Tag: Apple
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I read the news today (oh boy)
If you’ve been without power and not heard the news today, The Beatles music library is now available from Apple’s iTunes store for download. Joy. No, I’m not overly enthused by this, as I already own digital copies of all the Beatles music that I’m interested in. I bought them on CD years ago, and…
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Little Screen:Big Screen
If you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, you may be a bit concerned about adding an iPad to your hardware arsenal. I know I was. Especially since I was dreading purchasing new HD versions of some of the games I’d already had running on my Touch. But I made the leap and have a…
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Best Skins Ever — Perhaps
I’m a bit prissy when it comes to my display screens on my mobile devices and technology. I like putting screen scratch protectors on them. To protect them. To give me the peace-of-mind that they’ll survive the harsh treatment they get in my various bags and packs, and that the protector, not the screen, will…
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The Steve Jobs Way
Tomorrow Apple will likely announce a new look and feel for the MacBook Air and an update (perhaps significant) to their flagship operating system, OSX. And once again, the reality distortion field surrounding Steve Jobs’ presentations will be set to full power. It’ll be an interesting day, I’m sure. Especially since Steve ripped into Google,…
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This is the week that was
Wow. I complain that the tech news week is slow, so what happens? Stuff. iPad speculation, high-tech worms, a new tablet computer from RIM and much, MUCH MORE! Apple I Own An iPad, So What Do I do With It? NPD has released the second in its series of iPad surveys. While the first looked at buying…
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Protecting your tech
When ever I get a new tech device, especially one that’s small, portable, and has a display screen, I immediately look to protecting that screen and device. I’m kinda clumsy at times, and anything that can protect my hardware from *me* is a worthwhile investment. I dropped my iPod Touch down the stairs last year,…
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My iPad steering wheel mount
I’ve written before about using the Joby Gorilla Pod flexible tripod as an iPad desktop stand, but today was inspired to use it as a temporary steering wheel mount while waiting to meet someone. Yes, due to an appointment scheduling issue, I was 45 minutes early so had a bit of time on my hands. Damn flexible…
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Quartet on iPad — Sweet Dream [Video]
Happy Friday! Found this earlier in the week and decided it’d be perfect for my current fascination with iPad music apps. Four musicians playing amplified iPads as a quartet. Quite nice! The iPad Orchestra from Alex Shpil on Vimeo. Oh, and the app they’re playing is Seline HD — I’ve not checked it out yet, but…
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iPredict: some new stuff from Apple on Wednesday.
Once again we’re on the cusp of Apple’s annual Fall ‘event’. Over the last few years it’s been focused on Apple’s vision of music, entertainment, and the hardware technology needed by us, the consumers, to realize that vision. So in two days, September 1, we’ll know what that vision of the future looks like. But…
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i(pad) of the Tiger [video]
This video made the rounds earlier this week but was (I thought) cool enough to hang out here too. Remake of Survivor’s classic Eye of the Tiger, with all the instruments replaced by their digital counterparts living within the Apple iPad App ecosystem. ipad + “Eye of the Tiger” from Jordan Hollender on Vimeo.
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Battery life of a Microbe
My wife uses an expression to describe battery-powered technology that runs out of juice before it ‘should’ — Battery Life of a Flea, is how she describes it. Well, if you thought you had problems with iPhone or iPod Touch battery life before, the new iOS4 update will not make you happy. According to many anecdotal…