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Google “About Ready” with android based tablet.

Paul Venezia of InfoWorld – Paul’s article made us consider a new model for evaluating the iPad. The iPad has all but displaced our laptops. Mainstream laptops are now the ‘tweeners. They can’t match the iPad’s convenience and simplicity, but they also can’t fully replace the raw power and screen size of a desktop. For us, the laptop is now the third wheel, not the iPad.

APP CORNER:

Air Video for iPhone and iPad. Stream video from your computer to you handheld device–even over the internet.

LINE 2 iPhone App.  Add a second number/line to your phone. And a myriad of other features.

This week’s picks:

Tony: The Guardian Eyewitness app for iPad – “Each picture displays a caption detailing the source and context of the photo, while a “pro tip”, written by our photographic team offers an insight into the work that each photographer has put in to the image.”

Steve: Star Walk app (and pending Solar Walk)

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Steve’s info:  [blog] http://theprofessornotes.com [twitter] @scmprofessor

Tony’s info: [blog] http://getthenext.com [twitter] @tonypittman

Google Voice Mobile (GV Mobile) is the perfect iPhone companion app for Google Voice.   But wait…you can’t get it anymore?  Nice move, Apple.

Luckily, I got my copy of GV Mobile before Apple banned it from the App Store.  Their claim: GV Mobile duplicates existing phone functionality.  Well, so does the Skype app.  What’s the real reason, Apple?  This is lame.

Introducing the Google Chrome OS

On July 7, 2009, Google announced its plan to to get into the PC operating system game.  It’s about time!

It’s very clear who Google is aiming at.

Google says that people “… want their computers to always run as fast as when they first bought them.”  Imagine that, Microsoft!

Google also says that people “…don’t want to spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates.”  Again, imagine that!

It’s about time a major technology player took the bull by the horns and addressed many of the Wintel platform shortcomings.  Sure, Apple has made a dent in the Wintel near-monopoly, but now Google is entering the battle as a another pure-play software alternative to Microsoft and the many (failed) Linux-based desktop alternatives.

Can anyone truly make computing easy without having to own the hardware and software platforms together?  Well, if anyone can, maybe it’s Google.  We’ll see.