iParadise Lost

May be its me but given the new interface of the iphone and palmpre I am really taken back everytime I look at an e-reader and see how clunky the software is.

Ok it's displayed in e-ink but I for one still love the first gen ipod software and wonder why ebook and (linux) based readers cannot sharpen up there act. As for the readers themselves they have more button than a tv remote and as Apple is unlikely to make one what will happen to them ?

I'd like to have one but at the moment despite the big increase in books available I find the clunky software and crappy hardware no incentive to buy into ?

Am I alone on this ?

Neal

I want to buy a netbook for my wife, she wants Windows XP (Vita chokes these things) and needs to hook it up to a data projector. I really like the Compaq 700 but cant find any info on the expansion port and whether a cable exists to a vga out. There are so many of this mini books now and some of them seem really awful, as a Mac user I am out of my depth and as Apple seems for some reason to be holding off a netbook in favour of the air not sure where to go. Any thoughts my fellow Zdnet people.

thanks

Utz

Steve Job has today written to Apple employees saying he will be off day to day work til June. A more complicated than thought health issues has meant that Tim Cook will now take over from Jobs until the summer.

Rest well Mr Jobs and get well soon

A tri band or quad band phone set up which seems a little backward to me. I know we are looking at a US phone to come out first but don't most smart phone users trave -l so why no GSM radio for use outside the USA. Please Palm don't make a goof with this phone you can't afford to..

Anyone know why they would do this ?

Utz

A friday fancy for you all. Computer have got to the saturation point like cars of Perfumes what do call them these days ? A Vaio P what is the P for godsake all those Dell HP and 70000000000 mindless.. and those with designer names after well forget it


So what your best name for a computer now or in the future, me well I always liked powerbook or thinkpad but alas they are gone..

Mindsync
Startrek
Galaxy
Hyperform
Digilogue

Any others ?

Have a good one

Utz