So much hype for so little. The promise: a new niche with an new, exciting user interface. To me the reality is that the iPad competes with other tablets and netbooks. There are a few new UI features (mainly multitouch) but for the most part it behaves just like a big ipod touch.
Before I start [...]
I just bought a new Hewlett Packard Windows 7 PC. The machine is fine but it comes with no recovery discs. First they stopped giving you manuals, then the Windows CD/DVDs, and now the recovery discs.
The machine comes with a partition containing the initial, recoverable state of the machine which is fine if you can [...]
I suffer from smart phone purchase paralysis. That is, I want to buy a smart phone but because all the phones require a 2 year plan commitment I don’t want to make the wrong decision because I will have to live with it (and pay for it) for so long.
First the iPhone v.1 came out [...]
My old iPod mini died a few months ago (the USB connection killed the driver on my computer requiring a reboot and the ipod would just die a few times a day) so I bought the latest (4th.) generation iPod nano.
I bought the 8Gbyte version for $150. That is twice the storage at a lower [...]
My first opinion is that companies never space out their products to match the way that I purchase them. I have wanted a netbook for years (a small, light portable computer) and was really happy when that market took off. Not being one to jump in to a new category I was waiting for the [...]
My 10 month old iMac died about 10 days ago and I called Apple Care. The support rep quickly determined that it was the hard drive and set up an appointment at the nearest Apple Store for the next day. In the store they flashed my name on a big board showing the next appointments [...]
As memory gets cheaper people will start to record everything they experience. I predict audio in about 5 years and video in 10.
Audio recording already exists with personal notetakers where you push a button and speak into the microphone of a tiny, handheld device. Just add memory to that and keep the recording going all [...]
I’ve had an iMac for a almost 3 months now and I’m really pleased with it. I’ve gone totally non-Microsoft so am using Open Office instead of MS Office and have no problems dealing with the rest of the world that uses Microsoft products.
I think the most impressive thing with the iMac happened yesterday. I [...]
After suffering through the Explorer 8000 rented through two different cable providers it is a great relief to be using a Tivo again.
When I last used a Tivo (series 1) my biggest complaints were the single tuner and the difficulties changing channels with an IR blaster. Both of those issues are now gone with dual [...]
I predict that the iphone will do very well initially with early adopters and Apple fan-boys (and girls).
After initial demand has been met (6-12 months) there will be down swing as people realize that the competition offerings are pretty comparable. Initial limitations of the iphone primarily limited battery life and the lack of a replaceable [...]
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