If you’re wondering why political-style anti-Google ads are suddenly running everywhere, it’s no coincidence. Microsoft has hired one of Bill and Hillary Clinton’s advertising masterminds to try his hand at campaigning against Google. While it seems to be having some effect on public opinion, its effect on market share and Microsoft’s bottom line will take [...]
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If you’re wondering where those anti-Google ads came from
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 17, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/if-youre-wondering-where-those-anti-google-ads-came-from/
Linus Torvalds is right about “reasonable resolution”
Linus Torvalds is sick of the gimmicks, and he’s really sick of laptops sporting cheap 720p displays. He wants high-resolution (2560×1600, or even 2048×1536) displays to become standard. Having seen an Ipad with a 2048×1536 display in person recently, I agree.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on December 7, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/12/linus-torvalds-is-right-about-reasonable-resolution/
The good (or at least decent) $89 tablet
Right around a year ago, I wrote about the difficulties of making a good $100 tablet. But then, today, I read on Slashdot about someone finding a nice $45 Android tablet in a Chinese bazaar, then finding a similar unit at Fry’s back home in the States, priced at $89. That raised a couple of [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on September 18, 2012
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2012/09/the-good-or-at-least-decent-89-tablet/
I’ve been reading up about tablets
I’ve been reading about the Kindle Fire and the Nook Tablet. And not surprisingly, the reviews are generally saying there’s not a lot of difference between the two.
Posted by Dave Farquhar on November 24, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/11/ive-been-reading-up-about-tablets/
Kindle Fire in perspective
Amazon’s Kindle Fire sold 95,000 units in its first day of pre-orders, which pales next to the Ipad’s 300,000 on its first day. But the Kindle Fire looks to be a slower burn. It’s sold 250,000 units now. By comparison, the Ipad sold 1 million units in its first month, which the Kindle Fire hasn’t [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 5, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/10/kindle-fire-in-perspective/
Amazon’s new Kindles look like rising stars
I’m a couple of days late and for that I apologize (I’ve been on the road), but this week Amazon released its anticipated Kindle tablet and snuck out a couple of new e-readers. The tablet–7 inches, a faster-than-rumored 1 GHz dual-core CPU, priced at $199, and dubbed the Kindle Fire–seems to be an immediate hit, [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on October 1, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/10/amazons-new-kindles-look-like-rising-stars/
Lessons of the HP Touchpad
At full price ($499 for the 16 GB model and $599 for the 32 GB model) the HP Touchpad was a colossal flop. Like AT&T’s first PC clones of the mid 1980s, it was a me-too product at a me-too price that wasn’t quite as good as the product it was imitating. So, basically, there [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 24, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/08/lessons-of-the-hp-touchpad/
Bombshell: HP pulls out. Of tablets and desktop PCs.
And speaking of duds, it looks like HP has one on their hands in their Web OS-based tablets. Best Buy has about a quarter-million unsold tablets in their warehouse and has only managed to sell 25,000 of them. And when Woot ran a special on them, selling them for $120 off, they sold a whopping [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on August 18, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/08/bombshell-hp-pulls-out-of-tablets-and-desktop-pcs/
How to tame e-books
I haven’t exactly been rushing out to buy an e-reader, for at least a couple of reasons. The practical reason is that I’m afraid of being locked in to a single vendor. Amazon is the market leader and the most likely to still be around for the long term, but they’re the worst about locking [...]
Posted by Dave Farquhar on July 29, 2011
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/07/how-to-tame-e-books/
Psst! Want a cheap tablet?
HP figured out what to do with all those unsold tablets. Friday they dropped the price in Canada to $99 and $149, depending on the memory. And this weekend, they’re doing the same in the States. They’re underpowered and they’re orphans, but at that price, I’ll bet they’ll sell.
http://dfarq.homeip.net/2011/08/psst-want-a-cheap-tablet/