Michael Dell pulls Mini 5 Android tablet from his parka, offers to put one in yours in 'a couple of months'

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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.

I know who you are

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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.

Apple Tablet

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"First, the sure things. The Apple tablet will have a color, video-capable touchscreen, about 10 inches diagonal. It will have flash storage, WiFi networking, and few ports and hardware buttons. There will be a software keyboard. Its operating system will be based on the same core as Mac OS X and iPhone OS, and its GUI API will be an evolution of Cocoa Touch. The platform will eventually be open to third-party developers. You will be able to buy media and applications right on the device using your existing iTunes account. Some of that media will be new territory for Apple: print media like magazines, newspapers, and books. ...

Finally the wildcards. Cellular networking is the biggest question for me. Though I hope it's there, and though I think Apple puts itself at a big disadvantage versus existing e-book readers without it, I would not be surprised if the tablet starts out as WiFi only."

via Antacid tablet.