Pandigital's New Tablets are Under $200

Pandigital is the latest company hoping to cash in on the budget tablet market. It just announced three new Android tablet devices, all are going to retail for $200 or less.  The tabs are boldly dubbed Planet, Star, and Nova and will feature 7-inch touch screens, Cortex A9 CPUs, plus 3D graphics.

While the new tablets sport similar size displays, some differences separate them. Specifically the Planet and Nova ($189) will use 800 x 600 resolution screens and have both front-facing and rear digital cameras. The less expensive Star ( $159) is expected to feature a lower-res 800 x 480 pixel display, a front camera only, but a thinner design. One drawback is all three slates will use outdated resistive touchscreen technology and not modern (and typically more responsive) capacitive solutions.

Additionally the Planet and Star will come with 2GB of internal storage and run Android 2.2 Froyo, while the Nova ups on-board memory to 4GB and uses Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Sorry, no Android Honeycomb here. A microSD slot, which accepts memory cards of up to 32 GB, will be included on all three tablets.

Here's the Pandigital Planet, available on Amazon.

Green Bay Putting Emphasis on Special Teams

With only one National Football League team, the Indianapolis Colts, being worse on special teams than the Green Bay Packers. This week, the general manager Ted Thompson conceded the area has been a sore spot.

Good article by JSOnline on the why the special teams really need to be "special."

Link: http://www.jsonline.com/sports/packers/126744188.html

Kicker Mason Crosby returns for the Packers in 2011

Ozzie Guillen Gets Hit By a Foul Ball and More...

Ozzie Guillen is one of my favorite people in baseball.  He's not a great manager, but he's ok.  What I really love about him is his desire to win and he's never afraid to express himself.  His conversations with talkshow host Mike North are a thing of beauty.

Yesterday Ozzie's White Sox lost a game they should've won and to make it even worse he was hit in the head by a foul ball.  Enjoy...

iPad Free App of the Week: Songify

Songify basically allows users to record anything such a news clip, a poem you wrote, a headline, or even your own words, once the recording has been done the app will create an auto-tuned song with your words.

Your words will be turned into a song, you can choose different beats from Gregory Brothers’ hits, including "Bed Intruder," "Winning" and "Double Rainbow," once you have finished your creation you can then share your self-made song with Facebook, Twitter or even by email.

It's fun, it's easy and it doesn't sound all that bad. Give it a try.

 

Kindle Free Pick of the Week: Thread Words

Thread Words is a word search game for Kindle. 

The goal is to find words in a 5 high grid of letters. Find words by selecting one letter from each column. On each level there are ten pairs of shapes. Make words matching each shape on the left with the same shape on the right to unlock the next level. After matching all shapes you can continue to find the rest of the words for a higher score or immediately move on to the next level.  This game makes you think.

The game progresses through 4 levels of difficulty, with grids that increase from 4 to 7 letters across. Each word you find is worth 20 points per letter, and if you find all of the qualifying words you get an 800 point bonus! Try to beat the clock or take your time in relaxed mode. The game tracks separate high scores for each mode.