Lazy summer days make for some lazy blogging (or re-blogging). Gizmodo reports on the new features of the Livescribe Echo Smartpen:
“Echo lets you put pen to pad to draw on your computer (Mac or PC) via USB port, records audio, and can even sync that audio with your note-taking. The 60-plus selection of Livescribe apps [...]
In a Mashable piece, Josh Catone argues that digital textbooks don’t provide enough cost savings, are crippled by a lack of standardized format, and suffer from the same problem we’ve all seen with “rented” music tracks: Who actually “owns” the books?
Digital textbooks could in theory knock printed versions into the dustbin of history, but it [...]
For some time the computer punditocracy has been telling Apple they need to come out with a netbook computer in order to keep up with the Joneses. After all, if everyone else is making small, cheap computers with small screens and small keyboards, shouldn’t Apple be following suit?
If you’re an Apple watcher, the standard rejoinder [...]
New Mac netbooks have long been a staple of the Mac rumor mill. But Apple has fairly convincingly put that rumor to bed with recent public statements. I’m unsurprised that Apple is not interested in the low-margin netbook market. While netbooks can be tremendously useful, they don’t fit Apple’s sweet spot.
Another longstanding chunk of vaporware, [...]
As we all know, patent filings don’t mean the patents in question will ever see the light of day in a product. But it’s fun to imagine a notebook tablet Mac. In fact, I’ve been wishing Apple would create some sort of lightweight hybrid cross between a Newton and a MacBook for years now. Perhaps [...]
