HP Touchpad Hands On/Drool On
As I’ve likely noted elsewhere and repeatedly, I’m a huge WebOS fan. No offense to any of the other great mobile operating systems out there, but HP’s mobile OS really comes through for me. Sadly, as a Sprint user, I’ve been trapped with a Revision A Palm Pre for some time now (technically, it’s a […]
On-Ramp Wireless Develops Wi-Fi With 45-Mile Range
A start-up company out of San Diego, On-Ramp Wireless, is developing a new Wi-Fi technology that uses the same 2.4 Ghz frequencies as today’s wireless routers, but it has the ability to transmit a signal as far as 45 miles away from the source! Their new “Ultra Link Processing” isn’t intended for your home computer, […]
Voice of Objectivity: Give LastPass a Break
Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]
SnApp Judgments: Apparatus
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Apparatus by Bithack, which normally comes in […]
Sony Music Unlimited, Isn’t.
Last week, Sony released an Android app for its streaming music service, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity (not the shortest name in the industry, that’s for sure). Until now the service has been available only on computers and Sony internet-connected devices, like the PS3, but the new app puts it in direct competition with a […]
Toshiba Hopes Thrive Tablet’s Name Is Prophetic
I was honestly surprised to see Toshiba’s upcoming tablet, the Thrive, at Pepcom’s Digital Experience. To be honest, I’d forgotten it was announced. Now that I’ve handled it, I can’t get it out of my head. The Thrive (release date unknown) looks like a typical 10.1″ tablet. Running a mostly virgin copy of Android Honeycomb […]
I May Be In Love With The Lenovo Thinkpad X1
I need to come right out and confess a bias for Thinkpads. My first laptop was a Thinkpad 380 and there are design elements on Thinkpads that I think are just wonderful. As a writer, I find the Trackpoint mouse solution perfect for never having to take my hands off the keys and they make […]
HP TouchSmart 610 Says “Touch Me. Touch Me NOW.”
We’ve come along way since HP first unveiled the TouchSmart line in 2007. Touch interfaces are no longer seen as a gimmick or something quirky, but as a killer app. Tablets and smartphones have users conditioned to want to interface with their fingers. While many manufacturers are bringing touch to their desktops for the first […]
The Walled Ecosystem
For the uninitiated to the “walled garden” metaphor, commonly used to refer to Apple’s App Store model, the idea is that a vendor creates only one channel for their service, effectively “fencing you in”. It’s not something sinister, but when Apple first floated it, the walled garden was a genuinely new paradigm. Prior to that, […]
Only on Facebook?
Is Facebook the future of blogs? One local news blog seems to think so. According to the Washington Post, rockvillecentral.com, a website focusing on local news in Rockville, MD, has ditched its website in favor of existing solely on Facebook. This is not the same thing as if a major news source – let’s say, […]