As I mentioned in my last post, the tablet market is heating up.  Motorola wants to talk about it at CES 2011!  Stay tuned…

Looking at the emerging tablet market, it’s difficult to decide which product to buy… For starters, there’s already the Apple iPad, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, and the RIM PlayBook coming soon.  Then, there are the e-reader devices (i.e. Kindle, NOOK, etc.), which I suspect will evolve quickly to become more like tablet computers rather than uni-dimensional e-readers.  In addition, today, HP’s (formerly Palm’s) Jon Rubinstein told attendees at today’s Web 2.0 conference that HP has a “great tablet” running WebOS coming soon.  With so much untapped potential in the tablet ecosystem, I’m not ready to commit yet.

The tablet market is evolving quickly, and 2011 is sure to bring even more great options.  A good example of the tablet evolution can be seen in the comparison between the Apple iPad and the RIM PlayBook. There are a lot of factors to consider when buying a tablet: (more…)

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I recently stumbled across a visual map of the web 2.0 landscape, created by John Battelle and team, called Points of Control.  (Note: If you’re interested in social media and you’re not familiar with John Battelle, check him out… He’s the Program Chair of the Web 2.0 Summit, and his nearly 40,000 followers on Twitter -including me- are a good indication that he regularly has interesting things to say.) (more…)

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Last week, I attended Samsung’s Free the TV Developer Day in San Jose, California.  It was a well-organized, day-long event focusing on Samsung Apps technology and app development.  All the talk of “smart TVs” got me to thinking about the future… Is Internet TV and apps the next big thing for developers?  If the attendees at the Samsung event are any indication of the opportunity, signs point to yes. (more…)

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