Category Archives: Speculation

I can haz Safari extensions?

Posted on July 28, 2010 by

So I hit OSX again because I wanted to check out Safari extensions. And you know what? They’re pretty freaking cool. I wonder if this is the sort of feature that Apple will use to continually differentiate OSX from iOS? … Continue reading →

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iOS 4 – can’t wait!

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Well I am finally back from Los Angeles and settled in at home. Nearly 8 weeks with only an iPad and I came out remarkably unscathed. A few key apps (Goodreader, Pages, and AirSharing for printing) saved the day countless … Continue reading →

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Printing: it is coming. Well yeah, duh.

Posted on May 10, 2010 by

By now you’ve probably seen the coverage of El Jobso’s most recent email with the masses, wherein he says, of printing from the iPad, “it is coming.” Well of *course* it’s coming!! I mean look, at the end of the … Continue reading →

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Aha! iOS 4.0 and a new dilemma

Posted on April 5, 2010 by

By now you’ve probably seen the announcement that Apple will preview iOS 4.0 this Thursday April 8.  If history is any guide we’ll be updating our devices some time in late June. So that then begs the question: if the … Continue reading →

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Media content: Whither Fox? And…what else really matters?

Posted on April 1, 2010 by

At this point, either officially or unofficially we have CBS, NBC, and ABC. We also have CNN and Netflix among others. Rumors surrounding Hulu are growing by the day it seems, and generally speaking it’s hard to imagine that we … Continue reading →

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So how’d we do?

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

The good news: on the whole the reviews are glowing. More good news: there was more time and thought given in the reviews to the notion of using the iPad as a computer replacement than I thought there’d be.  For … Continue reading →

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My top remaining questions…

Posted on March 31, 2010 by

I’m betting reviews will hit tomorrow since Thursday is Tech day in the NYT.  That also gives Apple 2 solid days of crazy press before the devices actually go on sale on Saturday.  Could be midnight tonight + 1 second. … Continue reading →

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Salesforce.com CEO: I have seen the future…and it’s called the iPad

Posted on March 30, 2010 by

Great take by Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff in a guest post at Techcrunch. No one ever accused Benioff of being a luddite (to put it mildly) so it’s not a complete shock that someone like him is such a big … Continue reading →

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“Convergence” as I see it

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

With a hearty hat tip to commenter Chris Armstrong, whose comment reminded me that I had somehow not posted these thoughts here.  Must’ve posted them on a forum somewhere.  Chris’ comment also helped galvanize my thinking.  Anyway… I speculate that … Continue reading →

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Larger iPads?

Posted on March 18, 2010 by

So Rupert Murdoch made a comment on Fox Business News that there would be larger form-factor iPads.  Or did he?  Specifically, he said the iPad was “Pretty small to start with” but that there would “be more iPads” and other … Continue reading →

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