A Busy Wednesday in the Tech World: Apple and Google Events

February 2nd, 2010, was a busy day in the tech world, with two major events taking place in New York City. The first event was an announcement by Apple and News Corp, which revealed the launch of the Daily All Digital iPad newspaper. This daily publication will be available on iPads for $40 a year or $99 cents a week. With this new addition, users can now receive all the news that Rupert Murdoch sees fit to print or publish directly on their iPad every morning.

Later in the day, Google hosted an event at the Google Plex in Mountain View, California. The focus of this event was Android 3.0 Honeycomb, although it's unclear if it was intended as a preview or simply an explanation of the upcoming operating system. The Android 3.0 Honeycomb was first showcased on the Motorola Zoom tablet at CES in January. It is now expected to hit stores later this month and will be available on various tablets, including those from Google and its partners.

The development of Android 3.0 Honeycomb has been met with excitement, especially among tablet manufacturers. Over 50 developers were present at Mobile World Congress next month to showcase honeycomb-optimized apps. These demos included the CNN app for Honeycomb, as well as various other applications such as Gmail and video chat on Honeycomb.

It's worth noting that Android 3.0 Honeycomb will likely feature a front-facing camera for improved video chatting capabilities. Moreover, multiple manufacturers are working on tablets with honeycomb technology, including Motorola, T-Mobile, and Toshiba. Additionally, Google has announced the launch of the Android Market Web Store, which can be accessed right now.

The upcoming Mobile World Congress is expected to bring more exciting developments in the tablet market. On February 9th, TechnoBuffalo's John will be at the HP webOS event in San Francisco to cover it live. It's unclear what exact tablets will be showcased but rumors suggest they might include the BlackBerry PlayBook, which has been deemed impressive despite its limited functionality.

The tablet market continues to grow and evolve, with various manufacturers vying for a share of the market. Some users may find tablets useful as an alternative to laptops or desktop computers, providing a portable means of accessing information and working on tasks. However, others might view tablets as less practical than traditional computing devices, reserving them only for casual use such as browsing the web or watching videos.

As the tablet market expands, it's essential to share opinions and thoughts about their usefulness and relevance in everyday life. Do you think tablets are an excellent option for productivity tasks, or do they simply serve as a novelty? Are there any specific features that make a tablet appealing to you? We want to hear from you!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody I'm Noah from techno Buffalo a busy busy Wednesday in the tech world today February 2nd we had the uh Apple and News Corp event at uh the Guggenheim in New York City this morning to announce the daily the All Digital iPad daily newspaper uh 99 cents a week $40 a year you can get all the news that rer Murdoch sees fit to print or to publish I guess beam to your iPad every morning then we had the Google event a little later in the day late morning here California time in Mountain View California at the Google Plex they showed off kind of an in-depth preview of Android 3.0 honeycomb I guess not a preview but an event talking about honeycomb uh the honeycomb was shown off on the Motorola Zoom at CES uh early last last month about a month ago in January but uh the zoom is getting ready to hit probably later this month OSHA single's got one already so you know it's got to be coming soon uh and then at Mobile World Congress next month uh or rather in a couple of weeks this month I get on a plane a week from tomorrow a week from Friday I get my date straight uh I get on a plane on uh February 11th I believe it is and uh I'll be headed over officially uh kicking off on Monday week from Monday so stay tuned for that but they're going to have uh all kinds of honeycomb tablets uh more than 50 developers on hand in Barcelona showing off honeycomb optimized apps we saw the CNN app for honeycomb today we saw some Google stuff uh Gmail and video chat on honeycomb we also saw the new um Android market Web Store launched today you can go check that out right now and then also uh inapp purchases on Android so all kinds of stuff and the Android ecosystem uh in general but also specifically for honeycomb for tablets so here's my question to you what do you think about all this tablet stuff a iPad is the way to go iPad 2 whether or not you care about this daily thing but you know iPad 2 coming imagine we'll see um you know front facing camera at least for video chatting that kind of thing B Google Android honeycom 3.0 all kinds of form or form facturers but all kinds of Manufacturers uh you got the zoom from Motorola 10 in on Verizon you got the G slate T-Mobile 9in with the 3D technology uh the Toshiba all the other um tablets coming from from uh Google and its honeycomb Partners or something else entirely maybe it's HP webos John and I will be at the webos event in San Francisco a week from today February 9th we'll be covering it live expecting to see the first web tablets maybe it's the BlackBerry PlayBook uh The Playbook very impressive although you do need a Blackberry phone to sync it with to get the uh BBS services and stuff but the Playbook announc the CES going to be hitting Sprint pretty soon maybe it's that maybe it's something else entirely maybe uh you know a Windows 7 tablet or or whatever is next for Microsoft maybe it's Migo maybe it's something else or maybe you don't care about tablets you think they're silly you just want a laptop so you can really get some work done what do you think you tell us hit us up in the comments better yet post a video response uh you know wherever you're watching this on YouTube or Facebook or hit us up on the uh the TechnoBuffalo site submit a User submitted article with your thoughts you know write an noted write in a tutorial submit it to us if we like it we'll run it over on TechnoBuffalo we want to hear from you it's uh the wisdom of the herd Buffalo's herd get it wisdom of the herd tell us what you think about tablets till next time I'm Noah thanks for watchinghey what's going on everybody I'm Noah from techno Buffalo a busy busy Wednesday in the tech world today February 2nd we had the uh Apple and News Corp event at uh the Guggenheim in New York City this morning to announce the daily the All Digital iPad daily newspaper uh 99 cents a week $40 a year you can get all the news that rer Murdoch sees fit to print or to publish I guess beam to your iPad every morning then we had the Google event a little later in the day late morning here California time in Mountain View California at the Google Plex they showed off kind of an in-depth preview of Android 3.0 honeycomb I guess not a preview but an event talking about honeycomb uh the honeycomb was shown off on the Motorola Zoom at CES uh early last last month about a month ago in January but uh the zoom is getting ready to hit probably later this month OSHA single's got one already so you know it's got to be coming soon uh and then at Mobile World Congress next month uh or rather in a couple of weeks this month I get on a plane a week from tomorrow a week from Friday I get my date straight uh I get on a plane on uh February 11th I believe it is and uh I'll be headed over officially uh kicking off on Monday week from Monday so stay tuned for that but they're going to have uh all kinds of honeycomb tablets uh more than 50 developers on hand in Barcelona showing off honeycomb optimized apps we saw the CNN app for honeycomb today we saw some Google stuff uh Gmail and video chat on honeycomb we also saw the new um Android market Web Store launched today you can go check that out right now and then also uh inapp purchases on Android so all kinds of stuff and the Android ecosystem uh in general but also specifically for honeycomb for tablets so here's my question to you what do you think about all this tablet stuff a iPad is the way to go iPad 2 whether or not you care about this daily thing but you know iPad 2 coming imagine we'll see um you know front facing camera at least for video chatting that kind of thing B Google Android honeycom 3.0 all kinds of form or form facturers but all kinds of Manufacturers uh you got the zoom from Motorola 10 in on Verizon you got the G slate T-Mobile 9in with the 3D technology uh the Toshiba all the other um tablets coming from from uh Google and its honeycomb Partners or something else entirely maybe it's HP webos John and I will be at the webos event in San Francisco a week from today February 9th we'll be covering it live expecting to see the first web tablets maybe it's the BlackBerry PlayBook uh The Playbook very impressive although you do need a Blackberry phone to sync it with to get the uh BBS services and stuff but the Playbook announc the CES going to be hitting Sprint pretty soon maybe it's that maybe it's something else entirely maybe uh you know a Windows 7 tablet or or whatever is next for Microsoft maybe it's Migo maybe it's something else or maybe you don't care about tablets you think they're silly you just want a laptop so you can really get some work done what do you think you tell us hit us up in the comments better yet post a video response uh you know wherever you're watching this on YouTube or Facebook or hit us up on the uh the TechnoBuffalo site submit a User submitted article with your thoughts you know write an noted write in a tutorial submit it to us if we like it we'll run it over on TechnoBuffalo we want to hear from you it's uh the wisdom of the herd Buffalo's herd get it wisdom of the herd tell us what you think about tablets till next time I'm Noah thanks for watching\n"