No one sane is going to argue the iPhone hasn’t been a disruptive force across both the telecommunications and computer industries. There’s a good case to be made that the iPhone wasn’t disruptive because it’s such a great phone, but rather because it’s such a great pocket-sized computer. John Gruber makes that point succintly: The [...]
Over the past couple days, the talk of the town has been on a forthcoming 7-inch iPad. The rumour itself is nothing new, thanks in part to the misconception people have that just because everyone else is doing it, Apple has to, too. They forget that despite Apple only having one iPad form factor (9.7″), [...]
Retina-optimized graphics are awesome, we all pretty much agree. But there comes a trade-off with such: file-size. TUAW’s Mike Schramm summarizes the issue: The most obvious drawback is app size. Those bigger graphics take up more space, and for many graphics-heavy applications, that could put them over the cellular data download limit (now at 50 [...]
We expect that a lot of people don’t know what “PC” stands for, or at least give it any real thought. The idea of a “personal computer” came about at a time when computers were huge, expensive, and used by several people in research facilities and universities. At the time, what made a computer “personal” [...]
Recently, John Gruber linked to a new Kickstarter campaign for a fairly nice iPhone dock, called the Elevation Dock. As Gruber notes, it’s certainly a beautiful dock, but we question how useful it is. Particularly, in regards to FaceTime: The dock’s acoustics make the iPhone sound great and less tinny than when laid on a [...]