Posts Tagged ‘nook’

Kindle Fire vs. nook tablet vs. iPad 2 – To each his own

November 23, 2011mike Comments Off

Last night we had what is likely a rare opportunity (outside of the big tech blogs or a Best Buy) to have an Amazon Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble nook tablet, and Apple iPad 2 in the same room. Quickly doing some head to head Netflixing (Apocolypto if you’d like to know) and Youtubing (the [...]

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nook tablet a quick synopsis

November 18, 2011mike Comments Off

Thanks to a friend who works at Barnes & Noble I had some quality time with the new nook tablet the day before its launch.  With that quick time I learned a few things I’d like to share. The home screen seems to be a good hybrid between a desktop (lock apps) and a “coverflow” [...]

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Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2

November 15, 2011mike 1 Comment »

Today is the day.  November 15th.  The day the tech world changed… Just over a week from black Friday 2011… and Kindle Fire is hitting shelves (or in my case a UPS truck). How does the Amazon Kindle Fire stack up against the current reigning tablet champion, the Apple iPad 2? Sure there is a [...]

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Engadget vs. Gizmodo

July 25, 2010mike Comments Off

Are you an ubergeek?  You are if you have any idea what the two words in the subject of this article are. The titans of gadget blogs, Engadget and Gizmodo.  So which is best? (there has to be a best doesn’t there?) Engadget, part of AOL the once king of the internet, now a collection [...]

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Remember when Google used to sleep around

January 7, 2010mike Comments Off

Up until this week, Google was a frat boy. They slept with every sorority chick on the block. Sure they had their regulars, Android, Chrome, & Gmail. But they were sticking their Google Search, Google Maps, Contacts and all that in just about anyone they could find. Example webOS for the Palm Pre. Sure it [...]

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