At yesterday’s Apple event, there were quite a few new products announced including a new Nano, new iPod Touches, and a new iPhone. All of these updates were what would be called incremental updates and would not really be considered major updates. Apple also spent some time on new services like the iCloud and the… [Read more…]
September 28, 2011
Today Amazon took a shot at all the tablet makers by announcing their Kindle tablet, the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire is a 7 inch tablet which puts in a category where is doesn’t have to compete against the iPad, but it just may. There are few unique things about the Kindle Fire that most 7″ tablet makers haven’t… [Read more…]
September 26, 2011
I have written articles on remote access apps before, but Sunday night I was watching Sunday Night Football on my iPad via a remote app, and I thought I would give a quick review of the product I was using. There are several remote control apps out there. And I actually use three different apps… [Read more…]
September 13, 2011
A friend of mine recently ask me for a list of iPad apps and games that were good for his 6-year-old. I thought I’d throw together a quick list of the ones that my kids play with and like. Books Ages 2 – 6 Grover’s the monster at the end of this book – This… [Read more…]
September 7, 2011
There is no doubt that the iPad is a great media consumption device. But it can also be a great media creation device. Take me for instance, through the help of creative apps, I can use my iPad to create music, shoot and edit video, perform upgrades on equipment at work, and write this blog… [Read more…]
March 10, 2011
iOS 4.3 dropped yesterday but Apple appears to have left out multitasking gestures in the general release. This feature allows you to perform four and five finger swipes to speed up your workflow. For example, with mulitasking gestures enabled, you can switch between open applications by swiping left and right with four fingers. You can… [Read more…]
March 8, 2011
I have an iPad as many of you have probably guessed by my blog posts, and I use it all the time. In fact I am righting this post on the iPad right now including writing in html tags like italics and bold . But I am struggling with the decision to buy a new… [Read more…]
March 2, 2011
Along with the iPad 2 announcement, Apple is announcing two new apps. iMovie for the iPad Precision Editor Multitrack audio New Themes Airplay to Apple TV Share in HD Universal for iPhone and iPad Export to Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, iPhone, iTunes among others Garage Band for the iPad Multiple instruments Guitar Amps and effects 8… [Read more…]
March 2, 2011
The specs from the new iPad 2 were just announced. Here is the breakdown: A5 Dual Core Processor – 2x Faster CPU, 9x Faster Graphics Processing 30% Thinner – now thinner than the iPhone 4 1.3 lbs vs. 1.5 for the iPad 1 Dual cameras in front and back Almost no bezel around the edges… [Read more…]
February 16, 2011
The Daily for the iPad is a nice looking news "paper" with many problems. These problems are so many, it makes it not worth it.
October 5, 2011
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