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New York Times:
A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing — LAS VEGAS — You've heard of Amazon.com's Kindle. And you probably know that Apple is likely to introduce a tablet computer this year. Soon you may also be hearing about the Alex, the Que proReader and the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid.
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Andy Ihnatko / Chicago Sun Times:
Thoughts on what an Apple tablet should be - or not — My Wednesday began with a worried focus on tablet computers. — Before lunchtime I closed my eyes, commended my soul to God, and bought roundtrip airfare to San Francisco for the last week of January. — And why? Has Apple announced a press event that week?
Sabrina / labs.moto.com:
DIY Touchscreen Analysis — The success of the iPhone has triggered the adoption of touchscreen systems in a wide range of mobile devices, and a bevy of new gadgets equipped with capacitive sensing technology have now hit the market. MOTO has years of experience developing products …
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iSuppli:
Google Nexus One Carries $174.15 Materials Cost, iSuppli Teardown Reveals — With its new Nexus One, Google Inc. has taken many of the latest smart-phone innovations and combined them in a single product that manages to be both cutting edge and cost competitive, according to a teardown conducted by iSuppli Corp.
Jacob Schulman / Engadget:
Airnergy WiFi power system gives RCA a reason to exist (video) — We don't usually associate RCA with new and innovative technologies, but we [think] know they're on to something with its Airnergy power system, which harvests energy from WiFi signals. Shipping this summer …
John Paczkowski / Digital Daily:
Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein: I've Never Used an iPhone — If CES 2009 marked Palm's rise-from-the-ashes rebirth, CES 2010 may well be the beginning of its resurgence, the inflection point at which the company really begins to gain traction in a market that nearly left it behind just two years ago.
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AppleInsider, Mashable!, App Advice, Edible Apple, The iPhone Blog, Phone Arena and Gizmodo Australia
Sree Sreenivasan / E-Media Tidbits:
News Orgs Take Social Media Seriously by Hiring Editors to Oversee Efforts — I am watching with interest the rise in the number of journalists with the title of social media editor (or something similar) within news organizations. This signals how seriously media outlets are taking social media …
Genglish / Kickingbear:
Software Sea Change — 2,000,000 Strong — Over the week covering this past Christmas Day a piece of software I had contributed to was downloaded two million times. — I've been writing Pop Software for my entire professional career. I may be the first to coin the term Pop Software …
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Obama: Software Flaws Let Christmas Bomber Get Through — Crappy government software — and failure to use that software right — almost got 289 people killed in the botched Christmas day bombing. — “Information sharing does not appear to have contributed to this intelligence failure …
Fred / A VC:
What Blackberry Is For Outlook/Exchange, Android Is For Google Apps — My friend Wil Stephens posted his thoughts on his first day on a Nexus One just now. If you click thru and read it, you'll note the similarity with the review I posted last week. I am not suggesting Wil was influenced by my review …
The Korea Herald:
LG looks to Android in competition with smartphone rivals — Half of all new smart phones released this year by LG Electronics Inc. will be based on Google Inc.'s Android operating system, the Korean company's top executive said Thursday, according to Yonhap News.
Scott M. Fulton, III / BetaNews:
Comcast may get legal leverage to stop net neutrality enforcement — According to multiple eyewitness reports Friday, including from the Associated Press and from participants in the hearings, a three-judge panel of the US Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington yesterday …
