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WebJunction Gadgets webinar
This document discusses emerging technologies and trends in tablets, e-readers, and audio/video over the next 12 months. It predicts that tablets will continue their rise in popularity, led by the iPad, and assesses several new tablet models. E-readers like the Kindle may hold ground against tablets for dedicated reading. It also explores new audio/video technologies and concepts like "transliteracy." In closing, the author provides contact information and a link to further thoughts on gadgets and technology.
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- 1. Gadgets & Gizmos whatwill matter in 12 months
- 2. container vs content we are learning, but need to do more Photo by MorBCN - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bcnbits/2859509269/
- 3. the shape ofthe future is flat tablets, tablets everywhere Photo by fdecomite - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fdecomite/2929463019/in/set-72157607765146808/
- 4. iPad there is no escaping it Photo by Yutaka Tsutano - http://flic.kr/p/7RrE6p
- 5. HP Slate oncemore, with feeling Photo by nDevilTV - http://flic.kr/p/7ULgwH
- 6. Dell Mini 5 is android enough? Photo by nDevilTV - http://flic.kr/p/7Cm77d
- 7. NotionINK Adam how doyou pronounce Pixel Qi?
- 8. other tablets they won’tmeasure up Photo by nDevilTV - http://flic.kr/p/7Th2Hh
- 9. Google ChromeOS google couldmake it work
- 10. color ereaders the kindlehas a chance Photo by writegirl - http://flic.kr/p/7v65TY
- 11. Audio & Video transliteracyis the new black
- 12. Flip SlideHD too muchfor the just enough crowd
- 13. Blue Yeti not portable,but powerful Photo by Dan_H - http://flic.kr/p/7xThua
- 14. Thank You questions, comments,feedback Photo by theG - http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-g-uk/4030344394/
- 15. Jason Griffey Email: griffey@gmail.com Site:jasongriffey.net gVoice: 423-443-4770 Twitter: @griffey Other: Perpetual Beta TechSource Head of Library Information Technology http://delicious.com/griffey/gadgets University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
- 16. look at myLTR just look at it http://bit.ly/gadgetLTR
Editor's Notes
- #2 I focused on personal electronics that were NOT cell phones...mainly because a lot had been said about them, and not much on other gadgets. Plus, I wrote a whole book on mobile phones.
- #3 Libraries have always been good stewards of content. We grok content. But in the digital world, content and container are distinct, and we need to maintain our comfort level with the containers even when the content switches.
- #4 What I wanted to talk about today was Tablets...mostly. A couple of new pieces of audio/video tech at the very end, but mostly I wanted to talk about Tablets. So...what’s a tablet? What do we mean...mostly, we just mean a screen that acts as both the display AND the interface for a computer. Prior to just the last couple of years we usually interacted with these types of interfaces with a tool...stylus, etc. Now we use our fingers. the interface of the future is touch Microsoft releases Windows 7 Touch Pack as a free download
- #6 8.9inch screen, 32/64gigs, windows 7, vga webcam. The NYT has also confirmed that they are making a 6 inch Android slate.
- #7 Android based, cell radio, already approved for AT&T and T-Mobile. Now named the Streak, out “summer”. Update to Froyo (2.1) in Sept the Looking Glass, a seven-inch big brother to the Streak 5 that's due out in November. For starters, it's running Android 2.1 on a Tegra 2 processor, with an optional TV tuner module so you can watch ATSC or DVB-T programming on the seven-inch 800x480 display -- the same resolution as the Streak, which is sort of weak. In addition, the render on the slide shows an AT&T U-verse browser, though, which is interesting -- too bad there's no more info about it. RAM is pegged at 4GB, with another 4GB of flash for storage and an SDHC slot for up to 32GB of expansion, and there's a 1.3 megapixel camera.
- #8 Pixel Qi is a company spun off from the One Laptop Per Child project, taking the screen technology and moving it into other applications. ADAM should have a Tegra chip, 180 degree rotatable camera, 1080p video, touchpad on BACK...runs Android.