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Bouv’s Apple Tablet Round Up – Why the Splashy Color Invite?

[Apple's invite image for 1.27.10 ] In just over a week, on January 27th at 1PM EST at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco to be exact, Apple may end literally years of speculation surrounding their creation of a tablet-style consumer device. Will it be a full-fledged computer? An e-Book reader? A giant iPhone with video conference capabilities? I have some thoughts…

Microsloth Leading the Sheep to the Slaughter – “Look, we have stores too!”

Microsloth, in yet another un-original move, has opened their own retail presence.

Congratulations, that’s 1000 stolen business plans! Most people who inhabit the spaces that will contain the stores may become confused when they purchase their computer from a Microsoft store, and then accidentally wander into an Apple store looking for support…oh well…

Palm to drop Windows Mobile *Yawn*

iPhone Central is reporting smartphone maker Palm will stop delivering and developing Windows Mobile for its products.

Wait for it.

iPhone Video: How to Type Faster on the Virtual Keyboard

Efficient parsing of the top tips for typing more effectively on the Apple iPhone virtual keyboard…thanks Howcast.

Wilco. The Album. Thanks LaLa.

So I’m using this new service, that MC Caples turned me onto called LaLa…which to my mind, upon initial inspection…is deeply flawed…meaning…while elegant, I don’t see the business model as usurping the iTunes Music Store (ITMS) anytime soon. Here’s why.

It’s Over. Franken Gets His Senate Seat.

This has been an incredibly long road…to see Norm Coleman abandon his pursuit of the seat is a great relief…and I think a wonderful opportunity for Al to put his money where his mouth is. Having the man who wrote and read, “Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them” sit on a senate committee or debate legislation on the floor will, without question, be the highlight of this falls C-SPAN programming.

iPhone: The Palm Pre is here. *Yawn* – for how long?

Ok, I’ve been reading every damn post, article, tweet, and blog post re: PALMs new Pre smartphone. And have come to the conclusion that the Pre will not be an iPhone killer out of the gate. Here are my reasons:

Video: Google Wave – Is it a Killer App?

I’ve just watched a video from Google IO 2009, where Lars and Jens, the guys who created everyone’s favorite map tool, Google Maps, have just unveiled Google Wave.

NYT: Oracle to buy Sun for 7.4 Billion

Oy, apparently this makes sense…but there’s something about this deal take makes me twitch…maybe it’s Larry’s overuse of “Just For Men”.