Thursday, September 30, 2010
Teardown Shows Apple TV, iPad Share Similar DNA
Apple’s cheap, puny Apple TV set-top box shares many of the same internals as the iPad, according to a teardown of the device.
The nimble engineers at iFixit cracked open the Apple TV earlier this afternoon and found the same type of Samsung flash chip that’s also inside the iPad, holding 8 GB of capacity. iFixit speculates this storage will be used for caching while streaming TV shows and movies.
The teardown also revealed that the Apple TV features the same A4 processor and amount of RAM (256MB) as the iPad.
Of course, the Apple TV has connectivity features that the iPad doesn’t: Ethernet, HDMI output, an AC adapter and an optical audio-out port. But it’s pretty interesting how similar the two devices are otherwise. Perhaps this is a clue that the Apple TV and iPad will be very tightly integrated in the near future (going beyond the AirPlay streaming feature we’re already familiar with).
An 8-GB drive doesn’t sound like much, but it’s pretty good considering the Apple TV’s $100 price tag. And because the Apple TV’s focus is streaming media, 8GB should leave more than enough room for extra third-party apps, if Apple later decides to open an Apple TV app store, which some have speculated to be a possibility.
A full step-by-step teardown of the Apple TV can be found on iFixit’s website.
See Also:
- Why iOS Could Make Apple TV Succeed
- Apple TV Runs iOS, Opening Door to Apps, Jailbreaking
- AppleTV Runs iOS, Already Jailbroken
Photo: iFixit
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/Ew9FtC_a9fY/
3 Secret Apple TV Features Steve Jobs Hasn?t Told You About
The new Apple TV could be Steve Jobs’ best sleight-of-hand trick yet.
During his modest introduction of the device, Jobs called the Apple TV “one more hobby.” But a closer look at the code and the hardware powering the Apple TV reveals that there’s a lot more going on under the hood than the CEO shared.
Interestingly, Jobs didn’t mention that Apple TV runs iOS, the same operating system running on its flagship product, the iPhone, and some other big hits ? the iPod Touch and iPad. And there’s more, too: The Apple TV’s software may already be jailbroken, and some hidden software should eventually allow you to share the Apple TV’s media with other iOS devices.
These secret ingredients could be the recipe Apple needs to shake up the television industry. For years, Apple executives have labeled the set-top box a “hobby” product because of its mild success compared to blockbuster sellers like the iPhone and iPod. Now that Apple TV has been revamped into a streaming rental service with an arsenal of stealth features, maybe Apple has a chance to change the TV business ? if not today, perhaps later.
“The most important�hint of�Apple’s real ambitions in the living room come from�AirPlay, which�puts iPhones and iPads in the driver’s seat and makes the�TV�just an output�device for the�Apple�ecosystem,” said James McQuivey, a Forrester analyst, in a recent e-mail statement. “Expect�Apple�to gradually push more and more�in that direction, but as of this moment in 2010,�Apple�has not yet made a�significant play for control of the�TV.”
Here, we round up the juicy tidbits we’ve heard about Apple’s mysterious new set-top box.
iOS and third-party app support
There’s more than enough evidence proving that the Apple TV runs iOS. Dispelling any doubts, Apple recently posted a build of iOS 4.1 specifically for the Apple TV.
This piece of information about iOS is important because of a new feature called AirPlay, which streams media from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch to the Apple TV. When Jobs demonstrated AirPlay, he only showed the feature working with an iPad’s built-in video player, photo app and music library. Now that we know Apple TV runs iOS, it’s likely that third-party apps such as MLB at Bat or ABC Player will be able stream media to the set-top box, too.
DaringFireball blogger John Gruber confirmed that an AirPlay button is showing up in the MLB at Bat app, and he adds that apps using the built-in media controller will be able to integrate AirPlay.
Long story short, you’ll be able to wirelessly stream media from some third-party apps straight to your Apple TV with an AirPlay button. AirPlay is shaping up to be Apple’s secret weapon to reshape home entertainment.
In addition to AirPlay, the fact that Apple TV is running iOS means that — in principle, at least — it may someday be able to run applications from the iTunes App Store. For now, that capability is not included in Apple TV, but the underlying operating system certainly supports it, so Apple might open a TV App Store in a future software update.
Jailbreaking hacks
Third-party app support will probably be limited for the Apple TV, but that’s where the jailbreakers come in. In the same way that we’re able to override restrictions on the iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch with a jailbreak, we should be able to run unauthorized apps on the Apple TV — something Jobs would never advertise, of course.
In fact, hackers already have a head start, because a tool called Shatter, which was used to jailbreak the newest iPod Touch, already works with the Apple TV, according to the iPhone Dev Team. That means we should be expecting hackers to code some unauthorized apps soon to unlock additional capabilities such as video conferencing via your Apple TV.
On top of that, existing hacks for the old Apple TV should work, too.�Dev Team member�Will Strafach explained that�?the new AppleTV OS seems to be a mashup of the old AppleTV OS and iOS,? meaning “frappliances,” plug-ins that add functionality to the old Apple TV, should work as well.
‘Lowtide’ app
The Unofficial Apple Weblog’s Erica Sadun, a popular iOS programmer, took a close look at the Apple TV’s software and discovered that it runs an application called Lowtide ? the software containing the set-top box’s media interface.
Sadun dug deeper and found lines of code that suggest that Lowtide might eventually be extended to other iOS devices. In other words, you should be able to share media from the Apple TV to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, whereas originally we thought we’d only be able to do the converse with AirPlay. This functionality would be comparable to a Slingbox or an EyeTV.
Lowtide isn’t readily available for Apple’s iOS mobile devices yet, but iOS developer�Dustin Howett has already managed to load Lowtide on an iPod touch running iOS 4.1, demonstrated in the video above. He recommended against doing it yourself, though, unless you’re ready to reformat your iPhone on a regular basis just to turn it back into a phone.
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/kVMxssqgUt0/
BT signs up to EC code aimed at cutting broadband power consumption
Dave Bailey, Computing, Thursday 30 September 2010 at 10:19:00
EC estimates broadband kit accounts for about 15 per cent of the ICT sector's
overall energy consumption
BT has signed up to an EC figures show that broadband equipment accounts for around 15 per cent of Speaking at the EC Digital Agenda VP Neelie Kroes agreed, saying: "implementing these two There are currently 10 signatories for the These have now been joined by BT, as well as A1 Telekom Austria, Belgian The JRC's Institute for Energy (IE) says its 29-page broadband voluntary The code could have a significant effect on BT's procurement activities re The JRC is also responsible for a code of conduct related to datacentre power EC figures for EU datacentres show that they account for about 18 per cent
European Commission (EC) Joint
Research Centre (JRC) code that commits it to reducing the power consumption
of its broadband ICT infrastructure.
the ICT sector's overall energy consumption, about 47 terawatt hours (TWh) for
the European Union (EU) in 2010.
ICT
2010 ? Digitally Driven event this week, EU Commissioner M�ire
Geoghegan-Quinn said: "The success of these codes of conduct [one covering
broadband, another for datacentres] shows the industry's recognition that
innovation to boost energy efficiency is a commercial, economic and
environmental priority."
codes of conduct will significantly reduce the EU's electricity consumption and
could save as much as ?4.5bn per year."
JRC
Institute of Energy broadband code of conduct, including vendors
Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco, Huawei, Nokia Siemens Networks, and carriers Deutsche
Telekom, Swisscom, and Telecom Italia.
carrier AG Belgacom, Dutch carrier KPN, France Telecom/Orange, Greek carrier
OTE, Portugal Telecom, Spanish telco Telefonica, Norwegian carrier Telenor and
Turk Telekom.
code of conduct can help ICT companies to reduce their energy consumption by as
much as 50 per cent.
lated to its optical fibre rollout since it specifies that signatories need to
ensure that procurement specifications for broadband equipment are compliant
with the code.
consumption, to which BT is already signed up.
(56TWh) of ICT sector energy consumption, and are expected to grow faster than
any other ICT technology
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2270658/bt-signs-ec-code-reduce
House approves bill setting NASA's new course
Full story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39431324/ns/technology_and_science-space/
Alien planet looks 'just right' for life
Full story at http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/29/5202633-alien-planet-looks-just-right-for-life
Car Bomber In South Afghanistan Kills 3 Civilians
Marines and Afghan troops cleared the last major pocket of resistance in the former Taliban-ruled town of Marjah on Saturday ? part of an offensive that is the run-up to a larger showdown this year in the most strategic part of Afghanistan's dangerous south.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tablet Wars: How the BlackBerry PlayBook Measures Up
When Research in Motion introduced its PlayBook tablet Monday, it was diving into a market already dominated by Apple’s iPad.
But there’s other competition too, either already on the market or soon to be: The 5-inch Dell Streak is available now, and Samsung’s 7-inch Galaxy Tab isn’t.
Since the iPad started shipping in April, Apple has sold more than 3 million devices. In June, Dell introduced the Streak, a device billed as a tablet but priced like a phone. Samsung hopes to bring its tablet, the Galaxy Tab to market in time for holiday-season shopping.
RIM announced its latest device, the 7-inch PlayBook, at its developer conference Monday.
The PlayBook won’t be available till early next year. But it’s not too soon to see how its promised specs stack up with the main competitors it will face when it comes out.
- Display
- 9.7 inches, 1024 x 768 pixels
- 7 inches, 1024 x 600 pixels
- 7 inches, 1024 x 600 pixels
- 5 inches, 800 x 480 pixels
- Processor
- 1 GHz Apple A4
- 1 GHz dual-core
- 1 GHz ‘Hummingbird’
- 1 GHz Snapdragon QSD280
- Weight
- 1.5 lbs
- 0.9 lbs
- 0.8 lbs
- 0.48 lbs
- Dimensions (H x W x D)
- 9.5″ x 7.4″ x 0.5″
- 5.1″ x 7.6″ x 0.4″
- 7.5″ x 4.7″ x 0.4″
- 6″ x 3.1″ x 0.4″
- Storage Options
- 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
- 16 GB, 32 GB
- 16 GB, 32 GB
- 16 GB microSD card
- Camera
- no camera
- 5 MP rear camera, 3 MP front camera, video recording
- 3 MP rear camera, 1.3 MP front camera, video recording
- 5 MP rear camera, VGA front camera, video recording
- Operating System
- Apple iOS
- QNX
- Android 2.2
- Android 1.6
- Connectivity
- Wi-Fi, 3G (AT&T, no contract required), Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi, 3G (on AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, with contracts), Bluetooth
- Wi-Fi, 3G (on AT&T, with contract), Bluetooth
- Flash support
- No Flash support
- Supports Flash 10.1
- Supports Flash 10.1
- No Flash support (Flash software updates could come later)
- Battery life*
- 10 hrs surfing web on Wi-Fi, watching video or listening to music
- N/A
- 4,000 mAh rated for 7 hrs movie playback
- 1,530 mAh battery, rated for up to 9.8 hrs talk time
- Price
- $500-$700 (for Wi-Fi only). $630-$830 for Wi-Fi + 3G
- N/A
- N/A
- $560 with no contract, $300 with 2-year contract
- Availability
- Shipping since April
- Early 2011
- Late 2010
- Shipping since August
- Apps
- iPad + iPhone apps through Apple App Store
- New app store will be launched by RIM
- Android Market Apps
- Android Market Apps
*Battery life� as specified by the manufacturer
See Also:
- Kno Creates 14-inch Tablet for Students
- RIM Unveils Tethered Tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook
- How the Tablet Will Change the World
- Build Your Own Tablet for $400
- Samsung Introduces 7-Inch Tablet to Rival iPad
- Dell’s Streak Tablet Is Priced Like a Phone
Photo: BlackBerry PlayBook/Research In Motion
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/SI-K1fg4RZk/
Pixel Qi Offers Second Screen for Your Laptop
Pixel Qi’s low power displays could be a second screen for your laptop or smartphone. Pixel Qi has partnered with a German company to offer its 10-inch displays that can be hooked up to another device using USB.
The secondary display could come in handy for extra real estate or to show someone else screen information, says Pixel Qi. Customers can plug in the Pixel Qi display using a wired or wireless USB.
“This extra screen would be small and light enough to carry, very low power, offer crisp text for good reading and be readable in any light ? even in sunlight,” says Pixel Qi in a statement.
The USB-connected screens should help widen Pixel Qi’s reach among consumers. Since March, Pixel Qi has been offering a 10.1 -inch displays for $275. But the displays were compatible with only two models of netbooks–the Samsung N130 and Lenovo S10. And users had to take a screwdriver to their PC and swap out the screen themselves.
Pixel Qi first showed its screens in January at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The display called 3Qi operates in three modes: a full-color LCD transmissive mode; a low-power, sunlight-readable, reflective e-paper mode; and a transflective mode that makes the LCD display visible in sunlight.
While technically impressive, a major challenge for Pixel Qi has been finding ways to get these displays into the hands of consumers. That’s why it seems to have partnered with German company Display Solutions, which has developed a driver board that can be combined with the Pixel Qi screen.
The entire module can be plugged into a laptop or even some phones via USB to create a second screen. The modules will start selling next month. Pixel Qi hasn’t disclosed pricing for the module.
See Also:
- Up Close and Personal With the Pixel Qi Display
- DIY: How to Install a Pixel Qi Display in Your Netbook
- Pixel Qi Hybrid E-Ink LCD Screens for Your Own Netbook
- Vaporware 2009: Inhale the Fail
Photo: Pixel Qi
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/2viCzKATwd0/
Ofcom: no regulation on net neutrality
Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Tuesday 28 September 2010 at 18:05:00
Early analysis of consultation submissions has not changed core thinking
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has reviewed submissions to its consultation on Despite protestations from various groups that some network operators? ?Ofcom is committed to dealing swiftly with problems as they emerge, but we Bowers said any intervention by the regulator ?will have to be a process that The issue of net neutrality ? the concept embedded in internet protocols The fear among proponents of a fully open internet is that dominant ISPs will The UK regulator has interpreted the net neutrality debate purely in terms of The UK has a more competitive internet access market than the US, where the However, Ofcom accepts that this requires a high level of transparency from The latter may well be addressed through regulation: giving consumers the
internet traffic management and does not see the need to step in as regulator.
The
consultation, which closed on 9 September, sought industry views on a
variety of issues around traffic management by ISPs, including whether
regulation was required to set a minimum quality of service for open internet
access.
traffic management could discriminate against some content or application
providers, Ofcom does not see sufficient evidence and is not about to regulate.
are also committed to approach issues in such a way as not to assume a problem
before a problem has emerged,? Ofcom international director Alex Bowers told an
audience of telecoms professionals at the Westminster e-Forum in London today.
?We will not regulate ahead of a problem and impose a market structure on the
industry.?
is led by real evidence and real manifestations of problems arising, and that is
simply not there yet".
that all data packets are treated equally by ISPs which ensure their "best
efforts" to forward them to their destination ?
has
caused sharp debate in the US.
strike commercial deals with large content providers to give their traffic
priority to the detriment of other content, stifling innovation and even
threatening free speech ? anathema in the US. The Federal Trade Commission was
on the verge of enshrining "best efforts" in regulation but has
delayed
the decision.
the pros and cons of traffic management. The regulator?s reasoning is that if
consumers find the traffic shaping used by their ISP to be ?uncongenial? to
their internet access experience, they should be free to switch ISP.
choice is essentially between two major suppliers.
ISPs about the traffic shaping they use, a clear translation from technical
jargon to language that spells out how that affects a consumer?s specific
access, and an easy switching regime, none of which currently exists.
right to a 12-month internet access contract so they are not locked in to an
ISP. This provision will probably be introduced under the
EU?s
Revised Telecoms Framework, although the UK government has yet to decide how
to implement the Framework, said Bowers.
Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2270626/ofcom-regulation-net-neutrality
AOL buys TechCrunch
Full story at http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2010/09/28/5194422-aol-buys-techcrunch
Real-life Iron Man suit is better than predecessor
Full story at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39386045/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Treasury Seeks To Cast A Wider Net For Terrorists
The department will soon publish new rules that would pave the way for tracking all of the money transfers coming in and out of the U.S. As envisioned, Treasury would take all that information and ferret out patterns associated with terrorism financing.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Quadriplegics Prefer Robot Arms on Manual, not Automatic
Aman Behal’s automated robotic arm functioned perfectly. Outfitted with sensors that could “see” objects, grasp them with enough force to hold but not crush them, and return them to the user, it easily outperformed the same arm under manual control on every quantitative measurement.
Except one. The arm’s users — patients with spinal cord injuries in an Orlando hospital — didn’t like it. It was too easy.
“Think about the Roomba,” Behal told Wired.com. “People like robots, and they like them to work automatically. But if you had to watch and supervise the Roomba while it worked, you’d get frustrated pretty quickly. Or bored.”
This wasn’t what Behal had expected. This was the new sensor’s system first time in the field; the user satisfaction survey was supposed to be one more data point, secondary to measuring the performance of the device itself. But it made his team rethink their entire project.
Behal’s arm is just one in a long line of robotic arms aimed at giving paraplegics and quadriplegics greater freedom and mobility. Recent advances have made robot arms far more sensitive, powerful, and realistic than ever before. In many cases the enhancements depend on software that allows the robot arms to take simple commands (or even signals from the user’s brain) and translate them into complex movements involving multiple motors without requiring their users to specify the exact movements of each servo. But in this study, Behal found that there’s such a thing as too much automation.
Behal, an Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida, had initially used the arm in a 2006 study at the University of Pennsylvania funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. In addition to weakening physical control, MS often impairs attention and memory, and the complexity of the arm’s controls overwhelmed them. At that time, the arm’s sensors and AI were much more limited, and users were mostly frustrated by its complicated controls.
For these patients, according to Behal, something that might seem as simple as scratching their heads was a prolonged struggle. They needed something that took the guesswork of movement, rotation, and force out of the equation.
The quadriplegics at Orlando Health were the opposite. They were cognitively high-functioning, and some had experience with computers or video games. All had ample experience using assistive technology. Regardless of the extent of their disability or whether they were using a touchscreen, mouse, joystick, or voice controls, they preferred using the arm on manual. The more experience they had with tech, the happier they were.
It didn’t matter that the arm performed faster and more accurately when it was fully automated. Users were actually more forgiving of the arm when they were piloting it. If the arm made a mistake on automatic mode, they panned it. Harshly. (“You see a big vertical spike downward,” when that happened, Behal said.) On manual mode, the users learned how to operate it better — and how to explain their problems with the device to someone else.
To users accustomed to navigating the world in a wheelchair — and frequently having to explain how their chair worked to others — this made the arm both more familiar and more useful. It felt less like an alien presence, and more like a tool: a natural extension of the body and the will.
This feeling is essential for anyone’s satisfaction using technology, but particularly so for disabled users, according to John Bricout, Behal’s collaborator and the associate dean for Research and Community Outreach at the University of Texas at Arlington School of Social Work.
“If we’re too challenged, we get angry and frustrated. But if we aren’t challenged enough, we get bored,” said Bricout. He’s seen this repeatedly with both disabled and older adults.
In an interview with Wired.com, he expanded on this, drawing on psychologist Mih�ly Cs�kszentmih�lyi’s theory of flow: “We stay engaged when our capabilities are matched by our challenges and our opportunities,” Bricout said. If that balance tilts too far to one direction, we get anxious; if it tilts to the other, we get bored. Match them, and we’re at our happiest, most creative, and most productive.
Behal and Bricout hadn’t anticipated, for example, that users operating the arm using the manual mode would begin to show increased physical functionality.
“There’s rehabilitation potential here,” Bricout said. Thinking through multiple steps to coordinate and improve physical actions “activated latent physical and cognitive resources… It makes you rethink what rehabilitation itself might mean.”
For now, Behal, Bricout and their team plan on repeating their study with a larger group of users to see if they can replicate their results. They’re also going back to users with MS, and perhaps traumatic brain injuries, early next year. Colleagues at other institutions are experimenting with the arms with even more diverse disabled populations.
The engineering team has already given the robotic arm a “voice” that announces its actions and makes it feel more responsive and less alien, even on automatic mode. They’re revamping the software interface again, including exploring the possibility of adding haptic feedback, so users can feel when the robotic arm can grasp an object — or the user’s body itself. If you’re going to scratch your head, the fingertips benefit from touch almost as much.
“You have to listen to users,” Behal said. “If they don’t like using the technology, they won’t. Then it doesn’t matter how well it does its job.”
Patient Bob Melia demonstrates the capabilities of the robotic arm in development. (Jason Greene/University of Central Florida)
Robotic arm’s big flaw: Patients say it’s ‘too easy’ [UCF Press Release]
See Also:
- Paging Dr. Robot
- Toyota Sees Robotic Nurses in Your Lonely Final Years
- Kid, Meet Your Old Man (and his Robot Body)
- Robo-Therapist Helps Ailing Limbs
- A Wheelchair That Reads Your Mind
- A Question of Mind Over Matter
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/oAmw2MJgFKg/
RIM Unveils Tethered Tablet, the BlackBerry PlayBook
SAN FRANCISCO — BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is jumping into the tablet arena with the PlayBook. It will have a 7-inch screen and is designed for both personal and business users.
“This is an ultramobile, always on, ultrathin device,” Mike Lazaridis, co-CEO of Research In Motion told attendees at the ongoing BlackBerry developer conference. “The first time you hold it, it just feels right and you want to take it everywhere you go.”
The BlackBerry PlayBook is 0.4 inches (9.7 mm) thick, making it thinner than the iPad’s 0.5 inches.
It will include Wi-Fi but no 3G connectivity, making it a tablet that will have to be paired with BlackBerry phones for 3G internet access. RIM did not comment on whether the wireless tethering option will be available with other smartphones, too. But it is promising 3G and 4G models in the future.
The device will have a high-resolution 1024 x 600 pixels widescreen display and will be lightweight at just 0.9 lbs, compared to the iPad’s 1.5 lbs.
The PlayBook will run on a 1-GHz dual-core processor and come with 1 GB RAM. It will also include two cameras: a 5-megapixel camera at the back, and a 3-megapixel front-facing camera. The PlayBook also has videorecording capability.
The tablet will run QNX, an operating system from a company that Research In Motion bought last year. It will include an HDMI video output and a USB port.
RIM did not announce pricing or exact availability for the PlayBook. The device is expected to hit retail stores early next year.
BlackBerry’s PlayBook the latest challenger to Apple’s iPad, which launched in April. Apple has sold more than 3 million iPads so far, while rivals have been slow to meet the challenge. Dell and Samsung have announced their own tablets, though Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet has yet to hit the market. Meanwhile, Microsoft and HP have both canceled planned tablet projects.
RIM has one advantage: The BlackBerry platform is still the No. 1 smartphone operating system because of the company’s strength with business users. Because the PlayBook is tied to the BlackBerry, that may give it a leg up in the market.
BlackBerry’s tablet also hopes to beat rivals by offering a rich web experience, multitasking and a speedy processor, and by attracting developers and publishers to the device.
The PlayBook will support full Flash 10.1, have hardware-accelerated video and 1080p HD video.
Lazaridis hopes the PlayBook will become a favorite among business users.
“The BlackBerry PlayBook, just like the BlackBerry smartphones, will become the enterprise standard,” he told developers.
The PlayBook will support multitasking and a native SDK, or software developers kit, will be available for the device.
“The PlayBook will be an incredible gaming platform for game designers and a great platform for publishers,” says Dan Dodge, the founder of QNX who is also being billed as the inventor of the PlayBook tablet. “We are giving everyone the full web experience on a very powerful platform.”
RIM didn’t offer any hands-on demos with the PlayBook, keeping the device firmly behind a glass box. But we have a few photos of the PlayBook from the show. Also check out the company’s preview video for the BlackBerry PlayBook.
BlackBerry’s preview video for the PlayBook:
See Also:
- Why 2010 Will Be the Year of the Tablet
- Build Your Own Tablet for $400
- Samsung Introduces 7-Inch Tablet to Rival iPad
- Why India’s $35 Tablet May Be Just a Dream
- Dual-Screen Tablet Maker Hopes to Reinvent the Textbook
Full story at http://feeds.wired.com/~r/GearFactor/~3/By-4RUPbm9E/
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