Not content to see Microsoft kill the only interesting hardware/software collaboration they’ve created in a decade (Courier), HP has thrown their hat into the ring by cancelling the eagerly anticipated Slate.
The Windows 7-powered device had garnered a great deal of attention when it was announced in January, and it was heralded as a “tablet for real geeks” by those who found the walled-garden of the iPad to be distasteful. This last, great hope for the non-Apple tablet world was trumpeted over mainstays like Archos because of its svelte form factor and the way that it embraced Windows 7.
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BlackBerry Smartphones are under fire. They’re rapidly being left behind in a world where software rolls out faster, hardware is on a quarterly cycle not a yearly cycle (unless you’re Apple), and everyone seems to be passing them by. Here’s what they can do to stop it.
1. Get power management under control. The Bold 9700 is a return to the the legendary battery life of the Berries of yore, it goes days and weeks without charge, unlike the hours on my Storm 2 (I actually ground the battery to 0% on it yesterday). SuperApps are great, but if we’re going to be using the radio, the GPS, and the screen so frequently they need to expand the capacity of the battery and improve power management on both the hardware and software side.
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