Tablet PCs: Still a work in progress
Before millions of us start dumping our PDAs for tablet computers, there's still a few things that need to happen. Let's hope the marketers don't try to push them down our throats.
Before millions of us start dumping our PDAs for tablet computers, there's still a few things that need to happen. Let's hope the marketers don't try to push them down our throats.
Lenovo shows impressive ambition with the Yoga Book, revamping the tablet format to combine a virtual keyboard and a drawing surface. The hardware design is superb, and battery life is good too.
Before millions of us start dumping our PDAs for tablet computers, Charles Cooper thinks the technology still has a way to go before tablets become a truly usable platform.
The hardware market is tough, and it's only getting tougher. If hardware players think that making me-too devices is the way forward, they could be headed for trouble.
One-size-fits-all computing is an antiquated paradigm. Forrester's J.P. Gownder explains how workforce segmentation drives innovation.
Or is touch really just a bad idea as an interface? Zack Whittaker, millennial extraordinaire and one of the few guys on the planet to really dig Vista, wrote an interesting piece yesterday decrying the problems with touch as a computing interface.
There's no reason that Samsung can't launch a bevy of bendable screen devices. Will it be able convince tech buyers that a bendable screen is a must have?
E-Lead Electronics will be showcasing its entry into the inexpensive UMPC market at CES this month. While pricing is expected to be near the $500 mark (still too pricey in my mind for any sort of widespread adoption in education), it brings some incredibly innovative features to the table and more competition.