We’ve all gotten used to the term “On Demand” But these days, if you have an iPad, that phrase takes on a whole new meaning when you talk about news and information. Now, with some very polished apps, you can instantly create your own newspaper or magazine that only contains information on the topics that [...] Read more...
My new Mobile Technology Platform
I now have a new on-the-go technology platform. Meet my brand new Class B motor home: A gently used 2006 Roadtrek Adventurous motor home. I plan to take it to a lot of places, with bikes in the back (first extra I bought was a bike rack), hiking shoes inside and plans to do lots [...] Read more...
New iPad has its problems
The new iPad may be setting new sales records for Apple, but it’s not without a couple of problems. On is apparently no big deal. The other, though, could prove frustrating for lots of hardcore iPad users. You may have seen the consumer reviews that report the new iPad is 10 degrees or so hotter [...] Read more...
My elegant new low tech journal
I shared in a previous post how my experiment to abandon pen and paper in favor of note taking on my iPad failed miserably in the first two hours of a day-long business meeting. Although I had loaded up my iPad with a dozen note taking apps and even bought a stylus that would let [...] Read more...
Can Android spark new life for the point-and-shoot camera?
The digital photography industry has been experiencing some change – that’s probably the nicest way to say it. The smartphone camera and the rise of third-gen cameras have squeezed this industry into a rather uncomfortable position, and adapting is proving more difficult than anyone expected Read more...
Apple squares off with Motorola, Nokia, RIM over nano-SIMs
Apple's proposed extra-small SIM card standard has triggered a war it's currently likely to win, sources uncovered Tuesday. The format, nicknamed a "nano-SIM" by the FT in its purported leak, was opposed by proposals from Motorola, Nokia, and RIM Read more...
It’s becoming an Apple world in some businesses
Just returned from a three-day business leadership retreat. There were 13 execs in attendance. Everyone was wired. Here’s the breakdown on what everyone was using at the conference table: There were: 3 PCs 4 MacBook Pros 5 iPads 1 guy used his iPhone for connectivity This is a fairly conservative industry group. But Apple clearly [...] Read more...
Briefly: UK iPad sales up 80 percent, China smuggling iPads
Sales of the new iPad are up as much as 80 percent over last year's launch of the iPad 2, sources at one of the larger retail outlets for Apple gear in the UK have told Pocket-Lint. One PC World outlet in London, which opened its doors at midnight for a special first-day sale, says it sold a new iPad every 20 seconds for the entire 90 minutes it was open for the sale. Currys, owned by the same company, also reported 80 percent higher sales... Read more...
Lawyer: Slain Fla. teen’s friend heard altercation
The attorney for the family of a black teenager fatally shot by a neighborhood watch captain said Tuesday that the boy was talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone when the confrontation began. She heard an exchange of words, what sounded like a scuffle but not the shooting. Read more...
Nokia issues patent for vibrating tattoos
Cell phone company Nokia has issued a patent for a material that could be attached to human skin and would vibrate to alert the wearer of an incoming call or text message. The Wall Street Journal reports the patent application filed by Nokia last September would create, "a material attachable to skin, the material capable Read more...