DeVries / Digits: Apple Debuts iPad Ad During Oscars

Evan Selleck / SlashGear: Thanks to Pixar, Steve Jobs Makes an Appearance at 2010 Oscars

Charles Starrett / iLounge: Apple airs first iPad commercial during Oscars

Robert Quigley / Geekosystem: First iPad Ad Debuts at Oscars

Dave Altavilla / HotHardware.com News: Apple Rolls Out First iPad Commerical On Oscar Night

Gawker.TV: Apple Debuts iPad Commercial During the Academy Awards

Edible Apple: First iPad ad debuts during the Oscars; Steve Jobs is in attendance

Varun Krish / Fone Arena: Apple iPad first commercial makes debut at Oscars

Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: First iPad Commercial Airs During the Oscars [VIDEO]

Duncan Geere / Pocket-lint: First iPad commercial aired in the US

Alexander Vaughn / App Advice: Apple Airs Its First iPad Commercial During The Oscars (Update: Now With Video)

Amit Chowdhry / Pulse2: Apple’s First iPad Ad Airs During The Oscars [VIDEO]

Gabriel Madway / MediaFile: IPad makes prime-time TV debut

Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: Video: iPad Debuts at the Oscars

Mercedes Bunz / Guardian: Apple airs first iPad ad during Oscars

Jason D. O’Grady / The Apple Core: First iPad ad airs during Oscars

Jack Loftus / Gizmodo: Steve Jobs Trades Turtleneck for Tuxedo at the Academy Awards

Brian Heater / Gearlog: Apple Debuts iPad Ad During Oscars

Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac: AP gets close-up pictures of Steve Jobs in tux on the Red Carpet

It can’t be a flash-in-the-pan device that the public hates if all of these sites are falling over themselves just as much as I am trying to make a post about it. I watched the Kevin Pollak’s ChatShow via uStream instead, pretty much only saw that iPad advertisement and moved on.

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Visual Ergonomics and Computer Vision Syndrome

March 6, 2010

Okay, so people have been complaining about “eye strain” when it comes to, apparently, only LCD’s and the backlit strain of monitors [read, all monitors] but not when it comes to eInk devices like the Kindle. I’ve yet to find any scientific proof that this is anything other than anecdotal and in my opinion purely [...]

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Does the iPad tether? No. And why should it?

March 6, 2010

I understand interoperability. I understand content sharing. I understand the DESIRE for tethering. I just don’t get why people expect it, or find it newsworthy that iPad tethering is not going to be an option. At least, not for the foreseeable future. From Engadget [which my spellchecker says isn't a word, but obviously it is [...]

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Just in case you hadn’t heard… iPad is due soon.

March 5, 2010

I wouldn’t have guessed based on the amount of traffic Techmeme.com is posting:
Nick Bilton / Bits: Apple iPad to Arrive in Stores on April 3
Associated Press: US Apple iPad launch slightly delayed to April 3
Jay Yarow / Silicon Alley Insider: Apple Stock Zooms To Its All-Time High On iPad News (AAPL, MSFT)
Harry McCracken / Technologizer: [...]

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Apple iTunes 9.0.3 and iPhone OS 3.1.3 now Available

February 2, 2010

Apple has released the latest version of iTunes, and an intermediate update for iPhone OS. Git it now! Nothing major that I’ve found, but it speeds things up, fixes some issues, and feeds the Unicorn.

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The iPad as Platform for Multi-Player Games without Multiple Devices.

January 31, 2010

Andrew Lim on Recombu.com has hit upon the idea that some developers have had. Including me, and I’d love to talk to a programmer to make my game a reality. Anyway, Andrew suggests that the iPad is big enough that multiple players can interact on the same iPad. Andrew has a great picture on the [...]

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Blue Boxes and Proprietary Standards

January 31, 2010

Why aren’t people as upset with Adobe and the proprietary Flash standard as they are with Apple for not supporting it. The way I see it, people are upset that the iPhone and iPad are a “closed system where Apple dictates what is presented or allowed to run on ‘your’ devices” but that is exactly [...]

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10 Things the iPad doesn’t need, a response to the Gadget Lab.

January 30, 2010

The Wired.com Gadget Lab posted an article about the 10 things that the iPad is missing. This article follows on their commentary, and some history as to why I switched to Apple after 25 years of being on a PC. Yep, that’s right. I have been using a PC and PC-like computers for 25 years [...]

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The Apple iPad – First Impressions

January 30, 2010

The Apple iPad is a svelte device, with no extraneous ports, buttons, or dohickeys. Standard Apple Aesthetics. The OS that powers it is based on the iPhone OS, causing the iPhone OS to be updated to 3.2, but multitasking is not activated. So, some specifications:
Size and weight? It is 9.56 inches tall, 7.47 inches wide [...]

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