I’m reluctant to add to the already noisy Apple iPad discussion, but I wanted to follow up on yesterday’s post while the thoughts are still fresh in my mind.
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The Problem with Tablets
With just a day left until Apple’s special event the company scheduled for January 27th, speculation on the expected-to-be-announced Apple Tablet (or whatever the official name turns out to be) has reached a fevered pitch. I don’t think any rumored Apple product – iPhone included – has garnered so much coverage by bloggers and the […]
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Apple Announces iPhone – Cingular Only
I didn’t think it would actually happen, but Apple announced the iPhone at today’s Macworld Expo keynote in San Francisco. Apple’s website has all of the juicy details (QuickTime required), but here’s a preview: Apple calls this a combination mobile phone, widescreen iPod with touch controls, and an Internet communications device. It’s a testament to […]
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The Year of the Widget
I’ve mentioned my love of widgets in passing, but thought they deserved a little more attention. If you’ve ever used Apple’s Dashboard, the customizable Google Homepage, the Yahoo! Widget Engine, or Windows Vista’s Gadgets, you’re familiar with the idea. If you haven’t tried any of these, widgets are little, single purpose “applications” (if you can […]
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Hands on with the Wii
One of our friends preordered a Nintendo Wii a month or so ago, and happily picked it up at Gamestop when it launched this Sunday. He hosted a little Wii party last night for a few friends, so I finally got my chance to try out the “wiimote“. Casey and I were able to try […]
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Digicam Recommendations?
We had an unfortunate camera accident at Kael’s birthday party on Saturday, so our two year old Canon PowerShot S410 has seem its last day. The motor’s jammed, and we’re getting the dreaded E18 Error, so there’s little hope it’ll start working again. We loved that little camera, mainly because it was small enough to […]
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We’re A Razr Family
Yesterday Casey joined me in the Motorola Razr fan club with the arrival of her special edition pink Razr. After having the same Kyocera phone for a couple of years, it’s a nice upgrade for her. On the plus side, it’s pink, so there shouldn’t be any confusion around the house about which one is […]
I just came across a funny, but spot-on, blog entry via Parent Hacks. It’s entitled “Top ten reasons Geeks make good fathers“, and had me smiling and nodding my head in agreement while reading the whole thing. A week or two ago, I was just telling Casey about the killer new Lego Mindstorms NXT set […]
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Obligatory Steve Jobs Keynote Comments
Because I made post Macworld keynote comments the last couple of years, I felt somewhat obligated to continue the tradition. The big event happened this morning at the Macworld conference in San Francisco and was the culmination of weeks and months of speculation and rumors in the tech community. They perfected the art of building […]
If you’re a regular reader, you may remember me pining for the Treo 700w back in September when the release date was unknown. Well, the big day has finally arrived – The Windows-based smartphone is available for purchase from Verizon as of today. To me, it seemed like a nearly perfect phone: PDA functionality, Bluetooth, […]