Today Apple announced their latest and greatest device, their answer to the netbook and ereaders, bundled nicely in a ~242x190mm package with an impressive 13.4mm depth: the iPod Touch XL. They decided to go with another name, and I now understand why they didn’t go with the much cooler sounding Slate or iSlate: the device is anything but. It runs iPhone OS, makes use of the same apps you can get from the app store and doesn’t come with a f*****g stylus. A slate is something I envision being able to write (i.e. not type) on, and a digital slate would allow me to write, in a non-destructive way, in the book, paper, etc. that I’m reading. I say write because most of what I would be writing would be either a) a pain or b) impossible to type. What Apple has offered me, well that has yet to be seen. Read the rest of this entry »