iPad haters: external keyboards are not cryptids.

by WyldKard on August 11, 2011

Gary Arndt talks about using the iPad while traveling, and his review is perfectly reasonable until he mentions content creation. [The iPad] is fine for sending out tweets, replying to email or updating Facebook. I have never written a blog post nor have I edited a photo taken on my SLR with the iPad. I [...]

Small, evolutionary changes are better.

by WyldKard on June 14, 2011

In a response to Paul Thorrott on Apple not making giant leaps between major OS revisions, John Gruber points out the difference is clearer when you look at OS X from its first incarnation to today: With Mac OS X in particular, to my recollection, Thurrott has had this same take for every single major [...]

Going too far with iPhone cases.

by WyldKard on June 3, 2011

The iPhone case frenzy has officially become retarded, thanks to entries like Snow Peak’s new titanium cover. Not only does it come in at $120, but it degrades cellular reception. But it’s the desire to encase every gadget in plastic or metal that has us really confused, and it’s a bandwagon we found ourselves on [...]

Orienting the iPad for use with a keyboard.

by WyldKard on May 19, 2011

The iPhone Blog posted a poll today asking how people tend to use the iPhone’s virtual keyboard, and surprisingly, after 3k votes, portrait-based use is currently in the lead. We guess that this is based primarily on the amount of screen real-estate left after the virtual keyboard is displayed, as the landscape keyboard hides so [...]

On iPhone weather apps.

by WyldKard on April 28, 2011

Ben Brooks wrote a solid review of various weather apps for the iPhone, which is quite handy considering how populated this app category is. Marco Arment’s comment on the weather app spectrum is perfect: The problem here is similar to any other general app category with a lot of potential for customer dissatisfaction, like to-do [...]