And people say...

And people say "Oh well, an iPad is not a real gadget, it's just trend luxury, just a gimmick, nothing more than a piece to fulfill any apple lover's ego", well, if you are one of those, you should think twice... again.

An iPad (imho) is not an accessory, it's a full capable gadget to deliver something common computers couldn't, portability of information, but let us be realistic, ONLINE information, not stored one. I remember my mom trying to find out some kind of info, and her never ending hatred mantra about "but I need to turn the computer on, login, wait til it loads, search, find, read, and then decide if I will turn it off or not, again", well... now she can just grab an iPad, type, search (quicker thanks to so many apps available) and just take her findings to anywhere around the house, or even outside.

Of course there are so many other things you can do with an iPad, from business management to simple administration, in any case, an iPad has demonstrated it's power and ease of use, which makes it one hell of a gadget. Luxury? think twice.

Just got a twit from my gf saying "oh look! a MacBook Pro and an iPad just had a baby, the new MacBook Air 11" " Well, yes, and it was kind of logical, even though I don't agree it's an actual hybrid between those two gadgets, it represents Apple's aiming to find (or generate, as they use to) new market or needs.

The question here is, what's the point of having such a small laptop?

• It takes a stake into the "Netbook" market, size and price (999 dlls) do have a chance there.
• Helps to keep on the already known "teaching" process of having a device with alternative local storage (flash memory), by selling an affordable piece of tech to test, instead of having to spend a lot on its.
• Believe it or not, there are some people that would like to have an iPad but with steroids, where the OS can be as clean and clear as their desk or lap top is, but without all the extra stuff a laptop has, well.. Apple is trying to get there little by little.
• Probably the MacBook model will disappear soon.

So then again, there are reasons for everything, and if not, Apple creates them.

From netbook market, to demanding users that need more power than an iPad but not as much to spend a nice amount of money in a laptop, why?

iPad market became a new one, and like in any other market, competitors started to arise, that means, that even Apple keep on updating it's new gadget, limitations are clear, battery, OS, apps, connectivity, and processor, and surely the upcoming image processing features (webcam for FaceTime). For that, Apple has a small field to update, appart from design, but it's clear competitors can actually stand a good fight for the market, then Apple creates new ones, as easy as that. MacBook Air family hasn't been attacked yet, since it's beginnings, and while the rest is now trying to keep along with the iPad market, Apple now focus into the Air one, clever.

Wan't to see how BIG was iPad's impact with competitors?

1. Samsung Galaxy Tab
   Based on a similar design to the Samsung Galaxy S smartphones, this 7-inch Android 2.2 tablet is loaded with strong specs and will be available on multiple carriers. It will likely be the iPad's most serious competitor to arrive before the end of 2010.
   
2. Cisco Cius
   A former enterprise communication/collaboration device, is now a 7-inch Android tablet with a heavy layer of Cisco customization on top. This one is actually aimed for existing Cisco customers, and not aimed for common users.
   
3. BlackBerry PlayBook
   Aimed at stopping the iPad's momentum with executives and business professionals, the 7-inch BlackBerry tablet will be built on its own QNX operating system. Battery life may be an issue and it won't arrive until 2011.
   
4. Toshiba Libretto (this one could give also a fight to Air's laptop)
   One of the more innovative tablet competitors with its dual 7-inch multi touch screens, but... it runs windows 7... at the end it acts more like a netbook, but still, cool concept.
   
5. ASUS Eee Pad
   ASUS has developed a multi size family of tablets (which is clever), from 9" to 12" models, running windows 7 or Android, apparently available Q1 2011.
   
6. Lenovo U1 Hybrid (another possible Air's competitor)
   How about a convertible tablet with a detachable keyboard? Well, lenovo just got it. Funny enough, they say they will sell it as IdeaPad, if it comes with the keyboard, but you'll be able to buy it as the single tablet with the name of "LePad", ... not sure if that will work, but anyway.
   
7. Viewsonic ViewPad 100
   Led display, 1 GB RAM, 10" screen, and of course the quality from ViewSonic, leader in imaging hardware.
   
8. MSI WindPad
   
9. Notion Ink Adam (COOOOL ONE)
   I actually want this one!
   
10. ExoPC Slate
    
11. Motion Computing J3500
    This one is powerful, can run up to a Core i7 processor and Windows 7, touchscreen or MS pen technology, expensive, but again... powerful. I would actually say its a tablet pc, but it stays as a tablet.
    
12. Fusion Garage JooJoo
    Originally know as the "CrunchPad" and intended to be an ultra low-cost tablet primarily aimed at web browsing, the JooJoo is now a 12-inch tablet divorced from TechCrunch (in pending legislation) with a custom OS made to boot into a web browser as soon as possible, but also able to do video calls and multi-tasking.
    
13. Nefonie WeTab
    This tablet runs the MeeGo OS in an 11-inch form factor and is powered by an Intel Atom Processor.

And the list could go on. 

Thats how much competitors will try to keep on, while Apple goes further... 

Facts are facts, clever boys, so if you still think iPad's just a stupid luxury gadget... you will probably think that Mac and PC's are part of a global hoax... xD

Nice evening everyone ;) 

Arte con queso.

Todos tenemos gustos, otros como mi amigo Wadanco, preferencias... JAJAJAJAJA!
Después de varios meses planeando este post, cobra vida.
Bienvenidos al mundo del arte de generación espontánea.

¿Cuántas horas pasa uno en su computer? pffffff... ni caso contarlas, son un chingo, haciendo una u otra cosa se nos va la mitad del día (por lo menos) moviendo el cursor de esquina a esquina; hace mucho tiempo en mis momentos pachecos creativos, se me había ocurrido la "grandiosa" idea de encontrar una manera para que la fricción (CUAL FRICCIÓN!? estaba mal... debo aceptar) del mouse, pudiera ser captada y así generar... algo... hasta energía pensé... JAJAJAJAJAJA, ok... de regreso a la realidad años después, alguien encontró poder crear algo de nuestro cotidiano clickismo... mouseismo... o como le quieran llamar.

Ellos le llaman arte moderno... yo me reservo a decir que es de las cosas más simples y creativas que he visto en los últimos años, una demostración clara que no hace faltan MIL sistemas o programas para generar estética y creatividad.

Les presento IOGraph.
Pequeño programa que corre en varios sistemas operativos, y lo único que hace es tracking del mouse mientras esté corriendo, el tracking es visual, por lo que genera trazos por donde quiera que el mouse se mueva. Para meterle más caché... cuando el mouse no se mueve después de unos segundos, el programa genera un círculo (mancha) de tamaño variable, el cual es definido por el tiempo de inactividad: mientras más tiempo pase sin moverse, más grande será el círculo.

Lo mejor de todo es poder ir grabando el avance del día... digo, por aquello de poder dejar corriendo el programa minimizado, uno puede durar horas trabajando, haciendo cuanta madre se nos ocurra, y cada determinado tiempo hacer click en el botón de guardar imagen, sin tener que parar el programa, maravilla, generando así una secuencia de imagenes que más lejos de demostrar hasta el más mínimo detalle de esos pequeños "me vale madres" (como el movimiento del mouse) , terminan siendo una pieza de arte.


Con características como usar el desktop como fondo de la imagen (coool thing), o usar múltiples monitores, IOGraph rompe con el concepto de la falta de innovación con datos o acciones tan sencillas.

Aquí les dejo una imagen generada mientras jugaba StarCraft 2.
Si les gusta, anden vayan y descarguen el programa... y métanle un poco de arte y creatividad a su día de cybertetés.