I wrote an article for aNewDomain.net about the first Toshiba clamshell notebook computer. Reader Matthew Potter asked: Great article! Love the throw back. Any chance you could post pictures of the Toshiba with a modern gaming laptop or off the shelf modern Toshiba laptop? Thickness may not be that different. So, here are a few photos comparing the Toshiba T1000 (1987) with a Dell Inspiron R15 (2011) notebook PC. Looks like a thickness difference to me 🙂
Spider Jack for Windows Phone is a $2.99 game under the Xbox Live imprint in the Windows Phone Marketplace. The game was previously released for the iPhone (99 cents there) and Android (also 99 cents). It is one of those games that would seem to have the right components to be entertaining. And, yet, it just didn’t come together for me. Here’s what I found…
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Muktware.com believes that the U.S. DoD’s choice to standardize on Android is a setback for iOS. But, it is really a setback for Android too.
Android Approved By Pentagon For DoD Usage, Major Setback For iPhone
Heres why. The DoD chose to standardize on some unidentified Dell device running Android OS 2.2 (Froyo). Froyo was released on May 20, 2010 and superseded by Android OS 2.3 (Gingerbread) on Dec. 6, 2010. New smartphones based on Android OS 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) are currently emerging from the pipeline. So, the DoD standardized on a version of Android several generations old.
Reference: Wikipedia – Android version history
I received a Christmas (or perhaps, more accurately, Festivus) gift of sorts from Apple this afternoon.. My recalled first generation 4GB iPod nano was replaced by a silver colored sixth generation 8GB iPod nano (the one with a touch screen).
Am I a satisfied customer? Yep!
Happy Festivus Day!
If you can’t get enough of The Doctor, check up the updated Doctor Who Comics app which is now powered by ComiXology. ComiXology also provides the engine for the DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and many other comic book publishers.
The free app for the iPad features three free Doctor Who comics that you download and read. If you already have a ComiXology account for one of the other apps, you can use it with this Doctor Who Comics app.
