Netbooks, Web Tablets, and Cloud Apps oh my!

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I would like to start today's blog post off by saying how much fun I have had over the last few days writing about something I am so excited about.  Over the last month I have done so much research and testing that it feels like I may have found the end of the internet, but I know that there is more to learn, develop, and create.  This must be a similar feeling to what the person in The Gods Must Be Crazy felt.  However, as I continue to build on my cloud knowledge I must share with you a project that I have been following for the last seven months.

It is the TechCruch Tablet. This tablet is a low cost, simple touch screen web tablet that that will load to a customized browser.  The conversation about the creation of the Tablet began in July of 2008.  The goal was to build it for $200.  As development progresses they are beginning to realize that the actual cost may be more around $299.  Still affordable for a NetTablet.  The possibilities for this project go well beyond having a slim tablet to tote around to the coffe shop or on vacation.  imagine one in every kitchen, with the ability to access any web-based cookbook or database of recipes.  I can see it mounted on the wall or recessed in for the clean and retro look.  I can also so a breakout of online cooking/baking communities surfacing on the net.  But what about education?  As an educator myself, I am not sitting back waiting to carve out my piece of "T-Pie" (Technology Pie).  Let's think about putting these into the hands of students, then introduce and expand their knowledge to the clouds.  Schools face a few very hard facts.  Finances are spread very thin and being digital just doesn't cut it anymore to support our 21st Century Learners.  I am sure there are more, but these two are the one I am immediatly concerned with.  Affordable Netbooks, web tablet like the TechCruch Tablet, and Cloud Apps are just the start.

Today I would like to invite you to speak up about your experiences with Cloud Applications.  If you are reading this blog you could most likely write volumes on more than one piece of technology, but how about Cloud Apps.  Netbooks?  Web Tablets?  What are you using?  What works?  What doesn't?  Looking for a place to begin?  Check out my starter list, Cloud-Browser.

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