Hands On With the iPad Keyboard Dock
Thursday, April 8th, 2010One of the big selling points of the iPad is that it doesn’t have a keyboard. All input can be entered through the touchscreen, and when the device is turned to portrait orientation it can provide a nearly full-size keyboard across the lower half of the screen. But that’s still typing on glass, lacking the [...]
Laptop or Tablet, Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Has You Covered
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010Whether in reaction to Apple’s anticipated month-end announcement, or just because the idea has reached an intersection of demand and technical capability, 2010 is looking like the year of the tablet computer. I think that tablets, once they pass the hurdles of price and capability (see the history of notebooks for that) are going to [...]
CrunchPad Could Be the Color eReader of My Dreams
Saturday, June 6th, 2009Last December I voiced my desire for a small, light weight device that would serve me as a color eReader. I love the Kindle, but monochrome only takes you so far. I may be closer to having my tech wish fulfilled as Mike Arrington of TechCrunch has shared pictures of the newest draft of his [...]
Sharp NJ70A Set Apart by LCD Trackpad
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009When the unibody MacBook Pro made its first appearance in pictures on the web last fall, some of them seemed to show a display on the trackpad. That turned out to just be a trick of the light, but now Sharp’s Japanese division is making the idea a reality with the Mebius NJ70A. It’s a [...]
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