Tag: iPad

iPad 2; lines, lines, lines

March 14, 2011

Well even this guy was surprised when I showed up to the mall to get my iPad2. As I was also there on opening day of the first iPad I was without question expecting a line. What I saw there however was, wow. The line spanned the entire length of the mall, wrapped around the end, and started coming back. AT&T in the mall was sold out and Apple could not possibly have had enough for everyone. I called a dozen stores in the area that would have it and all said no. On a whim, I pulled into

Love ’em or leave ’em, gizmos and gadgets are on their way

March 10, 2011

Technology is quite literally one of our favorite things. I was in the first 100 in line for my iPhone, same with my iPad. I will be for the next iPad as well soon; likely the same with the iPhone. These however appear to be simply laying the framework though for what is to come. Recent articles all over the web as well as trade shows alike are beginning to display a wide range of gizmos and gadgets designed to use currently available technology in new and productive ways. Even if we disagree on the term “productive” it is

The recipe for Android’s success: be cheaper

March 7, 2011

A recent survey put it as clearly as one can: the Android user base wants cheaper, not necessarily better, products to compete agains Apple. You can see the graph at this article. The quick recap though sheds a lot of light on the topic that many developers have been asking for a while now. Top of the list as mentioned is cheap. These have to be cheap to entice users to buy. Cheaper than the iPhone, cheaper than the iPad, cheaper, cheaper, cheaper. Next in line was minimized fragmentation. For developers this is a big annoyance; especially developers who

iPad 2 – what oh what will it be?

March 1, 2011

I am sure by now everyone knows that the list of folks who panned the iPad early on were, to put it kindly, wrong. They were wrong about it being a “big iPhone”, they were wrong about people wanting to buy it, and they were most certainly wrong about the fact that it would literally change the world; or at least how we interact with it on the mobile side. Since its birth there have been several, and I do mean several, companies scrambling to catch up. In the end though it has bee slow until recently. Now that

The tablet train has left the building

February 24, 2011

The latest figures are high; very high. Tablets are out there and on fire. The company International Data recently released a report saying that 70.8 million tablets will be out on the market by 2012. To further punctuate this, they said that the tablet market shot nearly vertical with a 45.1% growth in just the third quarter. For anyone still left wondering about these toys, stop wondering and start making your mobile app. A few other tidbits of interest. One, an estimated 44.6 million tablets will ship in 2011. This number is constantly growing though so who knows where

Apple profits straight through the roof

February 3, 2011

Well Steve might be out for the time being but profits for Apple are literally through the roof. There is a lot going on over there and it is all good apparently.Many folks have been clamoring of late about Steve’s medical leave but it would seem as though he left the ship in very capable hands. The better news here is that it is clearer now that Steve does not equal the only way Apple can be a success. For the number geeks hanging around, Apple’s revenue was $26.7 billion; or a 71% heave-ho upwards. Add to that Apple

Apple’s reported new processor

January 27, 2011

It is no longer a secret that Apple will be releasing a new iPad and iPhone in the near future. The big question on everyone’s mind, as is always the case, is “what’s in it”? As usual no one know for sure but the word on the street so to speak is exciting; multiple processors. The reports are exciting as they would lend credence to other rumors that the iPad is going to have an incredible 2048-by-1536 screen resolution. As someone in line already to buy a new iPad, this is incredible news. As it is always nice to