Monthly Archives: December 2011

A 7in tablet is not just a smaller 10.1in tablet

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

I’ve recently been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, one of the newest generation of Android tablets running Honeycomb (an Ice Cream Sandwich update is in the pipeline. Even though it’s not significantly cheaper than the 10.1in Tab, I got … Continue reading →

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Scrivener for iOS – coming soon(ish)

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Here’s an early Christmas present for me and for quite a few of my friends and colleagues: Scrivener, the marvellous long-form writing tool for Mac, is coming to iPad and iPhone: It’s still early days, though – we are about … Continue reading →

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The myth of Internet televisions

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

El Drunko Angryo: This here is pre­cisely why I say that the pun­di­tards pon­tif­i­cat­ing about how Apple needs to “fix” tele­vi­sion have no fuck­ing clue how the other 99% actu­ally use the fuck­ing thing. The last thing most peo­ple want when … Continue reading →

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Everything looks obvious in hindsight

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Jim Dalrymple: Technology companies these days are scared to death to make a product that varies too far from Apple does because they fear being left behind. Some companies even go so far as to say that Apple’s inventions were … Continue reading →

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The Windows Store Revenue Split

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Daring Fireball on the Windows Store Revenue Split: Another big difference from Apple. I wonder though, with the various antitrust agreements Microsoft has made around the world, whether they could even consider an Apple-style “if you use our store, all transactions … Continue reading →

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Kensington KeyFolio Pro review

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

There are, littering my house, more than a few different iPad keyboards. You see, I’m someone who spends a rather large amount of his time writing. That means I’m picky about the tools that I use to lay down pixels … Continue reading →

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