Tracy and Matt

As we all know by now, the Apple iPad was announced last week and already it's met with a mixed response. I for one have been backwards and forwards thinking it'll be great then wondering if some of the design decisions really make sense. I know an awful lot of people were hoping that the iPad would run either OSX are at least some new OS that offered a similar experience to a netbook. There's been some disappointment even among hardcore Apple fans that the iPad simply runs the same operating system as the iPhone and iPod touch. In my mind that does certainly have some limitations.

However, something occurred to me as I logged in to my desktop PC via my laptop over a Citrix Thin Client connection - I wonder if there's Citrix Client for the iPhone already, wouldn't that work well on the iPad!?

Sure enough there is a Citrix Client that I am about to go and try out. There's also a Remote Desktop Client (RDP/RDC) for the iPhone that'll allow you to connect to an enabled Windows PC/Server and then there's also the tried and trusted VNC clients out there.

So if you are looking for a full desktop experience from the iPad then perhaps this will be the answer? Connect to your home or work PC over WiFi or 3G from the iPad and run all the apps you already have installed but with a touch screen! I can imagine that working really well for me!

So bring on the iPad and lets get this tested out! :)

Posted by: Matt

I was visiting Matt the other weekend and he asked me if I fancied reviewing a Nokia. OK I said, and he handed me a large blue box. Large enough that I wondered just how big the phone inside was.

Then I looked at the box better and noticed 'Nokia Booklet 3G' emblazed across the side in white letters.

The Nokia Booklet 3G

At that point I wondered if it was some sort of internet tablet thing running Symbian, and Matt told be it was actually running Windows 7 and had a 10+ hour battery life. At which point I wondered if the startup sound would be the Nokia ring tone :D

An unusual opening box and then my view of the Booklet 3G itself - this was not your standard 'little netbook' I was looking at.

Check out Matt's Nokia Booklet unboxing video for a quick tour of the device.

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