The Tech Sketch

I tagged along with a couple people to go to the iPhone 4 launch this week. I probably went at the best possible time; I only stood in the pre-order line for about an hour and a half, while others may very well have spent half their day waiting. Anyway, I snapped these photos in [...]

HP has gone ahead and shown off their Adobe Flash capabilities on their Slate. Taking a hit at Apple while they’re vulnerable, HP demonstrates how heavily Adobe Flash is currently used on the Internet, and uses it to their advantage. Granted that the HP Slate runs on Windows 7, it is quite obvious that Adobe [...]

Apple has set a release date for the iPad today, being Saturday April 3rd. On that day, you can pick up your iPad from the store and check them out on the display tables. Pre-orders for the Wi-Fi only versions will begin on March 12th in the United States for the April release date. The [...]

Archos has made quit a bit of Internet tablets before, and they’re not going to stop. With Android being the main event, Archos is going to take its chances and use Android for most of their devices. Summer this year, Archos will expand significantly, and new models featuring ARM Cortex processors will be unveiled. The [...]

Rupert Murdoch has confirmed that The Wall Street Journal is coming to the iPad. Not only will the company be allowed to work on an iPad, although Murdoch has specifically said that it is kept “under padlock and key,” and continued, “the key is turned by Apple every night”. This entire “padlock and key” concept [...]

A few days ago, the JooJoo tablet was destined to release, in that case, destiny was quite wrong. Anyway, Fusion Garage has now stated that the JooJoo will be delayed and will ship on March 25th. The reason for the delay is the manufacturing issues with the tablet’s 12.1 inch capacitive screen. Fusion Garage states [...]

Spring Design’s Alex was due for a release on February 22nd, although that day went by with no word from Spring Design. After a few days of crickets, Spring Design has stated that the Alex will release the first week of March. Once that day comes, you’ll be able to order your Alex. If you [...]

GadgetGear, an Australian provider of R4 cards copied Nintendo games has now been ordered to pay Nintendo $556,822 in damages, and eliminate all of it’s remaining stock. While GadgetGear has not commented on the matter, Nintendo says that GadgetGear has “now acknowledged that game copying devices infringe both Nintendo’s copyright and Nintendo’s trademarks and that [...]

iiView, makers of the A2, a clone of the MacBook Air, is somewhat copying Apple again. This time, it’s a tablet. Unfortunately, the specs on this tablet come with last year’s netbook specs! It runs on an Atom N270 processor, has 1GB of RAM, a 160GB HDD, and Windows 7 Starter Edition. Netbooks aren’t even [...]

Days after AT&T lifted their rules of streaming video through 3G, Verizon lifts rules on their Skype act. AT&T users have been able to do this since last Fall, although Verizon, being known to be a very strict carrier, is now lifting that rule. Starting next month, you will be able to make unlimited amounts [...]

RIM’s conference at MWC wasn’t expected to hold very much, and it didn’t, although they sure did surprise a good amount of people with this WebKit-based browser they have for the BlackBerry. This early build shown off on-screen looks pretty solid, rendering Amazon.com quickly. It also scored a full 100/100 on an Acid3 test. No [...]

From the likes of the Chumby, the Sony Dash has been a counter widget device. This device is expected for April, and is now rumored to be able to stream Netflix. Demand Media will also be offering Dash-tailored portals to content from eHow, Golflink and Livestrong.com, and it’ll have no issues streaming “online music videos, [...]

With the Apple iPad expected to be released in March, and Apple not showing all of it’s features, Amazon must be worried sick for their beloved Kindle. The question is, are they so worried they should start giving them away? Click the read more button to continue.