The new tablet from Amazon is a serious upgrade from the previous Kindles. There are several aspects of the device that have reviewers buzzing:
Price ($199)
Silk Web browser (great stock experience)
Amazon apps (not the entire market, but specialty apps)
Multimedia presence? (this will be a media centric device and with Amazon offering streaming video it could be a good package)
The very first thing I heard about the Kindle Fire was the new Silk Web browser; of course it was automatically compared to Safari on the iPad. It is great that this device will have a tabbed browser out of the box. On the other hand, Safari on the iPad isn’t the toughest competitor. A notable fact about this tablet that one cannot forget to mention that this will not deliver the full Android experience. Although, it may be a tremendous upgrade from previous models this is no Xoom or Galaxy Tab.
Bottom line: This will definitely be the best e-reader the market has to offer, but calling it an iPad killer is just humorous.
Our friends in Redmond have done it again. Although this is the first hands on release that the public has seen of Windows 8; I must say, it looks spectacular. Not only is the operating system suited to run on a tablet PC, the desktop interface is almost identical to Windows 7. So, the switch from one operating system will not be as painful as I once envisioned. However, the Metro-UI that is on top of the operating system should add functionality in terms of seeing various settings at a glance. Yet, Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about the power desktop user, which is what I have seen from Apple and what I was afraid of. However, if it seems that they do forget, I will be sticking with Windows 7.
Bottom line: As long as Microsoft doesn’t start to think that the PC is dead and to keep evolving this operating system that they are working on, this release should be as great as Windows 7 is to so many users.
Android….this operating system seems to be able to thrive on any piece of hardware. In my opinion, this is what makes this Google operating system great. We have seen Android dual-boot on the iPhone and now we are seeing it ported to the HP Touchpad. With the future of WebOS in the air users are unsure what the future may hold for the devices; however, the future for Android is forever evolving and growing.
After the announcement of HP’s device going on sale for $99 these tablets were selling like they’ve never sold before; like hotcakes. So, despite whether you think WebOS will forever be dead or another company might pick it up, like HTC, having Android around surely doesn’t hurt.
Bottom line: The HP Touchpad IS dead; however, the future of WebOS is still up in the air. If you have a chance to get one of these low priced tablets take advantage and use Android until WebOS resurfaces with another manufacturer.
Apple pulls this same stunt every year an iPhone is scheduled to be released. It never fails that a few months before the actual release an Apple employee is in a bar and happens to misplace the new design that the company has brewing. For this to happen, seemingly on cue, before every release this can be nothing other than publicity for the California phone manufacturer. I wonder how hard will Apple try to get the phone back this time; with rumors of Apple attempting to pay people off for the device there must be something they are trying to keep under wraps.
Bottom line: Apple needs to try a new discrete way of getting their product noticed, but THIS is getting old.
AT&T, the nation’s #2 wireless carrier next to the behemoth Verizon is trying to soak up the #4 T-Mobile in an attempt to provide a larger service area to its subscribers. However, that is ONE way to look at it. On the other hand, many analysts can agree that combining to poorly ran networks just wouldn’t work out.
The U.S. Justice Department wants to block this acquisition because they believe that this would be unfair to the consumer by lessening the competition and would allow AT&T(and possibly Verizon) to further raise wireless prices, simply because there would be no other true competitors.
This all comes as good news to me, as I have seen the woes of AT&T subscribers. But what would you do if your company only made it because of Apple’s iPhone. On the other hand, since Apple isn’t exclusive with the iPhone anymore, there really isn’t anything keeping AT&T users from switching to a more reliable network….
Verizon anyone?
Tech for the masses, meant to empower, educate and inform by Dexter Johnson.
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