Wall street Journal/ New Times Ipad reviews are in

SUPERIOR BATTERY LIFE, Blazing Speed,


In 10 years of reviewing tech products for The New York Times, I’ve never seen a product as polarizing as Apple’s iPad, which arrives in stores on Saturday." David POGUE - New York Times

After spending hours and hours with it, I believe this beautiful new touch-screen device from Apple has the potential to change portable computing profoundly, and to challenge the primacy of the laptop. It could even help, eventually, to propel the finger-driven, multitouch user interface ahead of the mouse-driven interface that has prevailed for decades." - Walt Mossberg - Wall Street Journal



Speaking of video: Apple asserts that the iPad runs 10 hours on a charge of its nonremovable battery — but we all know you can’t trust the manufacturer. And sure enough, in my own test, the iPad played movies continuously from 7:30 a.m. to 7:53 p.m. — more than 12 hours. That’s four times as long as a typical laptop or portable DVD player. POGUE

I was impressed with the iPad’s battery life, which I found to be even longer than Apple’s ten-hour claim, and far longer than on my laptops or smart phones. For my battery test, I played movies, TV shows and other videos back-to-back until the iPad died. This stressed the device’s most power-hogging feature, its screen. The iPad lasted 11 hours and 28 minutes, about 15% more than Apple claimed. I was able to watch four feature-length movies, four TV episodes and a video of a 90-minute corporate presentation, before the battery died midway through an episode of “The Closer.Oh, and all the while during this battery marathon, I kept the Wi-Fi network running and the email downloading constantly in the background. Your mileage may vary, but with Wi-Fi off and the screen turned down from the fairly bright level I used, you might even do better. Music plays far longer with the screen off. On the other hand, playing games constantly might yield worse battery life.” Walt Mossberg




iPad have nots:
Adobe Flash


http://techcrunch.com/2010/03/31/first-ipad-reviews-hit-the-net/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/technology/personaltech/01pogue.html

http://ptech.allthingsd.com/20100331/apple-ipad-review/

http://www.apple.com/ipad/

Nexus One - 10 minute Video - official iphone killer?

Google has learned and harnessed the power of open source. When used correctly it can topple or shake any regime(ask Microsoft, Rupert Murdoch, Yahoo, etc...) IT ALLOWS THEM TO RE-WRITE HISTORY IN REAL-TIME. From Search, AdSense, G-mail, Google News(top 5 largest news sources), Google Wave etc... And now the maturing Android phone the Nexus One! The G1, MyTouch 3G, HTC Hero and Verizon Droid were only warm ups to the new possibilities. As amazing as the Nexus One is, it's only the beginning but a glimpse of what we will expect with future phones...








Specifications:
http://technologizer.com/2009/12/30/droid-vs-google-nexus-one/
* Android 2.1
* 11.5mm thick
* 512MB RAM, 512MB ROM, 4GB microSD in-box expandable to 32GB
* 5 megapixel camera with mechanical AF and LED flash
* HSPA 900 / 1700 / 2100, 7.2Mbps down and 2Mbps up -- in other words, yes to T-Mobile 3G and won't work on ATT 3-G
* 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display


http://www.pcworld.com/article/184778/googles_nexus_one_specs_leaked.html
"a noise-cancellation chipset, OpenGL ES 2.0-capable graphics, and references to an auto-focus camera with LED flash. These are Droids also notes that the ROM 2.1 hints at a Snapdragon processor inside.

The Snapdragon is capable of clock speeds that top 1GHz--nearly double the processor speed of Motorola's DROID. The OpenGL ES 2.0 support should also satisfy gamers, and put the Nexus One on par with the iPhone in terms of graphical power."


Pricing: $530 unlocked, $180 w/ T-mobile $79.99 per month(500 Minutes, unlimited text)

Press Release: at Google Headquarters Jan. 5th, those invited will recieve a free Nexus One.

Links:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/12/new-google-nexus-one-phone-likely-to-launch-jan-5/

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/nexus-one-google-phone-picture/


http://www.pcworld.com/article/185615/googles_nexus_one_pricing_details_and_terms_of_sale_leaked.html