T-Mobile’s new no-contract plans for the iPhone and other smartphones is the best thing to hit the iPhone enthusiast world in a long time. The fact that T-Mobile can now officially sell the iPhone 5 isn’t a big deal. I doubt many people will attempt to get out their existing AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon contracts [...]
The NCAA March Madness Live app is pretty good, no doubt about it. It lets you stream live NCAA basketball tournament games free from your mobile device. It works via WiFi or via your cellular service connection, and while it’s a far cry from an HDTV in your living room, it’s better than being stuck [...]
I don’t know what’s going on with Apple’s marketing effort lately, except something has clearly changed. Most of the TV commercials are lackluster, like the new Discover and Brilliant ads. On the surface, they should be nifty and cool with a drum beat, shouts, and action, but they miss the mark. Why? The manicured hands [...]
After IDC’s recent report on the projected 2013 tablet shipment market — and 2017 projections — I was left scratching my head. IDC thinks Android will ship on more tablets this year (thanks to smaller, 7-inch or so form factors) than Apple will ship iPads. Android will nab 48.8 percent of the market to Apple’s [...]
The iPad has become astoundingly amazing, picking up where the iPhone started and extending the whole iOS ecosystem in ways that are often surprising and delightful. Case in point: 123D Creature, an iPad app by Autodesk that lets you build, hone, and paint your own monstrous creation. In the first step, you can add bones [...]
Apple is now King of the Hill, despite a rising horde of Android-based devices and despite a Mac that’s still a minority in a bigger world of PCs. The iPad is astoundingly the dominant tablet, and the MacBooks, iMac, and Mac mini are outselling any single other manufacturer’s offerings. The iPhone retains fantastic uptake in [...]
The Puffin mobile browser is fast, wicked fast. It’s clearly faster than Apple’s built-in Safari, plus it’ll run Flash-based web sites. In some situations, this is quite handy. For most situations, it probably won’t change your life. There’s some nifty additional features, too, like a built-in trackpad mouse pointer option, which is handy for those [...]
Some of the best things I love about Apple also sometimes become the things I hate: Love the durable MacBook Pros with single button trackpads, the Magic Mouse with functionality despite the single smooth surface, and easy user interfaces. But the MacBook Pros with Retina Display come saddled with difficult-to-upgrade (or nearly impossible) memory and [...]
I’ll hit Craigslist hard for weeks or months at a time when I’m on the prowl for something particular, like an old XR650L. Eventually, I’ll find it. The trouble with Craigslist, though, is that the online mobile classified ad juggernaut most consistently rewards the fastest potential customers. If you spot a good deal, you better [...]
But I would prefer the Retina Version:
Why? Bit lighter, but the screen is sharper, and since I spend long hours in front of the screen every day, I would appreciate the extra crispness of the Retina Display. Buyers remorse? Not yet. But next time, yes, I'll save the quarters until the Retina is in reach.
