That iPad is looking even more expensive…..

India Express has a story about a tablet PC that the Indian Human Resource Development Ministry hope will eventually sell for just $10! Sketchy details so far but it look interesting. I wonder if BECTA could come up with something like that? Oh no, the just been abolished.

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Flipboard … killer app or more iHype?

I don’t have an iPad, but if I did, I’d be very interested in Flipboard. But I’ve gotta ask, why isn’t this a web app? Last time I looked, the web browser was still more ubiquitous than Apple’s new toy. Thanks to @AJCann for the link.

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For Flash get Frash: How to get Flash on your iHype

“Frash is a port of the Adobe Flash runtime for Android to the iPhone, using a compatibility layer, by comex ( http://twitter.com/comex ). Frash can currently run most Flash programs natively in the MobileSafari browser. Frash currently only runs on the iPad, but support for other devices (3GS+ only due…

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More competition for the iHype

It’s been around for a while but I’ve only just seen this prototype from ASUS. It’s a 12 inch tablet with a docking station that turns into a laptop. Oh and it has USB, a card reader and flash. There is also a 10 inch version as well. Don’t sell…

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iPad, schmipdad

Surely you want one of these? It looks as though it’s based on an idea for the XO-2 from the One Laptop per Child XO project It has USB, SD, Flash…..

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