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A Multitasking iPad and Some Cool Apps

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As a member of the Apple Developer Program I have access to a beta version of the 4.2 operating system for iPad. I installed the beta last night and thought I’d give a quick summary of my impressions. I also … Continue reading →

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Is Google More Controlling Than Apple?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Bruce Keener

After reading Paul Carr’s TechCrunch piece this morning, I decided to kill off some of my social media connections. The first two that came to mind were Google Buzz and FriendFeed (also owned by Google), because they generally just repeat … Continue reading →

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If You Have an iPad, Does a Kindle Make Sense?

Posted on August 2, 2010 by Bruce Keener

A month ago, I would have answered this question with a solid NO, because I found the reading experience on the iPad to be adequate for my needs. But, now that Amazon has reduced the price of its Kindle to … Continue reading →

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Collected iPhone Links

Posted on July 7, 2010 by Bruce Keener

If you upgraded your iPhone 3GS to the iPhone 4 OS and dislike the new high-resolution but low contrast wallpapers, Marco has a wallpaper that you may like. Of course, the same wallpaper can be used on a new iPhone … Continue reading →

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iPad Initial Impressions

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Although I put off buying an iPad until recently, I’m glad that I finally bought one. Now I understand why there have been so many rave reviews of it and why over 3 million units have already sold. Although I … Continue reading →

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iPhone and iPod Touch Tidbits (2010 June 16)

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Bruce Keener

I’ve been running the developer pre-release version of the iPhone 4 OS on my iPhone 32GS for about a week. For the most part, it has run very well, and I like its task switching feature. Of course, most of … Continue reading →

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A Summary of Apple’s June 7 WWDC Goodness

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Bruce Keener

I watched several of the “live bloggings” of today’s Apple World Wide Developer Conference, and have summarized what I consider to be the key points below. Focus was on iPhone 4, which will be available on June 21. iOS4 upgrades … Continue reading →

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Is YouTube Now Part of the Apple-Google War?

Posted on May 31, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Saturday afternoon I recorded a guitar tune video, using Apple’s QuickTimePlayer, and then used the player to upload the video to YouTube, as I had successfully done with 24 other videos. The upload went fine, but then the “waiting on … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not Getting an Anroid Phone. Yet.

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

As I mentioned in my previous post, I watched large chunks of last week’s Google I/O event, and was so impressed at that time that I was darned-near ready to just go out and buy an Android Phone at Verizon. … Continue reading →

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My Current Thinking on Getting an iPad

Posted on May 24, 2010 by Bruce Keener

Every day since the iPad was introduced, I have been thinking about getting one. But, my experience with the Kindle has been nagging at me: I have a first generation Kindle, which will not even view PDFs. It is okay … Continue reading →

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