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A couple years ago we saw stand alone items like the Chumby at CES where you can have an internet portal by your bed, next to a couch or in the kitchen. The item would display photos, show video and get email. Well Sony has really stepped up the game this year with a great product in the Sony Dash.

Todd Cochrane talks with Ali from Sony about this Personal Internet Viewer. With over 1,500 free apps and Wi-Fi connection, it really gives you the content you want. As long as there is a wireless signal, you will be able to get sports scores, stocks, weather or whatever you desire.

The Sony Dash is planned to be out by April at a price point of $199. It’s a 7″ touchscreen with USB 2.0 interface. You will also be able to connect to Sony Styles to get great deals.

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Tegra is a processor built by Nvidia . A single chip for processor and video means smaller devices. While it’s not at blazing fast speeds, it is something that gets you on the web, checks email and load up your pictures.

However, Nvidia is known for their graphics processors. Therefore, don’t be surprised to see high quality pictures. You can also pull streams and watch video in 1080p.

Todd Cochrane talks with guys at Nvidia on a tablet built by Innovative Converge Devices (ICD). This is called the ICD Ultra. Check these specs out – If you are looking at Apple tablets, this might be something better to get:

• 7″ Touchscreen with Android 2.0 Eclair
• NVIDIA TegraT20 1 GHZ
• 512 DDR / 512 NAND / 4GB Internal SD (non removable) / Micro SD Expansion
• 1.3 MP Web Cam
• Bluetooth 2.1 / Wireless 802.11 b-g  / 2g-3g Data / Cellular
• USB 2.0
• 3.5mm Audio Jack
• Accelerometer
• Ambient light sensor
• Dual digital microphones
• FM Radio

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I might be shooting myself in the foot, but you know, I am not a big fan of the Rumor mill. Especially when it comes to Apple products. In the last 6 months, we have seen and heard about products that don’t materialize. The Apple Mini iPhone and Netbooks come to mind.

While I DO believe that Apple is making a Tablet, I don’t want to get caught up in the hype. That way we won’t have to turn around and say it didn’t happen. We’ll leave the rumor mill to TechCrunch who will tell you about the $800 Netbook and Touchscreen trackpad.

Even Patents cannot tell a whole story. Remember the rumor about an iPhone Flip? The iPod was suppose to get a facelift with buttons all around the device.

Personally, I feel stunts like this are no different than “Pump and Dump” scams.

From now on, we at Geekazine will give a “Rumor” the attention it really deserves. When it becomes fact, we will properly report on it.

Jeffrey Powers
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P.S. This is not at any means a dig on TechCrunch or it’s subsidiaries. It is otherwise a very informative website.

P.P.S. I understand this comes AFTER the post by Frank called Tabble. That post will stay active.

Any touch typist recognizes the sequence in the title. They are the “home-row keys,” the ones you rest your fingers before typing, the ones you come back to after typing.

They are taking over the cell phone world. According to an AP story in today’s Norfolk Virginian Pilot, cell phones with QWERTY keyboards are the coming thing in the cellular world. Most of the new cell phones, whether phones or PDA’s, at last week’s trade show in Las Vegas, had full keyboards, either physical or touch screen.

Read the story here.

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Andy McCaskey talks with Peter Semmelhack and Mehrshad Mansouri about the new modules. Bug Von Hipple module, 3G/GSM, Audio, WiFi and Bluetooth, Zigby, PICO Projector and QWERTY Keyboard modules. Add with that the existing modules of Motion sensor, camera, Touchscreen LCD and GPS module.

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I saw you back in Comdex in 83 – You were a exciting new technology – a marvel to me with a touchscreen.

Ohhhh, ohhh

But times have changed and you are now put to the side – the integration with the phone makes it real nice – and you get tossed in the scrap pile to die.

Ohhh, ohhh

I used your applications

ohhh, ohhh

And all your revelations….

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I did have a PDA. I had a few of them. Palm, iPaq, Axim and a host of others. However, 2 years ago I got my first Smartphone. That pretty much put my last PDA to the side.

Earlier in the week I read the article “5 things the Smartphone Killed“. While I am not in total agreeance of the list just yet, I do agree on a lot of their items and I can see the Smartphone can totally engulf all the item replacements. Read the rest of this entry »