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Microsoft’s My Documents Folder Makes Triumphant Return – On iPad

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Earlier today, I was reading Infoworld’s article, The iPad questions Apple won’t answer. The first question they listed was “Can you save and transfer documents to the iPad?”, and their assumed answer was “No”; they suggested that the only way to do this would be to open a document from an email message.
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Macworld 2010 opens today. It is the 25th annual gathering of Mac users. That’s right, 25 years!
But thanks to the absence of Apple this year, this “Mecca for Mac Heads” may be the last. So check it out while you can.

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Opinion: MacBook, or iMac + iPad?

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The announcement of the iPad has done a lot of things: it’s stoked up excitement in the Mac using community, it’s got a bunch of developers feverishly coding exciting new stuff, and it’s got retailers and cell phone companies the world over drooling over the money they can make from it.
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It’s been a month since my review of Google’s “SuperPhone”, the Nexus One. Since that time, we’ve surfed, updated facebook, navigated, called, played endless hands of cribbage and even tried to freeze it to death on a trip to Dayton Ohio. Follow me after the jump to find out does the “SuperPhone” stand the [...]

Droid Launches Nov. 6 Priced To Match iPhone

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‘Droid,’ Motorola’s Android 2.0 handset will launch Friday, Nov. 6, the handset maker announced Wednesday. Verizon Wireless will offer the smartphone priced at $200 (after $100 rebate), matching the iPhone 3G.

Verizon will charge $70 per month for a voice and data plan when purchased along with the Droid. A $100 mail-in rebate will reportedly also be available. Droid users will use Verizon’s EVDO Rev. A 3G, along with GPS and Wi-Fi.

As far as features, the new smartphone will include Google’s Android 2.0 and be the largest rollout of an Android-based phone. The Droid will include a Web browser, a beta version of Google Map Navigation with voice commands and Gmail. Droid owners can also access the Amazon MP3 store, chat using Google Talk and access voice mail using Verizon Wireless’ Visual Voice Mail.

Physically, the Droid sports a 3.7-inch 854×480 capacitive touch screen, slide-out keyboard, a 5 MegaPixel camera and a 16GB microSDHC card.

[Via Verizon, Gizmodo, Droid Review]

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    Seems like a decent competitor, but I prefer the design of the iPhone so much more.

    I’m excited to see what Apple will come up with for it’s next iPhone in response.

    Man, that thing is ugly!

    a key here is ‘after rebate’. with the iphone you don’t have to jump through hoops to get another $100 off. the only rules are the ATT subsidy ones. but when they say “$199 for qualifying customers” that and tax is what you pay. not “$299 and here is this form you can fill out and send in for the $100 off”

    This phone is what lots of folks have been waiting for. The hardware is vastly superior to the iPhone (screen resolution alone makes the iPhone look sick), and it has an exclusive on Google Navigation, which looks like a killer, game-changing app.

    Are there any must-have apps in the iStore that Android does not also have?

    “Are there any must-have apps in the iStore that Android does not also have?”

    For me, yes.

    - Navigon navigation software that works even when there’s no phone signal, UNLIKE Google Navigation (My Verizon phone I had before iPhone had no advantage over the iPhone getting a 3G connection in rural areas in Washington State).

    - Duke Nukem 3D (my favorite 1st person shooter)

    -OneBusAway (Seattle metro transit with GPS tracking of buses)

    - GeoLogTag (synchs up with and geotags photos)

    Oh, and the iPhone has iPod, Safari (still the best mobile browser) and Mail, which while as not as good as my corporate Blackberry’s push mail is still good enough for my personal email needs.

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