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It strikes me that the Retina display is the other side of the coin to iOS. Meaning, iOS is the software and the screen is the hardware and that’s it. Those are the two sides to this coin. On a laptop or desktop computer you have three user interface components: the keyboard, the mouse, and the screen where you watch the user interface. On the iPad you have one user interface: the screen. And you touch and manipulate what is on the screen.
John Carey just released a Retina iPad Pack consisting of 48 of his gorgeous photographs.
You owe it to yourself to go get these for your new iPad.
Nick Bilton at The New York Times, on AOL’s recent layoffs:
The AOL Instant Messenger group took the deepest cut so far. A former AOL employee said the group was “eviscerated and now only consists of support staff.”
I’ve been a long time user of AIM, only because it has been the main service for iChat for so long. It’s probably a good things iChat will focus more on Apple’s own iMessage than AIM when it becomes Messages this summer.
So, it looks like PayPal wants to be Square. But they’re going with a triangle.
Can anyone say Pyramid?
I’ll be sticking with Square.
Chris Pirillo recorded his father’s first experience with Windows 8 for posterity. It’s simultaneously hilarious and saddening. Microsoft has something great on their hands with Metro, and I’m afraid they are going to sully it by shoehorning the legacy Windows desktop into it.
via Fixing Windows 8.
finermac found a great resource for every aspiring keyboard ninja out there using OS X.
via Minimal Mac.
Stephen M. Hackett chronicles his day using his iPhone during his bike ride:
My point is this: the iPhone might just be a piece of technology, and Apple might just be a company, but days like today would not be as enjoyable without them.
And that’s the point, right? Apple Retail has this line about “Enriching Lives.” I used to think it was cheesy, but right now, it makes a lot of sense to me.
Already my iPad feels more personal than my Mac, but by far my iPhone is the most personal computer I own. It is almost always with me, and is in constant use for things from the mundane, to capturing moments of time with my family, to seeing my parents 450 miles away.
It’s honestly a little difficult to imagine what a day without my iPhone would be like.
Knowing no more than you do right now, I can guarantee you: the iPad 3 will disappoint a lot of armchair tech commentators, “analysts”, and anyone who gets paid by the pageview. (How convenient.)
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The iPad 2 was the combination of many minor or moderate improvements. Most of them, individually, seemed underwhelming.
But the sum of those minor improvements was a significantly improved product. If you’ve used an iPad 2 for a while, go pick up an original iPad to see what I mean. Just pick it up. Then do anything on it. See?
Let’s keep all of this in mind when we react to the new iPad tomorrow.
Because even if the only upgrade is a Retina screen, that’s a hell of an upgrade.
I can clearly remember the iPad 2 being a night and day difference from the first iPad in person — in just about every way.
Fraser Speirs made some good points about Android on Twitter today.
Increasingly wondering if Android has stalled in the marketplace at 2.x. It’s good enough for the OEMs and carriers. mobile.theverge.com/2012/3/5/28461…
— Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) March 5, 2012
Imagine the iPad 3 was shipping next week….with iOS 3.2.That’s Android.
— Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) March 5, 2012
This is primarily why I don’t care much at all for Android. Everyone involved — from Google, to manufacturers, to carriers, and even many users — seems fine with complacency.
