Thursday, February 25, 2010

What can an iPad do???

iPad Features

Make sure you check out the accessibility section of the features description.

Description of NETbooks

Taken from Acer Website

Netbooks
PRICE RANGE: $279 - $549
Content Consumption
• Consume Content, Collaborate , Email/IM
• Surf the Internet & View Content
• The ‘Basic Mobile’ Experience
• Load Productivity Applications
• Young Learners Primary Mobile Learning Device
• Secondary portable computing device for educators,
students, business and enterprise consumers
System Highlights
Screen Size : 8.9” – 11.6”
Weight : 2.3 lbs – 3 lbs
Hard drive capacity: 160 GB
Battery Life: up to 7.5 hours
Integrated Optical Drive: No
Wireless Networking: 802.11b/g
Operating System: Windows XP Home/Pro
Processor: Intel Atom

Description of NOTEbooks

From Acer Website....

Notebooks
PRICE RANGE: $399-$1149
Content Creation & Consumption
• Full Connectivity, Manageability & Security
• Use Web 2.0 tools to edit/post content on social media and
academic networks
• Load & Manage Multiple Applications
• Surf the Internet while Managing Other Content
• Modeling & Visualization
• Mobile Media and Gaming Device
• Primary mobile computing device for educators, students,
business and enterprise consumers
System Highlights
Screen Size : 12.1” – 17.3”
Weight : 3.5 lbs – 7.1 lbs
Hard drive capacity: > 160 GB
Battery Life: up to 8-10 hours
Integrated Optical Drive: yes*
Wireless Networking: 802.11b/g/ Draft N
Operating System: Windows Vista Basic/Business or XP Home/Pro
Processor: Intel or AMD Single/Duo

Device Ideas

Please share your comments on hardware or software you would like to see considered in our decision making process.

Welcome!!!

Here is the blog. If you have feedback or things you would like to see, please let me know. I think we should start conversations about devices and then move into some application ideas. Please comment under the device post!