geekitarian

I used to have an iPhone (actually, the original, the 3G, the 3GS, and the iPhone 4), and while I loved it (them), it was getting increasingly hard to use it for long periods of time.  It's not that it's a bad device - it's just that it's so... small. On top of that, at one point I was carrying around a tablet, a phone, and a computer.  If I wanted to use data on the tablet, I was turning on WiFi on the tablet, then I was enabling WiFi tethering on the phone, which was wearing down its battery, so I'd have to plug it into the computer, which wore down that battery, so I had to disconnect everything again as soon as I was done.  It seemed maybe a *tad* excessive, so I wanted to simplify.  Unfortunately, nothing really seemed to do the trick.  All of the phone screens last year were either big and low resolution (like the popular but ultimately inferior Galaxy S2) or small and high resolution (like the iPhone 4). Then the Galaxy Note came along, and everyt...

The iPad was announced this week and people seem to be underwhelmed.  Some superfans, loyal Apple customers, and of course Apple evangelists are excited, like this guy: A small group of fans are saying that this is going to be the biggest thing to geek out since Apple announced the Newton, which was obviously a huge hit. Apple's explanation of this device is very grand.  "The best way to experience the web, email, photos, and video.  Hands down."  Not only does it surf the web, view your photos, AND connect to YouTube, but it practically connects directly to your brain stem and detects everything that was ever fun in your life and presents it on a nice 9.7" screen.  Videos of dogs surfing galore! I love my iPhone.  It's probably the most practical and useful pice of consumer technology I've ever owned - I probably use it more often than my computer, TV, or any other overly expensive gadget I have lying around.  Unfortunately, I ...