This week on the GeekWire radio show and podcast, we explore the rising competition between Barnes & Noble and Amazon in the tablet computing market, stacking up the new Nook Tablet and Kindle Fire against one other and Apple’s iPad.
Then we’re joined in the studio by Jay Greene, senior writer for CNet News.com and the author of a recent two-part series on Microsoft’s ill-fated Courier tablet project. We talk about Microsoft’s strategy for rolling out Windows 8 on tablets, get Jay’s thoughts on the state of the Redmond company, and discuss some of the lessons from other companies in his book, “Design is How it Works.”
We also talk about Sir Mix-A-Lot’s new iPhone app, Oregon’s iPad voting system, our new App of the Week. Plus, we give the answer to last week’s Name that Tech Tune Challenge, and try to stump you with a new tune.
Listen to the show above or directly via this MP3 file.
Show Notes: Headlines and links for more on the topics we discussed
Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet challenges deficient Kindle Fire … Amazon lines up retail titans for Kindle Fire … Amazon says Kindle Fire will have Hulu Plus at launch.
Sir Mix-A-Lot busts out a “Baby Got Back” iPhone app
Voting by iPad: Oregon picks Apple device for election test
Jay Greene: CNet page … jaygreene.com … Book: Design is How it Works … @iamjaygreene on Twitter.
App of the Week: Oink
Name that Tech Tune: Find out the answer to last week’s challenge. Listen to the new challenge, and submit your answer.
