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An interesting read here from a Times columnist about moving into a post pc future and just how well the iPad copes with being a content creation tool. I personally fall into the consumption role and not using the iPad no where near as much as should for blogging, ideas etc.
It’s almost here. Is that an Apple style teaser for the iPhone 5 announcement on the 12th September? Press invites have been sent (hey apple, what about us). You can expect rumours to be fever pitch for the next 8 days…
After reading “David Chartier wonders why the 7-inch product category even exists” it got me to thinking about a few iPad things.
With the original iPad being released in 2010, why is it now “obvious” that the tablet segment needs a smaller form factor? 2 long years have passed since Apple undoubtably created something that shook the market up. Ok so Apple doesn’t create new products but they create desire, taking parts and processes from existing lines and bringing them together in a fashions that had yet to be realised but seem obvious when done so. At the very least you can argue that Apple creates products that define a generation or at least inspire companies to copy their lead.
Continue reading → Is there really a need for an iPad mini? Are 7″ tablets over-rated?
Air drop has proved invaluable these last few weeks for shifting data from my old Macbook over to my iMac. Sure I could go down the USB drive route but often it’s just one file that I need and plugging in, copying, ejecting, unplugging, plugging in again gets tedious. Airdrop is great for that but it’s a pain you couldn’t use it over ethernet until now.
Continue reading → How To Use AirDrop Over Ethernet (Hackintosh Tested)
Macally is becoming one of those companies that make generally handy products. Last year I reviewed the MacAlly Pad stand which holds your iPad safe and secure upside down, ready for mounting in the kitchen or anywhere else it could be just “handy”. You can see my shaking test to show you just how well it grips on the review page.
Continue reading → Reviewed : Macally Audio3 3-Way Headphone Splitter
When this case arrived in the EssentialMac plaza (shack by the sea) initially it was met with a sigh by my co-workers. Yet another case lands on the doormat do we review it, write back with a thanks but no thanks but this one was different. It’s clear that Noreve are out to live up to haute couture stylings and deliver something a little bit special from the moment you open the box up.
Continue reading → Review : Noreve Exceptional Selection Leather iPhone Case
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Remember that innovation will now be dead in the water thanks to Apple (yeah right). Here’s a nice post about laptops before and after the Macbook air was released. So… that Samsung air looks original..
At this year’s IFA, Elgato have announced three new products and features that will make sure you’re always entertained. For those of you who like mobile TV on the go but without internet charges these might just be what you’re looking for, The EyeTV Mobile & EyeTV Micro.
Continue reading → Elgato EyeTV Mobile & EyeTV Micro Announced
…this suggests that the iPad Mini is, effectively, an iPad 2: an A5 with 512 MB of RAM and enough GPU power to drive the display..
An interesting little snippet here from Marco.org coming up with an interesting theory. Tim Cook’s well known for making the most of supply chain and sending hardware down the chain. After the iPad 2 cpu got a shrinking down to 32nm from 45nm it’s seems only logical to throw this into the iPad mini driving a smaller screen.
Speaking of the screen, I’m not sure I could go back to a 3gs resolution screen and only running at 1024 * 768 even if it’s hitting 132ppi. Consider that to the Nexus 7 display 1,280 by 800 pixels, or 216 pixels per inch (ppi).
For Apple to release a product that’s in anyway inferiror into the 7″ ish tablet market would be a bad move.
Well it’s that time of year again, the back to school moment looms over us like the end of summer. Luckily our site sponsor this month, Proporta has it all covered with a discount code for their smartphones, laptops, tablets and other gadgets accessories.
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Continue reading → Proporta Discount Codes For Fantastic Back to School Offers
An out of the blue tweet shines a bit of light the question, will Lovefilm come to Youview? This tweet posted by a Lovefilm staffer may bring another film alternative to the expensive Sky Now film offering.
According to this SeenIT, YouView partner TalkTalk is offering LOVEFiLM Instant as part of their YouView offering however a LOVEFiLM spokesperson declined to comment on the Tweet and failed to suggest that it referred to the TalkTalk offering. I wrote a humungous YouView Review which you might be interested in checking out.
Let the $100 profit trolling comments start. Based largely upon the existing costs of components used in the iPad 2, Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire it’s reckoned the iPad mini may cost $189.32 to build there are however some missing costs in these figures.
Continue reading → £299 iPad mini Could Cost Apple Just £189 To Make
I’ve always said that if you want to reduce online show pirating reduce that time between a shows first airing and shows being available online in different countries. BBC have just announced that Dr Who will be available to Australia just mere seconds after the showing in the UK. You want to stop people torrenting shows? Make sure that theres no need to..
Continue reading → Finally Someone Gets it. Dr Who Available Online Seconds After Showing
After winning their case with Samsung recently Apple are now trying to stop sales on 8 of the 28 Samsung products found to be infringing Apple patents. The products include the Galaxy S 4G, the Galaxy S2 for AT&T, the Galaxy S2 for Skyrocket, the Galaxy S2 for T-Mobile, the Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, the Galaxy S Showcase, the Droid Charge and the Galaxy Prevail.
The flagship for Samsung, Galaxy s3 remains untouched.