Yet another (another! another!) iPad story
Yep, the Tablet that just won’t die — I’ve tested one and the battery life really is exemplary — gets another run, this time as part of my regular Blog at Geeks2U:
Geekspeak: iPad Vs Kindle: “On the surface, Apple’s soon to be released iPad and Amazon’s already available Kindle appear to service the same market: eBook readers.”
I’m a washerwoman. Doesn’t stop the words, though.
For the record, I spent today vacuuming, tidying toys, washing clothes, hanging clothes, drying clothes, mopping floors, putting clothes away and entertaining a three year old in the middle of it all. Basically, by midday today, I looked astonishingly like this, only with less hair.
That didn’t stop plenty of my delightfully hand-crafted words from hitting the Web, however. More of the PC Authority Mobile Broadband guide is available online for your reading pleasure. Today’s targets: Optus and Optimisation.
Terrible plan values put a dent in the high speed offerings of Optus wireless broadband: “Optus defies our speed expectations, but plan values are woeful.”
5 ways to boost your broadband speed: “Wireless broadband speeds can often be hit or miss. We take a look five simple steps that should help improve your broadband speeds.”
Then over at GadgetGuy, I’ve cast an eye over this year’s most heavily hyped gadget category: eBook readers.
Top Shelf: An eBook reader round-up: “Electronic books have been around almost as long as electronic text in one form or another, but with the imminent launch of Apple’s iPad, the category is undergoing something of a renaissance.”
Awards, Awesome netbooks, Amazon can’t lose and Ancient Windows
Today’s articles are clearly brought to you by the letter “A”.
Firstly, the very pleasant news that I’ve made the finalist nomination group for the 2010 IT Journo Awards, AKA “The Lizzies“, across two categories. I’m potentially up for Best Reviewer (A category I’ve been highly commended for a number of times now, but never won) and Best Columnist, which is a first time nomination for me. In both categories I’m up against some very solid and capable competition, so it’s nice just to make the final cut. I should also point out that in both categories I’m also up against my insanely talented brother. He managed to bag nominations across four other additional categories as well. Hard working chap, my brother. Could be interesting come awards night…
Meanwhile, I’ve been scribing away busily with content I could put up for next year’s awards. Firstly, on the Commentary side, a blog for MacTheMag:
MacTheBlog: Amazon Can’t Lose: “The battle lines, it would seem, are drawn, and there can be only one winner. I suspect the winner will be Amazon.”
Then this week’s Vintage Tech column for PC Authority, with a special hidden guest video appearance by none other than Steve Ballmer. See if you can spot it:
Vintage Tech: Looking back at Windows 1.0: “Windows had to start somewhere. But surprisingly for an operating system this popular, its beginnings were hardly auspicious.”
And then finally, a review proving that while they may share common components, not all Netbooks are created equal after all:
Samsung N210: “It looks like a netbook. It performs like a netbook. But the exceptional battery life makes Samsung’s latest netbook really stand out.”
Random acts of kind(le)ness
Alex reviews Amazon’s Kindle.
Warning: This is long. Even by my standards.
And now it’s even longer, with my thoughts on the insane charging fiasco, right at the bottom.
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