Category Archives: iPad

For developers, Android users aren’t the same as iPhone users

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Ian Betteridge

John Gruber on the difference between Android users and iOS users: The truth is, the average Android user is not the same as an average iPhone user. iPhone users surf the web more, they’re more willing to buy software, they’re … Continue reading →

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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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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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Mathew gets it

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Mathew gets it: I’m sure when Bill Gates looks at the iPad or the iPhone, he thinks about all the features it doesn’t have, or all the things that it can’t do. But no one else thinks about those things … Continue reading →

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iPad market share rises

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

So much for the iPad killers: Apple managed to gain market share in tablets at the very time that many of its new competitors were supposed to be taking that share away, IDC said Wednesday. Having full access to data … Continue reading →

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Review: Logitech Keyboard Case for iPad 2

Posted on September 4, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Make no mistake about it: the iPad’s on-screen keyboard is actually very good. You can easily rattle off a quick email or tweet with it, and some more proficient users have been known to write several hundred words without their … Continue reading →

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Why can’t anyone match the iPad?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

To put it simply no one can match the iPad because no one can match Apple’s prices with a tablet that matches its features: When better equipped (though bulkier) netbooks can be had for $250, tablet-makers need to set their … Continue reading →

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What the huge sales of the $99 TouchPad tells us about iPad and the future of tablets

Posted on August 22, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

Nothing.

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Windows 8, iOS and that weird post by Aaron Holsgrove

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Ian Betteridge

[Other](http://daringfireball.net/2011/06/windows_8_fundamentally_flawed) [people](http://curiousrat.com/home/2011/6/12/holesgrove-on-gruber-and-windows-8-a-public-trainwreck.html) have picked apart Aaron Holsgrove’s post on “[Why Windows 8 is not fundamentally flawed as a response to the iPad](http://www.businessinsider.com/why-windows-8-is-not-fundamentally-flawed-as-a-response-to-the-ipad-2011-6)”, but I think it’s worth going over more. It’s a catalogue of mistakes, which would keep the average … Continue reading →

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