Now this seems much more interesting to me than the iPad for a digital signage appliance. Inexpensive, open source, open, open, open. You get the idea, I am stuck on “open” as I don’t want Apple dictating what I can and cannot do with their device. And I am especially stuck on appliances that are intended to leverage HTML content and web services rather than local, client side proprietary applications.
Watch the video, very entertaining, must say Michael Dell handle the interruption incredibly well.
Michael Dell pulls Mini 5 Android tablet from his parka, offers to put one in yours in ‘a couple of months’ video — Engadget.
Update: for more on the closed iPad see Ipad is Ibad.
Now this is interesting. Imagine devices throughout a home or work place that recognize who you are and present what you saw last, or your preferences, or that you have one new message. This article talks about how family members could share a tablet, I actually see it the other way, many “tablets” throughout the home or work place, embedded, that recognize you, they leverage your cloud computing and the fact that you are no longer tied to that one computer and they present your display preferences to you wherever you might be. Now that is interesting. I walk into the kitchen, the tablet on the cabinet door presents my favorite news articles, music, photo’s and switches to my skype profile. I leave and it goes back to the default. Wow that would be fun.
“for the gadget to automatically recognize individuals via a built-in camera”
via Apple Sees New Money in Old Media – WSJ.com.
More on how a tablet, slate, or whatever your preference, could change how we work and play. This article doesn’t touch my favorite subject – how does a tablet impact digital signage – but it doesn’t take much imagination to read between the lines. Take a read!
via Five Ways Apple’s Tablet May Change the World – BusinessWeek.
