February 2012
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iPad 3 predictions
So Apple has announced the March 7 media event, and it sure looks like the iPad 3 will be the focus. Macworld has a good rundown of the rumours surrounding the iPad and the event. So, like last year, I thought I’d weigh in with my opinions on the expectations.
Retina Display: The strongest rumour surrounding the new iPad is the retina display. A retina display would make images on the iPad look...
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The Star Wars Saga: suggested viewing order →
Rod Hilton suggest a novel approach to watching the Star Wars Saga.
I’ve previously pondered over which version of the movies to introduce to my son when he’s old enough to begin training, but I had always intended to show it in release order; I hadn’t considered there were alternatives other than episode order.
While I’m actually more fond of The Phantom Menace than the...
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MG Siegler: What if... (Office for iPad edition) →
MG Siegler has been covering the fiasco surrounding the supposed Office for iPad, and posits and interesting theory: what if Microsoft is set to announce Office for iPad at the iPad 3 launch next month?
I think if Microsoft were to launch Office for iPad, the iPad 3 launch would give them the best possible publicity they could get. I think this theory is quite feasible.
But is it too late for...
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Andy Ihnatko: Heavy hangs the bandwidth that... →
The world does not OWE you Season 1 of “Game Of Thrones” in the form you want it at the moment you want it at the price you want to pay for it. If it’s not available under 100% your terms, you have the free-and-clear option of not having it.
I think a lot of what Andy Ihnatko has to say is a celestial waste of bandwidth, but I could not agree more with his reaction to the Oatmeal’s...
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Woodley →
I watched the first episode of Frank Woodley’s new 8-part show last night. It’s fantastic. I’m looking forward to the rest.
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Mountain Lion: Hands on with Safari →
During my last two weeks of blogging down-time, Apple subtly announced the next version of OS X: Mountain Lion.
There’s a lot of new and exciting changes coming, and a lot has been written about it already. More consistency between the Mac and iOS is definitely a good thing.
Yet the software I’m finding most intriguing isn’t something taken from iOS at all: it’s good...
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70 percent of all smartphones sold by AT&T and... →
Via Daring Fireball.
So it seems in my previous analysis of the Android userbase, I left out “people who couldn’t wait for the iPhone to come to their carrier of choice”. It seems Android’s meteoric rise was due at least in part to limited availability of the iPhone. Going forward the smartphone landscape will get very interesting.
I’d be very interested to look...
January 2012
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iPhone design
In my Apple predictions I went against the consensus and predicted that Apple would not significantly alter the design of the iPhone in the next iteration.
You may recall that before the release of the iPhone 4S, rumours of a tapered, asymmetrical design with a bigger screen popped up. Some case manufacturers even gambled on this being the new design.
Yet I was skeptical as soon as I saw the...