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I know it's been quite a while since I've provided any information on account of Spring Break and a few very, very hectic weeks of school.
Now that those are over, I thought I'd give a quick recap about what's gone on in the past few weeks that could have some major impact on the tech market.
The Apple iPad was released this past weekend (300k devices sold) to generally positive but mixed reviews. A lot of users were puzzled as to what devices they could actually replace with the device, saying that it's size impedes using it as a portable media device but the lack of complex multitasking made it difficult to justify replacing a device such as a laptop or netbook. Ultimately it seems, the device is fulfilling the role I expected to it to: entertainment. I think the hype for the device to "change the media landscape" created unrealistically high expectations for the iPad to be the one and only device a given user would need. While the tablet format may be useful in some applications, as noted by Josh Topolsky in the linked Engadget review above, the input of text and other business like functions fall short and are actually impeded by the device's large size.
There's also been exciting news that the iPhone may be ported to other carriers in late Summer/early Fall of this year. Verizon is said to be getting a different version of the device than AT&T but hey, it'll work for all of the Verizon users foaming at the mouth for an iPhone or AT&T subscribers looking to jump ship and onto the Verizon bandwagon. Gizmodo's Jason Chen was featured on G4's Attack of the Show last week adressing all of the rumors, and with word coming straight from the WSJ, the rumors might be more than just rumors. I'm sure there are many crossing their fingers on this one.
In Apple unrelated news, Sprint announced it's first Android 4G handset, the HTC EVO 4G. It looks to be a pretty exciting device, mimicking the general size of the just-released HD2 running Windows Mobile, but with Android 2.1 and an updated version of HTC's Sense user interface. The thing has an 8 megapixel camera capable of shooting 720p HD video, the same Snapdragon processor as Google's Nexus One running at 1 Ghz, and a full GB of memory for loads of apps. All this with Sprint/CLEAR's 4G network providing broadband speed to the device and this device could be the herald in a new era of mobile computing and devices.
That's all for now! I'm back and in business so look for new updates soon!
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