New HP TouchPad May Automatically Download Songs You May Like

 To be honest, I haven't really been that interested in Hewlett Packard's upcoming tablet, the TouchPad, until now.

This tablet has a 9.7 inch screen, runs webOS and has a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon tucked inside of it. It honestly isn't really anything too astounding and really isn't even that eye-catching.

However, according to the guys over at PreCentral, HP plans to incorporated a cloud-esque music syncing algorithm that caches the type of music you like to listen to and will automatically download more music that it thinks you would enjoy.

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this yet. I don't know if I'd want my tablet independently downloading music for me. What if I don't like it? What if my tablet offends me? What if my tablet downloads music IT likes? What if it starts to steal money from me to feed its music downloading addiction? What if we can't be friends anymore?

All joking aside, I'm willing the bet that this feature will probably just download and recommend snippets of songs that you may like before downloading them or something like that.

Pretty interesting concept.

Followers:
1. What do you guys think?
2. Would you mind your tablet downloading music for you?
3. Are you interested in the TouchPad?
4. Would you ever eat canned Spam?

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New Acer Tablet Costs $50 Less Than Ipad: But Is It Worth It?

Alright, so Acer came out with the all new Iconia Tab A500 priced at $449.99, which is 50 whole big ones less than the lowest priced iPad 2 at $500. 

The question is: 
 Is it worth the $50 dollar savings?

With all of the new wanna be iPad killers hitting the market, it's hard to tell if the tablet you're looking at really does stack up against the big daddy of them all. So far, most of the competitors have been...lackluster. 

However, the new Iconia, which is set to be released later this month, brings big promises. (but haven't we heard them all before?)

Lets do a quick comparison of specs between the two.

First up:
The Iconia Tab A500 by Acer

Well this sleek thing looks quite alright in my opinion. Do a quick Google Search and you'll find yourself looking at more stunning pictures. This one will do for now.

Display: 10 Inch LCD Capacitive Touch Screen
CPU:      NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual Core 1GHz processor, 1GB Ram

OS:         Android 3.0 Honeycomb
Storage:  16GB micro with expandable memory of 32GB
Camera:  Still at 5MP and a secondary at 2MP, video recording capabilities.
Data:       GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA
Battery:  Up to 8 hours

Weight:  1.6 lbs

Some other features include a HDMI port, 1080p video playback, and Dolby Mobile Surround Sound.

Second up:
Apple's 16GB iPad 2

 

Display:   9.7 Inch LED Display

CPU:       1GHz Dual-core A5, 512MB RAM

OS:          iOS 4.3

Storage:  16GB

Camera:  Back record 720p HD and has a front-facing VGA camera.
Data:       3G
Battery:  Up to 10 hours

Weight:  1.3 lbs

Other features: Can do backflips.

CONCLUSION:

Alright, so what stuck out to me the most was the fact that the Acer tablet only runs on 2G speeds. That probably won't fly with many, but I'm sure others will only use it where they can get wifi anyways.

Secondly, the Acer seems to have better RAM, more storage and better camera.

So from the looks of things, the Acer just might be worth the bargain despite its network speed. However, coming from my own experience with Android tablets, they just don't seem to perform correctly no matter the specs. But it's equipped with Honeycomb, which could be a gamechanger for me.

At any rate, I would wait until the reviews come pouring in after the release before planning to buy one. It looks promising and most definitely better than any Android tablet yet. 

You'll either see "Acer Flop" or "Acer iPad Killer" headlines after the release.

Man, that 2G speed thing is still killing me though.

Followers:
1. Do you own any sort of tablet? What kind? Do you like it?
2. Would you buy one of these new Acer tablets?
3. Do you prefer iOS to Android or vice versa?
4. Coke or Pepsi?

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Texting From Desktop via Wifi or USB: Multitasking Triumph

Imagine being a complete master of multitasking. You have your tabbed browsing, bluetooth headset(well maybe not), and anything else that allows you to do a millions things at once. You're in the zone; doing homework, playing COD, surfing the web, writing a book, riding a bear, and then...beep beep, you get a text message and everything comes to a screeching halt so you can look away from your desktop to answer the text.

Well fear that no longer!

Texdro is an app that allows you to connect your Android device and computer wirelessly.

On your phone you get a simple app that allows you to turn the feature on and off. On your desktop you get a contacts list and a whole list of settings allowing you to change notifications, etc.

Now, I'm sure many of you already have seen, have, use, or have used apps that allow you to text through your phone from your desktop. I'm also sure that many have not even thought of the idea. So this is to those of you who are looking to take your multitasking skills to a whole 'notha level.

App can be found at http://www.crackedsun.com/texdro/. The app is free but the developer also offers a paid version with more features.

Also, tried as I might I could not find a similar app that works for the iPhone. Sorry guys. :(

Followers:
1. Any of you use this heavenly app?
2. Do you know of any others like it?
3. Would you like to see more app reviews? (both Android and iPhone)
4. Have you ever met a leprechaun?

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