Okay, I must admit when I first heard about the Docupen, I thought it was a combination scanner/pen, and I couldn’t possibly conceive what I would ever do with it. But they offered to send me one to try out, so I figured I’d give it a shot. As a pen, it performed quite poorly
While I previously reviewed the Shure E2c’s, I’ve actually been using the E4c’s for the past few months now. Frankly, they are simply my favorite overall headphones on the market. Why? Well, let me tell you! Reason #1 – Sound Quality They sound good. Very very good. After a very exhaustive, very thorough comparison with
So my last time around, I was pretty “pro” on the debate of Apple building a television set device product thing. I actually was following the topic fairly heavily, and bullishly, through CES last year, when the topic just kinda sorta disappeared. For a bit I had a hunch they had intended to launch one
A few weeks ago someone mocked up a concept MacBook touch, and in a nutshell, they way-y-y-y-y overthought it. After a week(ish) using my iPad with an external keyboard, I can see how the worlds could and should collide. And I think it’s exactly what Apple plans to do – one day. The concept is
At this point, my iPad has effectively replaced my laptop for everything other than photo management and documents. The former isn’t going to change, but I realized that having a keyboard might notably improve my ability to work on longer docs and emails. I’m currently trying out the Apple wireless keyboard (with handy protective sleeve
I don’t need to write much “backstory” on this one. Thanks to the technologies that pervade our lives, we are in a hyper-connected world. But methinks it’s too much, and the blame lies solely on us, but all of us and in two different ways. We let ourselves get interrupted. Multitasking is basically a lie,
I’ve been in “Future of TV” startups directly and indirectly since 1999, yet haven’t once made it to SXSW Interactive (I was even supposed to speak this year, but my third child arrived way too close to the conference for me to make it unfortunately). For 2012 I’ve proposed a talk entitled “Why the Future
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then Microsoft needs a straitjacket. How many times has Microsoft tried a tablet? At least four, over the past eleven years. How many times have they failed? Four. Today the New York Times is reporting that Microsoft
Next week 9 companies are taking the stage, er i-stage, to showcase their aspiring visions of future gadgetry. This is the third year for I-Stage, and I’m pleased as punch to participate as a judge (along with ReadWriteWeb’s Richard MacManus, TechCocktail’s Frank Gruber, and Best Buy’s Rick Rommel). This is not my first experience with the event, as
I purchased an iPad on day one (roughly minute 3), without much assurance as to how or why I’d use it, or even if it would be a “keeper” in my digital lifestyle. Here’s a recap of my feelings over the past two weeks: Day one. Let’s be honest, the first day of any new
Just saw the iPad has started shipping. Feeling a little tingly. Truth be told, I’ve been looking forward to getting mine (in-store pickup; kids would go nuts sitting around all morning while I wait for the UPS guy) for the past week or so. Which is fairly unusual for me. While I know most of
Last summer I wrote a blog post in which I claimed that tablets, for lack of a better word, suck. Yet I actually woke up early today to confirm that I’d be able to get an iPad the day it came out. I wanted to take a moment to explain why I am actually excited