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… and, like the iPhone 4S, the new iPad is likely to set new sales records, even if it disappoints reviewers who were expecting miracles
Really, the new iPad should have been called the iPad 2S. In the past, Apple added the letter S to iPhone models that weren’t exactly new but had been tastefully enhanced (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S). That’s exactly what’s going on with the new iPad. Its technical improvements keep it at the forefront of desirability — just ahead of the snapping jaws of its Android competition — but don’t take it in any new directions.
The New iPad Is Much the Same, Only Better – NYTimes.com
Walt Mossberg on the new iPad
There are other changes in the new, third-generation iPad — called simply “iPad,” with no number, which goes on sale on Friday at the same base price as its predecessor, $499. But the key upgrades are to those core features — the 9.7-inch screen and the data speed over cellular networks. These upgrades are massive. Using the new display is like getting a new eyeglasses prescription — you suddenly realize what you thought looked sharp before wasn’t nearly as sharp as it could be.
New iPad: A Million More Pixels Than HDTV – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD
Continue reading: New iPad: A Million More Pixels Than HDTV – Walt Mossberg – Personal Technology – AllThingsD
Check the full article for some reasons why, at least in this context, we are still in a “PC plus” (where PC => Mac or Windows) world
Editing digital photos is a thankless job that involves hours in front of the computer. Mouse click after mouse click, one lucky person fixes red eyes, crops layouts and brightens hundreds of images from the latest birthday party or family vacation. Now, Apple wants to free people from their computers with a mobile photo-editing option.
iPhoto on iOS Review: Letting Your Fingers Do the Photo Editing – Katherine Boehret – The Digital Solution – AllThingsD
Continue reading: iPhoto on iOS Review: Letting Your Fingers Do the Photo Editing – Katherine Boehret – The Digital Solution – AllThingsD
Excerpt from a lengthy article about a pioneering 1994 tablet vision
Or had Fidler’s crew simply planted the concept of this most fantastic innovation into the public mind all those many years ago? This last one, it turns out, is the linchpin question in an epic patent battle between Apple and Samsung, an emergent rival in the tablet market. And of all the wonder and what-ifs, it’s the question that has catapulted Fidler from his peaceful academic life to the center of a global legal war.
Apple is suing Samsung, alleging that the Korean company copied its iPad design. And Samsung is defending itself, in large part, by using Fidler’s video-gone-viral, saying it… Continue reading: For tablet computer visionary Roger Fidler, a lot of what-ifs – The Washington Post
Perhaps not as “resolutionary” as the new iPad, but Samsung is still aggressively competing – a table provided to the press by Samsung (check the full article for more analysis):
Continue reading: iPad vs. Galaxy Note 10.1: Samsung Unloads On Apple [Huffington Post]
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The New iPad Is Much the Same, Only Better – NYTimes.com
