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As I continue to live in a world of both Android and iOS apps, I have a few observations. These should serve as lessons for would-be app designers. The most useful apps are those that take a single to narrow range of tasks that can be accomplished conventionally on a computer browser and squeeze them down into a simple interface
Todd talks with Ernest Wolf, CEO of YooTechPros, creators of an Android-based tablet PC that actually looks quite good. Using the same LG touch screen as the iPad, this tablet offers twin USB ports, a microSD slot, front- and rear-facing cameras and runs Android 2.2. It's also slightly lighter and thinner than the iPad. Unfortunately, the model in the video
Jeffrey and Esbjorn hear what Doug Atkinson of enTourage has to say about the Pocket eDGe, a clamshell-style device with dual screens. It has a 7" TFT tablet screen on one side and a 6" e-Ink reader screen on the other. And to be clear, it's not two devices in one, it's one device with two screens. The eDGe will
Paul Kim, VP of Marketing for GammTech demonstrates his rugged laptop to Esby and Jeffrey by giving it some abuse - you'll have to watch the video to see what he does. The new D12C is a 12" convertible, being able to switch between a tablet and notebook configuration. It's A10F-spec graded withstanding a 3ft drop and spill-resistant - it
Todd Cochrane spoke to Adam Hanin, VP Marketing Viewsonic Corp. He talked about a couple of products that ViewSonic is introducing this year. The first was the Viewpad 7 which is a 7 inch Android 2.2 Tablet. It has both a front facing and rear facing camera. The rear facing camera is in the middle. It is a wifi device,
Andy McCaskey visited the Barnes & Noble booth and took a look at the Nook Color. The Nook Color was created with content with a lot of color in mind, like magazine and children's books. It is wifi enabled and has about 8 hours of continuous reading under wifi. It is a full color touch screen, it uses Vividview technology
Jeffrey takes a look at NEC's cool dual screen Android tablet. Each touch screen is 7" and while there are many uses, one target market is education. One screen can be used to show video or diagrams with the accompanying text on the other. It's powered by a 1 GHz ARM Cortex CPU rather than the more usual Atom processors.