Living Out The Dream: 3 Screens & A Cloud

I don’t know if I’ve said this enough yet but I love the Windows 8 Consumer Preview.  Period.  I understand that the start screen is a hard sell for people afraid of change (it really is better in Windows 8, though) and that not every thing in the Consumer Preview is feature complete.   That’s what … Read more

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly: The New iPad Edition

So, Apple announced the latest 1.4 pound object to burn a hole through your wallet yesterday but the general reaction around the blogospheres have been lukewarm to put it mildly.  Personally, I didn’t see enough to motivate me to buy this iteration of the iPad.

To be honest, I didn’t have very high hopes for this iPad.  I figured that there might be some kind of bump to the screen and processor but, I knew in my heart that I wasn’t going to be “wow’ed.”  Forgive me all those people that were amazed at the horizon corrections.

I put together some bullet points for the good, the bad and the ugly bits to the iPad 3, iPad HD, iPad 2S, new iPad. Take a look below.

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Mango Version of Best Buy App Forthcoming

  After seeing so many apps updated to Mango over the past two weeks (Incuding my new favorite app), I reached out to Best Buy Customer Relations last week to find out when the Mango version of their app would be released.  Below is their response: Hello E.Powell, Thank you for filing a feedback for … Read more

Rooted Android Users Rejoice! CyanogenMod 7.1 Released

Oh happy day, Oh happy day.  Android users have something new to brag about today as CyanogenMod 7.1 (aka CM 7.1) was released this morning. Notable features from the changelog: Common: Android 2.3.7 (Google) Common: Bluetooth mouse support – Scott Brady Common: Improve notification swipe-to-clear – Evan Charlton Common: Improve album-artist support in media scanner … Read more