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The result is the shockingly bad Digital Art Frame and the marginally improved FH100, successor to the great FC100, my favorite compact digital. There are a number of minor improvements, and the body looks a little more solid, but it’s nothing to write home about. The best thing about it is it will probably drive down the price of the FS10 and FC100.
The minor improvements are the 14.1 megapixels, the 10x zoom (up from 3x or 5x), a feature I probably wouldn’t use (high speed zoom photography is a bad bet), and the burst speed has been increased to 40FPS from 30. You still can’t take more than 30 in a row, but they’ve upped the megapixel count on the burst photos to 9, which is certainly nice.
Only thing is, I’m not 100% sure this is an e-book reader. It looks more like a tablet to me – it runs Windows CE, it’s available in 5 and 7 inch screens, and has built in wifi. Windows CE has had ebook readers for years, I first got started using a HP Ipaq as an ebook reader many years ago. Now the $150 price sounds tasty, and the built in 2GB of ram will definitely do the job. I dunno. Windows CE is so quaint. I’d rather hear that they have a custom OS or are running some Linux thing then Windows CE. MSRP will start at $150 for the 5-inch model, and expect the price to be significantly higher for the 7-inch. Retailers that want it should have the device sometime in late February.
My bet is the $350 fee will be lowered before an FCC inquiry into why it was recently doubled proceeds very far.
In the end, everything will have an app store. Take the Pulse smartpen from Livescribe, for example. The company, whose pen is quite cool (it records what you write and can “remember” things on page, allowing for paper-based calculators and control panels), has just launched an app store for its 2- and 4GB Pulse pens. The store offers multiple games, tools, and study aids for prices that range from free to about $2. You can download apps here and then upload to your pen. The amazing thing is that this application replaces a $1,000 physical device used by the blind to learn chemistry. By printing a Braille-embedded sheet at home, you can essentially learn everything there is to know about the elements using the pen and a piece of paper. Other cool apps include a classical music learning system and a clever piano. Does a smart pen need an app store? I don’t know. However, the fact that something so small and so cool can have a rich developer community is quite impressive.
 Google CEO Erick Schmidt stated emphatically during Google's most recent earnings call that "Android adoption is about to explode." We agree - despite developer hiccups, Android is about to have its moment in the sun. An avalanche of new devices are hitting worldwide markets, and some of them are serious contenders.
Our bet is that the upcoming Motorola Droid will be the breakout winner from this batch of phones. But here's the complete list of officially announced Android phones, as well as stuff that's just rumored at this point. Bookmark this post, and keep a lookout for updates.
Here are the Android contenders:
My bet: Within the next 4-8 weeks Apple will announce a new Apple TV, new iPod touch models, and perhaps the fabled Apple tablet.
Top executives typically shun Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks but may be missing a bet, research says.
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