Olympus Teases New Camera…

January 28, 2010

Not to be outdone by all the awesome new cameras from Canon, Panasonic, and Nikon, Olympus is teasing a new model on its site. Could it be the E-P3?
Who knows, but judging that it’s being covered by one human hand, the new Olympus is very likely to be another 4/3 sensor camera aimed at fighting [...]

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Is the Apple iPad a Real Gaming Machine?

January 28, 2010

Yes, I’m stilling writing about the Apple (iPad), and yes, I’m still disappointed, particularly because I can’t use it in my photography without a goofy adapter.
But let’s talk a new topic: Gaming.
Portable gaming is best done on a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. Games for the iPhone and iPod Touch are more time-killers than anything [...]

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The Apple iPad and Photography

January 28, 2010

As a very amateur photographer, I had high hopes for the Apple (AAPL) iPad.
I’ve experimented with tethering my Canon DSLR to my computer. In plain English, that means using a computer to operate the camera while previewing the images on screen. And that was fine inside the house.
But since I pack my camera bag as [...]

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Meet the iPad!

January 27, 2010

Meet the Apple iPad!
Apple (AAPL) finally unveiled its tablet computer, and it’s actually looking a lot better better than I expected.
The iPad is simply gorgeous – but then again, we knew it would be. Yes, it’s basically a giant iPhone, but the iPad is nothing less than striking. It natively runs all iPhone apps, has [...]

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Digital Camera Industry Sales Down 12% in 2009

January 27, 2010

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA) just announced the camera industry’s 2009 sales results, and introduced its forecasts for 2010.
Overall sales fell by 12% in 2009 to 106 million units. However, digital SLR cameras sales actually grew by 2.3%, now comprising 9% of the overall market. For 2010, CIPA predicts that integrated-lens camera sales [...]

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Time Warner Internet Service Review

January 26, 2010

If you can’t watch this, your Internet service REALLY stinks:

I just got done reading a piece entitled “I Surrender Comcast” over on CrunchGear.
I can relate, because I’ve had a pretty volatile life with some of my tech products – namely the series of crappy Windows PC’s I had. There is nothing worse than when something [...]

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Where to Buy Apple Stuff

January 26, 2010

I love Apple (AAPL) products. I love my Macbook with iLife, iWork, and Aperture 2.0 software. I also love my iPod Touch, even with its lousy headphones. I also love going to the Apple store. The computers have Internet access and you can play with everything you might want to buy. And all Apple stores [...]

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Kindle vs. Tablet! One Will Stand. One Will Fall…

January 26, 2010

Now this is an interesting piece of news from our buddies at TechCrunch:

We believe there is a good chance there will be a Barnes & Noble bookstore built into the Apple Tablet, either as one of the showcase apps which launches with the device, powering a new book section in iTunes, or integrated directly into [...]

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Steve Jobs Confirms ‘Major New Product’

January 25, 2010

Okay. Okay. Okay. The Apple Tablet is real. I think. Sh*t!
Apple (AAPL) just reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings numbers, but more importantly, Steve Jobs had this to say:
“The new products we are planning to release this year are very strong, starting this week with a major new product that we’re really excited about.”
I can’t imagine Jobs [...]

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Flurry Confirms Apple Tablet Existence

January 25, 2010

Yep, another update on Apple’s tablet/pad/supermegaphone/bowling ball.
MobileCrunch is reporting that mobile data analyics firm Flurry has detected Apple’s new and possibly imaginary Tablet device on the company’s Cupertino campus.
Here are some datapoints:

the most popular category of downloaded apps were games, followed by entertainment. This makes sense – Electronic Arts (ERTS) is a rumored partner in [...]

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