ARMed Armies Attack at Robert Pogson

The onslaught of ARMed devices will continue indefinitely. Check out the smartphone/tablet Dell has announced. We still do not know the price of it but all they have to do to get some action is be in the neighborhood of the iPad which has fewer features: no Flash and no phone.

OEMs have been busy for six months or so gearing up for the battle in the market. Consumers will have lots of choice matching up price/performance/features. OEMs are jockying for position to have the right feature-set, price and performance while avoiding mistakes. No one seems to want to be first but everyone wants to join the charge. Dell is using Android on ARM/Snapdragon. It looks good to me. Success for Dell depends on price and advertising. They really need to improve their site but I expect this gizmo will be on the front page for a while.

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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

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