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About Tony Moody

I'm just an average consumer of media. I'm also totally taken by the iPad.

My long overdue take on iOS 5 and the iPad as your only computer

Posted on December 6, 2011

iOS 5 has been available for some time now. Though there was great anticipation surrounding its release, in the end for me as an established iPad user iOS 5 primarily brings important but basically evolutionary changes in how I use … Continue reading →

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iPad -> iPad 2 upgrade fever and why I gave in

Posted on June 7, 2011

The site’s been dormant for a while despite my efforts to the contrary. Sorry (to those who are interested!) I’ve been busy using my iPad 2 Readers of this site know that I’d decided to stand pat with my iPad … Continue reading →

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iPad 2 as powerful as a G4 PowerBook!

Posted on March 15, 2011

In an incredible post here, Geoffrey Goetz of GigaOm ran some fairly thorough benchmarks, pitting the iPad 2, iPad, and iPhone 4 up against one another. The Geekbench score of the iPad 2 put its power on par with that … Continue reading →

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Where did the wider space bar go?!?

Posted on March 14, 2011

As I posted here, in the iOS 4.3 betas there was an adjustment made to the spacebar: it was wider, extended further to the right all the way under the ! key. It was a feature that I was excited … Continue reading →

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zOMG 4 and 5 finger gestures are the bomb

Posted on March 10, 2011

I used the Xcode trick to turn on the 4 and 5 finger gestures setting in iOS 4.3 (google is your friend here – it’s super super super simple to do, promise). I understand why Apple didn’t ‘ship’ this in … Continue reading →

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Whoa. 4.3 is snappy. I may not buy the iPad 2 right away…

Posted on March 9, 2011

I think Apple may have goofed by releasing the iOS 4.3 update before taking orders for the iPad 2. They’ve lost at least one Day 1 sale – mine. And for those who’ve followed my exploits, believe me – it’s … Continue reading →

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Well there is obviously going to be another event soon!

Posted on March 3, 2011

I may be stating the obvious here but soooo much went unaddressed at yesterday’s iPad 2 event. Too much is percolating to be left that way for long. First and foremost is iOS 5. Nary a mention. History points to … Continue reading →

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March 2 – What’ll it take to get me to upgrade to the iPad2?

Posted on February 23, 2011

I’ve posted often on the rumored and desired features for an iPad2. With the March 2 event now official, I thought it high time to revisit. My needs and wants may not be those of the average iPad user. In … Continue reading →

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4.3 brings a wider spacebar!!!

Posted on January 14, 2011

I’ve groused about the width of the space bar (or more precisely, its narrowness) and now 4.3 has fixed it in exactly the way i’d hoped. In iOS 4.3 the spacebar now extends a full key further to the right, … Continue reading →

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Excited for iOS 4.3 and iPad 2

Posted on January 13, 2011

By now you’ve probably read about the various new features in iOS 4.3, as well as the mention of new iDevice codes including both iPhones and iPads. I won’t recount all the upcoing features here, but as an every day … Continue reading →

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