The New Dell Intel Atom Tablets: So Close…

I didn’t get to touch them today.

I hope to before this week is out.

I will test the hell out of them, especially the Windows 8.1 one.

Previously here:

Video: Dell Venue 8 Pro
Dell: Android, Windows 8.1 Tablets

Google Books PDF Death Match: 2013 Nexus 7

The Google Books PDF Death Match series of posts:

– Part One: Barnes & Noble Nook HD+
– Part Two: iPad Mini
– Part Three: iPad 4 with Retina Display
– Part Four: Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0

Supplemental: Third Samsung Galaxy S III Test

And now I try the 2013 edition of the Google Nexus 7, which uses a 1.5Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro with a 400Mhz Adreno 320 GPU.

How Can This Even Happen?

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A Lenovo All-in-One premium-priced Windows 8 PC spotted at a Best Buy:

Windows is upside-down! What?!

Fast Food Worker Protest

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I stumbled upon a protest at the Fulton Street Burger King:

Breaking Bread

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Nano Fondle: Archos 80 Titanium

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Finally, after waiting months and months and months, local retailer J&R finally had a demo model of the Archos 80 Titanium tablet.

The Archos 80 Titanium is a US$169 tablet with a dual-core Rockchip CPU, 1GB of RAM and a WTF 8GBs of storage.

It has generally gotten good reviews and scores in the 11,000-range in AnTuTu, making it the minimum for handling Google Books PDFs.

Galaxy Note 3, HTC One

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Compared to my ancient LifeDrive:

Yeah, that’s what I want in a phone. Later in the day I held both the iPhone 5C and 5S. They are just too damned small.

NYC Phone Stall Tech Ads

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Freedom Tower: October 16, 2013

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NYC Street Art

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