Editorial: Engadget on the Apple iPad

Editorial: Engadget on the Apple iPad: "

As you can probably imagine, Engadget HQ has been boiling over with heated discussion of Apple's new iPad today. Love it or hate it (and a lot of you seem to hate it), it's hard not to see it as a pretty bold statement of what Apple thinks general-purpose computing should look like in the future: a giant iPhone. As you can imagine, that's a provocative vision, and it's simply not possible to try and condense the opinions of the staff into one Grand Unified Theory of the iPad -- so we're going to do what we did for the Kindle DX and the Droid, and let everyone speak for themselves. Let's kick it off with the three people who've actually seen and used this thing: Josh, Ross, and Joystiq's Chris Grant.

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26 Interesting (But Fake) Interfaces for iPhone 4.0 [Photoshop Contest]

26 Interesting (But Fake) Interfaces for iPhone 4.0 [Photoshop Contest]: "

For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to design some new interfaces for iPhone 4.0. And you know what? Some of these look pretty damned cool.

First Place— Juan Ozuna



Second Place—Katrina Laffey



Third Place—Torsten Wulff

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Current Crop of Smartphones: A Cost and Feature Comparison [Infographic]

Current Crop of Smartphones: A Cost and Feature Comparison [Infographic]: "

Cost-comparison web site BillShrink hits it out of the park with a handy infographic comparing the cost and features of the current generation of smartphones: the Nexus One, the Palm Pre, the Motorola Droid, and the iPhone 3GS.

Looking at this you realize 1.) there's no clear winner in the bunch feature-wise and 2.) we all spend a ridiculous amount of money on mobile phones and service. My only nitpick with this chart is that the T-Mobile/Nexus One 'Average Usage' plan should be listed at $79.99 a month, not $89.99 (unless they're counting taxes and fees). Head inside and click to enlarge the big picture to check it out.

Nexus One vs iPhone, Droid & Palm Pre - Total Cost of Ownership [BillShrink via Smarterware]

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