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  • Steve 1:38 PM on September 23, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , Barnes & Noble, , , , gaming, , , Halo Reach, iPad, Kindle, Nook Color, , Red Dead Redemption, ,   

    Action-Packed Weekend? 

    Wow…

    First, the news that Amazon [AMZN] will be preparing to roll out their Android-based 7″ Kindle Tablet… That’s quite a bit o’ buzz. The market cornered by the Barnes & Noble’s [BN] Nook Color anti-neo-hybrid reader/tablet is about to get a shot across its bow, courtesy of Amazon. And this is well in advance of anything that Google [GOOG] itself may have thought to launch. They’ll probably even have a press conference, or at least a press release about it. To make an impact, it’d have in ready inventory supply before the holiday shopping season to pick up the target audience of people looking for an iPad alternative, a more amenable reader, and/or a secondary/tertiary/quarternary tablet device.

    Second, in light of the PC and Sony [SNE] PlayStation 3 release of the Rezurrection DLC, Call of Duty Black Ops will have another Double XP + Nuketown 24/7 Weekend on XBox LIVE!

    Third, there’s still time to wrap up the Halo Reach Weekly Challenge on XBox LIVE!

    Fourth, there’s that new Red Dead Redemption “Myths & Mavericks” DLC, with its hardcore matches now available on XBox LIVE! And to top it off, there’s a Triple XP Weekend for em>Red Dead Redemption until Sunday!

    Enjoy! :-)

     

  • Steve 12:51 PM on July 7, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: App Store, , iPad, Oracle, RDP, VDI, virtual desktop   

    Oracle VDI Client Now Available for iPad 

    If you’re an iPad user (original or iPad 2), you’ve probably been languishing, wishing for a decent (and free) secure RDP-style client that provides you access into your VDI systems.

    Oracle [ORCL] has successfully cleared and launched the Oracle Virtual Desktop Client in Apple’s [AAPL] App Store! If you’re running an Oracle-type VDI or Sun Ray setup, you should fetch a copy of this iPad app to try out. :-)

     

  • Steve 11:20 AM on March 2, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , iPad   

    Preparing for “iPad 2″ Announcement 

    Just when you thought it’d be fun to check on the current iPad pricing at the online Apple Store, you encounter this:

    Yep, the Apple Store is temporarily unavailable, in preparation for today’s iPad 2 announcement.

     

    • Steve 11:21 AM on March 2, 2011 Permalink | Reply

      And it’s hot on the heels of last week’s MacBook Pro updates, too! Apple is on a roll!

  • Steve 12:35 PM on January 4, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , CES, innovation, iPad, , Windows Mobile   

    With CES 2011 just around the corner, it’d be fun to speculate on whether there will be something cool like this line of wishful thinking that popped up on Twitter:

    Wouldn’t it be cool for 2011 if there’s a hybrid 11″ iPad-MBAir? In its standard leaf configuration, it’s a MBAir… (link)

    … but you can unclip the 2 halves and have an iPad (screen) and a Bt keyboard with the trackpad! (link)

    With the extra space in the keyboard half, additional sealed Li+ battery can add more life to the hybrid. (link)

    And you could have all the extra ports on the keyboard half, too, so docking the iPad half w/ the keyboard half lets you do lots more. (link)

    After all, ever notice how the 11″ MBAir and the iPad are the same width? ;-) (link)

    So, with this tidbit of a challenge, are there any manufacturers with something comparable? Like an Android or Windows Mobile-y hybrid computer-tablet?

     

  • Steve 7:34 PM on October 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , iPad, , , ,   

    What’s the New Position for the MacBook Air? 

    There will probably be a longer post appearing at Javamancy (the Weblog) later, but here’s a bit of curiosity: now that we’ve been exposed to netbooks for a long time, and we’ve had the original MacBook Air for awhile, as well as the regular MacBooks and MacBook Pros, and recently the iPads… How do we, as potential consumers, see the smallest MacBook Air ever, at 11.6″ screen size, being positioned?

     

  • Steve 9:21 AM on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , iPad, ,   

    Apple iPhone Day 

    You’d think it was an early Christmas, or something like it, judging from the lines of (im)patient iPhone “wanters” (or perhaps, “iWanters”) outside of the various Apple Stores across the country, such as the one in the Clarendon district in Northern Virginia. It was only a few months ago for the iPad rollout that the iWanters congregated for a new Apple [AAPL] device. Oddly, there did not seem to be any iPaders or iPod-touchers lurking in the line… was this a strictly iPhone-only iWanter bunch?

    Once the stores opened, the flocks of people began receiving their treasured smartphones as quickly as the customer service staff could hand and process them out. And, as a plus, given today’s mega-swelter in the Washington, DC area, some iWanters also received a free bottle of water. :-)

     

  • Steve 11:11 AM on June 7, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , iPad, ,   

    The iPhone 4 

    Finally, the numbering scheme for Apple’s [AAPL] flagship communications device has been simplified again, for the general masses. ;-)

    Soon, the news about the new iPhone 4, which had the hubbub earlier this year “pop up” about a lost proof-of-concept model (or was is really a prototype, when all is said and done about it?), will be rolling out in a press conference from Apple later today.

    In addition to the device itself, there will most likely be some mention of the iPhone OS 4, the new operating system slated for release to not just the iPhone, but also the iPod touch and iPad platforms.

     

  • Steve 11:45 PM on April 1, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , iPad, ,   

    Colbert Nation: Hear Ye… Watch Stephen Make Salsa! 

    Sometimes you just have to wonder: sure it’s casual fun, but sometimes Stephen Colbert may just kick it up a notch, Emeril-style, with his faux cooking antics.

    Just in time for April Fool’s Day, we’ve got Stephen’s iPad salsa extravaganza (yeah, it’s a video… sorry, folks).

    Serves 1.5. Enjoy! ;-)

     

  • Steve 6:15 PM on January 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , iPad   

    Even slicker: use the iPad as the primary input device for a Mac/Mac Pro… like, say, the keyboard and touchpad… and allow the iPad to dynamically change the interface it presents, based upon the active app. So, something like a video player would trigger a specific set of controls on the iPad surface.

     

  • Steve 3:49 PM on January 27, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , iPad, Mac Pro,   

    Here’s a curious thought:

    Wouldn’t it be cool if the iPad could be configured to act as a second, or even replacement, display for a MacBook or Mac Pro?

     

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