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Here at Virginia Tech all the engineers were required to get tablet PCs and we use a similar program called Dyknow. We can take notes on top of our professors, which is pretty cool. There's also ink that only shows up on the professor's screen, which forces us to pay more attention. There are a bunch of other cool underutilized programs for tablets.

I'm Writing About Whiskey and It's Not Even Tuesday Yet

GitEmSteveDave_HatesFriday
11:48 PM

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: I'd love this for one of my case mods. Only problem is this would make the ObnoxBox less obnoxious...

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

gr8wayn
11:47 PM

Find out what happens when a bunch of nerds stop being nerdy, and start getting real . . . nerdy . . . cause they're nerds . . .

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

otko
11:45 PM

But can you watch the feed from an iPhone?

Can My iPod Make This Airplane Explode?

PN - gooapplesoft
11:45 PM

@Jake712: it would be better then anything else they do also the checking system could be innovated as well...

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far

T-Gawk
11:43 PM

I'm no fan of Arrington, but if this is the CrunchPad, I'd say the man dodged a bullet.

Poor Melting Game Boy

otko
11:42 PM

Dolce & Gabbana are really going in a weird direction with their stuff these days.

First Video of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

F1Morgan
11:42 PM

I think Rutan designed that ship from Disney's a Spaceman in King Arthur's Court? I think so...

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Nathan Obbards
11:41 PM

@red_alert360: Hey, with a name like Ronaldo, can you blame his strut?

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

The Terminator
11:40 PM

Was the animation done with The Sims 3?

Steve Wozniak Stars in Local Car Commercial With "Punker, the Boss's Dog"

(Starman) Starman
11:40 PM

@stevewoz: I now know why I clicked on your heart.

Your down-to-earth personality. :)

Google Goggles: Google's Scary Good Visual Search App

dallasmay
11:40 PM

@DrBoom: You just contradicted yourself. You said that you have no idea what I was talking about, and then immediately said you "rooted the **** out" of your phone to get those 3 gigs of apps.

Well, I have news for you. Most people don't have the stones to root the **** out of their phones. Some of us don't like the idea of voiding the manufacture warrantee on our phones.

First Shots of Boxee Box

mmmiles
11:39 PM

@vmlinuz: To be fair, this thing really doesn't have much inside it, and no special innovative engineering - almost any plastic box shape costs the same as long you make 50K of them.

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far

Adam
11:39 PM

I'll take the thinkpad tablet I just ordered that comes with an ips screen, full keyboard, and wacom goodnees. Sure it costs more, but it's also, like, a real computer...

Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks

johnnyabnormal
11:38 PM

@osiris73: Actually, I didn't follow one of the links on the article, which led (no pun intended) me too:
"No lead is EVER contained in any of my work.. All soldered components are removed in the process of cleaning."

Granted, that is good, but I would be more wary of endocrine disruptors from Tetrabromobisphenol A: When this is used traditionally, there isn't a high risk factor. However, this is not traditional, and one could introduce this into their body through the dust produced from playing a pick. It's a losing battle in my opinion... In general, Bisphenol A has permeated our industrialized society completely. It's already creating hermaphrodite frogs!

Edited by johnnyabnormal at 12/07/09 11:38 PM

First Shots of Boxee Box

bornonbord
11:37 PM

I'm hanging that on fucker on my wall, cables dangling and all.

First Shots of Boxee Box

JaXs
11:37 PM

DQ ION and an alt case and I would buy one for each room.

First Shots of Boxee Box

PN - gooapplesoft
11:36 PM

@Segador: the thing is that design, although pretty, is not to practical. My shelves/spaces are not really designed to hold something like this in a which would create a aesthetic tv center, which would deem the aesthetics of this box useless.

Google Goggles: Google's Scary Good Visual Search App

DrBoom
11:36 PM

@dallasmay: You've mentioned that twice, and I have no earthly idea what you're talking about. I've got something like...3 gig of apps on my G1's SD card.
All of the hardware out has a limit based on the onboard RAM, but it's not 256mb across the board, and anyone with the stones can, and has, rooted the **** out of their phone the minute it came out of the box, so...hello Apps2SD.

Poor Melting Game Boy

RickyRogers
11:35 PM

@Wondertwinz: Sent back in time to kill the Sega gamegear?

Head-Bobbing Musician Robot Looks Just Like Your Stoned Friend Listening to Phish

shrynx
11:35 PM

@RicketyCricket: This is how Stay Puft learnt his moves.

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

red_alert360
11:35 PM

@Nathan Obbards: Ooooh its gonna get frisky. Just look at the way the middle guy's hand is bent. Who wants to call shenanigans?

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

@MrMrazberry
11:35 PM

Is it wrong that I'm aroused?

Rejoice! Cellphones Are Safe Again (Until They Aren't)

Adam
11:35 PM

@metaslugx: Don't mock someone for a mistake and then make one yourself. Sorry, it's a pet peeve of mine.

HTC Suffers Redface With its First Android 2.0 Phone, Passion, Delayed

MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM
11:34 PM

@Sandeep Murali: You make some good points, especially in regards to your "productivity" tag reference and HTC's stance with WM. Now, with that said...

You make a ton of invalid points based on what I'm guessing is conjecture, and assumptions about me, while never answering any of my questions from the previous post. While I DO use a Android phone now as my primary device, I never said they were going to only make Android based devices moving forward. :/ I've actually used WM and definitely see the draw there, it's just not my cup of tea. I also never argued that Windows Mobile wasn't productive or of any value to any manufacturer (that's an argument you're having with yourself, all by yourself). My argument was one based on numbers and cost, and how it's just plain foolish to dismiss the cost vs savings value the Android platform inherently brings to ANY device manufacturer competing/looking to start competing in the smartphone space (HELLO Dell, also It's a FREE cutting edge smartphone OS!). The smartphone space is super competitive with established and entrenched contenders (like say, Nokia) getting their asses handed to them quarter over quarter by the likes of relative newcomers like Apple and RIM, who are also changing the way the financial world sees and marks success in that sector of the CE space (with market share vs profit per device).

I think what you've failed to see/acknowledge is the shift in focus occurring at HTC's core (as you mentioned above). While they may have started out as a smartphone maker solely focused on productivity as evidenced by their choice of Mobile OS (WM), their new emphasis and shift to Android (covered here on Giz a couple of times) indicates a move away from niche market/specialty boutique market device maker to mass market player. While there was a time that productivity was their core focus, I don't necessarily feel that that is the case with them anymore. Now, I'm not saying they're completely moving away from WM, however in it's current incarnation it's no longer their primary focus either for obvious reasons. Need more proof? Look at their Corporate tag line and corporate ethos in regards to device making for that (some would say it's the polar opposite of what WM has come to mean to people who have used it)...

As to your comparison to the PC market, well that's just plain retarded or a straw man argument at best... Please refrain from saying your using my logic. The only thing the two markets have in common is that Microsoft is a competitor in both of them (if you even want to call them that at this point). What's WM's worldwide market share at this point btw? It may have been relevant if Windows Mobile shared the type of market share in the mobile space that it does in the PC space, but it doesn't. They're two completely different beast with very different market demands. See how dumb it is to make that comparison now?... If you wait a couple years we may see what's happened in the PC world happen in the mobile world, except with Android (a FREE OS) as the established OS of choice...

With all of that said, please take a moment to take off your green tinted fanboy glasses and smell the reality of what's going on in the (mobile) world...

Edited by MIKERIOSISAWHORE.COM at 12/07/09 11:40 PM

DARPA's Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours

mmmiles
11:33 PM

@Giz-Guy: What's innovative about paying people for information?

And "deliberate misinformation" would be very easy to weed out. First, thanks to profit, far more people will submit real information than false, and second, it's unlikely you'll get the same false info from more than 1 source (or a few working in concert), which would be swamped by the amount of legit data.

This contest sounds pretty dumb to me. It had a very predictable finish, and because the best crowd sourcing tools are the largest, every team has access to identical tools, which no proprietary way in which to use them.

Yawn.

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Nathan Obbards
11:33 PM

@aerospaceman: Well, to be fair, there will be girls and sex, they'll just be in the form of porn on their computers.

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Nathan Obbards
11:32 PM

@red_alert360: Based on the photo, I think it would be more of Frank should kiss Ronaldo.

Which Places In the World Does Wikipedia Discuss Most?

James Kinney
11:32 PM

@almondrickrossroca: Awesome fact. Now how much do the think the world gives back to the USA? Oh yeah they give back complaints about the USA and no one else in the world who gives them anything. Even in the UN the USA far far far surpasses the rest of the world on support, and Japan (no permanent seat might I add) gives 2nd.

America didn't invent poor people, how did they get to poverty when 100's of years ago there was no such thing? (rhetorical, but an interesting thought)

Edited by James Kinney at 12/07/09 11:34 PM

Poor Melting Game Boy

Nathan Obbards
11:31 PM

@Wondertwinz: Liquid metal Game Boy?

First Shots of Boxee Box #boxee #dlinkboxeebox

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far #joojoo #tablet

Brutally Honest Ads: A More Honest Luke Wilson Shills for AT&T #brutallyhonestads #lukewilsonad

Barnes & Noble Nook Review: Pretty Damn Good #ebookreaders #nookreview

All Giz Wants: Gifts for Geeks and Loved Ones #giftguide #giftguide2009

Can My iPod Make This Airplane Explode? #takebacktakeoff #inflightelectronic

It's Time To Make Phone OSes Work On Any Phone #rant #smartphones

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eBeam Whiteboard Delivers Notes to Kindle, for the Kid Who Forgot His Glasses

I'm Writing About Whiskey and It's Not Even Tuesday Yet

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Can My iPod Make This Airplane Explode?

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far

Poor Melting Game Boy

First Video of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

Steve Wozniak Stars in Local Car Commercial With "Punker, the Boss's Dog"

Google Goggles: Google's Scary Good Visual Search App

First Shots of Boxee Box

Everything We Know About the JooJoo (AKA Crunchpad) Tablet So Far

Shred Like a Geek: Recycled Circuit Board Guitar Picks

First Shots of Boxee Box

First Shots of Boxee Box

First Shots of Boxee Box

Google Goggles: Google's Scary Good Visual Search App

Poor Melting Game Boy

Head-Bobbing Musician Robot Looks Just Like Your Stoned Friend Listening to Phish

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

This is How the Evening News Should Be Done From Now On

Rejoice! Cellphones Are Safe Again (Until They Aren't)

HTC Suffers Redface With its First Android 2.0 Phone, Passion, Delayed

DARPA's Balloon Challenge Over After Nine Hours

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Now Streaming: The iPhone Reality Show

Which Places In the World Does Wikipedia Discuss Most?

Poor Melting Game Boy

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