A look at where the upcoming Apple Tablet could fit within the current device market and how it will continue to shift the focus away from the desktop towards one based on mobile connectivity. – It’s coming down to the wire and final predictions for the Apple Tablet continue to roll in. The anticipation has [...]
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The Tablet Sweet Spot
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, iphone, tablet on January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Google Maps with live and predictive traffic forecasting… Who knew!?
Posted in Analysis, tagged google, maps on January 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I drafted the below post over the holiday’s in all the excitement leading up to the launch of Nexus One. All the talk got me thinking about some of the powerful applications Google could contribute to as their mobile platform continues to grow. Turns out, what I’ve described below pretty much already exists! If, like [...]
What to do with an iPhone?
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, Digital Life, games, iphone, life, sync on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mandi asks… Any good tips for a noob to this fancy-schmancy world of phones intersecting with other technologies? Just got an iPhone since ATT only has NICE phones these days! What are the first things I should look into with this contraption? Once upon a time, a phone just needed to be able to call [...]
iPhone OS sales figures
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, ds, gaming, iphone, nintendo on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve previously written about Apple being a strong competitor to Nintendo’s mobile gaming darling, the DS. In today’s Apple Event about iPhone 3.0, some interesting tidbits came out that shed even more light on the situation. Specifically, the announcement that over 30 million iPhone OS devices have been sold to date. This is a nice [...]
News-flash: Online media outlets pass print. TV up next.
Posted in Analysis, tagged Digital Life, nbc, news, podcast on January 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Following my post about digital formats threatening Blu-ray, the Pew Research Center has a report out indicating that the internet continues to make serious gains as a source for news compared to traditional outlets like television and newspapers. The internet, which emerged this year as a leading source for campaign news, has now surpassed all [...]
It’s Over (or just beginning): iTunes is DRM-Free
Posted in Analysis, tagged amazon, Apple, Digital Life, drm, free, itunes, music on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a bit of a battle over the last few years but DRM-free music is finally here. Let’s recap: ~2006 and prior – Music industry can’t fathom the possability of DRM-Free music… it will be the end of the Industry. Feb 2007 – Steve Jobs writes ‘Thoughts on Music‘. The third alternative is to [...]
Nintendo dominating gaming sales but here comes Apple
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, Digital Life, ds, games, gaming, iphone, ipod, nintendo, psp, sales, touch on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let’s cut to the chase… the iPhone has been huge. Plenty of smart people predicted it would be a flop either because they simply missed the mark, or perhaps more cynically, because they just didn’t want to believe it. Well, in only 18 months it’s become clear that Apple is having a field day with [...]
Backpack for Travel Plans
Posted in Analysis, How To, tagged 37signals, backpack, Digital Life, organization on September 13, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’ve now been a happy paying customer for 37signals’ Backpack for well over 2 years. Over that time the app has become far more convenient and polished to use and I’ve personally found better and better ways to get value out of it. Case in point, planning a trip. Now I’m certainly not the only [...]
Quicklook and Coverflow – Better than you think.
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, quicklook on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
At first glance adding Coverflow and Quicklook to OS X Leopard appeared to be largely for the aesthetics. Over the last 6 weeks I’ve come to use Quicklook almost daily but it wasn’t until today at work (PCs only) that I’m missing it dreadfully. I’m trying to clear through the files on my PC and [...]
Gmail – Now with Free IMAP Support
Posted in Analysis, tagged Apple, Digital Life, email, gmail, google, IMAP, iphone on October 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
For those of us who can’t get enough of our 2 GB no 3 GB no wait, now 4+ Gigs of free Ad-supported Gmail goodness, Google upped the ante on Wednesday by enabling FREE IMAP access (finally) for all accounts to the delight of many. A fair amount has already been covered on this topic [...]
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