Author Archives: Tony Moody
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 20,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading
Six amazing iPad stories…
Hat tip to The Verge for finding this new page on Apple’s site. It highlights the stories of six people using the iPad in ways even Apple never imagined. They may not be “all iPad all the time” but they’re … Continue reading
A Breath Of Fresh Air (yeah, sorry)
I’m typing this on my brand spanking new iPad Air. I gotta tell ya – this thing is amazing and IMHO well worth upgrading for every iPad owner, even those considering a switch to the mini. That’s how great a … Continue reading
T-Mobile to offer 200MB of FREE data every month for iPad Air and Mini with Retina
This is pretty great, and more than enough data for the inevitable times you want to check email or do some light surfing but don’t want to go through the hassle of enabling tethering from your phone. Very cool TMo! … Continue reading
iTunes Radio so far…underwhelming
Given how great Spotify, Pandora and other streaming services are, iTunes Radio has to be more than good to carve itself a niche at this point. It has to be great. Apple great. The kind of great that makes you … Continue reading
iOS 7: we finally search ALL emailboxes!
As a big email archiver, using folders, sub-folder, etc. the ability to search across multiple email folders was a feature whose absence on my iPad often annoyed the heck out of me. I installed iOS 7 on my iPhone 5 … Continue reading
TouchID’s (AWESOME!!) future
Interesting iPhone 5s presentation today. I know that some people are inevitably disappointed by these announcements since almost nothing is unknown by the time of the actual presentation, TouchID hardware included. I’m actually really excited about this feature though. While … Continue reading
First Seven iPad-Only ‘Steve Jobs Schools’ Open in the Netherlands – Mac Rumors
Wow! We should trade notes… http://www.macrumors.com/2013/08/21/first-seven-ipad-only-steve-jobs-schools-open-in-the-netherlands/
Mobile Devices Overtake PC Sales at Lenovo
The largest PC maker in the world now gets more revenue from phones and tablets than from PCs. Remarkable. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/08/16/business/global/smartphones-and-tablets-outsell-pcs-at-lenovo.html
PC Industry Fights to Adapt as Tablets Muscle In – NYTimes.com
“Still, there is a strong view among many longtime tech executives that the PC’s relevance will steadily diminish.” Amazing that what I thought the moment I first saw an iPad is now conventional wisdom. Scary that it’s happening faster than … Continue reading