It’s been  now  four days since Apple started accepting pre-orders for its iPad – the Apple’s first tablet PC. During the first six hours the pre-order was available, Apple had collected over  90, 000 orders, and continues receiving more and  more every day.

Summarizing  the first hands-on reviews, most of the owners are impressed by the display quality, and the way it feels in the hands. Both colors and touchscreen response effect are said to be great, as well as the speed of the CPU. Most of the Apple iPad owners have noted that  the applications and the  webpages load super fast.

Among the disappointments the most important one (though everyone was informed on this before) is no multitask. This is easy to understand:  the price says you are buying a computer, but in fact you are getting an almost-netbook-more-than-a -reader device with a cool touchscreen and with no camera.

Apple’s iPad is definitely something new on the market, and not only devoted Apple-lovers are interested in it now, though still this device will need to find a proper niche for itself. When some are in a rush to buy iPad, the others still try to figure out what would they need it for.

Along with the news on Apple iPad pre-order, there are also talks on Apple’s battery replacement program, as this is rather important for the future iPad users. According to the iPad’s support documents, as well as the Wiki article on iPad, the device has a non replaceable Lithium-ion polymer battery, which loses a part of its capacity with time. To solve this problem Apple has a battery replacement program, that lets you get a new one for $99.

For this fee you can send your old iPad to the given address, and get a completely new device instead. Apple will not accept broken devices to participate in battery exchange program, so to make sure you are not rejected, avoid any liquid contact, disassembly, unauthorized service and modifications. Besides this, you will need to back up all the contents of your old iPad, as Apple will not transfer any of the data to your new device.

50, 000 orders in first two hours – is a lot, and analysts predict Apple to sell about 5 million devices by the end of the year, though Apple says they want 10 million. Whatever the amount of sales will be, it will greatly depend on the impression of first buyers, and for now it is rather controversial.

Many admire a great screen and touch response, but regret the device having no camera, what makes video calls be impossible. The CPU is highly productive, though it seems to be not that necessary with no multitask. Still, due to the high speed, everything loads very fast, you do not have to wait even a second.

Some even say Apple’s iPad is a nice tool for business: as en event planner and a presentations gadget as well.  Despite all the sceptics,  more and more people hurry to make a pre-order and become one of the first happy (or unhappy) owners of the IPad.

Are you one of them?

HP ProBook S gets more inside and outside
HP ProBook laptops are known for their exquisite designs, combined with high functionality. And now the HP company says a new word to make their s-series ProBook laptops become one of the most desired tools for home and office.
The new brushed aluminum finish in “bordeaux” and “caviar” colors  both inside and outside the laptop  has a really classy look, and should be good in terms of fingerprints, opposing to its sheen black predecessor.

To work Better and Longer
But the new design is not the only thing to admire: the new Core i3/i5/i7 processors are extremely powerful and make the new s-series HP ProBook be very productive. Together with productivity, Core i3, i5 and i7 help preserve the battery energy to make your Pro Book work even longer. An optional 9-cell battery will provide you with 10 hours of work.
New HP ProBook is offered in a wide range of sizes and configurations: you have 13.3, 14, 15.6 and 17.3-inch display sizes to choose from; the 2MP camera and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350 discrete graphics are optional features.
Among the “attractive” features we should name the Day Starter -a software that lets you  view your Outlook calendar while your laptop loads.
Above all, the price can’t be said to be enormous: starting at $719 for basic 13,3-inch configuration, and reaching about $900 for a 15.6-inch ProBook 4520s with a Core i5 CPU, 500GB.
The new ProBook from HP should be available in just a few weeks, and many of us are already anxious to get our hands on it, and then admire or criticize…

But Acer is not the only one to experiment with Android, and we can read more and more news on various companies going for Android-based netbooks. Among these are Hivision and HP. Hivision’s PWS700A is a budget netbook, powered by a 600MHz ARM926 CPU, with a 7-inch display  and 128MB of RAM.

HP, on the other side, offers a more sophisticated device. It’s HP Mini is announced to have he a 10.1″ touchscreen display, 16GB SSD, SDTM card slot, WiFi and 3G. As we know, HP has always been respected for its batteries, and this netbook is said to have a 12-hour battery life, with 10 days in standby mode. There is a lot of chat going on around this device, though a great deal of it is concentrated around the touchscreen display, not Android.

Along with the general disappointment on the Acer’s experience with Android OS, the common interest to Android netbook solutions is still enormous, and I guess there will be even more for us to see in future.

It is not a secret that shortly after releasing Windows 7 Microsoft Corporation has started making people interested in the new OS they are working on,  Windows 8 (and many hope they will keep calling new systems 8, 9, 10 etc). Everyone hopes there will be a lot to see in the new Windows 8, as the Windows 7 has shown a nice direction of Microsoft’s thoughts. Though it had some lacks, Windows 7 looked like something really new, comparing to the older versions, and Windows 8 is expected to emphasize the progress.

It is known now that the new product will be released in 2012, or perhaps in 2011, and will introduce some new networking features, and will probably have a completely 128-bit platform architecture. Though, there is an opinion that Microsoft will not go for dumping the 32-bit or 64-bit compatibility, as there is no chance that all the computers will have motherboards with 128-bit support by 2011, neither by 2012 as well.

HTC Magic features elegant design and an extremely friendly interface, based on Android OS.

Features:

Display: 3.2″ /320 x 480 HVGA Touchscreen/TFT, TFD, LCD 262k
Size: 113 x 55 x 13 mm; 118.5 grams
Camera: 3.2 Megapixels, AutoFocus
Battery: 1340 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Standby Time: up to 420 hours
Talk Time: up to 7.5 hours
Processor: Qualcomm, MSM7201a™, 528 MHz
Internal/External Memory: 192/288 MB (Underclocked)/ MicroSD max. 32GB
Extras: HTC ExtUSB Headset Jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS

Samsung i7500 Galaxy is an Android-based touchscreen phone that features a slim look and a light weight. The phone has a finger-friendly design and a nice spring-back effect as you tap on the touchscreen.

Features:

Display: 3.2″/320 x 480 pixels full AMOLED touchscreen
Size: 115 x 56 x 12 mm; 114 grams
Camera: 5.0 Megapixels, AutoFocus
Battery: 1500 mAh Lithium-ion battery
Standby Time: up to 450 hours
Talk Time: up to 6.5  hours
Processor: 528MHz Arm11
Internal/External Memory: 8GB/microSD/microSDHC
Extras: 3.5mm Headset jack, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS