Archive for January, 2010
« Previous EntriesWhat Does the iPad Bring to the eReading Experience?
Thursday, January 28th, 2010During his introduction of the Apple iPad, Steve Jobs spent a bit of time addressing one of the most obvious uses for a tablet device, eReading. Until now, that market has been pretty well controlled by the Amazon Kindle, but as a user of all the Kindles since their initial launch, I can tell [...]
Apple iPad is a Touch/Kindle DX Mashup
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010It’s probably predictably human to compare a new device to attributes of existing ones we know well. As Steve Jobs introduced the Apple iPad to the world, my thought was that I was looking at a fairly compelling blend of an iPod Touch and a Kindle DX.
If you’ve ever held the larger version of Amazon’s [...]
Boogie Board Gives You an Electronic Scratch Pad
Sunday, January 24th, 2010Maybe one thing we’ll learn this year is just how many different things in the gadget world can be called a tablet. We still don’t know exactly what Apple’s entry to that named category will be able to do, but eReading, media playback, web browsing and games all seem likely. However, if you just want [...]
PDFmyURL – Fast, Easy Captures of Any Web Page
Monday, January 18th, 2010Here’s an idea that’s incredibly simple yet elegant and useful. Have you ever wished you could snapshot a web page, either for later offline reading, personal archiving, or some other reason? Screenshots are an option, but they can be a bit unwieldy, as several files are usually required for any but the shortest pages.
PDFmyURL.com does [...]