11. March 2010

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TOP 20 SLATE TABLET PC’s FOR 2010

HP Slate Screen Size: 8.9″ Operating System: Windows 7 Battery Life: 7 hrs. Release Date: Fourth Quarter 2010 Price: $629 Notion Ink Adam Screen Size: 10.1″ Operating System: Google Android Battery Life: 16 hrs. Release Date: July 2010 Price: $300 Apple iPad Screen Size: 9.7″ Operating System: iPhone OS Battery Life: 10 hrs Release Date: April 2010 Price: $499 Lenovo U1 IdeaPad Screen Size: 11.6″ Operating System: Windows 7 & Lenox Battery Life: 60 hrs. Release Date: [...]

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11. March 2010

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THE HP SLATE

At the Consumer Electronics Show in January, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer introduced his new touch-screen, tablet-style computer from Hewlett-Packard.  This is what Steve Ballmer had to say about his HP Slate.  “We’re talking about something that is almost as portable as a phone and as powerful as a PC running Windows 7.”  “The emerging category [...]

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10. March 2010

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Asus Eee Book E-Reader / Asus Eee Reader Dual Book

The Asus Eee Book is a dual multi-touch color screen e-reader with traditional analogue book styled hinge. Don’t Confuse it with the Asus Eee Pad Tablet, Asus DR-570 E-Reader , or Asus DR-950 E-Reader, these are completely different products. The Asus Eee Book Uses a virtual keyboard, WiFi, 3G and WiMAX for surfing the web [...]

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10. March 2010

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DIGITAL RISE X9 TABLET

The Digital Rise X9 tablet is being offered from the Chinese company, Digital Rise.  Digital Rise became known after releasing an iPhone clone called the d718i and was said by some to have improved on Apple’s original design. The X9 has a large 10.2-inch Multi-touch screen, with a resolution of 1024 x 600. It has an [...]

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10. March 2010

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THE OPENPEAK OPEN TABLET 7

OpenPeak has launched their ultraportable tablet, the OpenTablet7.  It was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona this year.  “It is a tablet device that combines high-quality VoIP telphony with advanced multi-media communications services and applications to deliver an engaging, interactive experience.” The OpenTablet 7 is a multi-touchscreen tablet with a 7 inch display, [...]

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10. March 2010

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MSI TABLET SLATE PC

This is the 10-inch tablet that was unveiled, by MSI, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.  It seems that there were many tablets on display, but, with the frensy of the upcoming iPad in full swing, everyone seemed to be on hold until they could actually see what Apple would offer.  [...]

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10. March 2010

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HALERON MIO ILET 10 TABLET PC

The Haleron Mio iLet 10-inch tablet is powered by Intel’s latest 1.6GHz Atom N450 processor, and optimized with an Intel NM10 Express Chipset.  The Heleron iLet comes with 160GB of HDD which supports up to 320GB maximum capacity, with a 1024 x 600 resolution multitouch screen.  It is also equipped with a built-in 1.3MP webcam, [...]

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10. March 2010

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X2 COMPUTING AMTEK T200 iTABLET

The X2 Computing AMtek T200 iTablet runs Windows 7 and is powered by an Intel 1.6GHz processor.  It will come in two screen sizes.  There will be a 10.2-inch and a 12.1-inch screen version. Both screen sizes are 35mm thick, enabling it to allow for 250GB HDD storage.  It includes Bluetooth, 3G connectivity, three USB [...]

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10. March 2010

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THE PEGATRON TABLET

The Pegatron Freescale Netbook is a prototype, the Pegatron tablet is still unnamed.  Pegatron is a Taiwan-based company, their design and engineering division is called Pega.  Pegatron, is the OEM manufacturing arm of Asustek.  Pegatron builds quality notebooks and tablets, like the PEGA R2. The Pegatron tablet is describe as being a thin and light device, [...]

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5. March 2010

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LENOVO U1 IDEAPAD HYBRID

Lenovo was formed with the acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division. They manufacture high-quality, highly innovated technological products.  Lenovo is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers.  Lenovo’s Idea Product Group’s Senior Vice President, Liu Jun says, “The IdeaPad U1 hybrid notebook is a game-changing technology in the PC industry that lets the [...]

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28. February 2010

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ARCHOS 9 TABLET PC

The Archos 9 being called  “The Next Generation of Netbooks” by Archos, is an elegant, 9-inch touchscreen tablet, with 1024×600 screen resolution, it is only 0.63-inches thick, runs Windows 7, has a 1.2GHz Intel Atom Z515 processor, 1GB of ram, 80GB hard drive, has a four hour battery life and weighs only about 1.75 pounds. This [...]

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26. February 2010

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THE FUSHION GARAGE JOO JOO TABLET

Originally known as the CrunchPad, the touchscreen tablet that inventor Michael Arrington and Fusion Garage were jointly working on, is now officially called the JooJoo, and is now owned by the Singapore-based company, Fusion Garage.  JooJoo has been said to be what African’s use for the word “magical.” This s a thin, lightweight, sharper image, 12.1-inch [...]

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25. February 2010

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HANVON TOUCHPAD

The Chinese company Hanvon, known as Hanwang in China, is the largest ebook reader manufacturer in China.  They are reportedly the founder of the national patented Chinese Handwriting Recognition Technology and a leading company in intelligent pattern recognition technology. They have introduced their revolutionary Hanvon Touchpad which consists of an ultra thin 10.1-inch multi-touch slate-type computer, [...]

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22. February 2010

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ASUS EEE PAD

With this product there are more rumors than facts, but I guess that’s how all these slate devices are brought to life. The Asus Eee Pad is a slate tablet PC device. Don’t confuse the Asus Eee Pad with the Asus Eee Reader / Asus Eee Book, that is a different device. Here Are The Facts: Asus’s [...]

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22. February 2010

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THE SKIFF READER

Hearst Corporation, Skiff,LLC, and Sprint are offering this new and innovated Skiff Reader.  It will be the first e-reader optimized for newspaper and magazine content.  It is a sleek, thin, flexible, durable, easy to use, state-of-the-art device. It has a 11.5″ touchscreen, with a resolution of 1600 x 1200 pixels, it features the next generation [...]

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20. February 2010

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QUALCOMM’S MIRASOL TECHNOLOGY

The Qualcomm Mirasol is a display screen much like a e-ink display screen. Qualcomm Mirasol Team said it is ready to begin selling screen. Qualcomm said they wont be manufacturing E-Readers themselves, but are working to supply OEM partners who want an alternative to e-ink and LCD technologies. Mirasol’s technolgy, with its lower power, high [...]

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15. February 2010

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IS MICROSOFT READY FOR THE CURVE APPLE JUST THREW?

After all the facts and figures came out on the iPad, it left Microsoft in the position to have to repsond.  They have a great product of their own to debut, which will be the HP Slate, but they have some barriers to overcome.  Microsoft is going to have to make a defensive move.  The [...]

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10. February 2010

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MYSTICAL ISLATE VS. THE MYSTICAL COURIER

These two devices have rumors and speculations surrounding them in an aura of excitement and anticipation.  Both of them are supposed to exist, both of them are still in hiding.  They are both supposed to be game changers for the software industry.  Right on target together to hit the market and take it over in [...]

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9. February 2010

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ENTER INTO….. THE TWILIGHT ZONE

You are traveling to another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind.  A journey into a wonderous land of imagination, YOUR NEXT STOP, THE TWILIGHT ZONE. We are entering into the world of Apple’s dreams and secrets.  Let your imaginaton soar with us.  We will go beyond the boundaries of where [...]

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POSTAL SERVICE

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The United States Postal Service has put a question before Congress. They are asking Congress to decide if they should continue their traditional universal postal service. Apparently, that means mail delivery from any place to any other place, no matter how large or how small, all at a flat rate, which also means using the same speed and regularity in remote or money losing areas.
I am a little confused here, if that has supposedly been the tradition all along, what has the Post Office been doing with my mail for twice the amount of time it takes me to send something from my remote spot, and also, why have my packages doubled in price to ship in the last year. I have started sending money, which I have never liked to do, for birthdays and holidays instead of wasting $20 or more just to mail packages to my children and grandchildren in California. I live in a remote area in Illinois and have had many misfortunes with the Post Office.

Two years ago I sent a box of Birthday and Christmas gifts to my grandchild. It cost me about $12.00. For the first time in my life because of the contents I decided to pay to have it traced. I paid the extra, which I really don’t see as a great deal. You already pay to have your package sent and delivered to the correct address. But now the Post Office wants you to pay even more in case they lose it. Well, they lost it anyway, a lot of good it did me. The package never arrived. I took my handy, dandy little tracer number the Post Office gave me, and all that the Internet site would say was that it’s last known location was the Post Office where I mailed it. The local Post Office had no information, and the Post Office it was sent to, had no information. Two months later, this package miraculously ended up sitting on my front porch. No apologies or explanations from the Post Offices, no refunding of my postage or even the extra I paid to have it traced. I had to reship it to my grandchild, same address that was on the package originally, but I used  UPS this time. Miraculously, it got there with no problem. I learned then that there really isn’t a reason to pay extra just to make sure your package will get there. It doesn’t do any good except to tell you where it once was. Just this last Mother’s Day I had another experience with the good old Post Office. I mailed a yellow cushioned envelope to my daughter with a $25.00 gift in it. I decided to go small and lightweight so I wouldn’t have to pay exorbitant rates. Well it has been over 6 weeks and she still has not received it. When I went to the local Post Office where I mailed it, they asked me for my tracing number, Ha, well I explained exactly how well that worked last time. I am still in hopes this package will show up on my door step in time to send it back to her for Christmas, again by UPS. Why didn’t I learn that lesson the first time. Of course, living in a remote area, it takes me just about as long to get to a UPS office as driving it there myself.

I went to California to visit my family last November, my sister and I took the slow route and drove. The day we were leaving California to drive back to Illinois, we bought Post Cards and sent them to our families and friends here. I sent one to my husband to our address. We drove for 4 days, and when I pulled up to my drive, I opened the mailbox at the end of the lane, and low and behold, what was sitting in there, my postcard to him. It took it 4 days to get here too. Should have saved the postage and ran around putting all the post cards in my family and friends mail boxes when I got here. Ooops, you can’t do that, not supposed to put anything in a mailbox. I remember that from somewhere, maybe the Post Office should also ask Congress, to change that law. Because really, I think I could personally deliver my own letters a lot faster.

The Postal Service in 2006 delivered 216 billion pieces of mail, in 2009 that dropped to 177 billion. The Postal Service feels that is because of the electronic mail systems now on the internet. I believe that probably accounts for a lot of it, but the fact that the Postal Service has done nothing to better their service, and continually raises their rates for faulty services also factor in.

Apparently, by law, the Postal Service is supposed to be self-supporting. It can borrow up to $15 billion a year from the U.S. Treasury,  but it also receives an annual appropriation of $100 million in tax dollars. Doesn’t sound like self-supporting to me. Postal employees are some of the best paid in the country and receive one of the best benefit and retirement packages. I just have never understood how the biggest companies, like the Postal Service and utility companies don’t have to try and run their companies like all of us. You do the job, the very best you can, then out of the profit, you decide what you can pay your employees, CEOs, whoever. But, that is not how it is done for anyone other than the average little guy trying to survive. They pay all extras first, and then sit back and say, well we need more money to pay for the services we were supposed to provide in the first place.

Well, I gotta go, I need to send some emails, never had one of those get lost, and it doesn’t take 4 days to get there. Sure wish the electronic companies could invent a computer with a mail slot so I could just drop my packages into it.

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