As you’re no doubt aware, Steve Jobs indicated1 before the launch of the iPad that tethering to an iPhone would not be a supported feature. True to his word, my WiFi-only iPad does not tether via Bluetooth to the iPhone (as a matter of fact, they won’t pair at all). Unfortunately for me, I’ve sold [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iPad’
April 8, 2010
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Thoughts on the iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyOn April 3rd I, along with many other Canadians made the trip down to the Walden Galleria Apple Store in Buffalo, New York. I was too excited about the iPad to care that I was waiting in line for the first version of a new technology product. I for one hate shopping in general, and [...]
Tags: Air Video, Apple, Apple Store, FileBrowser, iPad, Review, Walden Galleria
April 2, 2010
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Adobe Flash
By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, General, TechnologyI thought I’d write another short post on my view of Adobe Flash, and why I think there is such a negative reaction to it. We went through a bit of a war over Adobe Flash when the iPhone was originally announced, and I think we’re going through one again, only this time the technology [...]
Tags: Adobe, Adobe Flash, Flash, Games, HTML5, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Movie Players, Music Streaming, Photos
March 21, 2010
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Linux Alternatives to the iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyI was recently reading an article from LXer, entitled ‘Linux alternatives for the iPad – and the future of netbooks, tablets and smartbooks’. The author hypes up Linux on tablet devices, concluding that 2010 is the year of Linux on the tablet, most of which will be Android flavored. He attempts to put down the [...]
Tags: Android, Apple, Google, iPad, linux, Microsoft, OS, tablet
February 2, 2010
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Microsoft vs. iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, General, TechnologyI’ve seen a number of folks excited about the possibility of getting Windows 7 on a tablet device, whether it be through Citrix on the iPad or natively on a PC tablet such as the ExoPC. I personally have no such desire. Windows 7 simply wasn’t designed for the sole purpose of touchscreen computing. The [...]
January 30, 2010
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Response to John Nack & The Flash Blog
By Wes Kroesbergen in Design, Featured Articles, General, TechnologyI thought I’d write a quick post in response to the posts by John Nack, Product Manager at Adobe, and The Flash Blog regarding the lack of Flash on the iPad (and iPhone). You can find their respective posts here and here. First, in response to John Nack, who makes the point that Flash has [...]
Tags: Adobe, death, Flash, HTML5, iPad, iPhone OS, John Nack, standards, The Flash Blog
January 28, 2010
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Apple iPad
By Wes Kroesbergen in Featured Articles, General, TechnologyAs most of you are aware, Apple announced their new Apple iPad yesterday. There have been the usual set of reactions to the announcement. Shills like Paul Thurrott providing their heavily biased negative perspective, and Apple fanboys proclaiming that this device meets all their needs perfectly, and that the device is perfect. Both sides offer [...]