Archive for April, 2010
Hands On With the iPad Keyboard Dock
Thursday, April 8th, 2010One of the big selling points of the iPad is that it doesn’t have a keyboard. All input can be entered through the touchscreen, and when the device is turned to portrait orientation it can provide a nearly full-size keyboard across the lower half of the screen. But that’s still typing on glass, lacking the [...]
TIME on the iPad is a Great Experience Spoiled
Monday, April 5th, 2010One of the things I’m really looking forward to experiencing on the iPad (and other tablet devices) is magazine reading. That was something that motivated me two and a half years ago, when I bought my first Kindle. I liked the idea of instant delivery to my hand-held device and an end to paper clutter [...]
iPad vs. Kindle? Get the Best of Both Worlds
Sunday, April 4th, 2010A lot of the attention directed to the iPad has been about eReading and how it would fare in that market against the Kindle, nook, and Sony readers that already have advantages of market share and name-brand stores.
A major tent-pole in Apple’s plans for the iPad is the iBooks software and store. It’s available as [...]
iPad Shows That a Big iPod Touch is Actually Pretty Cool
Saturday, April 3rd, 2010It’s an interesting thing to watch a new device completely polarize the tech and gadget community well before anyone has gotten their hands on it. Apple’s new iPad did exactly this as soon as it was officially announced in January. Mostly, people cried out about what the iPad doesn’t have: Multi-tasking, a camera, and support [...]