All tablet PCs are rather boringly shaped like rectangles. Noticing this, Toshiba has decided to throw a curve into the burgeoning market with its Shapes tablets. The company promises us tablets that are as unique as our individual personalities. Throwing us back to ninth-grade geometry, we are introduced to the Rhombus and the Oblong — and Toshiba romanticizes the notion with a heart-shaped one called Amore. Sure, they look goofy, but at least it’s not another boxy tablet. (Perhaps it took a cue from the Pyramid tablet introduced on The Office a few weeks ago.)
April Fools’ Day 2012: The Best Pranks from Around the Web
Each April 1, websites attempt to fool us all with the latest-and-greatest product that in the end turns out to be simply a joke. But it doesn't stop us from hoping that someday these "breakthroughs" become more than just a one-day wonder