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Why Netbooks Are Doomed (via OfficeAid Administrative Support)

This is an interesting discussion of why Netbooks may have seen their day. It makes sense what he is saying. Personally I don’t see the attraction of them in the first place. They were so limited that I wasn’t interested in any.

Remember back in 2009 when netbooks were selling like hotcakes? Well, those days are gone and now tablets are selling like hotcakes. It begs the question, naturally: are tablet sales cannabilizing netbook sales. The answer appears to be “yes” according to a new report by Canalys. Canalys is projecting that every ten tablets that sell this year will translate to a loss of five netbook or notebook sales for the enterprise. Specifically, netbook sal … Read More

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Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet

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Boogie Board Paperless LCD Writing Tablet.  Very cool.   From their website.

The next time you reach for a piece of paper and a pen – Don’t! Grab a Boogie Board instead, the tree-friendly alternative to memo pads, sketchbooks, sticky notes, dry erase boards and other writing/drawing mediums that can be re-used over 50,000 times!

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Thoughts on the Apple Tablet

First Gene Steinberg here then me. ”

Hi,

Remember when Mr. Jobs said something like “what they were good for besides surfing the Web in the bathroom.” Reference here for that quote.

Consider also that he has said that he doesn’t like one purpose devices, and the fact that he killed the Newton. To me that says that he has considered the smartphone market carefully. “We don’t know how to build a sub-$500 computer that is not a piece of junk,” Jobs said during an Apple earning call in 2008. Reference for that here. To me, this means it will be more like the Air laptop than the iPhone. They probably will include some amazing hardware feature like a virtual keyboard or maybe even a projector. For Mr. Jobs to love it, it has to be original like the Cube was. There is going to be something that will make you say “Man I need one of those, it would make my life easier.” Maybe they perfected speech recognition?

I think it will be in the $500-$900 area and it will do most laptop functions. It might even be a laptop in a new form factor. Whatever it is, its going to be the result of a long period of gestation. Something new for MS to copy!

Regards,
BrianP

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