January 2010
20 posts
Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock →
What you’re seeing in the industry’s reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock.For years we’ve all held to the belief that computing had to be made simpler for the ‘average person’. I…
A message to the Internets regarding the iPad →
Oh Internets, how I love your unrealistic optimism, your pervasive cynicism, your willingness to believe any rumor, no matter how far fetched, and your desire to pronounce judgment on things with the…
Apple iPad : an amazing corporate workstation →
You can almost see the school/lab/office desktops with rows of iPads with keyboard docks. Easy to administer, easy to lock down, easy to custom app, easy to SOE, easy to wipe, hard to infect,…
Daring Fireball: The iPad Big Picture →
.. But: everyone I spoke to in the press room was raving first and foremost about the speed. None of us could shut up about it. It feels impossibly fast. (And our next thought: What happens if Apple has figured out a way to make a CPU like A4 that fits in an iPhone? If they pull that off for this year’s new iPhone, look out.)
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Apple Has Ruined Me for Everyone Else →
Although, it was never my intention to be one of those guys. I made the switch to Apple just over 3 years ago, after growing tired of the upgrades and OS re-installs that coincide with running a PC….
Apple solves my MacBook battery problem →
Extending battery life: As we were wrapping up the battery replacement I asked Vilma how I should treat the battery to get optimal life out of it. Her recommendation was to cycle the battery…
Pen v keyboard v Newton v Graffiti v Treo v iPhone →
Jason: ” .. How the hell do you type on a iphone in vertical format so quickly? I’ve had every version of the iphone and I can never type even 1 full sentence without a typo that the dictionary…
Haiti survivor 'saved by first-aid iPhone app' →
.. set his alarm clock to go off every 20 minutes after the app cautioned him not to fall asleep if he was going into shock. “I was able to look up treatment of excessive bleeding and compound…
Why Apple's Tablet will "iPhone" all other Tablets →
The hype isn’t about Apple possibly unveiling the first tablet computing device; it’s about Apple possibly unveiling the first great one. I imagine Thurrott as a film critic in 1968, irritated at the…
iPhone originally only a "portable web surfing... →
Mr. Jobs seized on the multitouch technology after Apple product designers proposed it as a “safari pad,” a portable Web surfing appliance. Instead, he saw the technology as something that could be…
Microsoft : no plans to change Windows for... →
Microsoft’s Chris Flores said that the company had no plans to customize Windows further for Slate PCs. It’ll be up to PC makers to provide a Slate-specific user interface…
Australian's first trip to the USA →
My first snowball throw ever was a head shot and, taking into account the excellent degree of distance and trajectory analysis, I would have thought Holly would be impressed rather than driving off….
KFC out of the frying pan.. →
In the most revolutionary food industry move since Coca-Cola stopped with the cocaine, last year KFC introduced Kentucky Grilled Chicken. .. a damned Yankee way of messing with poultry.. (*Accuracy…
The Macalope: Natural-born product category... →
Microsoft : They’ve already used up surface, tablet and slate. They’re running out of flat things.
Phone Touchscreen Accuracy Analysis →
The iPhone’s is best. HTC’s are good. The Motorola Droid’s seems wacko.
Google Android Personal Thoughts - Boy Genius... →
The Nexus One is the best Android device, but overall, it’s still half-baked.
HP Slate Lowers the Bar for Apple's Tablet PC →
All of the hype around Microsoft’s rumored tablet PC unveiling were met with an underwhelming presentation of the HP Slate which will make almost any tablet Apple launches look good by comparison.
I can no longer eat or drink - Roger Ebert's... →
.. a long-buried memory of my father driving in his old Plymouth to the A&W Root Beer stand and his voice saying “…and a five-cent beer for the boy.” The smoke from his Lucky Strike in the car. …..