Category

IPAD

Digital Newspapers

Following on from some of early articles this week on news and newspapers, Shaun at PDA-247 has written a blog post Digital Newspapers: Stuck at Page One? which covers his experience of The Times Online on the iPad. In the post, he thinks that he's getting value for money for his £2 a week as the content and presentation are

Amazon Kindle E-Books

Shortly after getting my HTC Evo phone, one of the initial apps I downloaded from the Android Marketplace was the Amazon Kindle app with the idea I’d probably check it out at some point. Weeks went by, and I pretty much ignored the app. Yesterday I was talking to a good friend that is in the process of formatting e-books

Ebooks and Education

I love ebooks.  They could become an invaluable part of everyones life, especially for the student.   Can you imagine being a student where you could search your text books, copy and paste for your study notes or a term paper?  The program integrates with the word processor for automatic documentation and crediting.  The reader searches the books in your library

Living With The Sprint HTC Evo

I’ve been living with my HTC Evo now for a few weeks, long enough where I can make a few informed observations about the device. The Evo’s 4.3 inch multi-touch screen is superb. I’ve been surprised by the brightness and readability of the Evo’s screen even in a vehicle or outdoors in sunlight. The screen is big enough to be

Venturing Into Unknown Territory

If you are looking for an interesting listen, check out the Steve Jobs interview at the 2010 D8 Conference. If you would rather watch the video, here's that version. One of the interesting things Mr. Jobs said is that this phenomena of mobile apps that has really exploded in the past three years is something new, something we haven’t seen

iPhone and Android OS Updates

Apple introduced the new iPhone and iPad OS 4 to be released this summer and fall.  In January Google released Android 2.1.  Now this week at it's own conference it will introduce 2.2.  What's the difference?   How soon it will make it to the phones. Because of the open nature of Android each manufacturer is tweaking or establishing a cover

10 Things That Surprised Me About the iPad

I know what you're saying when you read this, "just another iPad review article." You can find a ton of articles on the web reviewing the iPad, so I thought I would tell you the 10 things that surprised me about the iPad. I received my iPad by special UPS Saturday delievery and had about 24 hours to play with