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 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 [...]
What 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 [...]
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