Office 365, Microsoft’s next-gen cloud productivity suite is now in public beta.
Sign up to begin using online versions of
for free. Personally, I am on the fence here. If Microsoft could do this all along, why wait? Why now? And won’t their browser-based apps simply bog down their desktop programs?
Inquiring minds want to know…
It’s Basecamp … it’s Highrise … it’s DropBox … it’s Yammer … it’s … Podio? Yes it is. And it’s on your iPhone, your iPad, your Android device, and in your office. Danish start-up Podio has elegantly married file sharing, contact management, task tracking, real-time asynchronous communication (i.e. Twitter functions) and more into a single, easy to use, free package. Did I say free? Yeah I did. Free for up to 10 users in a company. $99/year for up to 25. That makes Podio a no-brainer for solo’s and small law firms. Compare what it does and what it costs with the bill of goods you’re currently being sold by legal technology vendors who assume lawyers are too uninformed, gullible, or busy to check up on them. It’s shameful. Meanwhile, Podio integrates functions that the more tech-literate among us now use in Basecamp, Dropbox, Yammer, and other applications. But for most lawyers Podio will simply be a revelation and unbelievable resource. Hey, did I just save you thousands of dollars in useless, bloated office software? I think I did. You’re welcome. And by the way: Boom Shakalaka!
As the Tablet Wars cross-pollinate with battles between cell carriers like Verizon, ATT, and T-Mobile, expect the same price-point footsie you saw when the iPhone came out (remember how jazzed you were to pay $600 for one in 2007?). And here’s the first salvo in that battle – snag the Motorola Xoom running Android’s Honeycomb OS for $800 at retail (viz the iPad’s price-point) or drop your pants for a 2-year contract and save $200. Such a deal!
Verizon Prices Motorola Xoom at $600 With a 2-Year Contract.
Thanks to our friends at Retrevo for this handy comparison of tablets currently on the market.
According to Mashable’s Jolie O’Dell, Motorola’s Xoom tablet running the long-anticipated Android Honeycomb operating system, will sell for about $800. We saw Xoom and got a preview of Honeycomb during CES this month. Xoom will be one of the first Verizon 4G LTE devices; and the first one to run Honeycomb (a 3rd generation operating system from Google’s Android). Smartphones and Internet appliances running versions 1.6 and 2.2 of Android (known as the Froyo system) have previously been seen, but this will be the first time a tablet will be seen. Xoom also features 1080p screen resolution, front- and rear-facing cameras (2MP and 5MP, respectively), HDMI output, and an accelerometer.
3G and Wi-Fi-enabled Xoom tablets should be available at the end of the first quarter of this year.
What’s your take on the matter: Will Motorola’s first Android tablet be worth $800 out of the gate? In the comments, let us know your opinions.
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