iPad haters: external keyboards are not cryptids.

August 11, 2011

Gary Arndt talks about using the iPad while traveling, and his review is perfectly reasonable until he mentions content creation. [The iPad] is fine for sending out tweets, replying to email or updating Facebook. I have never written a blog post nor have I edited a photo taken on my SLR with the iPad. I [...]

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A tower of tiny consequences.

July 21, 2011

While the Sim City franchise was the flagship for the Sim genre, other Sim games managed to capture an audience as well, offering similar gameplay but in a different setting. One such title was Sim Tower, released in 1994, which resembled Sim City in most aspects, but instead of building a city across a landmass, [...]

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The value of AppleCare.

June 28, 2011

Not typically a fan of extended warranties, we do make an exception: AppleCare. And that’s because had we not invested in AppleCare in the past, we would have been royally screwed. This, contrary to the Apple-products-are-rock-solid belief that many, including Shawn Blanc, share: For the record, I bought AppleCare once. It was for my first [...]

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Don’t expect an iPhone lite.

June 28, 2011

When Deutsche Bank’s Chris Whitmore claimed Apple would release a second iPhone model, we considered it just another random claim. After all, people have been saying for years that Apple would release an iPhone variant model, be it smaller than the original, or otherwise watered down. John Gruber weighed in on the claim and considers [...]

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Apple’s console already exists.

June 23, 2011

We’ve been somewhat critical of the Apple TV as a gaming console, and when we last wrote about the subject, we proferred that the key to Apple’s gaming platform success was already achieved in Apple’s mobile devices: Technologies like AirPlay, or even video-out adapters, may well serve gamers to stream iPhone and iPad gaming to [...]

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iPhone motorcycle issues.

June 21, 2011

Last year, we talked about heat issues with the iPhone 3GS. That was before we got an iPhone 4, which may very well have better heat dissipation than the 3GS, but not by enough. One of the reasons we wanted a white iPhone 4 was because the surface would reflect more light and thus help, [...]

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