Panic’s ‘Code Editor’, and the Lack of Pro Apps for iPad
Panic’s discontinued Code Editor exposes how iPad restrictions and App Store economics keep powerful hardware from getting professional software.
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Thoughts on Apple’s “Spring Loaded” Event
If you were hoping for Apple to sell you a $350 keychain, I have good news!
Earlier today I played with iPad Pro at the mall (super briefly because I had a bored toddler waiting for me)
Earlier today I played with iPad Pro at the mall (super briefly because I had a bored toddler waiting for me). These are my impressions:
iOS 4.2 Beta Drops, and Apple Announces ‘AirPrint’
The first developer beta of iOS 4.2—the first 4.x release that's compatible with the iPad—is now available to registered iOS Developer Program members. The new software will include a new wireless printing technology called 'AirPrint';…
Dustin Curtis: “The Death of Files”
This guy gets it: When you want to eat, you go to the refrigerator. When you want to listen to music, you go to your stereo system. Completing these actions just requires knowing the locations of the things you want to use. If you want to…
Ten Weeks Later…
Yesterday was the iPad's launch day. It's a new beginning, and the consensus so far seems to be that the iPad really is a new kind of device, that the future of computing will look more like this magical multi-touch gadget than the clunky…
The Soloist
Zach Holman hypothesizes that the iPad's lack of multitasking as we know it — its single-window UI paradigm — isn't a bug, or just a feature, but the secret sauce that makes iPhone OS apps so tasty. You play differently when you're on…
Steve Jobs Fires Up iPad For E-mail
Never let it be said Apple's CEO doesn't use his own products: for the second time recently an Apple customer reports having gotten a one-word e-mail answer to a question from Jobs himself. The latest question: will the iPhone OS get a…
No more computers.
Most people wouldn't even think of file management as a feature of traditional computers; files are just always there, like grass or rocks, part of the landscape. It's not just that filesystems are ubiquitous. From a technical standpoint,…
Apple Lets Out a Few More iPad Details
Not only can you now [pre-order][ippo] or [reserve][ipr] the iPad, Apple has updated their site with some fresh info about the device. The biggest news is about the iBooks app: yes, it will support DRM-free ePub books from any publisher,…
iPad Has a Ship Date: April 3
That's just the regular Wi-Fi model; Wi-Fi + 3G ones aren't out until "late April." Both versions will be available for pre-order (either for shipping, or for in-store pickup at an Apple Retail Store) starting next Friday, March 12. Note…
The iPad is smaller than you think.
Dave Pell: “I Can’t Read Anything Longer Than This Headline” The introduction of the iPad has re-energized an ongoing technology debate. Is it better to have one device that does a whole lot of things, or do certain activities require a…
OmniGroup: iPad or Bust
Omni CEO Ken Case: We’re really excited about Apple’s iPad, and we want to make all of our products available for it as soon as we can. Yes, we already had a big year planned for 2010, with several long-anticipated major product…
Jason Calacanis Says Apple Gave Him A Tablet
Calacanis says it has an OLED screen, a solar panel for recharging, an HDTV tuner and a DVR built-in. He also says there's a Farmville app for the Tablet, that Steve Jobs himself is going to demo it onstage today, and it's "insane." (Note…
Dustin Curtis has pictures of The Tablet.
Well, maybe. They look real, and they look right. The Tablet could just be a gigantic iPod touch, or this could be a gigantic hoax. 24 hours to go until we find out.
Predictions for Wednesday’s Apple Event
When writing about things I'm passionate about, such as Apple products, I tend to be long-winded in a misguided attempt to demonstrate just how much I know about the subject at hand. This usually results in me spending days crafting a…
Apple Sees New Money in Old Media
The WSJ: Apple has recently been in discussions with book, magazine and newspaper publishers about how they can work together. The company has talked with New York Times Co., Condé Nast Publications Inc. and HarperCollins Publishers and…