As I See Tech

Products with a specific targeted market can always spell success. Sometimes, capturing a niche in the market is always the best way to compete. If the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab target the general consumers; and the HP Slate 500 and RIM Blackberry Playbook target the business users; then the Kno , a new product entry in the tablet market, targets the students.

Now here's something interesting. You can imagine two competing products to have the same user-base if plotting both in a graph draws a symmetrical pattern: where the rise of one is the fall of the other. Digg and Reddit offer social news services. Digg got in to a lot of trouble in 2010 since they released version 4, criticized by Reddit's Alexis Ohanian to be a victim of VC meddling that departed Digg from its core.

Black Friday is one of the craziest national sales event I've seen! Regardless of the cold or inclement weather, people would actually fall in line to door-buster events from different stores like Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Sears and what have you. Now usually, these door-buster events start early in the morning so queues can actually build up as early as the night before -- more likely, immediately after the Thanksgiving dinner. It is not uncommon to see people starting a line even 1 - 2 days before, camping out complete with tents and all!

Here is a compilation of interesting articles rounding up deals for the Thanksgiving sale. This is like a roundup of roundups. Have fun! Check out the Black Friday list from Engadget. Visit also CNet's Black Friday Deals page with links to reviews and discussions. See how Bing's Black Friday shopping page can help you decide. Yahoo! has a Black Friday Buyer's Guide for you, too!  Forbes Magazine presents deals in pictures . Check out also As I See Tech's Holiday List .  Here's a survival guide you might want to read while you're at it. Meanwhile, don't forget to also check out the Store . Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Manufacturers know that they cannot release a new product without assessing how ready the market is to embrace something new. One limiting factor is the MSRP on launch. If a reasonable price cannot be met, the product just has to stay in the lab.

XBox 360's Kinect is a darling. What makes it more exciting is the fact that many people are actually developing a lot of "hacks" around it. Not that they're doing anything that's entirely bad for Microsoft. These smart people are actually inventing more ways to use the technology at hand. It's marketed for games, yes, but it holds a lot of promise to redefining the "user interface".

LED backlit LCD TVs, or LED TVs, are the latest fad in the flat-screen TV genre. LED technology allows manufacturers to create thinner and more power-efficient televisions. LED TVs are basically LCD TVs that use LED instead of the traditional CCFL.

Here's a round up of As I See Tech's holiday lists for 2010. Leave a comment if you want to get more holiday lists. Holiday List: Everyday Mobile Products Holiday List: Digital Cameras Holiday List: TVs Holiday List: Desktop and Mobile Computers Holiday List: All Into Games, Games and Games!!! Find deals and more on-line so don't forget to check out the Store !

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of game consoles and games to buy or upgrade to. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of computers to buy or upgrade to. The list may include desktop, laptop and tablet/slate computers. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of televisions to buy or upgrade to. The list may include 2D, 3D and Internet TVs. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

Here's the plan for the Holiday List this week: TVs; Desktop and Mobile Computers; Games, Games and Games!!! I'll be adding more categories along the way. Meanwhile, read the recent holiday lists: Everyday Mobile Products and Digital Cameras . Remember, there may be cheap deals on-line so don't forget to check out the Store .

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of digital cameras to buy or upgrade to. The list may include point-and-shoots, compact systems and d-SLRs. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

In preparation for the holiday season, there are people shortlisting a selection of mobile products to buy or upgrade to. These mobile products may include phones, portable media players and e-readers. Here's a rundown of some of the popular items to choose from.

In the early years, software research and developments focused much on making the most out of the limited computing resources available. In a way, we could say that the programs and applications back then were engineered to efficiently maximize the limits of the machine it would run on. There was no surplus of computing power. The software that would run on the computer should be able to accomplish its task without requiring so much from the hardware. In fact, the software couldn't require anything from the hardware. It was the hardware that had the power to dictate its limits and the software adjusted accordingly.

I just have to say it. I am using Lotus Notes 8.5 in the office, and, to tell you the truth, it's just got to be downright the worst e-mail and collaboration client I have ever been forced to use! It just totally sucks big time!! I hate it, I hate it, I hate it!!!

Windows Phone 7 reaches US stores today, November 8, 2010, around 2 weeks after they were released to Europe, Asia and Australia last October 21, 2010.

If there's one thing that's truly exciting in the gaming world this year, it's got to be Microsoft's Kinect for the XBox 360 which launched this month to stores in the US.

In the US, Windows Phone 7 will be released to stores on November 8, 2010. Microsoft is betting on Windows Phone 7 to be big. It's a new entry from a company who's been playing it safe in the mobile industry -- far, too, safe that they actually lost relevance.

When I saw Microsoft's "Really?" ads for Windows Phone 7, it made me think about what technology can do to many of us. There are a lot of reasons to be enamored by the new things that we can experience from a technology that we can take with us anywhere we go. However, if those reasons could mean missing out on life, then I suppose we should reflect and start to re-think our priorities.

Web logs, or blogs, started out as an on-line journal that allowed people to post articles about their respective interests. Blogs could cover any topics capable of capturing an audience that share the same interests as the blogger. What was really great about the blogging tools that came out was that, in addition to being available for free, it allowed many people to setup their own web site without the need to be technically savvy!