The iPad
After months, nay years of speculation, Apple revealed its long awaited iPad tablet. Sporting a larger screen and a faster processor the iPad is something of an iPhone on steroids. With that said, the iPad has no camera, cannot multitask and doesn’t have a screen resolution great for viewing movies. At a price point starting at $499 the device is a cross between the iPhone and a laptop, not quite a Netbook, but not quite a real computing powerhouse.
I have to say I LOVE my iPhone, I love my Macbook, but I am not gsold on the iPad. I am a fan of what will no doubt become an entirely new line of computing devices that in two or three generations might just be amazing and Earth shattering, but overall I am slightly dissapointed by the reveal. I was one of those people who waited on the iPhone until it had “copy and paste” and a few other musts and I will wait until the iPad will allow me to listen to Pandora while reading e-mail. So mark me as a fan of the concept but not yet a fan of the implimentation.
An Amazing Way to Give
Speaking of big reveals, this week Tipping Point Media and Flower City Habitat for Humanity launched something we are VERY excited about, a Women Build “application” that does more than just take your credit card information. Check it out at rochabitat.org and for a closer look behind the project visit this link.
Coda
The Mac computing front, sorry PC users, if you do any Web site or Web application coding I HIGHLY recommend one of my favorite applications, CODA, by the developer Panic. The application isn’t the cheapest out there at $99, it is the most fluid and intuitive program I have used over the years for getting projects done. The program combines a text editor + file transfer + SVN + terminal and places a large emphasis on writing great CSS with the proper tools to do it.
Quick Hits
- Why We’re In the Age of the Citizen Philanthropist
- Mobile Phone Market Rebounds
- Baby Boomers Renew Their Connections With Facebook
- Nielsen 2010 Report on Ten Best Intranets: Becoming More Social and Mobile
- Baby Boomers and Seniors Are Flocking to Facebook
- Media Use Statistics
- John Dvorak: Hello, giant iPod Touch
- Delicious adds Filter and Browse
- Twitter launches local trending topics
Tags: Habitat, ipad, iphone, technology
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