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// November 5th, 2012 // No Comments » // Apple, Funny Stuff, iOS, iPad, Video
Fellow Apple fans should find this as funny as I did. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the iPad Mini commercials playing “Heart and Soul.” This riffs on that commercial and concept.
Pretty amusing IMHO.
// June 4th, 2012 // No Comments » // Gaming, iPad, iPhone, Tech, TV Talk
This is something that can and will get some use in our household. Between this announcement and the recent announcement of Amazon Instant Video on Xbox 360, our Xbox 360 in the living room just got a lot more useful.
// July 16th, 2011 // No Comments » // Cycling, iPad, iPhone
Very timely post over at tuaw.com as the 2011 Tour de France is 14 stages (with Garmin-Cervelo sprinter Thor Hushovd taking yesterday’s stage in his world champion colors).
Here’s a nice little list of apps for the cycling enthusiast. I’d also add RunKeeper app and web site as well. The app is free now. I recently bought the elite setup too so my wife and son can track my rides when I’m out and about on my two wheels. While it’s not as accurate as my Garmin 500 GPS on my handlebars, the near-live location update is great piece-of-mind for the wifey.
// March 11th, 2011 // No Comments » // Apple, iPad
So any of you current iPad owners out there. Just a quick note I saw from Tuaw.com. With the iPad 2 going on sale today (an hour ago here in my time zone), a lot of apps are going to be on sale in the app store this weekend. If you’ve had your eye on an app or two, this weekend might be the perfect time to pull the trigger!
Lots of iPad Games Go on Sale This Weekend, Likely More to Come
// March 2nd, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Apple
OK, I’d be remiss if I didn’t chime in on Apple’s iPad 2 announced today. If you’ve already got the original, there’s not really anything here to make you want to upgrade. Sure, it’s got cameras front and back now, matching the iPod and iPhone, and it’s faster and thinner, but the second generation in my mind is just tweaking the original. There were rumors that the iPad might go carbon fiber. Being a bike geek, I’d love to see the iPad wrapped in carbon fiber. When it does, I might have to request an iPad of my own.
Honestly though, the coolest thing about the iPad 2 is its newly-redesigned magnetic case, which covers the screen, making the screen sleep instantly. It also folds to allow the iPad to be propped up securely in either landscape or portrait. To me, that’s the coolest feature of the second generation iPad.
I think I’ll hold out for the third one, in the hopes of it being more evolutionary and some carbon fiber.
// February 6th, 2011 // No Comments » // Apple, Sports Stuff, Tech
As the Super Bowl gets ready to start here in a little bit, thought it was appropriate to post this today, though I really don’t see this happening anytime soon. You’re talking about talking a durable little book and replacing it with a $499+ fragile piece of hardware. Sure, it would offer up some cool applications, sharing and networking stuff, but so many head coaches are antiquated dinosaurs. I just don’t see it happening, nor really the need.
// January 5th, 2011 // No Comments » // Apple, Music
This would be perfect in our household for setting an iPad up while reading guitar tablature and playing the guitar — that is if a computer weren’t within a few feet of the guitar and amplifier. Regardless, it’s a cool little idea, and could come in handy for all kinds of musicians/iPad geeks.
// August 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // Apple, Internet / Web, Tech
How many times have you actually said, “man, it’s great being a Time Warner Cable customer?” You can probably count on one hand, while still making a fist. But, this sounds promising. Time Warner is supposedly developing an app for the iPad to stream television content — both live and on-demand stuff. Now if I only had an iPad. Hopefully, it’ll get released for the iPhone as well.
Time Warner Cable iPad App to Deliver On-Demand TV Streaming
// April 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Apple, Computers
iTunes has come a long way from its OS X only roots of being merely a way to organize and play your music. It’s now more of a media hub — pretty crucial to all consumer electronics products Apple has released — iPods, iPhones, iPads and even the AppleTV. It’s now includes their store for music, videos, podcasts and applications.
Smart playlists are awesome and are the feature I love the most. The fairlty recently added genius setup is wonderful too. But like every hot-headed consumer, I want more. Below are a list of things that I’d love to see Apple implement with iTunes:
// April 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Apple
I’ve obviously been spending more time in the Apple Store these days, and got my hands on it iPad, and have gotten to play around with a whole slew of apps. Let me first say, the screen is great. The size is perfect. But I’m still not rushing out and getting one. I’m not as anti-iPad as I once was, cause like I had originally said, I wanted to hold and play with one and would reserve judgment.
I really like the book reader, and any video playing on it was great. I played a couple videos of our little boy that had been posted on YouTube and it was amazing little clear and brought a big smile to my face. The wife has started to come around on the device, and showing her Tyler on it would probably bring her over the edge.
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