iPhone and iPad from a Sharp Canadian Perspective
Some analysts are saying that Apple’s iPhone announcements are getting boring because the look of the phone isn’t changing and most of the features are predicted in advance. What they don’t understand is the magic is in the Turn.
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Cult of Mac has some infographics on the amount of consensus regarding rumoured iPhone 5 features. I put these into three categories: – Beneficial – Better – Change with pain factor How the features fall into each category may change as more is known about them especially with regards to what customer value they provide.
What to do with your new iPad Congratulations, one of the most important decisions is to start something new and your decision to buy an iPad is the start of something good that can provide you with hours of enjoyment and accomplishment. When it was first introduced the iPad was misunderstood and compared against the
Interesting timing that the Ottawa Citizen posted an article on how educators need to embrace smartphone use in education a couple of days after I did a toastmasters table topics speech on this same topic. In my speech I made the comparison with slide rules which were accepted in the classroom but calculators and smartphones
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The time management ninja reviews how the iPad has replaced many devices. No wonder it is so popular. How the iPad Simplified Our Lives & 12 Devices It Has Replaced | Time Management Ninja: “” (Via Time Management Ninja.)
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There is an incredibly rich selection of text editors for IOS. Federico Viticci does a review on his 4 IOS text editor favourites and also has done a review on Byword which only recently been introduced on IOS (IA Writer also deserves an honourable mention). I agree for the most part with Federico’s selections and
Apple celebrated 25 billion IOS apps downloaded by awarding a $10,000 iTunes credit to Chunli Fu of Qingdao, China who downloaded Where’s My Water? which is number 17 on the all-time top iPad apps. With the low price of apps and music, $10,000 is a lot of downloads. Also published is a list of the
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This American life broadcasts some really interesting, educational, and revealing episodes that dig beneath the headlines to change how you think about what is happening in the world. A recent compelling episode #454 Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory is about the expose that was done by Mike Daisey about conditions in Chinese factories and
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As surprising as it might sound when the richness and diversity of IOS apps are considered, one of the killer apps for me on my iPad and iPhone is Simplenote (and nvAlt on the Mac). Text notes that are always in sync between your iPad and computer (even Windows with the free Resophnotes application) are
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A recurring theme in my blogs is how personal learning and training can be the best way to get more efficiency, effectiveness, and enjoyment out of your systems (after you have chosen the best products to work with). MacSparky’s book, iPad at Work, explains in detail how to get more value from your iPad. If