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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Poor comparison

This makes no sense. The latest iPad delivers new enhancements at an even faster pace than last year’s iPad 2. While it took Apple four years to bring its Retina Display to iPhone 4, iPad is getting similar treatment in just three. After the Verge’s “18.7% hotter” headline yesterday, it seems necessary that we all [...]

Sparrow for Mac – $6

I highly recommend Sparrow if you need an alternative or second mail client on your Mac. I took a friend’s suggestion to use Sparrow for personal mail accounts and Mail.app for work.

Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water

Google flushes heat from data center with toilet water: On Thursday, Google revealed that it’s now working with the Douglasville-Douglas County Water and Sewer Authority to cool the facility with 100 percent recycled water. “When the residents of the county take showers and flush their toilets, they’re helping to cool our data center,” Joe Kava, [...]

iPad (3) teardown

iFixit got their hands on a 4G iPad (3). It’s almost entirely screen and battery in there.

Gruber reviews the iPad

link Pixels pixels pixels. Battery battery battery. Speed speed speed. Bonus points for correct use of the word “infinitely” the new camera is decidedly better than the one in the iPad 2 (and infinitely better than the no-camera in the original iPad)

LTE coverage in Champaign

For those of you looking to buy an iPad tomorrow, you may be interested to know that Verizon has their LTE network up and running in Champaign while AT&T does not. Verizon LTE AT&T LTE

The Verge reviews the new iPad

Joshua Topolsky: With many modern mobile devices, there’s this constant, nagging sensation that it’s going to jam up, freeze, or otherwise not respond to your commands. That sensation is nowhere to be found on the new iPad — and it’s a relief. Fits my experience with Android and WebOS tablets.

Android still lags behind

I had occasion to visit a Verizon store this weekend and took some time to play around with the various Android and Windows Phone devices. I was struck by how completely awful the user experience was on almost all of the tablets they had on display. The navigation was jerky and the home screens cluttered. [...]

Next AppleTV will include Siri

I’ve wanted to write this for a long time: Sources familiar with the matter… have confirmed that the upcoming AppleTV will include Siri. My sources have been able to confirm that Siri will be a part of the next AppleTV release. It will likely be announced alongside the new iPad this Wednesday. With a lesser [...]