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NoteSlate: the $100, single-color tablet that will replace your legal pad forever

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Apple and Android tablets are great if you want PC-like functionality in a slim package, but what if you just want an inexpensive device that can take digital notes?  Enter NoteSlate.

The company’s NoteSlate tablet is a simple device that’s designed for a single purpose – taking notes.  The device features a spacious 13” eInk screen that takes notes in only one color.  Users write on the screen with the included stylus, and notes can be easily erased by flipping the stylus around and erasing, just like you would with a pencil.

The NoteSlate has a simple 3 button interface for saving or deleting notes, and navigating through pages.  Notes can be saved to an SD card or accessed through the device’s USB port.

Measuring only 6mm thin, the NoteSlate isn’t much bigger than a legal pad.  The device also only weighs 10 ounces.  The NoteSlate’s eInk screen sips power, and will last up to 180 hours (nearly 3 weeks) on a single charge.

The best part of the NoteSlate is its price tag – the company plans to sell the NoteSlate for only $100.  The NoteSlate can only write in one color, either white (pictured), black, green, blue or red.  A version of the NoteSlate that supports multiple colors is in development.

The basic, black and white versions of the NoteSlate are expected to launch in June 2011.  Red, green and blue versions of the device will be released in December 2011.

We’re enthusiastic about the NoteSlate, especially since handwritten notes are difficult to take on the iPad and Android tablets.  Fully featured tablets are also often overkill when all you want to do is take notes, especially when price is considered.  Sure, the NoteSlate is limited in many ways, but for $100 this is a tradeoff that is worthwhile, particularly in educational or instructional environments.

 

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"Lost" Star Matthew Fox Volunteers in India

Just weeks before the Christmas holidays, “Lost” actor Matthew Fox travelled to India on a medical mission with Operation Smile, meeting hundreds of children suffering from cleft lips and cleft palates who were born into unimaginable poverty.

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Actor Matthew Fox volunteered in Guwahati, India, on Operation Smile’s 500 patient medical mission. (Operation Smile Photo – Marc Ascher)

Fox spent his time playing with the children who were awaiting operations. A father of two, Fox’s heart was quickly captured by 5-year-old Saban.

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Sarban showed no fear before his surgery. He said he “just wants his lip to be better.” (Operation Smile Photo – Marc Ascher)

The operation required to repair a cleft lip can take as little as 45 minutes.

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After the surgery, the stress and desperation that previously lined the face of Sarban’s father was replaced with pure joy. “When they told me that he was ready for surgery, that moment was the happiest moment in my life,” Sarban’s father said. “Now that I see him, I am the happiest father in the world.” (Operation Smile Photo – Marc Ascher)

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Sarban’s smile is healed and his life will never be the same. (Operation Smile Photo – Marc Ascher)

Operation Smile is an international charity with a mobile team of volunteer medical professionals who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities at no cost. Thanks to their work, more than 150,000 formerly affected children can smile today.

The organization will host its 2nd Annual “Little Black Dress” Fundraiser Event & Cocktail Party at the Viceroy in Miami on Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 8PM.

Celebrities set to attend include former NBA player of the Miami Heat, Tim Hardaway; star of the hit Broadway play “Dream Girls”, Syesha Mercado; Super Bowl champ and 2 time Pro Bowl winner, former NFL Player of the Atlanta Falcons, Gerald Riggs, along with his son, successful International Sports News Castor, Gerald Riggs Jr.; supporting actor from “Stomp The Yard,” Alfred Thomas; and Miss Latina International, Esther Dollar.

To find out more about how you can join these celebrities and support the work of Operation Smile, visit OperationSmile.org.

To view more images of Fox’s trip to India, visit their page on Facebook.


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My Nook Color runs Android 3.0 a.k.a. Honeycomb.

First off, a big thank you to everyone who sent me all those links when this exciting news broke out!

I still can't believe that I'm running a brand new generation of Android (N1 owners still waiting for "official" 2.3 Gingerbread to release). When Honeycomb was first shown at CES, I had read a lot of reports that there will be specific hardware requirements and that you couldn't just brute force run 3.0 on any device, especially not on my $250 e-reader. The UI for 3.0 is very much Tron-esque and ... shiny :D

Although this is an early release of Honeycomb, the graphics run smooth on my device. I've attached a short video showing the ripple effect of the lock screen.

Some more pictures from bootup to a few menu options including Settings and Recently Used (multi-tasking) menus.

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I <3 the Android Community.
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