I’ve been poo-pooing the efforts of various tablet manufacturers (basically anyone that isn’t Apple or Amazon) this week and so have decided to redress the balance a little bit by highlighting some other devices out there which do look like …
Tablet computing: Phase II
Up until now tablet computing has essentially referred to Apple’s iPad and a whole load of other devices most of which have been complete failures (apart from perhaps, to a modest extent, the Samsung Galaxy Tab). It wasn’t that people …
Are Nokia and Sony already conceding tablet defeat to the iPad?
Well, we all know that the answer to that question can only be: of course not – but, nonetheless, there’s some interesting developments recently which indicate that both companies have a highly iPad-conscious strategy for entering the tablet computer market. …
Could e-book lending lessen the blow of library closures?
We’ve been learning over the past few weeks just what the UK’s libraries can expect as a result of the coalition government’s spending cuts – and the general picture isn’t good. Over 300 libraries are facing closure as councils rather …
Amazon’s Kindle DX goes all iPad on us – but at a fraction of Apple’s asking price
Techcrunch has a nice comparison today between the new Kindle DX from Amazon and Apple’s iPad, nicely indicating what most will have already noticed: that the two look rather alike (similar colour options, same screen size etc). The TC post concludes …