Where Pages and Numbers fall short.

June 15, 2011

We make a lot of impulse buys on Apple’s AppStore, usually because we figure that we’ll use a given sale-priced app eventually, so we may as well pick it up now at a discount. Other impulse buys are apps that we figure we’ll eventually use, which we don’t expect to go on sale soon. These [...]

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Small, evolutionary changes are better.

June 14, 2011

In a response to Paul Thorrott on Apple not making giant leaps between major OS revisions, John Gruber points out the difference is clearer when you look at OS X from its first incarnation to today: With Mac OS X in particular, to my recollection, Thurrott has had this same take for every single major [...]

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Apple web apps need to stay.

June 8, 2011

With Apple’s iCloud on the horizon, TUAW’s Steven Sande is speculating a death-knell for Mobile Me’s offerings, even though Mobile Me is supposed to transition over to the new iCloud. One of the features Sande thinks will disappear with iCloud is web-based apps: I’d speculate that the web-based versions of Mail, Contacts, and Calendar will [...]

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Positioning to dominate.

June 8, 2011

A little over half a year ago, we reported on our experience using an iPad as our go-to computing device, after an iPad replaced our MacBook Pro. That wasn’t the first time we addressed the issue of the iPad being a tethered device, but it framed the issue with real-world experience in mind: Right now, [...]

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Going too far with iPhone cases.

June 3, 2011

The iPhone case frenzy has officially become retarded, thanks to entries like Snow Peak’s new titanium cover. Not only does it come in at $120, but it degrades cellular reception. But it’s the desire to encase every gadget in plastic or metal that has us really confused, and it’s a bandwagon we found ourselves on [...]

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If eBooks are so successful, why the push-back?

May 20, 2011

Things have come a long way since we voiced our concerns on eBooks two years ago. Today, our primary medium for books is the iPad, as we alternate between iBooks and the Amazon Kindle app1. When a book isn’t out for either reader, we’re more likely to wait on a purchase. We don’t seem to [...]

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