Techmeme: Tablets at CES 2011: Honeycomb, Windows 7, and all the rest (Joanna Stern/Engadget)

8:45 AM ET, January 10, 2011

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Verizon Wireless Confident It's Got Muscle for iPhone — Verizon Wireless has been beefing up its network and believes it will have no problem handling iPhone-type loads, a claim that could be put to the test this year if the carrier signs up millions of subscribers using the Apple Inc. device.

Jay Yarow / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

AT&T Already Attacking Verizon iPhone: “Not Sure iPhone Users Are Ready For Life In The Slow Lane” — AT&T is already attacking Verizon over the iPhone. — After we wrote about Verizon's plan to offer unlimited data plans, AT&T PR boss Larry Solomon reached out with a statement …

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Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:

Verizon iPhone to offer unlimited data in contrast to AT&T — Verizon will reportedly announce the iPhone on Tuesday paired with its existing service plans, including an all-you-can-eat data plan, and become available to subscribers later this month. — A report published by Reuters credited …

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Yukari Iwatani Kane / Digits:
Speculation, Questions Around Verizon iPhone Event

Discussion: Forbes, BGR, Digital Daily, Wall Street Journal and MacNN

Joshua Topolsky / Engadget:

Exclusive interview: Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android — We're not going to lie — we're pretty excited to bring this to you guys. Here at CES 2011 we had a chance to sit down with Matias Duarte, the man behind webOS (as well as the Sidekick and Helio UIs) …

Discussion: FarukAt.e and pocketnow.com

Alex Chitu / Google Operating System:
Android Addresses UI Shortcomings

Discussion: PalmAddicts

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

No more restocking fees at Apple Stores starting January 11 — Typically, when you return an opened product to an Apple Store you will be charged a 10% restocking fee. Well, come Tuesday, this will all be in the past as Apple is cutting restocking fees from their retail chain.

Discussion: PhoneArena, SlashGear, TUAW, RazorianFly, HotTips!, MacRumors, App Advice, Electronista, Engadget, iClarified and everythingiCafe, Thanks:steveinminn

Hiroko Tabuchi / New York Times:

Facebook Wins Relatively Few Friends in Japan — TOKYO — Mark Zuckerberg. Who? — Mr. Zuckerberg, the 26-year-old Facebook chief executive and co-founder, may be the man of the moment in the United States and much of the rest of the online world. But here in Japan …

Discussion: SAI

Joanna Stern / Engadget:

Tablets at CES 2011: Honeycomb, Windows 7, and all the rest — It's been raining tablets here at CES 2011. No seriously, it as if the sky has opened up in Vegas and dropped touchscreen slabs with Android and Windows 7 operating systems on our heads. It's been nearly impossible to keep track …

Discussion: mocoNews

Michal Lev-Ram / Fortune:

Intuit takes a swipe at Square — Intuit's GoPayment is going freemium to battle Jack Dorsey's Square, but is the mobile payment pie worth fighting over? — The Intuit GoPayment reader — Intuit, best known for its Quicken, QuickBooks and TurboTax accounting software …

Thomas Ricker / Engadget:

Apple AirPlay devices set to explode in 2011 — Although DLNA may have had a significant head start, the streaming media standard available on more than 9,000 devices is about to be challenged in a very big way by Apple's upstart AirPlay technology. At least it will be if Jordan Watters …

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac and MacStories

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Apple launching personal setup for Macs at Apple Stores — Apple has had a personal setup service for iPhone purchases made at Apple retail stores for some time now. Since Thanksgiving, Apple has offered the same personal setup service for iPad and iPod touch purchases.

Discussion: MacStories and iClarified

Jesus Diaz / Gizmodo:

The Love Affair Between Steve Jobs and Pablo Picasso — It looks like the modern Mac icon—which was originally created in 1997 and it's the current Finder's icon—was inspired by Picasso 1934's Two Characters. It's likely a coincidence, but it wouldn't surprise me. Apple and Picasso go way back:

Thanks:asadmubeen

Martin Bryant / The Next Web:

WordPress.com growing fast. Over 6 million new blogs in 2010, pageviews up 53% — Automattic's WordPress.com, the commercially run leg of the popular blogging platform is growing incredibly fast, according to its latest statistics. — Automattic tells us that it has seen over 6 million …

Discussion: NevilleHobson.com

David Chartier / Macworld:

Developers weigh in on the Mac App Store — The Mac App Store is the biggest thing to happen to Mac software distribution since the Internet itself—some might say that the store is even bigger. Many users haven't bothered with boxes and CDs of software for some time …

Discussion: paidContent, Softpedia News, CloudAve and RazorianFly

Phil Libin / Evernote Blogcast:
Mac App Store more than doubles new users

Discussion: PC Magazine, Download Squad, Softpedia News, MacStories and Shelly Palmer Digital Living

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