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iPad update

In my last review of the iPad I covered how I was unable to use the iPad to replace a notebook, my book reader, to teach from, and many other tasks. After 30 days of trying to use the iPad in my daily life, my feeling was that eventually Apple would get the iPad Operating […]

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Charging your iPad from your laptop USB port not mission impossible

My largest dissappointment upon the acquisition of my iPad was the realization that my laptop didn’t have enough oomph (technical word = amperage) to charge the iPad. Well no longer! Major motherboard manufactures have started to release drivers that increase the amperage of your USB port to charge an iPad. Links and more info here […]

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Thoughts on the iPad, and its application

I’ve held off on publishing this review because I’ve wanted to use the iPad in as many different situations and try to solve as many issues that have turned up as possible. Now that we are 30 something days into the iPads existence, it has already hit 1,000,000 units sold. While Apple has advertised the […]

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How far did my iPad travel in 3 days?

According to GoogleMaps my Apple iPad traveled 16,716 miles between 3/30 and 4/3. Originating in Shenzen, China (I once taught a CCIM class in Shenzen, China’s industrial corridor that is inland from Hong Kong), to Hong Kong, to Anchorage, Alaska, to Louisville, KY to Albuqerque, NM, the box carrying my iPad averaged 174 miles an […]

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my iPad is on its way!

All the way from ShenZen, China – do you suppose it will really arrive by this Saturday?

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Why you are running out of time to buy the last great Windows computer (a Macbook Pro 16″ 8tb w/64gb of RAM)

Normally there is not great urgency with tech – you wait until your current device _____ (dies, fills up, bogs down, fill in your own ad-lib) We are in a turning point for a generational change for computers – wheter you prefer desktops or laptops, you have a 30-60 day window of time to take […]

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Microsoft Duo – tablet, computer or phone?

Update: I have been using the Duo for about a week – once I got passed the setup phase (finding all of my favorite iOS apps and installing them) – I must admit I really like the device – I like holding it, I like carrying it, and I like reading from it, especially the […]

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iTunes updated to version 11

Many iPhone, iPad and computer users have had a love/hate relationship with iTunes. Originally introduced to help manage music collections and sync to iPod, iTunes has grown to a full blown media server, but unfortunately, the frame it was built on was often slow, cranky and unwieldy. Today Apple has released version 11 of iTunes, […]

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Apple is announcing its latest iPhone news today (9/10) and that includes a firm release date for iOS 7 – slated to be pushed out to over 700 million iOS devices starting 9/18. image courtesy – http://mashable.com/2013/06/12/ios-7-apps-comparison/ How does it compare? Alexis Madrigal at NPR has done a great job explaining why the physical world […]

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MacBookPro4Sale

  For Sale – single owner Macbook Pro – 15″ display – core i7 2.7Ghz, paid $2,549 in October 2010.   Includes this Custom Mac Case that holds an iPad and iPhone (4)   Not covered under apple care, was used for about 9 months, then I upgraded to my MacBookAir. Great machine – just […]

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