by Van Baker | March 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
There has been a lot of speculation about the valuation of Groupon assuming an upcoming IPO. The numbers that have been circulating have ranged from 15 billion to 25 billion dollars. This is after Groupon turning down a rumored 6 billion dollar offer from Google late last year. Well I for one don’t get it. [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: coupons, Groupon, retail, social
by Van Baker | March 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
Hewlett-Packard is planning to launch it’s TouchPad tablet this summer. The tablet is based on the WebOS operating system just as the smartphones sold by HP’s Palm business unit. Given the success of the iPad many have speculated that there is no room for another tablet competitor beyond Apple and the Android tablets. Despite Apple’s [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: HP, iPad, Playbook, tablet, TouchPad
by Van Baker | March 15, 2011 | 6 Comments
It is widely rumored that Apple sold somewhere between 500,000 and 1,000,000 iPad 2 tablets over their first weekend of sales in the United States. International launches are still to come and there is no reason to expect any less success in these markets. This is despite the fact that the technologists have proclaimed it [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Apple, hardware, iPad, iPad 2, tablet
by Van Baker | June 10, 2010 | Comments Off
A while back I criticized nVidia for touting a 10 hour netbook battery life for Ion equipped netbooks. The reason that I criticized them was that the 10 hour claim was with the Ion processor turned off with only the CPU enabled. Well they have now updated their information and it appears that the battery [...]
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by Van Baker | April 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
Sorry for the pun but I couldn’t resist. Microsoft announced a new phone platform that targets the highly social digital native set. The Kin is the product of a joint venture between Microsoft, Verizon and Sharp and focuses on connectivity with the users networks of friends, friends and friends. In short Microsoft justifiably believe that [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: digital native, Kin, Microsoft, Sharp, smartphone, social network, Verizon
by Van Baker | March 18, 2010 | 1 Comment
The New York Times reports that Google is working on something that is called GoogleTV which might see Android on the television running on Intel silicon and using a Logitech keyboard to control the whole thing. The project is rumored to focus on delivering Internet search to the television making content easier to find and [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Google, Intel, Internet, Logitech, Sony, television
by Van Baker | March 2, 2010 | Comments Off
nVidia announced the next generation Ion graphics processing unit (GPU) which offers 1080p HD decode, Adobe Flash support and 3-D gaming for netbook products. The addition of this GPU to a netbook gives consumers an excellent video playback capability on netbooks that would be unable to playback HD video without the addition of Ion. The [...]
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by Van Baker | February 25, 2010 | Comments Off
Palm revealed that its Pre and Pixi models are not selling as well as they had hoped and that revenue will fall well below expectations. So what is wrong with Palm? It has a very good user interface that is similar to Android which is selling well. They have the advantage that Apple has of [...]
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Category: Uncategorized Tags: consumer electronics, iPhone, Palm, Pre, smartphone
by Van Baker | January 27, 2010 | 6 Comments
There has been much speculation on what an Apple tablet would offer, and the company did not disappoint with today’s announcement. Apple introduced the iPad with the core productivity apps an e-reader with and e-book store and 140,000 apps from the Appstore, all at a very aggressive $499 price point. This product will define the [...]
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by Van Baker | September 9, 2009 | Comments Off
The new Nano will sell for the same price as the current model at $149 for the 8 GB model and $179 for the 16 GB model. The company also announced three models of the iPod touch with the 8 GB model starting at $199 and two additional models at $299 and $399 with 32 [...]
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